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…
Brno To Host Exhibition Telling The Story Of The First European Constitution
An exhibition telling the story of the 1791 Constitution of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the first in Europe, will take place in Brno from August 13th-30th. The opening ceremony will be…
Brno Day Returns With Re-Enactment of a Famous Thirty-Years War Battle
For three days in August, Brno will be looking back to the events of 1645. The Brno Day event (“Den Brna”) on August 13th-15th, commemorates the successful defense of the…
Archeologists From Moravian Museum Reconstruct Faces Of Prehistoric Women
The faces of women whose skeletons were found during an excavation in the Znojmo region have been reconstructed by archaeologists. The skeletons were discovered at a mining area in the…
Oldest Surviving Photo Reportage On Display At Špilberk Castle
A copy of a photograph by Bedřich Franz will be exhibited in the tower of Špilberk Castle until Sunday. The original photograph is part of the collection of the Brno…
Indies Scope: The Last Five Years (Part 2)
To conclude Brno Daily’s retrospective of 30 years of Indies Scope, Brno’s iconic independent record label, our contributor Anthony B picks the highlights of the last five years of releases.…
Unknown Chapel Found at the Brána Nebeská Monastery in Předklášteří
Archaia Brno have published new information based on research conducted at the Brána Nebeská Monastery. A previously-undiscovered chapel from the 13th century has been uncovered, with an unmarked grave found…