Absolutely stunning show of modern art, with Franz Karla’s head rotating in many different places and pieces every hour for 15 minutes, attracting many many tourists and providing the head a view in every direction. A must see for anyone even remotely interested in art, creativity, or a good time! And…it’s totally free to enjoy and film. A must do in Prague. One of the highlights after castles and amazing old town buildings.

Definitely a piece of art you shouldn't miss out on! The head moves for 15 minutes every hour. Get there 10 minutes early to get a better spot, because it does more than just rotate - it performs. And it's a great piece of engineering! The most futuristic piece of art I've seen in Europe. Yes it's fun to see it on a video, but live Is better!

A must visit in Prague - it's easy to get hypnotised by the strange movements of the rotating blocks, conjuring up all sorts of facial arrangements you couldn't imagine! We were taking a walk on our last morning here and used this as our destination. It’s somewhat hidden away in a square outside a shopping center and it's crowded all the time!

Well worth the visit; 42 layers move for about 15 minutes staring at the top of the hour. There’s a nice cafe next to it so convenient to enjoy the weather and this impressive sculpture.

Nice and modern metal sculpture. It moves for 15 minutes (every hour). Nearby there are cafes and a shopping center, so you can wait for the show

I don't know the exact history behind this rotating head but according to me it's not a must visit place. You can skip this place if you want, its just a head which has some layers and rotates, nothing else. If you have some extra time and want to eat some good food then you can come here because there's a mall just besides this Kafka's Head, in the meantime you can also watch this head rotating every hour.

Interesting for the first 5 min. It is just a spinning head. Don't expect there will be music along with the spinning because it will be great if it has. Anyway, it is a great experience and great piece of art. Salute to the maker. 👍

Very nice experience. The head moves in different directions creating a lot of different perceptions. The place was not so full, so it was perfect to observe. You can spent several minutes enjoying many different motions.

A modern and elegant installation. The plates that construct the head rotate 360 degrees starting every hour for 15 minutes. There are coffee shops and restaurants nearby to pass the time. Definitely worth to visit.

Frank Rotating head starts every beginning of hours for 15 minutes. So if you showed at 10:20 for example., there will be no movement till 11:00. Franz Kafka's work is characterized by anxiety and alienation, and his characters often face absurd situations. He is famous for his novels The Trial, in which a man is charged with a crime that is never named, and The Metamorphosis, in which the protagonist wakes to find himself transformed into an insect.

I had seen a video of this statue long back and I didn't even remember this was in Prague. When listing out the places to see, I suddenly realized that this was in Prague! This sculpture is made of 42 rotating steel panels depicting the Bohemian-German writer Franz Kafka by David Cerny!

I actually really liked this landmark (attraction?). Another thing that you would definitely not see anywhere else, which is why I had to go see it. Just make sure to get there just before the hour, as the head will start moving on the hour, every hour, for 15 minutes.

Nice piece of art to look at and take pictures with, would recommend visit the place when the head is spinning and when it’s daylight. Would not purposely go visit this place though.

all fans of Kafka and fans of art house must visit. The head works the first 15 minutes of every hour and puts on an interesting show. Near shopping centers and cafes where you can wait for the show to start.

Very impressive work of art, located right in front of a shopping center. It's made of 42 independently driven layers and weighs about 45 tons. The statue moves every 15 minutes so make sure to wait and not to miss that.

Iconic! Loved the sight of it. So it happens every hour for fifteen minutes and the head moves 360 degrees. Exceptional example of modern technology integrated with architecture. Worth a visit.

Worth the wait. The statue moves and depicts the internal struggle of Kafka. It used to be a hidden gem but now is quite popular. Don’t forget to click pictures in the mirrors at the bottom of the head for your instagram. It is mesmerising to see all the layers turn, so please bear with the wait and don’t miss this attraction.

This statue is good if you’re able to look at it when it’s rotating. Pro tip: it rotates every hour so try to reach 15 minutes day before 1PM so that you can see it rotating at 1PM.

Kafka rotating head does a choreography every hour, it lasts 5-10. Is waiting one hour worth it? I’d say it depends on your tastes, anyways there’s a shopping mall a few meters away (surpriise) and maybe grabbing a quick snack/drink while you’re waiting isn’t that bad. BEWARE: there are a lot of p1ck pockets waiting for you to look at the rotating head so that they can get a chance to buy snacks with your money.

Amazing thing to see, everyone waiting for the head to turn. And it is incredible when it does turn. It was one of the first sights I saw when in Prague and It really set the mood for the whole city.

We went to see the iconic Kafka rotating head of Prague by December end, and it was not open to public because of maintenance works going on.We were so disappointed as it was one of the never miss spot in Prague.

