Top 35 Unusual Prague Attractions

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Contents:

1. Tower of Books
2. Dripstone Wall
3. Brown Noses
4. Man Hanging Out
5. Dancing House
6. Kafka Spinning Head
7. Museum of Anthropology
8. Deer Moat
9. Paternoster Lift
10. Cross Club
11. Sex Machine Museum
12. Absintherie
13. Gulliver Airship Reading Room
14. Babies Climbing
15. Museum of The Infant Jesus
16. Periodic Table With Samples
17. Embryo On A Drainpipe
18. Rooftop Of The Astronomical Clock
19. Bitcoin Cafe
20. London Booster
21. Narrow Lane
22. Wilgefortis Church
23. Strahov Monastery Library
24. Walking Car
25. Certovka
26. KGB Museum
27. Communist Museum
28. Prague Waterworks
29. Upside Down Horse
30. Yellow Penguins
31. Pissing Men
32. Nuclear Bunker
33. Bone Church
34. Prague Market
35. Beer Bath

1. Tower of Books

The first on this list of unusual Prague attractions is by Artist Matej Kren who created this art installation with hundreds of books stacked in a cylindrical tower. Mirrors at the bottom and top give the exhibit the illusion of being infinite.

Prague Municipal Library, Mariánské nám. 98/1, 110 00 Josefov, Czechia

2. Dripstone Wall

On the grounds of Wallenstein Palace is another of the unusual Prague attractions. This weird wall drips with is actually stalactite-like rocks, but they appear to be skulls. If you look hard enough you can make out the faces of humans and other creatures. The surrounding gardens and grotto are the main attraction.

Wallenstein Palace and Garden, Valdstejnske Namesti 3; 118 01 Prague 1, Czech Rep. Only open only April and October.

3. Brown Noses

A large unusual art installation depicting two huge naked lower halves of bodies bent over with their anuses wide open. Brown-nosers is an interactive, mixed-media exhibit and visitors can climb a ladder to peer into the butt hole. Inside they will see a TV screen showing two politicians spoon-feeding each other. These unusual Prague attractions are by David Cerny and are a comment on politicians.

Futura Museum, Holečkova 789, 150 00 Praha 5-Smíchov, Czechia TEMPORARY CLOSED

4. Man Hanging Out

See this art installation by David Cerny of a man (Sigmond Freud) hanging by one hand from a pole high above the street.

Husova, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

5. Dancing House

The dancing house is probably the best-known of the unusual Prague attractions on this list. It stands on the edge of the Danube and has also been called Fred and Ginger because it resembles two dancers leaning into each other. It is a private office building, but you can enjoy this unusual building’s exterior. If you’re lucky the 7th-floor restaurant, La Perle de Prague will be open when you visit. From there you can see the Vltava River and enjoy Happy Hour on the upper terrace and outdoor rooftop patio. It was designed by architect Vlado Milunić in cooperation with Gehry.

Rašínovo nábřeží 80, 120 00  Praha 2 (Prague), Czech Republic

6. Kafka Spinning Head

A short walk from the Alcron Hotel, outside the Quadrio Mall in a street near Wenceslas Square, is an 11-meter tall art installation of Kafka’s head consisting of 42 rotating panels. The panels slowly rotate every 15 minutes. The kinetic sculpture was created by, you guessed – David Cerny.

Charvátova, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia

7. Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology

one of the most unusual Prague attractions is virtually unknown to tourists. See a collection of human and animal skulls, skeletons, and inner parts displayed in eery jars, and display cabinets.

Located at Viničná 7, 128 00 Praha 2 in the Faculty of Science Building, Go in and ask at reception, or go up the stairs and turn right down the first hallway to the museum door. There you must ring the bell to enter the exhibition. Only by advance booking via web or email. Prague Museum of Anthropology.

8. Deer Moat Pedestrian Path

On the northern side of Prague Castle is a beautiful park, Jelení příkop (the Deer Moat). You can cross the park on a route made up of paths, stepping stones, swinging bridges, and an underground tunnel. The tunnel appears to disappear beneath a hill and is one of the lesser-known unusual Prague attractions.

Prague Castle, enter the upper part of Nový svět (New World) from U Brasnice Street.  Letná, 118 00 Prague 1, Czechia. Closed November 1, to March 31. Deer Moat Pedestrian Path. TEMPORARY CLOSED

9. Paternoster Lift

This famous elevator is doorless, and doesn’t stop or slow down EVER. It continually moves as people jump on and off their floor. There are a few of these in Prague. Although this is fascinating it is now known one of the top unusual Prague attractions.

