A typical street of Husovice - with low village-like houses built in the 19th century.
Once described by Nobel prize laureate Jaroslav Seifert as a “workers’ republic”, Husovice is a poetic mix of a former village with an industrial zone at the western bank of Svitava river. It’s a part of Brno-sever district but it is very different from nearby neighborhoods Černá Pole and Lesná, both belonging to Brno-sever as well.
Pros
- Low rents.
- Cheap pubs.
- Romantic industrial quarter.
Cons
- Higher levels of criminality, esp. burglary and pocket-picking.
- Older houses.
Do you like reading Kerouac or Ginsberg and smoking cigarettes at rusty old balconies? Move to Husovice today.
You’ll love Husovice, if:
- …you are a poor student and live on a budget.
- …you are a free-spirited person, willing to live in a hipster neighborhood.
Don’t move to Husovice, if:
- you are looking for a “nice district”, period.
Best restaurant
I have studied a high school in Husovice for 7 years and never found anything which could be called a really great restaurant. However, there is an old pub with great atmosphere, called Mikulášek and located at the cross of Elgartova st. and Nováčkova st.
If live in Husovice and want to have a nice dinner, why don’t you walk 5 minutes to district Černá Pole?
Map
Links
Husovice has a nice Facebook group with a gallery of old photos. You can learn something about the history of Husovice on a machine-translated Wikipedia page.