Dancing House
Guide
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FreeSightAllow 10–20 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A riverside office block with a pinched glass tower leaning into a straighter concrete one, as if a couple were dancing; you see it best from the embankment or the bridge.
A brief history
Designed by Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry and finished in 1996, it was nicknamed 'Fred and Ginger' after the dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Tips
- Best time
- Any time; it's a quick stop on a river walk
- Cost
- Free to see from outside
- Allow
- 10–20 min
- Free days
- Always free outside
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Good to know
- Area
- New Town and Vyšehrad: Wenceslas Square, the National Museum and the river south to the Dancing House and the Vyšehrad fortress. Close to the main station, with good-value hostels.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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