The Žižkov Television Tower rises two hundred sixteen meters above the city, its three concrete pillars and metallic pods creating the silhouette of a rocket frozen in mid-launch. Designed by architect Václav Aulický and engineer Jiří…
Quirky Sculptures of Prague
This walk showcases Prague's weirdest and most provocative public art installations, leading you to eccentric sculptures, kinetic monuments, and baffling optical illusions. It is a curated route designed for those who want to see the city's most unusual and photogenic oddities.
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1. Žižkov Television Tower
2. Statue of Saint Wenceslas Riding an Upside-Down Dead Horse
Hanging from the ceiling of the Art Nouveau Lucerna Palace is a four-hundred-seventy-centimeter-tall sculpture by David Černý depicting Saint Wenceslas sitting triumphantly upon the belly of a dead, upside-down horse. The horse is…
3. Franz Kafka - Rotating Head by David Cerny
The eleven-meter-tall bust of Franz Kafka is instantly recognizable by its surface, which consists of forty-two independently rotating layers of mirrored stainless steel. Installed in two thousand fourteen, this kinetic sculpture by artist…
4. Man Hanging Out - David Černý's Statue of Sigmund Freud
High above the cobblestones of Husova Street, a life-size figure clings to a metal beam by one hand, his other hand tucked calmly into his trouser pocket. This is Man Hanging Out, a sculpture created by the Czech artist David Černý in…
5. Idiom Installation
Inside the entrance hall of the Municipal Library on Mariánské Square stands a cylindrical tower built from roughly eight thousand books. Known as Idiom, the sculpture is the work of Slovak artist Matej Krén. It is defined by a tear-shaped…
6. Peeing Characters Sculpture
The Peeing Characters sculpture features two bronze men standing in a fountain basin shaped like the Czech Republic. Created by artist David Černý in two thousand four, the installation sits outside the Franz Kafka Museum. The figures are…
7. Prague's narrowest alley
This nameless passage in Malá Strana is often called Prague’s narrowest street, but it was originally built as a fire safety measure. Measuring roughly fifty to seventy centimeters wide, it dates back to the aftermath of devastating fires…
8. Babies
Three giant bronze toddlers rest in the grass beside the Kampa Museum, characterized by the barcode-like indentations where their faces should be. Each of these figures weighs eight hundred kilograms and originated as a creation of the…