Prague City Hall: Jungmannova 35, Nové Město, 110 00 Praha-Praha 1, Czechia; or Lucerna Passage: Vodičkova 704/36, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia (where you can also see the upside down horse).

10. Cross Club

This club, pub, cafe, has some eccentric decor and brings together cultures, and arts. It is a mellow place where you can see theatrical performances. Cross Club.

Plynární 23, Praha 7, 170 00, Czech republic

11. Sex Machines Museum

Need I say more. Unusual Prague attractions indeed.

Sex Machine Museum, Melantrichova 18, Prague, 110 00

12. Absintherie

One of the unusual Prague attractions you can drink! Visit this Mecca of the famous Czech drink. Here you can see a museum all about Absinthe, sample the drink in many forms, learn about its history, and listen to live musical performances. Absintherie.

Jilská 7, 110 00, Prague 1 Old Town

13. Gulliver Airship Reading Room

For us, this is one of the unusual Prague attractions, but for locals, it’s where they do their reading. A beautiful 42-meter long Zepplin-shaped space made from metal and wood looks like it has landed on the roof of the DOX Museum. But it is actually a special reading room. Gulliver Airship Reading Room.

DOX Museum of Contemporary Art, Poupětova 1, Prague 7

14. Babies Climbing Žižkov Television Tower

Another of David Cerny’s brilliant art installations features babies crawling up the 216-meter tall tower in Pest. The babies have barcode faces. You can see these unusual Prague attractions from almost anywhere in Prague. Climbing Babies.

Mahlerovy sady 1, 130 00 Praha 3-Žižkov, Czechia

15. Museum of the Infant Jesus

The Church of Our Lady Victorious is home to a small wax-covered wooden statue of Jesus. The little Jesus has a huge collection of clothing from across the globe that is displayed in the church museum. The Museum opens after morning mass and after English mass on Sundays at 1pm. Museum of the Infant Jesus.

Church of Our Lady Victorious, Klášter Pražského Jezulátka, Karmelitská 9, 118 00 Praha 1 – Malá Strana

16. Periodic Table With Samples

Inside one of the university buildings, is a large periodic table with samples of each of the elements. It’s an interactive exhibit with lights that come on when you want to read info about a particular element. While here there are other displays and beautiful architecture. And there is a bar on the first floor.

Chemistry Department Building, Charles University, Hlavova 2030/8, 128 40 Nové Město, Czechia TEMPORARILY CLOSED

17. Embryo on a Drainpipe

Often overlooked, this David Cerny installation looks like an embryo grew inside a drainpipe, and the pipe expanded! See another of the unusual Prague attractions, just by looking up.

Divadlo Na Zábradlí Theatre wall, Anenské náměstí 209/5, 115 33 Praha 1

18. Rooftop of the Astronomical Clock

Pay for a tour of the Old Town Hall and see the chapel, historical halls, underground areas and the tower or just skip the tour and take the elevator to the 3rd floor then a second elevator inside the tower. There is a mobile platform between the two elevators. 

Old Town Hall, Staroměstské nám. 1/3, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

19. Bitcoin Cafe

This cafe and co-workspace accepts bitcoin as payment. Bitcoin Cafe.

Dělnická 43, Praha 7 – Holešovice

20. London Booster

This public work of art or art installation is of a red London bus with two arms, doing press-ups. It was created to commemorate the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and a real 1958 London bus was used. Every day at 3pm the sculpture comes to life and lifts itself up. Of course, this is another brilliant piece by David Cerny.

Klíčová 2, Chodov, Prague 4

21. Vinárna Čertovka Narrow Street

This extremely narrow walkway is 50cm wide. It even has a traffic light to show when someone is coming in the opposite direction so that you can wait for them to pass.

 U Lužického semináře, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia. Find the street on Google Maps by entering nejužší pražská ulička. It is a few steps from the Kafra Museum.

22. Statue of St. Wilgefortis

The Loreto Church has a statue of a crucified female saint with a beard. She is in the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, and there is a strange story behind the creation of this figure. Wilgefortis Church.

Loretánské nám. 7, 118 00 Praha 1-Hradčany, Czechia

23. Strahov Monastery Library

A beautiful baroque historic library with stunning ceiling frescos. It opened in the 12th century and the adjacent monastery is still home to monks. It is also possible to tour the monastery. Strahov Monastery Library.

Strahovské nádvoří 1/132 118 00 Praha 1

24. Quo Vadis Walking Car

This art insulation by non-other than David Cerny is an iconic East German Trabant (car) walking on human legs. It is a reminder of the many East Germans who came to the West German embassy in Prague seeking asylum in 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell. Those who were granted asylum had to leave their cars behind and continue on foot to the west. The piece is on the grounds of the German Embassy so you can only see it from behind the fence if you walk around to the back of the property.

