Quirky Prague

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Dancing House

   ~3 min here

   The Dancing House is a Prague riverfront building, completed in 1996 and designed by Vlado Milunić with Frank Gehry.

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   Stop 2: Head of Franz Kafka

   ~3 min here

   The Head of Franz Kafka is a monumental outdoor bust created by David Černý, portraying the Prague writer whose books were written in German.

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   Stop 3: palác Lucerna

   ~3 min here

   Lucerna Palace is a vast entertainment and shopping complex threaded by a glass-roofed passage.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Kubistická lampa

   ~3 min here

   That angular street lamp is Kubistická lampa, an artwork by Czech architect Emil Králíček, created in 1913.

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   Stop 5: Hanging Man

   ~3 min here

   Hanging Man is a suspended sculpture of Sigmund Freud, created in nineteen ninety-seven.

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   Stop 6: Piss

   ~3 min here

   Piss is a kinetic fountain: a pair of male figures sends streams into a shallow basin shaped like the Czech Republic.

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