Franz Kafka Rotating HeadA towering mirrored sculpture of Kafka's face built from 42 independently rotating stainless-steel layers. It assembles and dissolves the face on a cycle through the day; time your visit to catch it move. Behind the Quadrio centre off Národní.
Butterfly Effect (RAF Planes)A pair of fighter-plane sculptures honouring the Czech airmen who flew with Britain's RAF in WWII, near the Kafka head off Narodni. A quieter, more sombre Cerny work tucked into the same central cluster.
St. Wenceslas (Upside-Down Horse)Černý's cheeky answer to the heroic Wenceslas statue on the square: the saint rides a dead horse hung upside-down by its hooves. Suspended inside the elegant Lucerna Palace arcade, free to walk in and see.
Man Hanging Out (Sigmund Freud)A life-sized Freud dangling one-handed from a beam high above a narrow Old Town lane, the other hand in his pocket. Easy to walk straight under without noticing, so look up. Startles people into thinking someone is about to fall.
Babies (Kampa)Giant crawling bronze babies with barcode-stamped faces instead of features, scattered across the lawn of Kampa park by the river. Unsettling and oddly playful; an easy stop after Charles Bridge.
Piss (Pissing Statues)Two mechanical bronze men swivel their hips and 'write' messages with their streams into a puddle shaped like the Czech Republic, in the courtyard of the Kafka Museum. Crude, funny and a perennial kid favourite.
Quo Vadis (Trabant on Legs)A Trabant car standing on four human legs, commemorating the East Germans who fled through the German Embassy garden in 1989. It sits inside the German Embassy garden and is not directly accessible, but you can see it clearly through the fence from the street in Malá Strana.
Babies (Žižkov TV Tower)The same faceless crawling babies, but here scaling the giant Žižkov television tower as if climbing into the sky. A surreal sight from the surrounding park; the tower also has a viewing deck.
TrifotA 12-metre kinetic steel creature on three tripod legs, studded with cameras and moving eyes that track passers-by, inspired by the sci-fi novel The Day of the Triffids. Out in the Stodůlky district; a bit of a journey but striking up close.
EmbryoA glowing, organic pod fused onto the drainpipe of the Na zabradli Theatre, made for the theatre's 50th anniversary. Lit up after dark; easy to walk past, so look up at the eaves on Anenske namesti.
Vaclav Havel MemorialA Cerny memorial to the late president and dissident on the square now named after him, behind the National Theatre. A quieter, more reflective work than his provocations.
Torso of a Tank (Pink Tank)A nod to Cerny's most famous stunt: in 1991 he painted a Soviet tank war memorial bright pink. This later piece on namesti Kinskych keeps the pink-tank spirit alive in Smichov.
LilithA colossal 24-metre mirror-polished female figure clinging to the facade of the Fragment building in Karlin, with limbs wrapping around the structure. Free to see from the street, and striking lit up at night; a short walk from the metro.
London BoosterA red London double-decker bus fitted with mechanical arms, built for the 2012 London Olympics to cheer on Czech athletes. The bus does push-ups daily from 15:00 to 15:30 (only when the temperature is above 5C). Out in Chodov, a short ride from the centre; it sits in a park and is free to see.
Beetle (Porsche on a Pin)A 17-metre Porsche 911 impaled on a giant pin like a beetle in a collection, a jab at society's obsession with cars. The body has 11 hydraulic moving segments, a pink-and-purple laminate surface, and weighs ten tonnes. On Vanickova near the Strahov stadium in Prague 6; fully accessible on the street.
Musoleum (David Cerny Museum)A five-storey gallery in a former distillery in Smichov's Lihovar area, holding Cerny's life's work: the barcode babies, a walking Trabant, the clicking red bus and more, with one floor for other artists. A giant middle-finger sculpture on the building points toward the Kremlin. Ticketed; the exhibits are provocative and not aimed at young children.
VlasovciA stainless-steel work with a miniature Soviet tank in the Reporyje district, complementing a memorial plaque to members of the Russian Liberation Army. Out on the southwestern edge of the city, so one for completists.
H-A-V-E-LA figure of a woman built entirely from letters, marking the entrance to the Vaclav Havel Library in the New Town. A quieter, cleverer Cerny piece tucked into a central street.
Three Women on a HouseThree statues of women, each caught mid-activity, perched on the roofline of the classical Deym Palace, a protected historic building on Vorsilska. Look up to spot them above the street.
Monument to Visací zámekA flipped-over pink Zetor tractor with one front wheel reshaped into a giant padlock, unveiled in 2022 for the 40th anniversary of the Czech punk band Visaci zamek (the name means padlock). On Vanickova near the Strahov stadium, by the spot where the band is said to have formed.
PegasHalf horse, half engine: mechanical Pegasus sculptures at the Waltrovka residence, on the site where Walter Pegasus aircraft engines were once built. The horse's front torso and head stand in for the engines.
SpeedermanA near-4-metre, 600kg hero frozen mid-motion with light-effect speed lines, on the theme of humanity accelerating into a superhuman, tech-driven pace. Also at the Waltrovka complex; it debuted at light festivals in Amsterdam and Prague.
Maso - Red CarsRed cars hung on a hook like sides of beef, a protest against 'auto-civilization' and the way societies revere cars as objects of worship. Mounted on the facade of the MeetFactory cultural centre in Smichov; visible from the street.