How to get to Brno?

Direct flights to Brno Airport:
To Brno downtown – bus (25 minutes, price: 22 CZK)
From London Standsted, Alicante and Milano-Bergamo - Ryan Air, http://www.ryanair.com
From London Luton and Roma Fiumicino - Wizz Air, http://wizzair.com/
From Moscow (Domodedovo) and St. Petersburg (Pulkovo) - CCA, http://flycca.cz/en

From Vienna  Airport:
From Vienna Airport you can get a direct bus to Brno (one bus every one or two hours; last bus at 20:00, http://jizdenky.studentagency.cz/Booking, or http://www.tourbus.cz/, 2h30)
To Vienna downtown – CAT or S-Bahn (20-40 minutes)
From Vienna by train (2 hours):
Either via Břeclav or Bratislava – one train every one or two hours
(Last train from) Wien Meidling - 18:33
(Last train from) Wien Meidling - 22:23 (not really good option, arrives to Brno only at 0:58)
After 20:00 you may use buses via Bratislava AS (from Vienna Airport at 20:30, 21:30, 22:30, 23:30,  the travel to Bratislava AS takes one hour; last buses Bratislava - Brno: 22:50, 1:45)

From Bratislava Airport:
To Bratislava downtown – bus (30 minutes)
From Bratislava main station (Hlavná stanica) by train (one train every one or two hours, 1h40):
(Last train from) Bratislava hl.st. - 18:54    
(Last train from) Bratislava hl.st. - 23:02 (not really good option, arrives to Brno only at 0:58)  
By bus (1h30) from the bus terminal (Autobusová stanica):
Bratislava, AS MHD - 19:30
Bratislava, AS MHD - 20:30
Bratislava, AS MHD - 22:50

From Prague Airport:
From Prague Airport to the main station (Hlavní nádraží): http://www.dpp.cz/en/bus-ae-airport-express/ from Terminal 1, every :16 and :46 (41 minutes, price: 50 CZK in the bus)
From Prague main station by train (2h40)
Praha hl.n. – one train every hour always at :39 until 20:39
(Last train from) Praha hl.n. - 23:10 or 0:04 (not really good option, arrives to Brno only at 3:12)
(First train from) Praha hl.n. - 4:17 (arrives to Brno at 7:22)
Direct bus from Prague Airport (last direct bus at 19:35, http://jizdenky.studentagency.cz/Booking, 3h50)
Direct bus from Prague Florenc (until 20:00 max. every half an hour, 21:00, 22:00, 22:35, 23:30, 0:30)

Changing currency
The currency in the Czech Republic is the Czech Crown (CZK). In Austria and Slovakia it is the Euro. One Euro is equivalent to around 25,3 CZK. In many places you may pay with Visa or Maestro and other major credit cards. In large supermarkets you can also pay in Euro (only with paper money; the price you are paying has to be at least a half of your bank note; rest is given back in CZK).
In Brno or Prague you may change your money at the airport, at the main station or in many downtown exchange offices.

Tram tickets
You will need CZK coins for the public transportaion tickets sold usualy in the tickets vendors or at the tobaco or press shops. In Brno the basic ride is 22 CZK (18 CZK for a short ride until 15 minutes), in Prague 32 CZK (24 CZK for 30 minutes max).

Taxi
In the Czech Republic taking a taxi was for long time considered a notorious way how to get ripped off. Even now it is always better to ask the rough estimate of the price in advance and to check the taximeter. From the Prague airport to the centre it should not be more than 1000 CZK. From the Brno airport to the centre around 500 CZK. One ride in Brno centre should not exceed 200 CZK.

Food
Former Czechoslovakia is on the eastern edge of Central European Time zone so there are some specifics you need to know. Food in the restaurants can be everything between delicious and disgusting so it is necessary to choose carefully. Regular food is served usually only until 21:00 - 21.30. Fast-foods keep open later but you have to choose even more carefuly.
Two good exceptions of restaurants serving until midnight or later in Brno are the following:
http://www.veselavacice.cz/kontakt.html
http://www.zelenakocka.cz/dpr/, Solniční 8, 602 00 Brno

Information valid for August 2011