Also this place so nice

Kafka Rotating Statue One of the best ways to explore cities is just walking around without any plans; of course not late at night. I stumbled upon this amazing piece of art and excellent engineering feat in 2017. I enjoy watching it change. It’s definitely worth a visit. And very close to it there are several shops and restaurants.

(Translated by Google) I recommend it for 15 to 30 minutes for children's beauty (Original) Doporučuji je to tak na 15 až 30 min pro děti krása

(Translated by Google) Very quiet place, the sculpture show is every 15 minutes, and it is easy to get to, in general a must see. (Original) Lugar muy tranquilo, el show de la escultura es cada 15 minutos, y es fácil llegar, en general un lugar de visita obligada.

the place is in the center and easy to find. The statue is interesting to see in the middle of historical place like Praha. Opposite you can chill out in Starbuck coffee shop. Nice spot to visit in Praha

Mesmerizing

(Translated by Google) Certainly worth seeing, the show lasts 15 minutes and turns on at full hours. (Original) Z pewnością warto zobaczyć, pokaz trwa 15 minut i włącza się o pełnych godzinach.

This sculpture is so mesmerizing! Seriously, grab something from Starbucks, which is right there, and watch this. It goes for 15 minutes and it’s so cool! 🧡

Such an amazing artwork! If you’re lucky and the head is spinning, you will see its full potential. But the idea behind it and the fact that there are no set times for the head to spin, is awesome to me

It a good place to visit. but the statue was not moving as I had read it does. Bad Luck probably. Well opposite to the statue there is dhaba peas which has buffet food and its reasonable.

Pretty nice if you happen to be in the area but not worth a long walk for - also take note that it runs from on the hour to quarter past the hour only. It also appears to be slightly broken as one piece didn't rotate at all and another was out of line with the rest.

Interesting monument that rotates. Can be observed outside but also from Starbucks or MacDonald at the second floor. Good part that it makes no sound when rotates.

the rotation of the starts at the beginning of every hour for 15min. pretty cool to watch but once you’ve seen it you don’t need to see it again. unless the sky is different so it can reflect on the metallic sculpture a different way.

Easy to find although tucked off the main drag. A visual wonder and sculptural marvel! The head moves for 15 minutes every hour starting at the top of the hour. It was fun to see kids and adults alike watching in delight and amazement.

Good to see this in public next to shopping area. Great place to eat all kind of food here and also see this roaring head. Kids loved this as well. Head turns in various formation every few mins.

Ein faszinierendes Kunstwerk! Rotierende Scheiben aus glitzerndem Metall bewegen sich mal leise, mal laut klappernd in die eine und in die andere Richtung, bis am Ende der Kopf von Kafka erkennbar wird. Der dreht sich auch mal als ganzer in die andere Richtung, so dass ihn jeder sieht . Erst wenn man das Werk lange beobachtet, kann man ein gewisses Muster der Drehungen erkennen... (kann meine Videos leider nicht hochladen). Fazit: absolut sehenswert!

This sculpture has a different effect in different weather or time of day. A very popular place. Now, November 2023, this sculpture is under reconstruction.

The head looks good and is very big. Interesting rotations. It rotates for 15 min every hour. Fun to see once but not worth visiting more often.

Was being serviced when we went so unable to see the statue, nice shopping mall, good location but again would have been good to be able to actually see the statue

Beyond the hideous building of Quadrio is situated one of few pearls of modern art in the city of Prague.

Well this is fun for a few minutes !

Strangely hypnotic, ended up waiting ages just to see it reform. Quirky and interesting.

Franz Kafka's head ...İt is a master of engineering artwork.One of the most visited attractions of Prague city by the tourists. It's just behind the shopping mal Quadriol where there are quite a number of descent shops and restaurants in there. You can easily reach this place by tram. Trams 22-23-9 all pass infront of the mall 50 meters from the statue. You can just come round and take a few pictures and then enjoy a while at the mall or have a break :)

If you love reading his books you should definitely see this and other monument of him in the city and one more don't forget to visit the museum with a name of him.

It is something different. Don't go out of your way to get there, but if it's on your route or you are close by, go! (Honestly I think everything is close by in Prague).

It's an interesting head which changes shape, well worth a visit!

(Translated by Google) Cool. But this afternoon did not spin ( (Original) Прикольна. Але сьогодні вдень не крутилася(

(Translated by Google) Wonderful (Original) Прекрасно е

Interesting piece of art. Kinda confusing. But cool.

