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Just 300 years ago, Brno was a small, picturesque town parks everywhere – oases of calm, comfortable places to Brno has style, and this brochure only surrounded by vineyards. Then 100 years later, the town relax. Have an active lifestyle? Love to move? Swimming, transformed into an industrial metropolis and the flou- running, cycling, and exercising in parks are all currently rishing industry made it possible to turn Brno into a real popular in Brno. And bring your kids with you. They’re a limited number of pages. If you can’t suburb of with a similar ring road and all the prop- welcome! Open and covered playgrounds and play areas er cultural amenities. It’s the city of Janáček, Mendel, can be found around every corner in Brno. Cosy cafes find some information in here, you’ll Mahen, Těsnohlídek, Lev and Ivan Blatný, the Haas bro- where no one will even bat an eye at your offspring. thers, Kurt Gödel, Ernst Mach, and Robert Musil and is Speaking of cafes, the food and drink in Brno is another definitely find it at connected to many other interesting people. What’s this excellent reason to come. Hundreds of restaurants and pocket-sized city like today? Come and find out. Brno is bistros, from traditional Czech cuisine to current global a place that will satisfy your soul and your body. There are trends. Fresh local ingredients, inventive interiors, alter- countless ways to enjoy it. Whether you come for a week- native cafes, beer tasting pubs, top cocktail bars, and end or longer, every second will be filled with something. restaurants – that’s the local food scene, which has There’s no chance to get bored. What can you expect? helped to place Brno among the top cites for quality of Rich and varied cultural life, operas, a philharmonic, doz- life. Don’t miss out on the colourful nightlife, whether in ens of galleries, new trends in contemporary art, alterna- sophisticated bars or alternative clubs. What should you tive music clubs. Something for every taste. Prefer not to take home with you? Hard to say. For shopaholics, Brno is plan and instead be carried away by the spirit of the city? paradise. It’s full of markets, bazaars, antique stores, and Walk through the bustling centre and calm periphery to shopping centres as well as creative souvenirs and the the forests surrounding the city. In Brno, superb art nou- work of local fashion designers. veau architecture meets airy functionalism. There are See you in Brno!

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Discover in Czech, English, and German #Live culture 4–7 #A slow walk 8–11 #Leisure 12–15 what can be learned, experienced, and tasted in Brno. A selection of the most in- teresting memorials, self-guided walks, the best eateries, and an overview of events currently going on in the city. With, of course, practical information to #Food 20–23 #Movement 24–27 #Shopping 28–31 keep you from getting lost. Pay special TIC BRNO RECOMMENDS attention to the newest section, Brno Phenomenon, which presents lifestyle topics. #Christmas in Brno 34–35 #Brno industrial 36–37 #Live culture

Brno has always been a city of music, theatre, art, and audacious architecture. The mix of several cultures gave the city its diversity and attractiveness and still contributes to the city today. Brno has many professional theatres, a philharmonic orchestra, concert halls of all sizes, and dozens of galleries and museums. It hosts music festivals with long traditions, such as Moravian Autumn and JazzFestBrno, and has clear connec- tions with the famous composer Leoš Janáček, with an international biennale named after him. Throughout the year, there are festivals in all genres. But Brno is also shaped by small, independent alternative associations and local communities. The city proudly takes part in the trend of music and art in public spaces. Art lives in the streets, play- grounds, meadows, planetarium, darkened cinemas. Music is omnipresent and so one of the reasons Brno is able to boast of its prestigious title as a UNESCO Creative City of Music. NOT JUST LEOŠ Brno also has HaDivadlo, the Bolek A FEAST FOR THE EARS Polívka Theatre, and the independ- The works of composers whose You can find concerts by the most ent stages of BuranTeatr and Druhý names might not shine as bright as prominent musicians from alterna- Pád Theatre. The accessible Barka Leoš Janáček can now be heard in tive scenes and promising local and Theatre is open to all theatregoers the Old Town Hall courtyard, gar- foreign bands in Brno several times regardless of ability. dens, and arboretums where locals a week. They play in clubs and halls, and visitors can hear untradition- including Metro, Sono, and Kabinet ↓ This original statue in front of Reduta al sounds and the music of the Theatre commemorates a concert by the MÚZ. The oldest club is Fléda, which future. Brno has a strong tradition young . began as the Brünner Fledermaus of progressive music, as can be ↑ Author´s Reading Month - literary festival. seen especially in the Exposition of New Music and concerts across where you can take whatever book the centuries from baroque music you like or leave a book you’ve read to well-known film scores are per- to be enjoyed by others. The city is formed in Brno churches and the where Authors’ Reading Month, the Špilberk Castle courtyard. Brno’s largest Central European literary fest- boroughs come to life with small- ival, was founded and is held every er festivals, including Ghettofest July. And film lovers certainly know and the Kamenka Open in the the Brno 16 international short film unique setting of Kamenná čtvrť. festival. There are many other film In summer, the centre is the site exhibitions and festivals throughout of the Uprostřed festival. Then the the year. Brno has two multiplex cin- ↑ You can enjoy musical experiences at multi-genre Brno Music Marathon emas as well as classic single-screen places like the Sono Centrum concert hall. fills the streets for four days with cinemas. Lucerna, the oldest Brno buskers, the New Circus, jazz, and cinema, began under the name Bio classical and folk music. Did you know that …? Aladin in 1915. Kino Art draws viewers to its pop-up showings, where you can enjoy a screening and party in appropriate dress in such locations (Brno Bat) cabaret and dance hall as the zoo or a strip club. In summer, more than 100 years ago. You’ll find there are several places to watch ARE ART & HISTORY LOVED? what you like, whether it’s guitar or films under the stars. Art in Brno includes art works and electronic dance music. For pro- installations in galleries and muse- gressive serious music, you can find ums and also in clubs, cafes, and concerts at the hall of the Janáček ON STAGES SMALL ••• The former prison on Cejl is the the streets. Perhaps during a walk Academy of Music and Performing AND LARGE site of troubled history. It’s also a through the city, you’ll hit upon the Arts. Experimental music is played in ••• the City Theatre at the Wall unique historical space now being It’s said that Brno is a small Vienna tracks of the street artist TIMO. Or the PRAHA cafe. You can hear jazz, (now ), which revived with a new dramaturgy. It because it was built based on you can set out with your kids for rock, folk, and other genres in pubs opened in 1882, was the first regularly hosts tours, theatre per- the Austrian model. And it shares Anthropos, where you’ll find an iconic and clubs, which Brno has dozens of. theatre in Europe with electric formances, exhibitions, concerts, with the city on the Danube a love giant mammoth and art made by The current trend in the Brno elec- lighting? This historical milestone and workshops. for coffee and theatre. Brno City our ancient ancestors. In the Brno tronic scene is parties in the streets is marked by the four light bulbs Theatre offers contemporary plays City Museum at Špilberk Castle, you and parks. They sometimes feature on Malinovsky Square. ••• Brno was the birthplace of the and musicals. Mahen Theatre, pre- can learn about the history of Brno music from local analogue beats writers Ivan Blatný and Bohumil viously the City Theatre at the Wall, from its founding to the present. producers, who are often connected Hrabal, composers Vítězslava was built in 1882 and is, together FAIT GALLERY sits in a former fac- to the globally known Brno commu- Kaprálová, Josef Berg, Erich with Janácek Theatre and Reduta tory founded in 1865 by Friedrich nity around Bastl Instruments, which Wolfgang Korngold, and Pavel ↑ In summer, the Brno centre comes alive Theatre, the site of National Theatre Wannieck. To see pictures and ar- makes modular synthesizers. Haas, and Haas’s brother, the well- through music. Brno performances. It is also where tistic design, head for the Moravian ↓ You can find postcards from TIMO at known actor Hugo Haas? a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Gallery in Brno. If you’re interested in information centres. More info at you can find a reliable and performed in 1767. Such festivals natural sciences, visit the Moravian www.darkyzbrna.cz, www.giftsfrombrno.cz. ••• READ FOR A WHOLE MONTH up-to-date guide to Brno in the as Theatre World Brno, Setkání/ Museum on Vegetable Market. For cultural magazine WHERE in Brno? Brno residents love to read and go to Encounter, and the Summer contemporary art, head for the TIC It comes out monthly with inter- the cinema. In the 18th century, they Shakespeare Festival are just Gallery. Popularizing and educational esting interviews, reports from founded readers' clubs and began a taste of what theatre can be ex- exhibitions can often be found at ••• on Kounicová Street you can attractive Brno sites, and the best publishing regular newspapers. perienced in Brno. And don’t forget Letohrádek Mitrovských. And don’t tour the garden house where the current tips for cultural events. Today, Brno has the most important the small stages! In addition to the forget about Gregor Mendel, founder composer Leoš Janáček lived? You The magazine is free and can be libraries, dozens of bookshops of all famous Goose on a String Theatre, of modern genetics and abbot of can see his original workroom with found in cafes, cinemas, bars, and sizes and focuses, and small book- which has played a significant role St Thomas’s Abbey in Old Brno, now his piano. information centres. shelves on the streets in the centre in Brno cultural life since 1968, the site of the Mendel Museum.

