The train journey from Prague about Brno is 2.5 hours. Tickets can be easily purchased online at . Most trains are not fully booked.
If you are adventurous and travelling alone, you might not need to make any seat reservation as you could sit anywhere that does not have a name reservation. If you are travelling in groups and want to sit together, it is advisable to make seat reservations 60 days prior to your date of departure.
Brno
The city spends about 30 million euro every year on culture. There are many museums, theatres and other cultural institutions. Brno is also a vibrant university city with about 90,000 students, and a number of festivals and other cultural events.
Brno is located in the southeastern part of the Czech Republic, at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers and there are also several brooks flowing through it, including the Veverka, Ponávka, and Říčka. The Svratka River flows through the city for about 29 km (18 mi), the Svitava River cuts a 13 km (8 mi) path through the city. The width of Brno is 21.5 km (13.4 mi) measured from the east to the west and its overall area is 230 km (89 sq mi). Within the city limits are the Brno Reservoir, several ponds, and other standing bodies of water, for example reservoirs in the Marian Valley or the Žebětín Pond. Brno is surrounded by wooded hills on three sides; about 6,379 ha (15,763 acres) of the area of the city is forest, i.e. 28%. Due to its location between the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and the Southern Moravian lowlands (Dyje-Svratka Vale), Brno has a moderate climate. Compared to other cities in the country, Brno has a very high air quality, which is ensured by a good natural circulation of air; no severe storms or similar natural disasters have ever been recorded in the city.
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If you have an hour in Brno, it had better be around 11am
The Brno Astronomical Clock is a huge contrast to the Prague Astronomical Clock and might even seem ridiculous to many. To begin with, it does not look like a clock. Many think along the line of “gigantic bullet” or “some phallic object” but it reminded me of the huge menhir that Obelix carrys on his
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