Fireworks above the exhibition ground (photo by Zdenek Softic)
Brno is getting ready for the biggest event of 2010, fireworks festival Ignis Brunensis. You can check out the schedule in an older article, so let’s talk about details now:
- All the firework shows start at 10:30 p.m. There is no entry fee, of course. Just arrive and enjoy.
- Bring a radio or a cell phone with FM receiver and tune up frequency 88.3 FM – radio Kiss Hády broadcasts an official soundtrack, synchronised to the fireworks (mostly the best-known pieces of classical music, some songs by Led Zeppelin, Queen etc.).
- It has rained during most firework shows I have attended (I have not missed the festival since 2001). Bring a raincoat and remember that only a total apocalypse can prevent the fireworks makers from launching the show.
- Do not be afraid of using the public transport. The shows may have 250,000+ specators but there are hundreds of extra trams and buses transporting the crowds to and from the venues.
I personally recommend you to join this event. At least for one night. I am not a huge fan of fireworks, but the combination of hundreds of thousands joyful people, fresh spring air, classical music and fireworks over great sceneries is magical.
Ignis Brunensis is officialy nicknamed “Brno. The town in the centre of the Europe. Festival of fun below the castles Špilberk and Veveří.” The nickname doesn’t lie – these two weeks bring such amount of fun you can not enjoy anywhere else in the region.
There are many supporting events. I will cover the most interesting ones in upcoming articles, so keep following Brno Now.
The website of the festival is translated into English, German and Russian.
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“there is no entry free” ;)
Oh, my bad :) Thank you.
Photos from fireworks
Photos from fireworks http://www.fotolook.cz/Fireworks/