Brno Day Returns To Commemorate The City’s Key Historical Events From 12-14 August
The traditional city festival commemorates the events of 1645, when Brno resisted the siege of the Swedish army and thus gained its position as a provincial centre. Photo credit: Michael…
Doctorate of Mendel University’s First Rector Discovered and Donated To University Collection
The Kraus brothers display the doctorate of the first rector of Mendel University. From left, Michal and Tomáš. Photo credit: MENDELU Brno, 9 Aug. (BD) - Brno’s Mendel University (MENDELU)…
Down My Street: Smetanova (Part 1)
If you live in a historical part of Brno, have you ever wondered why your street has the name it does? Who the neighbours of the past were? What they…
Review: Splendour, Tragedy and Skullduggery at the Tutankhamun Exhibition
Tutunkhamun's famous death mask is the centrepiece of the exhibition, which will now run until the end of 2022. Photo credit: Cathy Khoury-Prinsloo. “I see wonderful things” archeologist Howard Carter…
Brno Architecture Days Festival Returns To Open The Doors To Otherwise Inaccessible Buildings
The Brno Architecture Days will open the doors of normally inaccessible buildings and spaces and tell their story, as well as focusing on the possible uses of green spaces and…
Holocaust Documentation Center To Be Built In Brno
Governor Jan Grolich has signed a memorandum for the construction of a Holocaust Documentation Center in South Moravia. Credit: JMK. Brno, Nov 10 (BD) - Last week, South Moravian Governor…
New Tour Opens At Spilberk Castle’s Southwest Bastion
On October 1, 2021, the Brno City Museum will open a new regular tour of Špilberk Castle: the southwest bastion. The labyrinth of corridors and chambers inside the massive promontory…
Mahen Theatre Celebrates 110 Years Since Thomas Edison’s Famous Visit To Brno
Last week marked 110 years since Thoman Edison’s visit to Brno to see the Mahen Theatre, one of the first buildings in the world to be illuminated entirely by electric…
Lužánky Park, The Oldest Public Park in the Czech Republic, Celebrates 235 Years
Lužánky Park is the biggest and oldest public park in Brno. It was founded 235 years ago, on September 9th, 1786, by Emperor Joseph II. Photo credit: GM / BD.…
City of Brno Allocates Further CZK 1.2 Million To Support Repairs of Brno Cultural Monuments
On Wednesday, Brno City Councillors approved additional subsidies of CZK million for the restoration of Brno's monuments, as well as a plan to repair buildings that lost the protected monument status due…