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Žižkov Television Tower seen across the city rooftops under a blue sky with large white clouds, its pods and red-tipped mast rising above the rooftops and a church spire.

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Žižkov Television Tower: tickets, hours and highlights

A 216-metre television tower with an observatory at 93 m, three steel-and-concrete legs and giant crawling babies on the shaft. Opening hours, what the tickets cover and how to get there.

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Opening hours for every month are on the Opening hours page.

Checked against the official website on 24 October 2026 · Official source

In short

The observatory at 93 m is open every day from 9:00 to midnight. Tickets are sold in the operator’s online shop and at the tower reception, and children under 3 enter free. The operator does not publish a last-entry time or a recommended visit length.
The cash desk at the tower does not accept euros.
The tower was built between 1985 and 1992 and is 216 m high, with the observatory at 93 m and, in good visibility, a view that the operator puts at up to 100 km. There is a restaurant and bar at 66 m, and entering them does not need the observatory ticket.
The tickets page lists what our partner, a third party, sells: the observatory ticket, an observatory ticket with an online audio guide, a round of minigolf under the tower and, nearby, a guided visit of Vyšehrad.

The observatory at 93 metres

The observatory has a 360-degree view of Prague from almost 100 metres up, and the operator says that with good visibility you can see up to 100 km. It has three themed cabins: one dedicated to the World Federation of Great Towers, one with “bubble chairs” that play the sounds of the street 100 m below, and one with exhibitions by Czech artists, which change. Two fast lifts run at 4 m/s in the main tube, according to the operator.

The tower and its architects

The tower was built between 1985 and 1992 and is 216 m high. The operator and encyclopaedia entries agree that the architect was Václav Aulický and the structural engineer Jiří Kozák. It has three legs of steel and concrete and a shape the operator says recalls a rocket taking off. The foundation is a reinforced-concrete slab 15 m deep, and the three cabins sit up to 134 m high. The interiors were redesigned in 2011-2012 by a group of Czech architects and artists.

The tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. The operator calls it a controversial building because of its contrast with the historic centre.

The crawling babies

Ten giant sculptures of crawling babies, the work of the artist David Černý, climb the tower. The operator says they were installed in 2000 and gives their size as 3.5 m long, and encyclopaedia entries add that they became permanent in 2001. They started as a temporary installation and stayed because of the public’s response, according to the operator.

Restaurant, bar and bistro

The tower has a restaurant and bar and a bistro at 66 m, and a hotel suite at 70 m. Entering the restaurants does not require the observatory ticket, according to the operator’s FAQ. Hours and bookings are on the operator’s site.

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