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Waves ’26 · Žižkov Tower

A transmitter sends waves. This week it sends ours.

Prague’s tower usually dresses in red, white and blue. To mark the start of Waves ’26, it switches to pink. You can see it from almost anywhere in the city. Here is where to look, and when.

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Find the tower

Which way is it?

Tap the button, then turn until the tower lines up with the pink marker at the top.

Tap the button, allow location and motion.
The tower is 216 m tall, so it is easy to spot once you face the right way.

Compass off? Hold the phone flat and draw a figure 8 in the air. Metal and car roofs throw it off.

Meet the tower

216 meters of antenna with a sense of humor.

It is a transmitter. Since the early 1990s it has pushed TV and radio signals across Prague.

For a while, the city did not know what to make of it: a rocket in a town of spires. Then the artist David Černý sent ten babies to crawl up its pillars, and the tower became a landmark people photograph on purpose.

Transmitters send waves. So do we. For one evening, the tower carries our color instead of the usual tricolor.

Usually: red, white and blue
Look for the Babies. Ten sculptures by the artist David Černý crawl up and down the tower’s pillars. They arrived as a temporary installation in 2000 and stayed for good in 2001. In 2019 they were swapped for identical copies.
216 m
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babies on the pillars
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evening in pink
Greetings from Prague

Send a greeting from Prague.

Pick a frame, take a selfie or a photo of the tower, and send it to a friend or post it with #Waves26.

1 · Frame
2 · Photo
3 · Send

Your photo never leaves your phone. On iPhone, tap Send or share, then Save Image to add it to Photos.

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Where to watch

Where to catch it.

The tower is easy to see from higher ground. Pick a spot, tap it on the map and head over before 18:00. Staying near Cubex or heading to Moon Club? There are spots for that too.