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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Date of the event:
1.1.2024 - 1.1.2025
Venue:
Bohemia and Moravia
JAZZFESTBRNO, Brno
Date of the event:
31.1.2024 - 2.6.2024
Groove Brno, Brno
International jazz festival runs since 2008, regurarly held on Brno venues during October – November. Each year has its own theme (e.g. Big band golden era come back, Jazz through all generations, Jazz architects or Jazz voices – as last year).
Date of the event:
15.2.2024 - 24.10.2024
Venue:
Metro Music Bar, Poštovská 6 + Sono Centrum, Veveří 113, Brno
One World
One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Date of the event:
19.3.2024 - 20.4.2024
Velikonoční slavnosti, Brno
Date of the event:
22.3.2024 - 31.3.2024
Venue:
náměstí Svobody, Brrno
Velikonoční festival duchovní hudby, Brno
Date of the event:
24.3.2024 - 7.4.2024
Days of European Film
Date of the event:
4.4.2024 - 14.4.2024
Venue:
Praha, Brno, Ostrava, Hradec Králové
Mezinárodní den Romů - Dny romské kultury, Brno
Date of the event:
8.4.2024 - 14.4.2024
SETKÁNÍ / ENCOUNTER - Mezinárodní festival divadelních škol, Brno
The International Festival of Theatre Schools
Date of the event:
16.4.2024 - 20.4.2024
Venue:
JAMU a Moravské náměstí, Brno
Pivní festival, Brno
Date of the event:
19.4.2024 - 20.4.2024
Veveří - Eichorn 1945 – Druhá světová válka, Veveří
Date of the event:
20.4.2024 10:00
Venue:
Státní hrad Veveří, Veverská Bítýška
Mezinárodní den památek a sídel - Brány památek dokořán
Date of the event:
20.4.2024 - 28.4.2024
Bonjour Brno - Festival francouzské kultury, Brno
Date of the event:
29.4.2024 - 8.5.2024
Brněnský Majáles, Brno
Date of the event:
11.5.2024
Venue:
BVV, Výstaviště 1, Brno
Studentský Majáles, Brno
Date of the event:
17.5.2024 15:30
Venue:
Areál Hněvkovského, Komárov, Brno
Divadelní svět Brno
Date of the event:
17.5.2024 - 28.5.2024
Museum Night Festival
Date of the event:
17.5.2024 - 15.6.2024
ZUŠ Open
Date of the event:
23.5.2024 - 9.6.2024
Animefest, Brno
Date of the event:
24.5.2024 - 26.5.2024
Venue:
BVV, Výstaviště 405/1, Brno
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:
7.6.2024
Open Garden & Squares Weekend
Date of the event:
8.6.2024 - 9.6.2024
Janáček Brno
Music and Theater Festival
Date of the event:
1.11.2024 - 24.11.2024