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So you’re walking slowly through the city of your childhood, you’re dreaming, / the obelisk, Františkov, the tunnel, and along Trnitá, / where you’re excited by the many abandoned courtyards / and the mournful iron junk in them, / along that street, woven from dark clouds, / woven from dark clouds, which thicken, which disappear. Ivan Blatný: Brno Elegies

On foot, we get connected to the city. Only by walking can we really get a taste of what is around us. Brno is a city that was made for walking. There are no major ob- stacles blocking pedestrians, so we can easily spend hours walking wherever we please. Such walks only make sense when we go with eyes open, trying to uncover the secrets of what we see around us, when we perceive people’s faces, noises, build- ing facades, and nature as promises of interesting stories. A SLOW WALK STROLLING THROUGH THE gardens, Wilson Forest, the Open in St. James’ Church. Some tomb- GREEN CITY Gardens, and the garden of Villa stones form a spectacular part of We can find all architectural styles Löw-Beer or Stiassni Villa. the Ossuary at St. James’ Church, in the Brno centre. The medieval Brno’s old urban parks are a unique which is open to the public directly Špilberk Castle towers above the collection of styles and approach- below the church. Earlier, in 1925, city and the Old Town Hall has a fa- es to garden design. Lužánky is FADED GLORY OF RENOWNED the Capuchin Crypt from the 18th cade covered in Gothic lacework. the oldest public park in the entire FACTORIES century became a tourist attraction. St. Peter and Paul’s Cathedral may country. It started as a Jesuit garden It houses human remains that aren’t only be pseudo-Gothic, but togeth- and Emperor Joseph II gave it to the in coffins but have still remained er with the surrounding canonical citizens of Brno in 1786. The largest whole – the geological composition buildings it forms a beautiful nook. park in Brno contains an artificial of the soil and sophisticated system We can experience the Renaissance brook, reminiscent of the original of ventilation have created the at the House of the Lords of flowing stream, a neo-Renaissance conditions for natural mummification. Kunštát or the House of the Lords pavilion, many memorials, and vari- The best-known person entombed of Lipa. Most of Brno’s churches and ous small curiosities. Denis Gardens there is the famous commander of monasteries were built or renovat- ↑ Industrial architecture at Mosilana was created in 1818 and still has an on Křenová Street. pandurs Baron Franz von der Trenck. ed during the baroque period, and If you enjoy wandering around ceme- ↑ Jewish Cemetery. even many palaces still remain from In 1780, Köffiller’s cloth manufac- teries and taking in their picturesque the time. In the 19th century, the tory became a predecessor to the scenery, you won’t be disappointed Did you know that …? success of Brno industry led to the renowned Brno textile factories. in Brno. You can visit the Jewish construction of a ring road in the Brno quickly jumped among the Cemetery, one of the most beautiful Viennese style with a theatre, a mu- most important industrial cities in all of Europe. It’s also the long- seum, office and school buildings, and earned the name “Moravian est-functioning cemetery in Brno, and luxurious blocks of flats. It en- Manchester”. By 1849, there were having been started in 1852. Right circles the historic city centre and already 42 important, mostly textile, at the entrance, your attention will is still in use today. Brno truly wrote ↑ a walk around Špilberk Castle offers factories. Tenements and colonies many picturesque nooks. be drawn to the granite Holocaust itself into the history of architecture were built for the workers near the memorial built in 1949 to honour the during the interwar period, when obelisk commemorating victory over factories and on the city’s periphery. 13,000 victims taken to extermina- many avant-garde architects made The textile industry concentrated on Napoleon as well as a garden gazebo tion camps. You’ll also notice simple ••• construction of Villa Tugendhat ••• the Brno Central Cemetery, their mark. The city became known and an Empire-style well. This park and around Cejl Street, and some of gravestones with Hebrew writing, cost five million First-Republic which spreads over 56 hectares, as a functionalist metropolis. The is connected to Capuchin Gardens, the blocks of flats for the workers typical constructions, and symbolic koruny? For that price, you could is the largest in the country? You best-known functionalist building which is spread over cascading still stand. Today, various cultural and decorative elements as well as have built 30 ordinary family can find more information in is Villa Tugendhat, which was built terraces. We can see Brno laid out in events take place in the dilapidated more elaborate graves and graves houses at the time. a brochure with the same name, during 1929–1930 based on plans front of us from up on the park by former factory buildings. The original designed by famous architects and which you can download at by the renowned architect Mies van Špilberk, created during 1861–1862 emergency colonies, some in altered sculptors. You can pay your respects gotobrno.cz/en or pick up at an der Rohe and furnished with unique on connected hills below the castle. forms, have survived until today and to Rabbi Baruch Jacob Plačzek, information centre. technologies and modern materi- It is interwoven by many stone paths become a refuge for bohemians and whose grandson Georg became the pavements of Brno have als. In 2001, the house was added and has very dense woods, a look- artists. Cejl, now a part of the so- a world-famous physicist; Simon ••• had embedded around 160 as the first modern Czech UNESCO out gazebo, a rock pond with fish, called Brno Bronx, Kamenná Colony, Korngold, grandfather of compos- Stolpersteine (brass plates com- World Heritage site. and several fountains. You can also Diviš Colony, and Písečník are places er Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who memorating victims of fascism)? find nice walks in Tyrš and Björnson that everyone who wants to know won two Oscars for his film scores; ↓ View of Malinovsky Square with Tribute authentic Brno nooks with strong to Edison. and the actor Hugo Hass. The Brno ••• once a year, during Open House genii loci should visit. Interested in Central Cemetery was built in 1883 ••• Denis Gardens was the first Brno, you can visit places in Brno some of these places and want to on a hill, and to overcome this archi- public park in the Czech lands usually off limits to the public? More know more or have a guide lead you tect Alois Prastorfer chose an ingen- established by the public info at www.openhousebrno.cz through them? Choose one of the ious and elegant system of terraces administration? you can get to know Brno ar- routes TIC BRNO has prepared for you. connected by stairs and ramps. The ••• chitecture even without walking? You can find a list at gotobrno.cz/en functionalist crematorium by Ernst Find the offer of sightseeing tours under Explore Brno. Or join Open Wiesner is a true architectural jewel. at gotobrno.cz/en under Have fun House Brno or a sightseeing tour; Inside the Central Cemetery’s ring in Brno. see more at gotobrno.cz/en under of honour, you can light a candle Have Fun in Brno. over the graves of such well-known ••• functionalism, 4 Brno villas, people connected to Brno as Leoš the Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno DARKENED SCENERY Janáček, Bohuslav Fuchs, and Jan and its churches, the Brno Central Skácel. But you won’t find one of the Many prominent people still rest Cemetery – you can get to know all most famous people associated with the Ossuary at St. James’ in Brno churches. This honour has ••• of it with practical brochures? You Brno – Gregor Mendel, who was one Church holds the remains of more been given, for example, to Raduit can pick up brochures for free at in- of the cemetery’s first residents. He than 50,000 people, the oldest of de Souches, the proud defender formation centres or download them lies in an inconspicuous Augustinian which include victims of the medi- of Brno from the Swedes who has from gotobrno.cz/en under Find grave in the north-east corner. eval Black Plague? an opulent grave behind the altar Your Way in Brno and Explore Brno.

