Kampa, Prague

Kampa is a public park spread across Kampa Island, between the Vltava and the Čertovka channel. Its present park landscape took shape in 1947 and 1948, after earlier gardens were joined and their walls and fences removed. The park covers 2.65 hectares, with mature horse chestnuts, maples, and a notable plane tree.

Along its eastern side, the former Sovovy mills now house Museum Kampa, which has been based there since 2002. The grounds also contain the former Michna summer house and a garden pavilion above the Čertovka, both protected cultural monuments. Look for the sculptures among the paths: Réva, a girl with grapes by Karla Vobišová; Jarmila, a seated girl by Jan Hána; and Babies, David Černý’s group of three toddlers. Kampa’s gardens became today’s park after the Second World War, linking a layered history of mills and cultivated grounds to an open riverside setting.