Brno is the second city of the Czech Republic and the capital of Moravia. Both Janáček and Korngold were born there, and there is much to interest a tourist on a day out. The Janáček Museum (next to the organ school he founded) is a small insight into his daily life, with exhibitions organised in the other buildings of the Moravian Regional Museum regularly. There is a large opera house, with an enviable repertoire of work and a symphony orchestra. For the non-musical it is a charming city, which grew rapidly as a satellite to Vienna during industrial expansion. The Austro-Hungarians had a prison on Spilberk hill, which dominates the horizon in the city centre along with the Gothic cathedral. It's less commercialised than either Prague or Vienna. Ryanair have started flying there, so get there before it gets spoiled!

Brno is on the main line from Prague to Vienna.

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