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Whether you like spending your leisure time in the countryside or you want to get to know memorials and architecture or you just want to walk around the city and find its small but exceptional nooks and characteristic symbols, Brno and its surroundings have something to offer you. Maybe you’re looking for entertainment and chances to get to know the world around you that even your kids will appreciate. Monkey bars, playgrounds, kids' parks, rope parks, theatres, and museums focused on science and technology all offer opportunities for busy weekends for kids and adults. You’ll be drawn out for family trips to nearby forests, nature reserves, and parks as well as beautiful scenery, historical buildings, and small towns across South . You can also set out hiking or cycling along one of the many cycle tracks through which Brno is richly connected with the entire . You can check out castles, chateaus, reservoirs, vineyards, picturesque towns, and karst caves. And if you just don’t want to set foot out of the city, you can take a tour of Brno statues. TAKE YOUR KIDS TO THE CITY fairy-tale-like Pernštejn Castle. ← Statue of Jan Skácel, Brno poet and If you’re heading south of Brno, author, by sculptor Jiří Sobotka. In Brno, your kids won’t be bored you’ll find an exceptional natural is adorned with several statues. for a moment. Wandering the city setting and beautiful views in the Around St. Thomas’ Church are and need a moment to sit and keep Pálava Protected Landscape Area. artistic allegories to Plato’s virtues: your tireless small companions It’s also worth visiting the historic Courage in the form of a rider on entertained? Brno has many cafes centre of Mikulov, an urban conser- a horse by Jaroslav Róna, Justice with kids corners where your off- vation area, and the Premonstrate by Mario Kotrba, a long fountain spring can put together a train set monastery in Louka u Znojma, representing Temperance, and while you enjoy some nice coffee founded in 1190 by Duke Conrad II Wisdom or prudence symbolized by and cake. Your children can also let Ota of . You can also spend shocked some people. Lužánky a bronze model of Brno from 1645, off steam at Jungle Park or a large a very pleasant day in the Lednice– Park is decorated with two bronze when Brno fought off the Swedish play area like TOBOGA Bongo or Valtice Cultural Landscape with sculptures of Trade and Tolerance, army. a bit farther on, but still on BRuNO family park. If you want your connected English gardens, which originally part of a monument to Moravian Square, is a monumen- kids to try something practical, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Emperor Joseph II. They were made tal statue of a Red Army soldier. take them to the traffic playground You can find other tips at in 1892 by well-know sculptor One of the most successful recent in Lužánky or Riviéra. And don’t be gotobrno.cz/en under Explore Josef Břenek. You should definitely installations is the Tribute to Edison afraid to take them even farther Brno and Have fun in Brno. out of the city – in Obřany they stop by Moravian Square, which on Malinovsky Square – giant light can enjoy a garden railway. To see ↑ You can meet wild pigs on your way along the cycle track from Obřany to Bílovice. bulbs by Tomáš Medek made of animals in a natural setting, it’s should lead you to the VIDA! sci- WHEN YOU START GETTING STATUES a network of wires. enough to visit a park – there are ence amusement park where you’ll BORED IN BRNO In Brno today, you can find a statue goats in Tyrš Gardens and small find 170 playful exhibits which will or other art installation on every pigs in Lužánky. For more exot- show you how the world works. The For family trips, you don’t have to corner, especially in summer, when ic species, head to the Brno Zoo Brno Technical Museum offers 16 go far from Brno – the local public Sculptures in the Streets – Brno on Mniší hora. And when it starts permanent exhibits from streets transport will carry you comfort- Art Open happens every other year. Did you know that ...? to get dark early, the colourful with crafts to aeroplane and ship ably even outside the city. Enjoy the City of Brno tries to attract We’ll highlight just a few. Most of ••• water fountain in front of Janáček engines. The Brno Observatory and the panoramic view from the even the smallest among us to cul- them were put up in honour of Theatre is a great attraction. And Planetarium offers a close look at the Soběšice observation tower or ture through gifts with the theme a famous person connected to on winter evenings, you can even sun as well as shows about outer hike up Hády or Babí lom over of Leoš Janáček prepared by the Brno, such as Gregor Mendel on ice skate on Moravian Square. space. If you want to get to know Lelekovice. For a taste of prehis- well-known Brno artist Vendulka Mendel Square and Louis Raduit the natural world, you have lots to tory, set out for Stránská skála Chalánková and the Frčíme Brnem ↓ Ice skating right in the centre under de Souches under Špilberk Castle, the statue of Jobst by Jaroslav Róna on choose from. At the open-to-all and the area around the Liška guidebook for kids? where you can also look through Moravian Square. Holedná Game Reserve, you’ll find Bystrouška statue along the cycle track from Obřany to Bílovice. the face of poet Jan Skácel. It’s only a few kilometres to the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wasn’t truly a part of Brno, but he did have breathtaking Moravian Karst hid- ••• founder of genetics and dis- a concert at the den among rocks with the infa- coverer of the laws of heredity as a child, so he earned a statue. mous Macocha Abyss or to the Gregor Mendel was not born in Sculptor Kurt Gebauer immortal- Brno? It became his second home ↓ People come to Znojmo for more than just ized him in front of the theatre ↑ a somewhat intimate view of the when he was named abbot of St statue of Margrave Jobst by Jaroslav wine. They also enjoy going down the Thaya as a small naked boy, which has River. Thomas’s Abbey on what’s now Róna symbolizing courage. Mendel Square. Today, he has his the time from a phallus you own multi-genre festival Mendel ••• took / a penis everywhere you je … vědec (Mendel Is …), which look? In the city centre on connects science, art, and the Freedom Square, you can find one community. of Brno’s greatest recent curiosi- ties, the Brno clock, a black stone sculpture shaped like a bullet with a timepiece inside. The work’s shape has inspired the public to give it many nicknames arising deer that would gladly eat out of from its similarity to a phallus (the your hand, and at the Hády Llama EXPERIMENT “phallic clock”, the “Brno phallus”) Centre you’ll get the chance to pet or giant vibrator. And if you look Spending your leisure time in a way llamas. Just outside the city centre up at the head of the horse that’s that entertains both young and old is the Open Gardens with a unique a part of the statue of Margrave while managing to learn something passive house and educational trail ••• the first baby to be born after Jobst on Moravian Square, it new is no problem in Brno. If you’re up the hill with plants. There are 12 in vitro fertilization in the entire resembles male genitals. Come and interested in trials, experiments, art installations presenting the ele- Eastern Bloc was in Brno in 1982? see them with your own eyes. science, and technology, your steps ments and natural phenomena.

