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Signature jewellery is what I really like, says Jonas Novak from Gold Atelier

The Fuschia building in Kralovo Pole was built in 1936 by Bohuslav Fuchs, the legendary architect probably most responsible for the look of Brno’s inter-war period. The Fuschia building was for a long time the main administrative HQ for the company ALPA, famous across Europe for their alcohol based medicines.

Ryanair’s regular connection from Brno to London has resumed on June 4th with flights operating twice per week, on Sunday and Friday. From July, further flights have been added, as well as the connection from Brno to Milan Bergamo.

Anne Johnson, a longtime force in local cultural life and a loyal supporter of the Brno Expat Centre, wins this year’s edition of the Brno Short Story Writing Contest. Congratulations, dear Anne!

A dragon once terrorized this city. The Swedish army attacked it. The buildings have their own stories. And famous people have experienced many legendary events. If you know where to look, Brno still has the symbols related to its history.

Brno is full of talented people, and some of them are not originally from the Czech Republic. We’ll introduce them one at a time. This month, meet Miguel from Portugal, who enjoys looking at everything he passes wherever he walks, and captures it through the brisk lines of his pencil or marker.

Welcome to this bumper holiday edition of Kam v Brně / Where in Brno. The summer is here, the pools are open, the weather is hot. It’s time to let your hair down a little and chill out with this double edition of KAM covering both July and August.

For several years now Brno has been famed for its perfect café infrastructure, it is not called the Czech Mecca of coffee for nothing. Everyone can find their perfect cup of coffee here with possibilities ranging from roaster shops to espresso bars and even a coffee festival. However, the cafés are being rivalled by ice cream parlours, which can now be found on almost every corner.

Welcome to the June edition of Kam v Brně / Where in Brno. This guide to Brno in June is chock full of exciting cultural, gastronomical and free-time tips, we hardly know where to start.

Join us and our wonderful assistant and guide Agnieszka for a friendly visit at the famous Brno Llama Centre and explore the beauty of protected flowers and species in the former Hády quarry in Brno – Líšeň.

The average price per square meter of a new apartment in Brno has exceeded CZK 100,000. The continuing increase in prices is due to a long-term lack of new construction, which is limited mainly by inflexible planning regulations, according to analysis from the Trikaya real estate group.

Now, everything can be reached quickly from the Technical Museum in Brno. Two steps – and you’re at Špilberk Castle. Three – and you are standing at the Brno Dam. Five steps will get you to the autodrome. Another five steps, but in the opposite direction, will bring you to the Tuřany airport. All this is possible thanks to the Giant Map of Brno project.