The schools Kafka attended were all near his home in the Old Town:
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The German Boys’ Elementary School in the Old Town (Masný Trh)
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The German State High School in the Old Town (Old Town Square, Goltz-Kinský Palace)
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The German Charles-Ferdinand University (the Karolinum in Železná ulice, the Klementinum and the Clam-Gallas Palace in what is today Husova Street)
Almost all of the cultural institutions he frequented were located in the Old and New Towns:
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The German student lecture hall and reading room (Ferdinandova, later Krakovská Street 14, now known as Národní třída),
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the Bretanists Circle (Ferdinand, now Národní Třída 20, the Louvre Café),
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Berta Fanta’s salon (Old Town Square 17, Unicorn House),
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Jewish Town Hall (Maiselova Street)
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the Czech Ceremonial (Municipal) House (Joseph Square, now Náměstí Republiky),
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on rare occasions the German House (German Casino – Příkopy, now Slovanský Dům)