14 15 #Leisure also in dance, physical and musical-the- CZECH CROWN JEWELS ON DISPLAY UTUBERING LÉTO NA BISKUPSKÉM DVOŘE MEZINÁRODNÍ HUDEBNÍ Cultural atrical productions. This show will be ac- / 22 MONARCHS CROWNED WITH May (SUMMER ON THE BISHOP’S FESTIVAL ŠPILBERK (ŠPILBERK companied by a number of other events, THE ST. WENCESLAS CROWN COURTYARD) INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL) Event Calendar including exhibitions and workshops. Unique festival for Generation Z. Come February–April see the best from the Czech YouTube June–August August www.divadlenisvet.cz A selection of the most interesting The exhibition presents true master- scene, excellent bands, and a varied A series of open-air theatre and musical A festival under the open sky with music events happening in Brno. Information pieces – replicas of the ’s program. performances in the Brno centre at the and film. MENDEL FESTIVAL about the event is accurate at printing. most precious treasure. Visitors can also www.utubering.cz Bishop’s Courtyard within the Moravian www.filharmonie-brno.cz You can find a detailed programme and July learn more about all the 22 royals his- Museum. more information at gotobrno.cz/en. torically crowned as Czech monarchs. This festival is dedicated to one of the BRNĚNSKÁ MUZEJNÍ NOC www.snip-brno.cz MEZINÁRODNÍ FOLKLORNÍ FESTIVAL most famous personalities of Brno – www.letohradekbrno.cz (BRNO MUSEUM NIGHT) (INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL) Gregor Johann Mendel. And so the festi- May FESTIVAL UPROSTŘED val which celebrates him is a multi-genre, August TOP TIPS J. RAJLICH: RETROSPEKTIVA (IN THE MIDDDLE FESTIVAL) professional as well as fun event which A unique opportunity to enjoy a night This festival presents folk groups from (RETROSPECTIVE) July–August POKLAD INKŮ (INCA GOLD) merges science, the arts, and the spirit of full of extraordinary experiences. The Brno, the other ends of the country, and community. Spring 2020 doors to museums, galleries, and other In the summer months, this festival even abroad. November 2019 – January 2020 cultural centres in Brno and its sur- www.mendelje.cz A retrospective on a founder of the brings life to the Brno centre streets. www.folklornet.cz/mff This exhibition spread over more than roundings will open at 6 pm and won’t International Biennial of Graphic Design www.festivaluprostred.cz 2,000 m2 depicts the entire history of Jan Rajlich, a leading creator of posters, close until midnight. settlement in the Americas. Visitors can MARATON HUDBY BRNO FESTIVAL PROTOTYP visual identity, guiding systems, and www.brnenskamuzejninoc.cz LETNÍ KINO BRNO-STŘED (OPEN-AIR see dozens of real gold exhibits lent (BRNO MUSIC MARATHON) catalogues. Autumn 2020 to the Czech Republic by the Peruvian CINEMA IN THE CENTRE OF BRNO) August www.moravska-galerie.cz Traditional event held every autumn in Brno government led by the president. All in ANIMEFEST July-August A multi-genre music festival. A contin- merges arts, science, and technologies. an entertaining and adventurous format May uous flow of attractive musical per- Open-air film screening downtown. that pulls visitors into events. SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER www.prototypbrno.cz formances of various genres will flood The traditional meeting of lovers of www.kinobude.cz www.pokladinku.cz various well-known as well as totally March–April Japan, manga, anime, and cosplay. unexpected places all over the city. The international festival of theatre www.animefest.cz SERIAL KILLER MĚSÍC AUTORSKÉHO ČTENÍ CZECH PRESS PHOTO 2020 www.maratonhudby.cz schools is a cultural event aimed at September creating conditions for presenting the (AUTHOR´S READING MONTH) February–March MEETING BRNO The first festival of television and online works of students at art universities July series in Central and Eastern Europe. The CZECH PRESS PHOTO 2020 exhibi- JANÁČEK BRNO May specializing in theatre. The largest Central European literary tion of contest photos in the cloister of www.serialkiller.tv September–October www.encounter.cz A multi-genre festival that brings the festival includes two main programme the New Town Hall. Every year, the exhi- The international opera and music city’s history to life and offers a plat- themes: local and foreign. bition maps and presents to the public festival Janáček Brno is one of the most form for encounters of various ideas, KOMA – MEZINÁRODNÍ KOMIKSOVÝ the events of the past year through the BRNO ART WEEK www.autorskecteni.cz exclusive events of its kind here and in cultures, and faiths. FESTIVAL (INTERNATIONAL COMICS best photos. all of Europe. The coming 7th year of April www.meetingbrno.cz FESTIVAL) www.brno.cz PROART FESTIVAL this biennale will occur from 28 Sep to This Festival produces and mediates ex- September–October 16 Oct 2020. Tickets to Janáček Brno positions and related programs in Brno July NOC KOSTELŮ A festival introducing contemporary 2020 will go on sale from 1 Dec 2019. museums and galleries. JAZZFESTBRNO (NIGHT OF CHURCHES) International ART workshop festival of comics to the general public. March–May www.janacek-brno.cz www.brnoartweek.cz dance, singing, acting, photography, and June other performing arts. www.festivalkoma.cz JazzFestBrno attracts global stars, A traditional event during which you can progressive young artists, and the best VELIKONOČNÍ FESTIVAL DUCHOVNÍ www.proart-festival.cz CHRISTMAS IN BRNO make evening visits to crypts, towers, of the local jazz culture to Brno. GROOVE BRNO November–December HUDBY (EASTER FESTIVAL and other usually inaccessible places. October–December www.jazzfestbrno.cz OF SACRED MUSIC) LETNÍ SHAKESPEAROVSKÉ SLAVNOSTI Traditional Christmas markets in the www.nockostelu.cz International jazz festival brings major centre of Brno with a varied program April (SUMMER SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL) global artists to Brno and introduces every day. July–August OPEN HOUSE BRNO The Easter Festival of Sacred Music is GHETTOFEST trends in jazz music. April www.brnenskevanoce.cz, an international project unique in Central Various works by William Shakespeare June www.groovebrno.cz www.adventnazelnaku.cz, Europe exclusively dedicated to sacred Interesting buildings and places in Brno performed by famous actors with the www.adventnamoravaku.cz music. A multi-genre street festival taking will open for two days. Visitors can take unforgettable magic of Špilberk´s open- place in what is also called “the Brno a look at what these interesting archi- www.filharmonie-brno.cz air stage. BRNĚNSKÁ 16 (BRNO 16) Bronx or ghetto”. tectural works look like inside, how ad- www.brno.shakespeare.cz October www.ghettofest.cz ministrative or technical buildings work BONJOUR BRNO One of the most traditional international or at what remains of various historic OTHER EVENTS April DEN BRNA (BRNO DAY) festivals held in the Czech Republic, industrial buildings. IBÉRICA FESTIVAL with its name derived from the 16mm- THEODOR PIŠTĚK The largest festival of French culture in August www.openhousebrno.cz June wide film format. September 2019 – January 2020 Brno will present artistic productions for This city festival is a remembrance of a wide range of visitors and lovers of Festival of Latin American culture. www.brno16.cz This exhibition installed through the the famously successful defence of BRNĚNSKÝ MAJÁLES (BRNO MAJÁLES) France and its culture. Concerts, lectures, Latin American cui- Brno House of Arts presents a repre- the Brno city walls against the attacks sine, a film show as well as a number of May sentative and extensive selection of www.alliancefrancaise.cz of the Swedish army during the Thirty MEZIPATRA – QUEER FILM FESTIVAL dance and music workshops. A student parade with various bands, works by Theodor Pištěk. Years’ War. November www.iberica.cz a traditional contest for the King and www.dum-umeni.cz TMAVOMODRÝ FESTIVAL (DARK BLUE www.denbrna.cz The Festival presents top films on gay, Queen of Majáles, the best Czech bands FESTIVAL) lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queer themes. and a lot more. ARCHITEKT A. LOOS ONDŘEJ SEKORA: MRAVENČÍ A JINÉ May MEZINÁRODNÍ KYTAROVÝ FESTIVAL www.mezipatra.cz www.brno.majales.cz (ARCHITECT A. LOOS) PRÁCE (ANT AND OTHER WORKS) An international musical celebration (INTERNATIOPNAL GUITAR FESTIVAL) June–December December 2019 – June 2020 with performances by visually impaired August ROBOT 2020 DIVADELNÍ SVĚT BRNO (THEATRE children and young people and a rich In 2020, the main exhibition of the Brno Exhibition at the Dietrichstein Palace of A major festival dedicated to classical November 2020 – May 2021 WORLD BRNO) accompanying program. City Museum will be dedicated to the the Moravian Museum. guitar music with major global musi- This exhibition will present the historic May www.tmavomodry.cz most famous person in modern architec- cians. During the festival, guitar courses www.mzm.cz ture with influence around the world, development of robotics up to the pre- A major international theatre show for and an international competition will sent, with a look into the near future. Adolf Loos, who was born in Brno. take place. those interested not only in drama, but www.technicalmuseum.cz www.spilberk.cz https://guitarcz.com/ 17 #Gift from Brno

↑ Postcards by TIMO ↑ JOŠT (Jobst) backpack ↑ Krokodýl (crocodile) USB flash drive ↑ Coffee to go, Vendula Chalánková ↑ #ZBRNA – travel accessories ↑ LEOŠ JANÁČEK – Liška Bystrouška () chocolate set

↑ ORLOJ (clock) key ring ↑ FOLKLOR (folklore) scarf ↑ SUPER PANDA gin and tonic ↑ PORIGAMI cards ↑ TO JE BRNO II (This Is Brno II) – authentic ↑ Guide to the city guidebook

↑ #SUZBRNA – baby bodysuit ↑ AJALA chocolate ↑ BRNĚNSKÝ DRAK (Brno dragon) porcelain ↑ T-shirt by TIMO ↑ Cup and saucer with matte printing ↑ ZLATÁ LOĎ (GOLDEN SHIP) MATCHES collection

