Head of Franz Kafka Hlava Franze Kafky
Head of Franz Kafka is an 11-meter-tall metal sculpture by David Černý. It is one of the 47 sights in the Czech Republic featured on this site and is the 11th most looked-up sight in the country on English Wikipedia.
Planning a visit
The sculpture is located 1 km from the capital, Prague, and is 12 km from Václav Havel Airport Prague. Visitors can walk to nearby locations such as Wenceslas Square (0.4 km), the Sex Machines Museum (0.5 km), the Prague astronomical clock (0.6 km), Old Town Square (0.6 km), and the Jan Hus Memorial (0.7 km).
The site is open daily from 08:00 to 21:00. For weather, July and August are the warmest months with daily highs of 24 °C, while January is the coldest with a high of 2 °C. The wettest month is July, which has about 14 rainy days.
Weather by month
The warmest month is August, with an average high of 24 °C. The wettest is July, with about 82 mm of rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high, °C | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| Average low, °C | -3 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | -2 |
| Rainfall, mm | 26 | 23 | 32 | 28 | 63 | 66 | 82 | 71 | 42 | 31 | 33 | 31 |
| Rainy days | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
Temperatures and rainfall: 1981–2010 averages for this spot (4 km grid), from CHELSA. Rainy days: 2015–2024, NASA POWER.
