Lávka leaves its riverside home after 36 years
The club beside Charles Bridge held its farewell party and must vacate the historic waterworks building by 8 October.
· Prague 1 · 2 min read
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Lávka, one of Prague's best-known clubs, is moving out of its premises on the Vltava beside Charles Bridge after 36 years. It opened in 1990 and held its final farewell party on 30 September.1
The club has to leave by 8 October because the City of Prague is preparing to renovate the building, the former Old Town Waterworks. The city owns the building, which has been linked with the Bedřich Smetana Museum since 1936; the museum will also move out during the works.1
The details
More than a dance floor
Over the years Lávka hosted concerts, theatre, exhibitions and fashion shows. Its stage welcomed the Semafor theatre, the Spejbl and Hurvínek puppet theatre and Opera Mozart, and Czech bands such as Lucie and Lunetic played there.1
The name will not disappear from the riverbank entirely. Lávka will keep running a canteen and café in the neighbouring building, which belongs to the Czech Association of Scientific and Technical Societies.1
By the numbers
What's next
The club must leave the waterworks building by 8 October. Its café continues in the building next door.
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Sources
- Prague's Oldest Nightclub Lávka is Closing After 36 years · Prague Examiner
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