In the immediate area on the west side there is a large park Stromovka and a planetarium, on the eastern Sportovní hala Fortuna, home hall of the club HC Sparta Praha.
The dominant building on its premises is the Industrial Palace, also found here are the Křižík's Light fountain, Lapidarium of the National Museum, World of the Oceans aquarium, Pyramid Theatre and panorama of the Battle of Lipany by Luděk Marold (the largest image in the Czech Republic).
The Northern part of the area has an Amusement park (Lunapark), where St. Matthew's Fair [cs] takes place in the spring.
The Industrial Palace (Czech: Průmyslový palác) is an Art Nouveau (or Historicism) building, built by Bedřich Münzberger in 1891, which is used for exhibition purposes, but also for various cultural events.
It is a glass building with steel construction and is divided into 3 independent parts, left and right wing and a middle hall with 51 m high clock tower.