Where to buy? GOLDEN SHIP INFOPOINT, E-SHOP: www.darkyzbrna.cz, IC THIS IS BRNO, Panenská 1 IC UNDER THE CROCODILE, Radnická 8 IC MAIN RAILWAY STATION, Nádražní 1 IC AIRPORT, Brno-Tuřany 1 Přístavní www.giftsfrombrno.cz #Food

The idea that no love is as real as love for food is twice as true in Brno. While just a few years ago tourists were drawn to Brno mostly by the architecture and sights, now one of the main attractions is the high-quality food. The fact that it’s enjoyed by the locals can be seen in the frequent food festivals, the full gardens, and glimpses through res- taurant windows. As soon as you get up in the morning, you can head for one of many cafes to fortify yourself with breakfast. How about fresh waffles or Eggs Benedict with freshly roasted coffee? You won’t even have the chance to get hungry before it’s time for lunch. That’s when Brno is filled with a wonderful mixture of smells. Get drawn into one of the many restaurants, hipster bistros, or vegan establishments or try out a popular food truck for a burger served in a somewhat untraditional fashion. After a good lunch, desert lovers will surely not turn down a buttery cupcake, airy doughnut, traditional trdelník, or ice cream with fresh fruit. Starting to drool already? We’re just getting started and haven’t even had a local beer or cocktail at a famous bar. ESPRESSO TONIC OR LAVENDER AFFOGATO? Brno cafes were at their height during the interwar period. Many of them were given a functional- ist appearance by leading archi- tects. Today, Brno again has a high concentration of cafes. You can be sure to find a cafe, coffee shop, or ↑ Lovers of drinks with head can find things ↑ You can taste wine as it should be at coffee truck around every corner. to suit their taste at Na Božence. places like Petit Cru. In addition to modern cafes, you can find businesses keeping First popular. If you’re looking to try that a person should drink as much Republic cafe traditions alive. Starobrno, do so in style, such as in burčák as they have blood in their body. But we don’t recommend doing that during a single day… For a glass of wine, head to one of several wine bars in the city centre. Like to experiment? Try an uncom- mon wine – rose, orange, or straw. If drinks from grapes don’t interest you, how about a currant wine? Or ↑ Naproti on Jana Uhra Street is a mecca for absinthe lovers. enjoy a popular wine tasting with helpful descriptions. You can also from. You’ll find luxurious and folksy visit one of the wine festivals which restaurants, steakhouses, grill bars, happen regularly hipster bars, tapas bars, and pop- ular food trucks. Even vegetarians Did you know that ...? and vegans have options. ••• the first coffee prepared in FAMOUS BAR SCENE the Czech Republic was in Brno? EN Turek Achmet opened a cafe in gourmet→ BRNO 2019 ↑ Cafe Podnebi and its cosy garden right It’s getting dark, but the city is 1702. During the First Republic, the under Špilberk Castle. a moving tram – a Šalina pub. Brno coming to life. Time to head for coffee wholesaler Hubert Lamplota has dozens of beers on tap – pale, These days, cafes compete with one a bar! The fame of the Brno bar worked in Brno. In addition to dark, bitter, sour, light, strong, lager, another for the best-tasting coffee scene definitely contributed to the roasting and selling coffee, he sold ale, whatever you can think of. Beer beans, and you really have lots to New York Times including Brno in special “Lamka” coffee makers, tasting pubs with several styles on choose from. Coffee grinders hold its exclusive list of Places to Go in which you can still find in just tap are very much in vogue. One a selection of the best from local 2016. The newspaper described the about every antique shop. example is the popular Výčep Na and foreign roasteries. In Brno, you city as having “Unexpected cuisine stojáka on St. James’ Square, where ••• you can get to know the Brno can have a coffee whipped up in and nightlife in an architectural having a beer while standing (which food scene better when you use many varieties. For those with classic mecca”. One Brno legend is Bar, is how the name translates) or while a printed guide which are available tastes, there’s espresso, cappuccino, který neexistuje (Bar Which Doesn’t sitting on the kerb has become for free at information centres and filtered coffee, real frappés, and cold Exist). Nipping at its heels is its ↑ For Mediterranean cuisine, head to a new Brno tradition. La Bouchée. gotobrno.cz/en under Find Your brews. For the more adventurous, sister bar Super Panda Circus. Both Way in Brno? Every year, TIC BRNO there’s a popular espresso tonic or bars offer firstly an experience and Like traditions? Try real beef also publishes GOURMET Brno, lavender affogato. There’s no limit on truly original cocktails. Of course, tenderloin with Karlovy Vary-style ROSE, ORANGE, OR STRAW? a list of the best Brno restaurants, your imagination. The fact that hot, you can also try other distinctive dumplings or baked duck with ••• there are several streets with bistros, confectionaries, cafés, black drinks with a strong aroma are The Moravian wine region includes bars. For example, the absinthe bar cabbage and a glass of Moravian names connected to food? In wine bars, pubs, bars and fine din- popular in Brno is confirmed by the land from the southern tip of Naproti on Veveří. For tireless lovers wine. Think that fried cheese only the centre, for example, there’s ing. More at gotobrno.cz/en under traditional Coffee Week, which takes Moravia to places to the west of of nightlife, there are many bars belongs in a cheap cafeteria? Lokál Pekařská (Baker), Sladová (Malt), Taste Brno. The most interesting place around International Coffee Day. Brno. It contains almost 96% of the and dance clubs with DJs offering U Caipla will convince you that even Masná (Meat), Vegetable Market, from the South Moravian food area of all domestic wineries and asylum until morning. fried cheese can be made luxuri- and Kobližná, where you can find scene is presented by project by is especially know for excellent ous… Enjoy more exotic cuisines? koblihy or doughnuts even today. Gourmet South Moravia – BEER ON THE KERB white wines with a notable range of Try some of the Asian bistros and ••• food festivals are very popular www.gourmetsouthmoravia.eu aromas and flavours. The interplay EVEN FRIED CHEESE CAN BE restaurants – Thai, Vietnamese, It’s long past the time when there in Brno? Regular events include of aromas and tastes are accompa- LUXURIOUS Japanese, Chinese. What else was only one brewery in Brno – Coffee Week, Svatomartinský košt nied by an underlying crisp acidity. is there? Restaurants with Starobrno. Although the Starobrno Traditional local foods alongside (St. Martin’s Day Wine Tasting), It’d be a sin not to try a local wine Mediterranean, Cuban, Mexican, brewery is still a major part of the world-renowned cuisine, all prepared CakeFest, Sweet Dream Fest, while in Brno. At the end of sum- American, Russian, Indian, Egyptian, city and can brag of a 145-year tra- from fresh and local ingredients, Ochutnej Asii (Taste Asia), Burger mer, the Brno streets are filled with and Lebanese cuisine. Nothing’s dition, smaller local breweries, served in stylish and inventive inte- Festival, and many other celebra- stands selling burčák – partially left but to wish you bon appetit! microbreweries, and beer tast- riors. That’s what awaits you in Brno. tions of beer, wine, and food. fermented grape must. It’s said ing pubs are becoming ever more There are lots of places to choose

