Brno
Its population (about 400,000) and size make it the second largest city in the Czech Republic, located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers. Brno is the natural center of southern Moravia and the capital of the South Moravia Region. MORE ...
It is the center of commerce and industry on a European scale as well and also serves as the seat of the supreme authorities of the Czech justice system – the Constitutional and Supreme Court of the Czech Republic are both located here. It's connected with the world via the Brno International Airport. The city boasts 11 faculties in 26 universities and colleges.
So much for the data. We, however, are interested in how life is here, and whether Brno is worth visiting. When we take a closer look, we see that the city has a very advantageous location – it's surrounded and protected on three sides by hills, while only the sunny southern side opens up towards the fertile lowlands of South Moravia. This must have already been well known by people in prehistoric times, since evidence of the first settlement of this location goes back 700,000 years (shown by the discovery of a hand-hewn stone on Red Hill). Today's Brno, however, is not merely a city of monuments and reminders of the (mostly) Gothic and Baroque, nor of simply historical and modern architectural treasures (one of the three most famous functionalist villas in the world is located here), but most of all, it's a great place to live. The proof of this is the local inhabitants themselves – warm people with a specific and unmistakable sense of humor. They even have their own specific slang. In short, people who are able to make fun of themselves.
And even though (as you'll soon discover in this guide) there's a lot to see in Brno, each sight more interesting than the next, you can still pass through the historic center in a few hours. So you'll be left with plenty of time to be simply enjoy yourself. And you can be sure that there are plenty of ways how..
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Kultura Brno - GO TO BRNO
Date of the event:
1.1.2022 - 31.12.2022
Vlakem na výlet
Date of the event:
1.1.2022 - 31.12.2022
Program brněnských kin, Brno
Date of the event:
1.1.2022 - 31.12.2022
Do sports with us
Date of the event:
1.1.2022 - 1.1.2023
Venue:
Bohemia and Moravia
JAZZFESTBRNO
Date of the event:
16.1.2022 - 4.11.2022
Brno Bienal
Contemporary graphic design and visual communication.
Date of the event:
1.5.2022 - 31.5.2022
Museum Night Festival
Date of the event:
20.5.2022 - 11.6.2022
ZUŠ Open
Date of the event:
22.5.2022 - 29.5.2022
Divadelní svět Brno
Date of the event:
24.5.2022 - 29.5.2022
Open House Brno
Date of the event:
28.5.2022 - 29.5.2022
Léto na Biskupském dvoře, Brno
Date of the event:
28.5.2022 - 30.8.2022
Venue:
Biskupský dvůr, Muzejní 298/1, Brno
On Bike for Children
Date of the event:
1.6.2022 - 11.6.2022
Long Night of Churches
Annual religious and cultural festival. The main idea is that visitors can see sights (churches or chapels) without obligation and for free, and meet believers among many denominations.
Date of the event:
10.6.2022 - 12.6.2022
Open Garden & Squares Weekend
Date of the event:
11.6.2022 - 12.6.2022
1000 mil Československých, Praha - Bratislava - Praha
Competition of historic vehicles for real sportsmen
Date of the event:
15.6.2022 - 18.6.2022
Venue:
Praha - Bratislava - Praha
Brno Brass Fest
Date of the event:
17.6.2022 - 20.6.2022
Emil Open - letní evropské hry handicapované mládeže, Brno
Date of the event:
22.6.2022 - 26.6.2022
Bystrcké hody, Brno - Bystrc
Date of the event:
25.6.2022 14:00
Venue:
Společenské centrum, Odbojářská 2, Brno - Bystrc
Fireworks festival IGNIS BRUNENSIS
Fireworks festival accompanied by music STAROBRNO IGNIS BRUNENSIS
Date of the event:
25.6.2022 - 23.7.2022
Bohemia Jazz Fest
Date of the event:
11.7.2022 - 19.7.2022
Venue:
Praha - Plzeň - Liberec - Hluboká nad Vltavou - Domažlice - Brno
Summer Shakespeare Festival, Brno
Summer Shakespeare Festival introducing on the open-air productions of William Shakespeare is the biggest and oldest festival of this kind in Europe.
Date of the event:
16.7.2022 - 9.8.2022
Venue:
Hrad Špilberk, Špilberk 210/1, Brno
Pop Messe, Brno
Date of the event:
29.7.2022 - 30.7.2022
Venue:
Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno
Hradycz.cz - Veveří
Date of the event:
12.8.2022 - 13.8.2022
Venue:
Státní hrad Veveří, Veverská Bítýška
TrutnOFF BrnoON, Brno
Open Air Music Festival - a well known and cultic meeting
Date of the event:
18.8.2022 - 21.8.2022
Venue:
Na Střelnici, Pisárecká 480/11, Brno
Castle Bonfire Night
Castle Bonfire Night is an annual celebration organized by the National Heritage Institute. Its goal is to present our heritage sites in a new light, at an unusual time of day and with special events.
Date of the event:
27.8.2022 - 28.8.2022
Venue:
Památky zapojené do Hradozámecké noci, Čechy a Morava
European Heritage Days (EHD)
Dny evropského dědictví (European Heritage Days - EHD) každoročně v měsíci září otevírají nejširší veřejnosti brány nejzajímavějších památek, budov, objektů a prostor, včetně těch, které jsou jinak zčásti nebo zcela nepřístupné.
Date of the event:
10.9.2022 - 18.9.2022
Slavnosti vína, Brno
Date of the event:
16.9.2022 - 22.9.2022
Venue:
náměstí Svobody 96, Brno
90s EXPLOSION, Brno
Date of the event:
17.9.2022 16:00
Venue:
Za Lužánkami, Brno
Zažít město jinak
Date of the event:
17.9.2022
Sokolnice 1945
Date of the event:
24.9.2022 10:00
Utubering, Brno
Date of the event:
15.10.2022 10:30
Venue:
BVV Brno, Výstaviště 405/1, Brno
Janáček Brno
Music and Theater Festival
Date of the event:
2.11.2022 - 20.11.2022
GO + REGIONTOUR
Date of the event:
3.11.2022 - 6.11.2022
Venue:
BVV, Výstaviště 405/1, Brno
Napoleon v Brně
Date of the event:
19.11.2022 - 20.11.2022
Venue:
Moravského náměstí, Brno