Travel information

Brno can be reached in several ways. We recommend to use an airplane connection to Prague or Wien and then to continue to Brno by train or bus. A direct airplane connection to Brno is also posible but there are only few regular flights from London Stansted and Prague. Munich flights have been discontinued in March 2007.

Arriving to Brno by plane

Brno airport is located about 7 km from Brno. For transport to city centre you can use either a taxi or a bus.

• Bus line No. 76 goes to the main railway station in the centre of Brno every 30 minutes from 4:35 AM to 23:35 PM. Tickets cost 13 Kc (see below).
• Taxi should cost about 300 Kc.

See Airport Brno for details about travelling from the airport to the city centre.

Arriving to Brno from Prague

Brno can be reached from Prague by plane, coach or by a train.

By plane

You can fly from Prague, Ruzyne (PRG) to Brno, Turany (BRQ) (flight duration is 45 minutes). The service is provided by the Czech Airlines.

By coach

Czech Airlines and Student Agency operate direct coach lines between Prague, Ruzyne Airport and Brno.

Departures of Czech Airlines coaches from Prague Airport, Ruzyne: 9:30, 11:00, 12:45, 17:30, 19:15 (during weekends the coach at 9:30 is not operated). Return ticket cost 525 CZK (~18 EUR). Tickets can be bought via Czech Airlines (CSA) web-site or can be booked together with the airplane ticket (coaches are scheduled in CSA flight timetable). They leave directly from the airport but the luggage must be handled by the passengers. The travel time is approximately 3 hours. The arrival place in Brno is Grand Hotel Brno (the centre of the city/central railway station).

Departures of Student Agency coaches from Prague Airport (Ruzyne) (travel time 3 hours 30 minutes): 7:00, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, 17:30, 18:30, 19:30. Notice that buses from airport are usually full, because they use just a minivan with 8 seats for the first part of the journey (from the airport to Prague - Florenc coach station). Tickets are available in Student Agency office in departure hall of Terminal 2 (open Mo-Fr 6:00-20:00; Sa 6:00-20:00; Su 7:00-20:00). See www.student-agency.cz for details (in Czech only). The arrival place in Brno is Grand Hotel Brno (the centre of the city and central railway station). Return ticket costs 440 CZK (~16 EUR).

By train

Take Airport-Express (AE) bus in front of Terminal Sever 1 or 2. AE is direct coach from Prague, Ruzyne airport to Prague, Nadrazi Holesovice (central railway station for EC/IC trains). The bus is departing every 30 minutes since 5:00 until 21:00. The ticket can be purchased in bus for 45CZK (~1,5EUR).

The Supercity/Eurocity/Intercity trains to Brno are departing every 2 hours (travel time 3 hours) - see timetable. The ticket cost 354CZK (~13EUR) - it is possible to use a credit card for the payment.

The tickets for Supercity trains can also be booked together with the airplane ticket (they are scheduled in CSA flight timetable).

Arriving to Brno from Wien

By coach:

There is a direct line from Wien Airport to Brno. It is operated 4 times a day (7:10; 13:10; 16:45 and 21:30) by Tourbus (see time-table). Departure place is in front of arrival hall. The tickets are sold by driver (one-way 5.7 EUR, return 10.2EUR). Tourbus lines are usually not displayed on departure information panel at airport and there is also no information about Tourbus at the airport. Look for Tourbus sign on arriving buses. Notice that bus can be full.

Another coach line is operated by Student Agency. It is operated 4 times a day (08:05, 11:05, 18:05 and 20:30) and it departs from a bus stop which is located across a taxi car park in front of the arrival hall.

By train:

Take bus to Vienna Südbahnhof railway station (25 minutes ride, 6 Euro) in front of Arrival terminal.

The trains are departing every two hours (every an hour at peak times). It may be necessary to change the train in Breclav. It takes about 2 hours to get to Brno by train. Search for your connection at OEBB (from Flughafen Wien to Brno).

Local transport

The City of Brno and its surroundings are serviced by an integrated public transport system with unified travel tickets. The serviced area is divided into several tariff zones. The zones for the area of the City of Brno are 100 and 101.

Before each journey, the traveller must purchase a ticket. The validity of a ticket is time and zone limited. The ticket is valid from the moment it is signed for a period specified on it and only in those tariff zones marked on the ticket. All tickets are transfer, except the 10 minutes ticket - this is valid only in the vehicle in which it was signed. The ticket must be signed immediately after boarding a vehicle. During changing, tickets can't be further signed.

10 minutes            8 Kč
40 minutes          13 Kč

one-day ticket     50 Kč
tree-day ticket   100 Kč
7-day ticket        175 Kč