“Nordic Film Winter” to chill down Cinema Art13 Feb 2012

(A guest post.) Nordic film winter is a 5-day film festival that will present a number of both new and classic films from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland. Many of these films have received awards at internationally recognized festivals. The fes...

Brno lake frozen, skating safe when following instructions9 Feb 2012

The 20 cm thick layer of ice over the Brno dam lake looks safe, but it is still highly recommended to avoid some places while skating. Walking, skating or skiing on the ice is safe only in the part of the lake that lies closest to Brno (map). Munici...

World music festival coming to Stará Pekárna club1 Feb 2012

Do you think great live music is always expensive? Now you can enjoy 10 concerts of world, folklore and ethnic music for only CZK 300. Concerts of Etno Jaro festival will take place in Stará Pekárna (“Old Bakery”) club – one ever...

UK electronic music duo Lamb to perform at Fléda30 Jan 2012

One of the most distinct trip-hop artists, Manchester-based duo Lamb will perform a concert at Fléda club (24 Štefánikova st.) on Sunday, February 5. Lamb are famous for blending trip hop with jazz and elements of drum and bass. Wikipedia Lamb co...

Spielberk Tower, Brno’s new tallest building26 Jan 2012

With its 85 meters, Spielberk Tower (on the top picture) became the new tallest building of Brno. But not for long – there are more interesting “skyscrapers” rising up in the so called “South centre”. The construction ...

Nanospider makes cleanroom setting debut - Sustainable Nonwovens8 Feb 2012

Nanospider makes cleanroom setting debutSustainable NonwovensThe National Tissue Centre (NTC) in Brno, Czech Republic, has become the first cleanroom to employ an Elmarco Nanospider industrial scale nanofibre nonwovens system. NTC's goal is to develop and produce medicine for modern therapy, via advanced ...

Tickets U18 Worlds - IIHF6 Feb 2012

Tickets U18 WorldsIIHFPRAGUE – Tickets for the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Brno and Znojmo, Czech Republic, are now on sale on www.ticketpro.cz. The ticket page is available in English and Czech. Day tickets for the preliminary round are available and ...

Mies van der Rohe's Tugendhat to reopen again - Washington Times5 Feb 2012

Washington TimesMies van der Rohe's Tugendhat to reopen againWashington TimesBy Karel Janicek AP This is Tugendhat Villa in Brno, Czech Republic, as it looked in 1931 before it was ravaged by war and disrepair. The famous modern villa designed by German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has undergone a major two-year ...

Google gets green light to resume snapping Czech streets - Czech Position3 Feb 2012

Czech PositionGoogle gets green light to resume snapping Czech streetsCzech PositionIn the coming months Google plans to map locations in all the regions of the Czech Republic including Chomutov, Jihlava, Děčín and Karlovy Vary, as well as documenting some areas of Prague, Brno and Plzeň which have not been covered.and more »

Czech Republic Landmark Refurbished: Mies Van Der Rohe's Tugendhat To Open Again - Huffington Post31 Jan 2012

Czech Republic Landmark Refurbished: Mies Van Der Rohe's Tugendhat To Open AgainHuffington PostBy KAREL JANICEK | 01/31/12 10:29 AM ET | BRNO, Czech Republic -- It was completed in 1930, a Modernist masterpiece by legendary German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. But Villa Tugendhat's early history was rocked by the turbulence of the 20th ...Czech Republic: Masterpiece returned to former gloryNew Zealand Heraldall 3 news articles »