
View of a Christmas market in Brno, the 2nd largest city in Czechia. In the background, you see the tower of the old town hall.
You only see what you know (Goethe)

View of a Christmas market in Brno, the 2nd largest city in Czechia. In the background, you see the tower of the old town hall.

Four days before my visit to Brno, the essayist and politician Václav Havel died. A lot of candles, photos, letters and even drawings covered the squares of the city.

Even though many people call this an astronomical clock, it is just a clock. The clock refers to an episode of the Thirty Years’ War when the people of Brno ended a siege by pretending a wrong time of day.

Suppose one dares to look through the open doors of buildings built in the 19th century, the prying passer-by often gets rewarded by seeing wonderful ceilings and staircases. For example, I saw this wonderful ceiling behind a door in the Czech city of Brno.

Some facades I came across near the railway station of Brno. In cities with railway stations built around 1900 one can see a lot of fascinating architecture near these stations. Therefore I love to stroll around these quarters and to take photos like these ones.