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"We knitted a Christmas sweater for the Brno icon, a female crocodile, and she didn't mind at all.The stainless steel exoskeleton carrying the sweater does not touch the popular landmark at all," writes the NAHAKU studio about the sweater for the Brno dragon. Their mission is sustainable design, the tool is upcycling waste material. 938 waste metres of tubing were used for the sweater. Until 6. 1. 2025
Dragon's Egg
A light installation that combines art, upcycling, urban symbolism and tradition. It is made of 11.5 kilometres of waste tubes - which corresponds to the distance from Svoboda Square to the Brno Dam. To create this structure, the designers of the NAHAKU studio built their own loom measuring 2.5 x 4 metres, on which they wove the tubes into a luminous fabric. The installation brings the idea of a new [...]
Gateway to Ireland - Telebridge
Accept our invitation to join us online in the Irish city of Waterford, which, like Brno, invites you to the best Christmas in Europe this year. Brno was awarded the title of European Capital of Christmas in the category of over 100,000 inhabitants, Waterford is the European City of Christmas under 100,000 inhabitants. This international connection will be a holiday of closeness at a distance. The European Capital of Christmas 2025 [...]
Observation wheel
See the world from the observation wheel in the park on Moravské náměstí. This landmark of the local Advent market is 33 metres high. You can see over the rooftops of old Brno, see Liberty Square, Špilberk, Petrov... Up to 144 people can ride in the illuminated booths at a time, and the top of the [...]
Christmas ice rink
The only place to find a real Christmas ice rink is in the park on Moravské náměstí. Together with the Parq café and the observation wheel, it creates a cosy corner in the newly renovated park and allows you to burn off the pre-Christmas calories gained at the Christmas markets, so you can go out again and again. The roughly 800 m2 elliptical-shaped ice rink can accommodate up to 120 skaters. So sharpen your skates and [...]
Christmas Tram
The shalina is not only Brno's favourite means of transport and the most famous word in Hantec. The shalina is an icon without which even Brno Christmas cannot do without. It is the only means of transport that can afford to regularly make its way through the crowds in the city centre without arousing any resentment. Its Advent makeover brightens smiles and everyone wants to take a picture of it. And what [...]
Light trail
The Christmas atmosphere will also permeate Bašta Street, which invites you to promenade on the new terrace full of lights, good food and drink. Installation date: 15 November - 30 January 2025
Light Park at Špilberk
Let yourself be carried away by the magic of lights! Experience Špilberk Castle full of Brno knights, historical stories and legends, brought to life by thousands of lights in a unique light park.
Snowshoes
Brno is always lucky with snow. Not so in the alley covered with snowshoes! They will protect you from possible snow like umbrellas from rain, or symbolic snow will be created... from small light bulbs, which do not get cold, but warm... near the heart!
Halouzek's nativity scene
Halouzek's wooden nativity scene with a hundred figures traditionally decorates Dominican Square.