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Brno is a city on the move. And you’ll see it for yourself as soon as you get off the train or bus. You’ll see a real hubbub – moving people, trams, cars, vehicles with coffee, cy- clists (who really don’t have it easy near the main train station), people on scooters, and other means of transport… But that’s the busiest part of Brno – as you get farther from the station, you’ll find the movement slowing down. Cyclists move into their lanes, such as the cycle tracks not far from the main train station running along the Svratka and Svitava rivers leading all the way to forests in Bílovice, where there’s complete peace. People on foot pour into the pedestrian zone in the centre, relax in the shade of trees in Denis Gardens or the park by Špilberk Castle, or choose to relax in saunas, such as the spa on Rašínova Street just a few steps from Freedom Square. Whoever prefers doing intense sports heads for the Brno Reservoir on a bike, boat, or paddle- board or for one of Brno’s many parks to run or exercise on the outdoor equipment. Brno will set anyone in motion – get inspired by our tips. FROM A BIKE SADDLE a total length of 390 metres. Brno is surrounded by forest, it’s also the outdoor exercise equipment, residents throng here in summer, a popular destination for walks and playing pétanque, and walking Brno to Vienna – an hour and a half but the extensive grassy area en- hikes. a cycle track 30 km long runs between trees on a slackline. It’s by train, an hour more by bus … sures you never feel overcrowded. around the entire reservoir (in plac- as if Lužánky had been created for And by bike? A cycle track leads If you’re scouring the city for re- es with some rather difficult terrain). sports. But you can find runners from Brno to Vienna with 72 km laxation in a spa, you’ve got lots of And you can even find things to do in almost all Brno parks – under in the Czech Republic and anoth- choices. The oval pool and saunas at the Brno Reservoir in winter – Špilberk, on Kraví hora, in Wilson er 66 km in . Most of it is of the Rašínova Spa and Relaxation when it freezes over, it’s a popular Forest, and in Zamilovaný hájek. pleasantly flat – so really, how long Centre not far from Freedom Square spot for skaters and skiers. You can People also run along the Svratka would it take you to go almost 140 will make you feel like you’re in find more information about the River, where they share the track km? If you’d rather take a shorter a Hungarian spa. Infinit Maximus Brno Reservoir at gotobrno.cz/en with cyclists and in-line skaters. trip, there are many options in and near the Brno Reservoir offers mod- under Explore Brno. The Svratka cycle track runs all around Brno. The cycle tracks run- ern wellness facilities with several the way to the Olympia shopping ning along the Svratka and Svitava kinds of saunas, sauna ceremonies, ↓ You can enjoy many water attractions centre, where you’ll find an outdoor rivers are quite popular. If you and a cooling pool under the stars. at the Riviéra Aquatic Center. climbing wall. If climbing means continue along the Svitava track anything to you, the wall at Olympia out of Brno, you’ll find yourself in will excite you – the top of the wall ↑ The prestigious Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Czech Republic has taken place for many a valley of forests in Bílovice and offers a truly majestic view. the cycle track will take you through years at the Brno Circuit. beautiful countryside to Adamov and even farther to Blansko. More Did you know that ...? raft or canoe from the reservoir to and more Brno residents are using the shopping centres to the south bikes not just for recreation, but of Brno. You can rent equipment also for commuting to work and from such places as Water Element fun afterwards. If you want to get (www.vodacke-centrum.cz). to know Brno from a bike saddle, you can find a list of places to rent bikes and a cycling map of Brno at brnonakole.cz.

↑ It’s as if Lužánky Park had been created for leisure activities.

AT THE TOP ••• the first Czech gymnastics club in Brno (and in Moravia), which Are you lifted up by the tempo formed the basis for what’s now A REST AT THE RESERVOIR of races, matches, competitions, Sokol, was founded on 21 January fights for victory? Love top-flight 1862? ••• Prýgl is the word in Brno dialect You might have heard of the Brno sports, performance at the lim- for the Brno Reservoir and comes Reservoir in connection with the ••• many top athletes were born ↑ Where to go on a bike? Find more tips it of what’s possible – all from from the German word Prügel in Brno, including the Olympics in the Cycling Map brochure available at Ignis Brunensis fireworks competi- the first row? In Brno, there are meaning club or stick? The reser- information centres. medal-winning gymnasts Ladislav tion – it’s the most popular event several sports areas where sports voir’s shape is supposedly reminis- Vácha and Jan Gajdoš and the that happens there. In May and are played at a global level. For cent of a club or curved stick. June, fireworks are set off from winner of Wimbledon in 1998 Jana ON AND UNDER THE WATER tourists, the most attractive is a pontoon directly on the water probably the Brno Circuit, where Novotná? Like swimming in heaven is how and thousands of people flock to ↑ Yes, that’s the Brno Reservoir. Want to every year in summer lovers of fast the swimming pool on Kraví hora is the reservoir to see them. But it’s know more? machines come for the Motorcycle described. The glass walls around not just during the fireworks that Grand Prix of the Czech Republic. the pool offer a beautiful view of people come to the reservoir, which Brno residents can’t be pulled away the heavens and a panorama of has an essential recreational impor- from their ice hockey team Kometa, Brno. The Kraví hora sports and tance for Brno residents. In summer, who they root for from the bottoms recreation area offers an architec- it offers opportunities for swim- EVEN MORE FRESH AIR of their hearts in the DRFG Arena. turally exceptional covered pool ming, lying on a beach (including You can never get enough move- When you see all of Brno turn with a hot tub and steam sauna, an a nude beach), and using the many ment in the fresh air and you blue and white and see people in outdoor pool during summer, and playgrounds and sports areas. You can experience it to the fullest scarves (of course, blue and white a skating rink during winter. Riviéra, can go across the water on boats, in Brno. There are many parks in ones) despite sweltering heat, you paddle boats, and paddleboards the largest aquatic centre in Brno, Brno where you can do sports. One know Kometa are playing. You can ••• you can find more information a natural area near the Svratka and during summer the Brno Public find a detailed overview of sports especially popular park is Lužánky, ••• you can travel through Brno on about sports in Brno and informa- Transport Authority offers boats River, is also unique. The swimming where every hour of the day and events in Brno and a list of sports a river? When the Svratka River tive brochures for download at at connecting Bystrc and Veverská area is formed of a cascade of night you can find people running, areas and just everything about is high enough, you can travel by gotobrno.cz/en? three pools of various depths with Bitýška. Because the reservoir practising yoga or thai-chi, using sports at kamzasportemvbrne.cz.

