Freedom Square (náměstí Svobody)
Guide
Photo: SchiDD · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeSightAllow 20–40 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Brno's big triangular main square, ringed by grand fronts and cafes, with a plague column and a tall black stone astronomical clock that looks rather like a bullet.
A brief history
The clock, unveiled in 2010, drops a glass marble every day at 11:00, a nod to the bells rung at 11 when Swedish troops gave up their siege of Brno in 1645.
Tips
- Best time
- Just before 11:00, to try to catch the marble
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 20–40 min
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- The old town and Petrov: Inside the old ring road: Freedom Square, the Cabbage Market, the crypts and the cathedral on Petrov hill, with cafes, bars and hostels.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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