Café Slavia

Café Slavia is a café in Prague, Czech Republic, located on the corner of Národní street and Smetanovo nábřeží, next to the Vltava river and opposite the National Theatre.

[1] Poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke regularly spent time in the café.

[2] It was known for its associations with Prague's dissident community,[3] hosting people such as Václav Havel, who would later become his country's president, and poet Jiří Kolář during the normalization period.

[1] It was also known as a place for writers, poets and other intellectuals to meet and discuss their ideas.

[4] The café was closed in 1992 due to a legal dispute but re-opened in 1997.