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Architecture Day: Kladno - Where Did Life Disappear from Hutska Street?

Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · 14:00

Sládečka Museum of Local History in Kladno, Kladno

Architecture Day: Kladno - Where Did Life Disappear from Hutska Street? — Sládečka Museum of Local History in Kladno, Kladno

A guided walk with regional historian Zdeněk Pospíšil focusing on Hutska Street - a place with a rich history that today feels like a lifeless transit artery. At its beginning stands a busy polyclinic, but further along empty buildings and small businesses dominate, with little visible urban life.

Yet this is where residential development began despite the proximity of smoking ironworks - from representative villas to accommodation facilities like Werkshotel or Poldihaus. The street conceals a number of architecturally valuable buildings and raises questions that Pospíšil explores: where did its inhabitants disappear to over the decades, and can planned construction bring life back to this part of Kladno?