Prague, Czechia
Tribute to Věra
This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Prague, Czechia
This moving sculpture depicts contortionist positions based on photographs of gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who protested the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Prague, Czechia
Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.
Prague, Czechia
The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.
Prague, Czechia
A colossal statue of a woman hugging a modern building.
Prague, Czechia
The medieval "Bearded Man" relief still serves as a clever flood warning marker.
Prague, Czechia
A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.
Prague, Czechia
A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.
Prague, Czechia
This pink tractor statue pays tribute to a legendary underground punk band.
Brno, Czechia
A metal forest of peas pays tribute to the founding father of genetics.
Kořenov, Czechia
In a lighthouse by a vanished sea stands a museum for a man who never existed.
Chomutov, Czechia
This massive, now-retired coal-mine excavator is said to resemble a mythical dragon.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
Prague, Czechia
A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.
Žibřidice, Czechia
Abandoned substation turned village treasure.
Liberec, Czechia
An unusual bronze bus shelter is actually an art installation commenting on the city's history with the Nazi party.
Prague, Czechia
Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.
Prague, Czechia
A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.
Pilsen, Czechia
Massive installation of Europe's negative stereotypes.
Cvikov, Czechia
The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Prague, Czechia
Dedicated to the man who saved hundreds of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
Moravský Krumlov, Czechia
Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha spent 18 years creating these monumental paintings of Slavic history and mythology.
Staré Město, Czechia
Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.