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Parks and Gardens
Within a sea of houses in the city there are a lot of green islands which invite for a walk or just to relax from the hectic of the city life. Nearly half of the city is covered with green spaces, partly preserved areas. Three big parks on the west side of the Vltava are perfect for long walks, first the 318 m high Laurenzi Hill or Petrin where you can get easily with a cable car. Second the Letná Park which lies on a high plateau above the Vltava opposite the Old Town. After having managed all the steps to the top you will have an astonishing view over the city. At the top there is a huge metronome which shall remind us of the way of time. In the Hanau Pavilion, which was built for the jubilee exhibition in 1891, hosts a restaurant which guarantees a beautiful view. The third green place is the Royal Garden which can be reached by a bridge in the West of the Letná Park. The Garden includes the pleasure palace Belvedere which was built in 1534. Another Park in Prague is the Stromovka which lies north of the Letná Park. Rudolf II. had a pleasure palace built. In the South of the park you will see an exhibition area that was created in 1891 and is now used as a recreation park. Some small gardens are the Kinský Garden behind the Wall of Hunger which was built by Karl IV, the Lobkowitz Garden which belongs to the German Embassy and in which thousands of East German refugees found asylum in 1989 and last but not least the Strahov Park which belongs to the monastery Strahov.
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