(Translated by Google) Unusually for sure))) Look at the spinning pumpkin (Original) Необычно уж точно ))) Посмотреть на вращающуюся тыкву

Super

(Translated by Google) Franz Kafka (Original) Franz Kafka

(Translated by Google) A must-see location. Great place for a photo. (Original) Локация, обязательная для посещения. Отличное место для фото.

(Translated by Google) Interesting (Original) Интересно

(Translated by Google) Very interesting idea (Original) Очень интересная идея

(Translated by Google) Great idea. It looks great. Worth a visit. (Original) Skvělý nápad. Vypadá to parádně. Stojí za návštěvu.

A great moment to see this sculpture, like from another world!

Not bad

(Translated by Google) Beautiful work (Original) Bellísima obra

(Translated by Google) Except for the drug users wandering around, it's a great place. (Original) Až na ty uživatele drog, co se potulují kolem, je to skvělé místo.

(Translated by Google) Beauty (Original) Krasa

Brilliant, but without music and so many people, it's not cool.

Unremarkable ...large twisting head.. doesn't look like Franz. In boring and draws a crowd for lack of other things to do

(Translated by Google) I already talked about David Cerny (Kun sculpture) and his need to provoke the expectator. This will not be the exception. I just loved everything about this piece. It’s esthetics, it’s name, the color, it’s synchronicity with Kafka’s popular book: Methamorphosis. Clap clap to you David! I already told you about David Cerny (in the Kun sculpture) and his need to provoke the viewer. This is not going to be the exception. I loved everything about this piece. Its aesthetics, its name, its color and the synchronicity with Kafka's popular book: Methamorphosis. Applause for you David! (Original) I already talked about David Cerny (Kun sculpture) and his need to provoque the expectator. This will not be the exception. I just loved everything about this piece. It’s esthetics, it’s name, the color, it’s synchronicity with Kafka’s popular book: Methamorphosis. Clap clap to you David! Ya les hablé de David Cerny (en la escultura Kun) y su necesidad de provocar al espectador. Esta no va a ser la excepción. Me encanto todo de esta pieza. Su estética, su nombre, su color y la sincronicidad con el libro popular de Kafka: Methamorphosis. Aplausos para vos David!

(Translated by Google) Original and wonderful, like everything else from David the Black.) (Original) Оригінально і чудово,як і все інше від Давида Чорного.)

(Translated by Google) Pretty cool (Original) Docela cool

(Translated by Google) It's difficult to shoot from the front because it's spinning all the time (Original) ずっとグルグル回転してるので正面から撮影するのが難しい

(Translated by Google) A must-see in the city! (Original) Обязательно к посещению в городе!

A magnificent piece of art! The head rotates on the turn of every hour for a duration of 15 minutes.

Great mechanical outdoor sculpture from David Černý depicting Bohemian German-language writer Franz Kafka. It consists of 42 panels which individually rotates. It's 10.6m tall. Installed in 2014. It's a relaxing artwork which you may enjoy from nearby cafés. It used to rotate all the time but now it's active only for 15min each hour which may not be worth the wait for many.

Must visit place if you're in Prague. Contemporary art work. The parts rotate for 15 minutes at each hour and it's fun watching it.

Amazing modern statue of Franz kafka

Great Sculpture made of some strong material. Sculpture rotates once in a one hour, not sure about the timing. Once it rotates, it'll last for few minutes.

Impressive piece of art. It's amazing to look at, rotating and make face

A well-known statue representing Kafka. This is one of the many works of David Cerny on display in the city of Prague. It is well-known to tourists and is quite eye-catching. If one is in the area it is certainly worth seeing, however if your time is short in the Old Town, I would recommend seeing other things first.

Is it Kafka's sculpture?

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(Translated by Google) So beautiful and impressive. Even though I don't see it moving, it's a beautiful piece of work. (Original) Çok güzel ve etkileyici. Hareket ettiğini görmesem de çok güzel bir yapıt.

(Translated by Google) Tourist attraction. The head statue moves from hour to hour. Fantastic good effects. (Original) Atração turística. A estátua cabeça movimenta-se de hora a hora. Fantástica bons efeitos.

(Translated by Google) Interesting Metal - a moving sculptural head that moves every minute for 15 minutes. (Original) Érdekes Metal - mozgó szoborfej, mely minden egész órában 15 percet mozog.

(Translated by Google) The colleague chose toy bearings and did not move one of the items on his forehead (Original) A kolléga játékcsapágyakat választott, és nem mozog az egyik elem a homlokán

It is a amazing. Just read a bit about him before you see this. You will appreciate it more. It rotates the first 15 minutes of an hour.

