Palác Dunaj, Constructivist palace in New Town, Prague, Czech Republic

Palác Dunaj is a five-storey corner building at Národní 10 and Voršilská 14, designed by Adolf Foehr and completed in 1930. Its exterior is clad in yellowish travertine, with two bands of white travertine on the upper floors. The main entrance is at Národní 138/II, with a secondary entrance on Voršilská Street.

A house on this corner is first recorded in 1378, when the soldier Bokko bought it from Pešlin Budaner; a moat between Old and New Town had run nearby. A baroque palace later stood here, then the classicist Wallis Palace of 1845, demolished in 1928. Adolf Foehr designed the present building for the Donau insurance company, completed in 1930.

The ground floor housed the cultural centre of the GDR for over two decades, with its bookshop open until 1990. Since 2024 the interactive exhibition "Zažijte Evropu" there presents how the European Union works. The building also houses the training centre of the Czech Bar Association.

The main entrance is at Národní 138/II, with a secondary entrance on Voršilská Street. The ground floor holds the interactive exhibition Zažijte Evropu, opened in 2024, while upper floors serve the Czech Bar Association's training centre and law firms. The paternoster is a working lift, so step on and off promptly.

The paternoster lift inside Palác Dunaj was built in 1936 by Českomoravská Kolben-Daněk and still runs today. It is a continuous loop of open cabins, so riders step on and off while it moves; look for the maker's name on the machinery.