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Dancing House

Frank Gehry's curving riverside building of 1996, nicknamed Fred and Ginger, with a rooftop view.

Open
Always from outside
Price
Free
Time Needed
20 minutes
Address
Jiráskovo náměstí 1981/6, 120 00 Prague 2Directions
Getting There
Tram to Jiráskovo náměstí, or a 10-minute walk from Karlovo náměstí station.

Why Go

Designed by Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry on a plot left empty by a wartime bomb, the building's two towers seem to dance together.

A bar on its top floor has a terrace looking over the river to the castle.

Nearby in Prague

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