The 42 mobile tiers of this eleven-metre-tall sculpture align to form the face of the famous Czech writer Franz Kafka. This is situated outside a shopping complex which is connected to public transport. They revolve the face after every n(generally 30) minutes.

Metal sculpture that is both stunning and modern. For 15 minutes, it moves (every hour). There are eateries and a shopping mall nearby where you can wait for the performance.

Good to visit. The head rotates in 15 minutes. It's a 10 minute walk from the world-famous astronomical clock. I don't know much about such art, but IMHO it can be avoided if you are in very much time crunch.

This is one of the most intriguing statues i have ever witnessed. It well turn every hour, for 15 minutes with a wide variety of patterns and actions. It would most likely have been a 5 star if not for the fact that at the time i visited it, 2 of the plates were broken.

Rotating head. I couldn't be bothered to wait in -1 degree weather for it to rotate all the way, but as I was walking away, I looked back and it became a head! So I walked back and took another picture of it as a fully formed head lol. It's cool, but Prague has way weirder and cooler statues than this. It's basically a treasure hunt to find them all and this is definitely on the treasure hunt map!

First of all it is not always rotating. It has 15min show after every hour. So 1st to 15th min of an hour is the show time. It is nothing much here. Artist had done a great job creating it but now it's just and social media attraction. Instead of show after 1 hour it can be made 5 min show after every 20 min with some music in background.

Franz Kafka Rotating Head : It's well worth the visit; 42 layers rotate for around 15 minutes every hour. There's a lovely mall next to it, so it's easy to have dinner or lunch after watching this, and if you're early or late, don't worry because it moves every hour.

I wouldn't go out of my way to see it, but it formed part of our evening stroll on our last night in Prague and I really enjoyed it. The way the light looks on the statue as it moves is really pretty. We only watched for the first few minutes and then head on to the next point.

Last week I visited Prague lonely and I love the City very much since it's a tourist attraction.

Located in a busy shopping center in Prague, this twisting and reflective sculpture depicting the head of writer Franz Kafka is the latest kinetic artwork by controversial Czech artist David Cerny. Installed in 2014, the enormous mirrored bust is comprised of 42 independently driven layers of stainless steel and weighs in at some 45 tons. The piece brilliantly reveals Kafka’s tortured personality and unrelenting self doubt that plagued him his entire life. The layering of objects is a common motif for Cerny who built a similar rotating head that also functions as a fountain titled Metalmorphosis. (thnx, Chelsea & Diana!)

The spinning head of Franz Kafka is absolutely stunning, every single piece is turning in separate with a perfect combination, so it turns around in 360 digress and you can see it from every place around, this is absolutely gorgeous attractive attraction to see in Prague, very much recommended 😍 don't miss it.

Cool looking sculpture! Was nice to see some street art during the day. There are nearby coffee and food and it is a cool spot ro stop for few minutes

Make sure you visit just before the hour to see the full performance, and check ahead to ensure the head is on! Well worth a visit, you can even enjoy a coffee in the adjacent shopping centre to get an arguably better view of the head as it makes its 15 min routine.

The sculpture is very beautiful and when it moves you can make very good Timelapses but it is filled with many people and makes it difficult to appreciate the movement well. The head only moves for 15 minutes at the beginning of each hour

After seeing so many pictures and videos of this piece of art I was still pleasantly surprised by its size and movement. It is situated outdoor so no ticket is needed and it rotated every time I was passing by. Very original and pleasant to watch.

Loved this rotating head experience. It’s soo random. It turns every hour, so get there at full hour. It takes around 15 minutes. It gets better towards the end, so watch it all. TIP: next to Kafka’s head is a retail park, if you get there early, go to toilet, buy some food, do some shopping, get a take away & then get out & watch the head turning. One to experience, kids loved it too. No sitting places really, will have to stand up or sit on the pavement. A fairly big crowd watching. No tickets, it’s free.

Eine Statue der besonderen Art und von daher definitiv sehenswert. Die Rotation findet periodisch 2x in der Stunde statt. Dabei verschieben sich die einzelnen Platten so, dass der Kopf immer in eine andere Richtung zu sehen scheint. Nach ~ 10 Minuten verharrt der Kopf wieder in der ursprünglichen Form. Neben dem Quadria Shopping Center. Direkt gegenüber gibt es an dem Platz ein Cafe & Bistro. Man kann sich die Wartezeit ansonsten dort vertreiben.

The show is performing from 9 am to 9pm each hour and lasts for 15 minutes. In front of the statue you have Starbucks, and I advise to take your coffee and have a look at the show. But it’s not the place where I will spend my time for the second time. It’s free of charge, so no need to book in advance.