At Praga the unthinkable has happened. Once an area of desperate deprivation, today it’s become a poster child for regeneration. Despite the ongoing gentrification, Praga has retained a strong sense of personality with much of this originality owing to its wartime survival. Sometimes likened to Berlin’s Kreuzberg, that gritty but creative vibe softens considerably when heading south into the affluent sub-district of Saska Kępa.
