Get to Brno
Brno is located two hours or less by car from three European capitals (Prague, Vienna, and Bratislava).
By Plane
Brno Airport (BRQ, 0.6 million passengers a year)
- The recommended option
- Brno airport is a small international airport near Brno. There are a
few regular flights. This airport is a good option if you're coming
from London (Standed - Ryanair, Luton - Wizzair), Munich (Lufthansa),
Eindhoven (Wizzair).
- The newly opened flight from Munich (Lufthansa) operates
daily except Sunday and dramatically improves the flight connection
directly to Brno.
- From the airport, city bus #76 will take you to the city centre (30
minutes) and drop you off next to the main train station and Student
Agency bus stop. You can also take a taxi: approx. 300 CZK/€11.
Vienna International Airport (VIE, 22 million)
- The second option
- The biggest airline hub in Central Europe, flights to many destionations all over the world.
- The easiest way to get from the airport to Brno are the RegioJet buses (online booking possible; use stop Viena Schwechat Airport as your starting place). The direct bus takes 2 hours.
- Alternately, you can take a train from the airport to the city centre of Vienna and then take an EC train to Brno from there.
Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG, 11 million)
- This is the second busiest airport in the region.
- There are no direct coaches between the airport and Brno, but it's possible to book the journey as one ticket with RegioJet
with a connection at the Prague main bus station (Florenc). Czech
Railways provides shuttle buses between the airport and the Prague main
train station.
- To get from the Prague airport to Brno takes at least 3.5 hours by public transport. It is faster to get to Brno from Vienna.
Bratislava Airport (BTS, 1.4 million)
- This airport is a good option for cheap flights within Europe.
If you are flying to Brno from outside of Europe, this airport is not
recommended.
- Bratislava Airport is a hub of Ryanair.
- There is no direct transport connection between the airport and
Brno. You have to take a city bus to the centre and take a coach or
train to Brno from there. It takes at least three hours.
There are also small international airports in Ostrava (flights to Paris and London) and Pardubice (flights to Saint Petersburg and Moscow). Both have good train and bus connections to Brno.
By Train
Brno has good train connections to several European cities and train
is the fastest and most convenient means of transportation between big
cities in the region. All intercity trains arrive and depart at the main
station Brno hl. n., which is a hub of public transport in the city.
Train Timetables:
- Prague - trains between Prague and Brno go hourly, 2.5 hours
- Vienna - trains between Wien Hbf and Brno go every hour, 1.5 hour
- Bratislava - from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica hourly, 1.5 hour
- Budapest - from Budapest-Keleti pu several trains every day, 5 hours
- Warsaw - from Warszawa Centralna several times every day (usually one connection), 7 hours
- Berlin - from Berlin Hauptbahnhof several trains every day, 7.5 hours
By Bus
Brno is part of the European bus network and all connections and their prices are similar to trains. RegioJet and Eurolines
provide buses to many european cities. Most Eurolines busses arrive at
Brno-Zvonarka, Brno's main bus station. Student Agency buses arrive at a
station opposite the Grand Hotel which next to the main train station.
By Car
Brno is well-connected to other cities by highway. You can get easily
to neighboring countries by car. For using the Czech highways you have
to purchase a highway sticker. The 10 day sticker costs 350 CZK/13 €
and can be purchased at every gas station. See Transport in the Czech Republic website for more infromation about driving regulations. Travel time examples:
- Prague - 210 km, 2 hours
- Bratislava - 130 km, 1.3 hours
- Vienna - 143 km, 1.8 hours
- Budapest - 326 km, 3 hours
- Munich - 587 km, 5.3 hours
- Berlin - 555 km, 5.2 hours
Warning: there are many roads under reconstruction in and
around Brno. Especially the D1 highway is under complete
reconstruction. There are 5 areas on the highway between Prague and Brno
where the traffic bandwith is limited and occasional traffic jams may
occur. The traffic bandwith is very limited due to reconstruction also
on D1 between Brno and Vyškov (direction to Ostrava and Poland) and
traffic jams are very common there. Please adjust your travel time
estimations accordingly and check for current traffic info (Czech only).