Letná Park

[1][2][3] In the 'Normalisation' period after the Warsaw Pact troops invastion of 1968, the park was the location for the founding event of the Český automobilový klub žen [Czech Women’s Automobile Club].

During the Velvet Revolution, a plain next to the Letná Park (Letenská pláň) was the site of some important demonstrations against the Communist government.

[1][5] Singer Michael Jackson kicked off his HIStory World Tour at the park on September 7, 1996, approximately 130,000 people attended the concert.

[1] On June 23, 2019, more than 250,000 people gathered on the Letná plain, calling on Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to resign amid allegations of conflict of interest and criminal fraud.

[6] Nowadays the Letná Park is conceived more as an area of recreation, leisure and outdoor sports practice.