26 27 #Movement #Shopping

If you’re coming to Brno to satisfy your craving for shopping, make sure to set aside enough time for your adventures in shops. This Moravian metropolis offers countless options for shopping and real shopaholics won’t want to miss out on any of it. An abso- lute must is a visit to Vegetable Market, that marketplace full of fruit, vegetables, and flowers with a history stretching back to the Middle Ages. But if you’re in Brno during Advent, you won’t find fresh food there. Instead, you’ll get the chance to experience the Brno legend Turbomošt and a rich cultural programme at the Christmas markets. But there are even more Brno markets, including regular flea markets and fashion mar- kets. Don’t despair if such events don’t line up with your visit – Brno also has show- rooms with original fashion and dusty second-hand shops with gems on every corner. And you can’t leave Brno without souvenirs! You’ll find the most stylish ones at the TO JE Brno information centre. Not feeling up for a shopping walk through the city? Just choose one of Brno’s shopping centres and spend your time there – get inspired by our tips. FAIRS, MARKETS, AND TRADE jewellery, and other fashion acces- And if you came to Brno to sample FAIRS sories. Maybe you didn’t even know its high culture, don’t forget to take that you already have some pieces home something to remember from Čechyně, Přízřenice, Moravany, designed in Brno at home. You might the Brno Philharmonic. In addition to Medlov – those are just some of go to work with a Jumpy backpack ordinary souvenirs, like T-shirts, key the places from which farmers or bag or with pieces from the rings, and notebooks, you can also bring their own vegetables, fruit, “Spolu” design duo. You might head find tote bags, clutch bags, and and flowers to Vegetable Market in for the city in a T-shirt from Huhů backpacks sewn from promotional Brno. From January to November, with Young Primitive leggings and posters and banners which used to you’ll find farmers and their stands a Love Music bag. Or do you have hang in the Brno streets. at Vegetable Market, where Brno unique pieces from Wolfgang, MONO. ↑ Enjoy shopping in one of the many shop- residents have been shopping POLO, Rebelion, Denisa Nova, or ping centres. since the Middle Ages. If you’re Michaela Surá? No? You can fix that A NEW LIFE FOR OLD THINGS looking for truly local products in Brno – there are many original de- Doesn’t everyone like rescuing from farmers, look for a marker sign shops, so don’t be lazy, snoop SOMETHING FROM BRNO old things and breathing new life with green stripes on their stands, through as many as possible, and Most of us associate tourist into them? If you’re a hunter for while markers with orange stripes you’ll definitely find one that best souvenirs with unstylish products second-hand treasures, you’ll find designate resellers. During Advent, fits your style. and useless things devoid of any lots of gems in Brno. In addition to don’t miss out on the celebrat- ↑ Love old furniture and retro goods? You’ll surely find them at Novoretro or by visiting originality. Brno has decided to second-hand clothes shops, which a RETRO-USE event with the slogan “Old things are sexy”. ed Christmas markets. They are change this impression and so you are countless, Brno also has regular centred around Freedom Square, can take home practical accessories flea markets. You can enjoy the but also take place on Vegetable boasting fresh designs. The mecca lively atmosphere of such a mar- Did you know that ...? Market, Moravian Square, and ••• Turbomošt is a purely Brno the food isn’t wrapped in any un- for stylish gifts where you should ket once a month at Dobrá karma Dominican Square, where Advent invention which first appeared at necessary packaging. direct your steps is the TO JE Brno on Vegetable Market, at Blešák comes to life with Christmas stands Brno Christmas markets in 2009? information centre on Panenská at the Fléda music club, or at the and a cultural programme. At the It’s hot apple juice with real apple Street. Looking for a T-shirt with popular markets in Alfa arcade. At Brno Exhibition Centre, you can brandy and flavoured with cinna- a heart designed by the famous these markets, you’ll find clothes, experience the atmosphere of an mon, cloves, and star anise. The Brno street artist TIMO? Or would antiques, books, toys, music media, international trade fair, such as drink is an inseparable part of ↑ You’ll find original fashion at the you prefer a collection of souvenirs and, of course, good food. In Alfa at the Life! sports fair and the Advent in Brno. Wolfgang store. from the artist Vendulka Chalánková arcade, you can buy objects with International Engineering Fair. The and inspired by Leoš Janáček? stories even when there’s not a flea unique architecture of the exhi- ↓ Mugs by Vendula Chalánková Many people come to Brno to see market – it houses a second-hand bition centre is also accessible ↑ Object EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE the Brno dragon, and if you’re one bookshop and Black Vinyl Bazar. during other events – there are art of its fans, you can bring it home If you love vinyls, you can also exhibitions, concerts by the phil- If you like getting all your shopping you can find design pieces in porcelain form from the shop on find them at Kabinet Records on ••• harmonic, and opera performances. done in one place, one of Brno’s even outside brand showrooms? Panenská Street or from TIC BRNO. Suková Street and Vinyl Records on Choose what you like from the Brno shopping centres is the choice for Josefská Street. Try visiting shops with many Czech you. You’ll find Galerie Vaňkovka in Trade Fairs programme at bvv.cz. ↓ Brno dragon – porcelain collection. Find products in one place, such as walking distance of the main train it at the information centre on Panenská or Place Store and Object in the city www.darkyzbrna.cz, www.giftsfrombrno.cz. and bus stations. It’s built where centre. Friedrich Wannieck’s factory used ••• the Brno Christmas markets to be and you can still find traces of are connected to important firsts? the original building in the shopping Brno was the first place in the centre – its architects incorporated country to introduce recyclable two parts of the machinery factory. cups for Christmas markets in the Clearly less successful architectur- city centre. al renovations were carried out on Velký Špalíček in the historic city ↑ For local products, head to the popular centre. Brno residents have forgiven Vegetable Market. it mainly for the multiplex cinema on the second floor. The other multi- ORIGINAL OUTFITS plex cinema lies out in Olympia, the largest shopping centre in Brno, Brno design is on the rise. Many near the D2 motorway – you can’t ••• in the first half of the 20th talented designers have found their reach it on foot and will have to century the lawyer, art connois- home in the second largest city in take a bus or car. But it’s really ap- seur, and journalist Bohuslav Kilian the country thanks to its inspira- preciated by those who like buying in this Moravian metropolis (1892–1942) published two top tional environment supporting their everything in one place, and the ••• even devotees to a zero-waste Czech fashion magazines in Brno? creativity. You can support the Avion Shopping Park and an IKEA lifestyle can enjoy shopping? On Salon, founded in 1922, and Měsíc, booming local independent scene are also nearby. Úvoz, you can find Nasyp si, where founded in 1933. in many showrooms with clothes,

30 31 #Shopping Event Calendar

A selection of the most interesting DALŠÍ AKCE PIVNÍ FESTIVAL BRNO DNY EVROPSKÉHO DĚDICTVÍ MEZINÁRODNÍ STROJÍRENSKÝ GAMES events happening in Brno. Information (BRNO BEER FESTIVAL) (EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS) VELETRH (INTERNATIONAL about the event is accurate at printing. GO AND REGIONTOUR ENGINEERIG FAIR) BY DARK You can find a detailed programme and April and August September more information at gotobrno.cz/en. January The Brno Beer Festival is a festival The second week in September is when October Novemeber The GO and REGIONTOUR trade fairs are of flavours and experiences. The city the European Heritage Days are regular- The International Engineering Fair is the A legendary Brno night “fight” connect- the largest presentations of tourism in centre is filled with dozens of breweries ly held throughout Europe. During these most significant industry fair in Central ed with finding your way through the the Czech Republic, with a top-quality and microbreweries from around the days, the doors and gates to major plac- Europe. city and terrain and solving demanding TOP TIPS country and abroad, complemented by es of interest, buildings, and premises program for professionals as well as www.bvv.cz/msv puzzles. A game which has helped Brno stands with refreshments and regional are open to the general public. IGNIS BRUNENSIS – INTERNATIONAL an attractive program for the general to become a mecca for puzzlehunts. public. products. www.gotobrno.cz It is a regular November challenge for FIREWORKS SHOW LIFE! www.bvv.cz www.pivnifestivalbrno.cz dozens of five-player teams, of which May–June November only a few will reach the end. BRNO ZOO RUN An international fireworks competi- SLAVNOSTI DOBRÉHO JÍDLA (STREET Festival of sports, dance, and fun. www.tmou.cz tion with a festival of entertainment. MEZINÁRODNÍ DEN PRŮVODCŮ September FOOD FESTIVAL) www.bvv.cz/life Four competition entries at the Brno (INTERNATIONAL TOURIST GUIDE DAY) A unique experience! Try a half-mar- Reservoir and a show in the Brno centre February May and October athon or an untraditional 8-km run MORAVIAN MANCHESTER Visit the time when Brno wrote itself over Špilberk Castle. Fifty accompanying The International Tourist Guide Day is In the Brno centre the Celebration of around the Brno Zoo and Baba Nature VIN(N)OSTI SVATÉHO MARTINA onto the map of Europe and get to know entertaining events for kids and adults. held every year in several countries all Good Food will present restaurants, Park. Even kids can take part, with races (ST. MARTIN’S DAY CELEBRATION) stories woven from broadcloth and www.ignisbrunensis.cz over the world, and, as usual, Brno is par- refreshments, food trucks, regional prepared for various age categories and November corduroy. Three hours in places you’d ticipating. Come join a lot of interesting products, sweet and savoury delicacies, super gifts for everyone. The winners The St. Martin’s Day Celebration on never normally visit. Eight tasks weaving tours of the city led by qualified guides. beer, and wine. get to feed the giraffes. OLYMPIJSKÝ FESTIVAL (OLYMPICS Freedom Square presents St. Martin’s together an excellent story. www.gotobrno.cz, www.ticbrno.cz www.fb.com/slavnostidobrehojidla www.zoobrno.cz Day and young wines from various win- FESTIVAL) www.cryptomania.cz eries in South Moravia and elsewhere. July–August BĚH LUŽÁNKAMI (LUŽÁNKY RUN) SIGHTSEEING TOURS OF BRNO F. O. POUPĚ BEER FESTIVAL – PIVEX www.fb.com/vinnostisvatehomartina The Olympics Festival will take place TREASURE IN THE LABYRINTH March May–October, December September at the same time as the Olympics in An exit game underground. A dark under- A national sales show of medal-win- BASTLFEST – DIY FESTIVAL Tokyo from 24 July to 9 August 2020. The Brno Lužánky Run is an important Guided tours by minibus offer several ground, a merciless time limit, the need to ning beers from the most prestigious Participants can try a wide mixture of sport tradition and the oldest race in trips around the city. November escape. Adrenaline. Pressure. All a part of sports. professional brewing competition in the South Moravia. The Lužánky Run builds www.ticbrno.cz, www.gotobrno.cz Among the enthusiasts always invent- this exit game under Vegetable Market. on the tradition of the Brno Sokol move- country. With entertainment and beer www.olympijskyfestival.cz ing, improving, and building? Or just www.ticbrno.cz/exitgame ment. The men’s race is 7,775 metres presentations. FULLDOME FESTIVAL BRNO want to be amazed by everything peo- and the women’s 6,220. The event www.slavnostipivabrno.cz ple can make on their own? You should MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX includes open city championships in July BATTLE OF BRNO CZECH REPUBLIC definitely visit Bastlfest at the VIDA! 12 categories. The largest show of the latest films for ŠPILBERK ŽIJE (ŠPILBERK LIVES) science amusement park. The Swedes besieged Brno for 112 days. August www.behluzankami.cz digital planetaria in the world. You can do it faster! An exciting game September www.vida.cz/doprovodny-program/ The world championship of road racing www.hvezdarna.cz bastlfest about the siege of Brno. It’s suitable for The eighth year of the traditionally motorbikes is the greatest and most BRNO SPACE DAYS getting to know the world of puzzles. prestigious event of its kind in the largest event of the season at Špilberk With 13 locations and 13 tasks. March DESIGN.S 2020 Castle is again preparing an entertain- Czech Republic. The long-time tradition www.cryptomania.cz as well as the global stars attract tens Brno Space Days is a combination of June–September ing period programme for the whole family. The entire castle will be open of thousands of fans every year. events for the public, space lovers, ex- The international DESIGN.S biennale of at a reduced fee and there will be LEOŠ´S VIOLON KEY www.czechgp.com perts, and business people. You’ll enjoy student design focuses on industrial competitions and, of course, a fair and hackathons, lectures, and happenings. and product designs created at univer- Come and follow the traces a composer refreshments. sities in the Czech Republic and abroad. left behind in Brno. CHRISTMAS IN BRNO www.hvezdarna.cz The Technical Museum in Brno cooper- www.spilberk.cz www.cryptomania.cz Noveber–December ates on this project with experts in the CRAFT BRNĚNSKÝ PŮLMARATON / Brno Christmas (Brněnské Vánoce ) field from many locations. DESÍTKA (BRNO HALF MARATHON/ on náměstí Svobody and Dominikánské www.technicalmuseum.cz náměstí, (Advent na Zelňáku) Advent BRNO 10K) on Vegetable Market, (Advent na April Information Centres Moraváku) Advent on Moravian Square. BABYLONFEST A traditional road race through the TO JE BRNO Information Centre Information Centre Christmas markets and a rich entertain- September streets of Brno for the general public, Information Centre at RADNICKÁ at the AIRPORT ment programme. from the absolute best to recreational Babylonfest is about the coexistence of www.brnenskevanoce.cz runners. minorities and an opportunity to learn → Panenská 1, +420 513 039 035 → Radnická 8, +420 542 427 150 → Letiště Brno-Tuřany, www.adventnazelnaku.cz www.behejbrno.com about cultures of the various nations [email protected] [email protected] Tuřany 904/1, +420 727 923 523 www.adventnamoravaku.cz living in Brno. It shows traditional folk culture and presents the lives of nation- Daily 09:00–18:00 Mon–Fri 8:30–18:00 Open based on flight schedule VELIKONOČNÍ SLAVNOSTI Sat–Sun and holidays 9:00–18:00 al minorities to the general public. #aninoonewillfind (EASTER FEAST) www.babylonfest.cz – not easy to find, but worth it April GOLDEN SHIP Information Centre Information Centre Spring markets with a varied program at FESTIVAL VĚDY (SCIENCE FESTIVAL) at the MAIN TRAIN STATION náměstí Svobody (Freedom Square). September → Brněnská přehrada, Přístavní 1 www.velikonocnislavnosti.cz → Nádražní 1, +420 725 518 113 Science isn’t boring! A show of science [email protected] Daily 9:00–19:00 (June–August) and research as well as popular scientif- ic institutions from Brno. www.ticbrno.cz Daily 9:00–17:00 www.festivalvedy.cz