19 Vlašská, Prague, 118 00, Czechia

 25. Čertovka

Cross over the river and start wandering around the Lesser Town where you’ll find the Kafka Museum, Lennon Wall, the narrowest street, and a picturesque canal running through the leafy neighborhood. The Devil’s Canal was made by the Knight’s Hospitallier to provide water to the mills. You can still see one of the old mills near Charles Bridge. The canal creates Kampa Island between the canal and the Vltara River and runs from Malostranské nábřeží to Charles Bridge. You can take a cruise along the canal in the warmer months.

Malá Strana, 118 00 Prague 1, Czechia

26. KGB Museum

Not to be confused with the Communist Museum. See all the paraphernalia, weapons, torture stuff, uniforms, historic photos, and more, all displayed in a small building by an enthusiastic proprietor. KGB Museum.

Vlašská 591/13, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia

27. Communist Museum

This is a larger museum than the KGB Museum and displays a wide range of everyday items from the Communist era. Among the exhibits is a Communist-era classroom, historic film footage is shown, weapons, uniforms, statues of Soviet leaders, propaganda material, and more. Read my full post on this Prague Communist Museum.

V Celnici 1031/4, 118 00 Nové Město, Czechia

28. Prague Waterworks

I heard this place is only open to the public once a year, but check out the website which says it is open year-round. Near the Stromovka Royal Game Reserve, you can see the underground operations building of Prague’s water system (sewers) dating back 100 years. A tour takes you to see the still-functional steam engine room (1903), historical photographs and documents, a display of narrow gauge railway vehicles, and an exhibition of antique items related to the waterworks. Walk beneath the ground in Prague’s historic sewers. Prague Waterworks. If it is open it is definitely one of the unusual Prague attractions.

Old Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bubeneč (Stará čistírna odpadních vod v Bubenči), Papírenská 6, 160 00 Praha 6 – Bubeneč

29. Upside Down Horse

My favorite unusual thing in Prague! This is a statue of King Wensleslas sitting on a horse hanging upside down from the ceiling in the Lucerna Passage. Again, this was created by David Cerny (yes I’m a bit of a fan), and it is in the same magnificent building as the elevator that never stops.

 Vodičkova 704/36, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia

30. Yellow Penguins

Spot these cute yellow penguins when you visit Kampa Park. Installed here by the Cracking Art Group in 2008, the row of 34  “tučňák” are lit up at night.

U Sovových mlýnů 418/5, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia

31. Pissing Men

While on this side of the river you’ll probably wander around the Lower Town and even visit the Kafka Museum. In the courtyard of the museum (you don’t have to pay entrance) is this unique art installation called Proudly, by the local sculpture and artist David Cerny. The two bronze figures piss into a puddle and are writing in the water with their piss. You can send an SMS with your name to a number displayed nearby, and the men will write your name. While here, enjoy the quality gingerbread shop. Pissing Men.

Cihelná 635, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia

32. Nuclear Bunker Julta Hotel

You’d never have guessed what lies beneath the large Julta Hotel on Wenceslas Square. A previously concealed nuclear fallout shelter from the 1950s. This bunker was home to the military headquarters of the Warsaw Pact countries during wartime. The bunker is now the Cold War Museum and there are guided tours in the Czech language daily at 14:30, 16:00, and 17:30. Nuclear Bunker.

33. Sedlec Bone Church

This unusual Prague attraction is not actually in Prague. You need to catch a train to the little town of Kunta Hora, but in my opinion, it is worth it. To cut a long story short, a monk was put in charge of stacking the bones of the deceased, and he got creative. He started making chandeliers, and other decorative pieces in the ossuary. Check out the website, as you need to buy the tickets online or at a ticket office in the town. Also, read my post about the bone church.

Zámecká, 284 03 Kutná Hora, Czechia

34. Prague Market (Pražská tržnice)

This huge market space looks abandoned but it is a treasure trove of great deals. You have to bargain!! Offer at least half of what the vendor is asking. This is where the locals shop. You’ll find shoes, clothing, suitcases, toys, household goods, electronics, and more. This market was once called the Vietnam Market Prague and has gone by several other names. It is located on the castle side of the river.

Bubenské nábř. 306, 170 00 Praha 7-Holešovice, Czechia

35. Beer Bath

Travel about half an hour out of Prague to this local brewery where you can soak in a bath of beer, and also enjoy spa treatments and the brewery bar. Read my full post on the Prague Beer Bath here.

Pivovarská 107, 348 13 Chodová Planá, Czech Republic

I hope you liked my list of unusual Prague attractions, if you have any to add, please leave a comment.