The Dancing House - Access Prague

The Dancing House on the Vltava embankment — Photograph by John Samuel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The one modern building on the Vltava embankment that visitors go looking for — free from the pavement, open at the top.

What it costs

Free from the street, which is where the photograph is taken from anyway.

The rooftop bar and restaurant are open to the public, and going up is the usual reason to go inside. The rest of the building is offices and a hotel.

A detail of the Dancing House facade — Photograph by Jules Verne Times Two, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go

Any time for the exterior. The rooftop is at its best in the late afternoon, looking upriver towards the castle.

Getting there

Trams to Jiráskovo náměstí, or metro B to Karlovo náměstí and walk to the river. It is a pleasant fifteen minutes along the embankment from the National Theatre.

The Dancing House against a blue sky — Photograph by EliziR, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

If you only have an hour

Photograph it from the far side of Jiráskovo náměstí, where the two towers separate properly. Then walk north along the embankment towards the National Theatre — that stretch of riverside is one of the better short walks in the city and almost nobody on the bridge is doing it.

What people get wrong

Completed in 1996 by Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry, on a plot left empty by bombing in 1945. It was widely disliked when it went up. It is now on the hundred-crown commemorative coin.

The Dancing House lit at night — Photograph by Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

The National TheatreNárodní třída Charles BridgeStaré Město ↔ Malá Strana VyšehradAbove the river, south of the centre Petřín Lookout TowerPetřín hill

Ticketing arrangements and opening patterns as published for 2026 and checked on 4 September 2026. These change without much warning — confirm with the site itself before you travel. More sights, and how they fit together, in Landmarks & Sights.