32 33 Advent & Christmas in Brno

Brno is a city of architecture, es- The central Freedom Square The fun and markets on dy- You won’t be bored in Brno even pecially functionalist architecture; (náměstí Svobody) will have a namic Freedom Square (náměstí after Christmas. The Christmas a city of music, as UNESCO has market full of music in front of Svobody), gourmet Dominican market on the main square will confirmed; and a city of revelatory functionalist facades designed by Square (Dominikánské náměstí), stay open even after the holidays. food and drink, known especial- Bohuslav Fuchs and the Omega romantic Vegetable Market After Christmas, the food area is ly for its cafes. You can enjoy all Palace, which will amaze you with (Zelný trh), and Moravian Square fully operational, so you can enjoy of these pastimes during Advent, its facade of changing colours. (Moravské náměstí) with its heated a Turbomošt or mulled wine in the and also a whole lot more! All at Gourmet Christmas on Dominican tents will be supplemented by centre. Where can you find a real Christmas markets on four squares, Square (Dominikánské náměstí) programmes from many cultural New Year’s Eve party? There are each offering a different style and in front of the baroque New Town institutions. You can also tour the many clubs and restaurants to a programme that continues even Hall is focused on delicious food. city with a guide, take a ride in a choose from. At midnight, Freedom after the holidays. The primarily crafts market with an minibus, look over the city from Square (náměstí Svobody) is the illuminated kid’s merry-go-round the tower at the Old Town Hall, and centre of action. If you’d like to on Vegetable Market (Zelný trh) will escape the surface bustle in the celebrate the end of the year surround the monumental Parnas Brno underground. You’ll be able more calmly, try the theatre – the fountain from Johann Bernhard to see the largest nativity scene and Brno City Fischer von Erlach. The large park in Moravia, skate on a square in Theatre offer regular New Year’s Eve on Moravian Square (Moravské the city centre, and try Turbomošt, performances. Brno always wel- náměstí) will offer space for large which you won’t find anywhere else comes the New Year festively – with tents and a Ferris wheel. on Earth. Brno is also a city with a New Year’s Day concert by the traditional Christmas trees on its Brno Philharmonic or a concert in squares, and in fact had the first the Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul. such tree in the country. So don’t You’ll find all information at: leave this Moravian metropolis out of your plans. www.gotobrno.cz/en www.brnenskevanoce.cz/en www.adventnazelnaku.cz www.adventnamoravaku.cz

34 35 Brno industrial

The Czech lands are among the most The term Industrial refers to not only industrialized in Europe. Although all the industrial monuments and you won’t find any mines, ironworks, brownfields, but also all the cultural or smelteries in Brno, the city has and aesthetic experiences connect- been at the forefront of a global ed to the topic. industry for nearly three centuries. The project Industrial Brno, backed The textile industry. Thanks to its by TIC BRNO, will present the city in creation and development, Brno 2020 precisely through this lens. It blossomed and became a cultural offers a mix of historical connections, metropolis with unique architecture. industrial monuments and functioning Key turning points in the 20th centu- buildings, stories and current creative ry significantly influenced the city’s events. It will help you to get to know position and shape, but could not Brno from the underground to the break all the threads. So Brno has re- chimneys and from the founders of tained some key industrial buildings the textile industry to contemporary and especially the powerful stories fashion brands. You’ll get the chance of the families who built Brno’s fame. read about industrial Brno and also In recent years, successful creative walk around it and experience it in industries have been built on this. augmented reality. They draw from the rich history and get inspired from the current relaxed You’ll find all information at: atmosphere which rules over Brno. www.brnoindustrial.cz/en 36 37 The best of Brno on a single tourist BRNO PHENOMENON card.

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PHOTOS: Changes: Pocket media / Monika Hlaváčová Cover: Pavel Gabzdyl Movement: Pocket media / Monika Hlaváčová / Jan Kurka / Tomáš Nossek Shopping: Pocket media / Monika Hlaváčová / KIVA/ Museum of Literature in Moravia in , Wolfgang store Food: Pocket media / Monika Hlaváčová / Petit Cru / David Tieku Live culture: Pocket media / Monika Hlaváčová / Jan Kurka / David Konečný, Brno Music Marathon, Jiří Sláma – Brno Music Marathon a Slow Walk: Pocket media / Viola Hertelová /Monika Hlaváčová / Antonina Malgina / Roman Prachař, David Tieku, Znojemská Beseda / Oldřich Hrb Leisure: Pocket media / Jan Čižmář / Monika Hlaváčová Advent and Christmas in Brno: Pavel Gabzdyl, City of Brno, Tomáš Hřivnák Brno industrial: Martina Petříková, Adéla Hrubá, Františka Uřičářová

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