Prague home to oldest apartment buildings in country

The average age of apartment buildings in the Czech Republic since their construction or most recent renovation is 52 years, according to figures from the Czech Statistics Office cited by the Czech News Agency on Saturday. Prague has the oldest apartment buildings, with an average age of 61 years. Almost 90 percent of the capital’s residents live in flats, with almost half of the total of 600,000 located in prefabricated “panel” buildings.

Author: Ian Willoughby