Tančící dům

The dancing house is indeed an architectural beauty and is very photogenic but this is essentially one of those «take a picture and leave» spots… It is quite a walk from city centre but at least the walk is entirely along the river which is extremely scenic. There are some pretty neat jazz clubs/​bars in the area.
Overall, I wouldn’t necessarily classify this place as a must see, but taking a walk and snapping w picture isn’t exactly a bad thing…

While this is a Frank Gehry building, the Dancing House really was not that impressive. It was not very crowded, so I got a pretty good view of it (standing on the bridge). But the beauty of it was tainted by the paint on the glass windows advertising office space for rental.
Personally, if you don’t have much time in Prague, skip this.

Los dos edificios completan la figura de dos bailarines masculino y femenino. No se nada de arquitectura pero es bello ver este tipo de edificaciones y más en una ciudad tan bohemia y con un estilo medieval marcado como lo es Praga. Refresca la vista, es de esos lujitos gratis que muchas ciudades ofrecen. Arte con cemento a disposición de transeuntes y turistas.

Une architecture hors du commun pour ce bâtiment destiné à un local de bureaux mais accompagné d’une galerie d’exposition au RDC tandis que le toit est surmonté d’une terrasse qui donne une vue imprenable sur Praha & la Vlatava depuis les quais.

Built on a plot of land that was actually bombed during WW11, the Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic collaboration is an anomaly among the historic architecture of Prague.
It’s quirky and weird and I love how it resembles a pair of dancers, namely Fred and Ginger.
You can go upstairs to the restaurant (which is worth it to see the raunchy interior design) but to go out on the patio you have to purchase a cocktail. The view from the top of the floor is beautiful
A must-​see if you love architecture.

Though is an interesting piece of architecture, it certainly isn’t that interesting to visit. Good as a photo opportunity then continue walking on by. Besides, it’s an office building and I believe there’s a restaurant on the top floor. Strangely, in a city that I felt was unbelievably crowded with tourists, there were none here at the time we walked by. Wonder why…

On a dû prendre quelques métros pour arriver à cet endroit.
Et aucun regret, même si en soit, une fois que l’on a vu l’architecture, aux alentours il n’y avait pas grand chose. Mais cette architecture, vaut le déplacement de par son originalité !

There is innovative, avant garde ultra modern version of architecture in Tancici Dum. Modern forms of buildings don’t have to end up devoid of character, or soul. There is a realistic possibility to have meticulous, unique specific details made into modern architecture buildings, and able to have a glorious splendor. Unfortunately, there is too much generic, sterile modern structures getting built recently in some areas of the World.
However, at least there is occasionally successful projects like Tancici Dum Dancing House in between Masarykovo Nabr Avenue and Rasinovo Nabr on Jiraskovo Namesti next to Jiraskuv Bridge in Nove Mesto neighborhood. There is metaphorical representation of abstract surrealism in architectural landmark. There is soul & character, and variety of scenery compliments extremely well in surrounding urban landscape.
Baroque, and Nouveau classical historic buildings are a wonderful ubiquitous occurrence in Prague Czech Republic, and endless magnificent respect in some of the most beautiful architecture I have ever seen in my entire life, including around Stare Mesto, Mala Strana, Nove Mesto Masarykovo Nabr Avenue Rasinovo Nabr.

Naja!!!
Wenn es sein muss kann man sich das tanzendehaus gerne ansehen ist aber nicht gerade ein Must!!!
Müsst ihr selber entscheiden, so interessant ist es jetzt auch nicht!
Es gibt viel interessantere Ecken in Prag!!!

When my buddies said we were going to check out The Dancing House in Prague, I legit thought we were going out dancing. I wore my good jumping shoes, may have even practiced a few variations of the Macarena in the mirror a few times, and was about 3 breaths away from asking what kind of music they thought would be played.
Clearly I’d spent zero time looking at our trip itinerary or researching anything about Prague, which is pretty typical of my travel style to a foreign land. I was along for the ride and mega lucky that my pals have their sh*t together enough to find cool stuff in advance and to know that while I may be a good time and always DFW, I’m basically the least reliable person on the planet.
Turns out, The Dancing House is not a club and it isn’t at all for dancing… but you can totally do the Macarena on the street corner out front and no one will even think twice. They probably won’t even see you since The Dancing House is such a spectacle on its own.
This is apparently an architectural marvel from the minds of Frank Gehry and Croatian/​Czech Vlado Milunić, and it was really cool but I just want to add for the record that I made messed up projects like this in shop class all the time. Nothing I made ever turned out like it was supposed to and most of the time looked like it was a macaroni noodle trying to capsize on itself.
This looks a little better than my capsizing macaroni noodle creations and was initially called ‘Fred and Ginger’ by Frank Gehry because of it’s resemblance to a dance between the beloved historic Hollywood heavy-​hitters Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Today it’s widely referred to as just, The Dancing House.
The Dancing House is home to Fred and Ginger’s Restaurant and while we didn’t dine there, I’m told they make a mighty mean cocktail and you can look out to the river and the Prague Castle. Not too shabby.

Das sogenannte «tanzende Haus» ist schon zu einer Sehenswürdigkeit von Prag geworden .Es stehlt eine graziöse Tänzerin dar, die sich an Ihren Tanzpartner schmiegt. Mit Phantasie schaut es wirklich so aus. Im inneren ist ein Luxusrestaurant untergebracht .Für die Öffentlichkeit sind nur ganz wenige Räume zugänglich .
Aber einen Blick von außen ist es immer wert.

Das Tanzende Haus fiel uns gleich bei unserer Anreise auf. Es stellt eine Tänzerin im Kleid dar wie es sich an einen Herren mit Hut kuschelt. Es wurde 1996 fertig gestellt und gilt als eines der neuen Wahrzeichen der Stadt.
Ist auf jeden Fall einen Blick wert.

Tančicí dum, they call it. Gehry left a mark here along the Vltava… know what it reminds me of?!
Look up the designer Nambé. He designed a pair of kissing salt and pepper shakers… wonder if this served as an inspiration point.
Can’t miss it when walking along.

Also known as «Fred and Ginger», Frank Gehry’s Dancing House is quite an architectural marvel. The views from the roof of the Dancing House are not to be missed!
In order to access the roof, you need to enter through Celeste Restaurant on the ground floor. Access to the roof is free as long as you make a purchase at the bar. My husband and I visited in the afternoon so we each ordered a glass of wine and the bartender brought us to the elevator and we were on our way up!
There were only a few other people on the roof with us so we had plenty of time to soak in the views, enjoy our wine and take some photos. I would imagine that in the summer months, it gets busy so plan accordingly.