Brno’s Living and Loving Memories
Brno's Central Cemetery and Spilberk Castle have both been dwelling on the departed this month. Brno Daily's Cathy Khoury-Prinsloo visited both to reflect on two very different ways of remembering…
Faktor K Festival Opens The Doors of 250-Year-Old Former Prison On Cejl
Four days dedicated to art in all its shapes and forms, where the darkness of the past is overcome by the sparkle of the future. Photo Credit: MMB Brno, Sept.…
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…