Brno from B to Ž: A Tough-Love Guide to the City’s 48 Neighborhoods, Part 2 – Bosonohy
Work of art: Joe Lennon. Part 2 - Bosonohy Well, in one sense, I picked a bad time to start this column. I wanted to show you some strange and cool things to discover in Brno’s neighborhoods, and I wanted to encourage you…
Brno Family: Finding a Restaurant for a Family Meal
XXXLutz is a German furniture store that has a large Kids’ Corner and diner-like menu. Photo credit: Bruno Zalubil. As a parent, you try to do the right things for your kids: keep them safe, keep them…
Br(u)no: International Women’s Day, or The Day That Wives Go To the Local Bar
Title image: Freepik. Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. In Czech it is: Mezinárodní den žen or MDŽ. It was particularly popular during the Communist era. Women generally get flowers or…
What Is Your Best Story About Brno? The Brno Short Story Writing Contest Returns
Deadline for submission is May 17. Photo credit: CG / Brno Daily. Brno, Mar 2 (BD) - The weather is getting nicer. The days are getting longer. And the birdsongs are calling…
International School of Brno Welcomes Students and Parents for Three Upcoming Open Days
Three upcoming open days, each for a different level of the school, will allow prospective students and their families an opportunity to find out more about Brno’s international school, now…
Reasons for Waiting with Cat on the Rails
Czech Theater performs Czech plays in English. Cat on the Rails opens March 1. Photo credit: Danny Aboud. Brno, Feb 25 (BD) - In a good relationship, both partners feel…
Grumpy Br(u)no: Just Give Me a Normal Cup of Coffee
Photo: Freepik / For illustrative purposes. The word “snob” is used in basically the same way in both English and Czech. It means, according to my 2,230-page Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged…
Br(u)no: So it goes
Photo credit: Freepik / For illustrative purposes. Seventy-five years ago, in Dresden, Germany, a city that is not far from Brno, thousands of people were killed in one of the…
Kick Off Your New Career at the Jobspin Expat Job Fair in 2020
On March 21st 2020, the Jobspin Job Fair returns to Brno for the 7th time. Tržnice on Zelný trh will once again welcome expats looking for job opportunities in the…
A New Challenge for Czech Education: Number of Foreign School Children Increasing Every Year
The number of foreign children in the Czech educational system is increasing, reflecting the growing number of foreigners coming to the Czech Republic. Since the school year 2013/2014, the number…