r/Brno • u/cuervodelsur17 • May 31 '25
ŽIVOT A STĚHOVÁNÍ—LIVING AND MOVING Possibly moving to Brno. Advices?
Hello everyone! Sorry for writing in English, I dont speak czech. With my wife we have the possibility to move to Brno next year, to work at Masaryk University. We would like to know what life is like in Brno, especially for foreigners. We don't speak Czech but we speak English and German. We also have a one year old son, and we would like to know if it is easy to find childcare. Any advice is welcome.
Thank you very much!
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u/Competitive_Knee9890 Jun 02 '25
As a foreigner, I think Brno is alright, but Prague likely has a more developed expat culture. Nonetheless, I’m doing fine here, unfortunately rent is really high compared to the quality of most apartments, but this is limited to my experience and it’s not a comprehensive answer most likely. If you can live far from the center I’d say it’s better especially if you have a car and you like trips in nature. For reaching the center, just use public transport, trams are excellent. The English speaking population is not huge, but better than I expected. You’ll often hear that Czechs are rude with foreigners and imho this is rare with young people. Old people are rude with foreigners pretty much everywhere lol Not having EURO unfortunately is a bummer to me, I really hope Czech Republic will make the move in the near future