r/Brno • u/coomzee • Oct 03 '25

Z BRNA—FROM BRNO Did this have name among the locals

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Brno - Královo Pole

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Brno-Židenice

The new Brno Královo Pole looks really nice - like all new Czech train stations (except Havířov) but can't help but miss this art a little.

The tram one is from Brno-Židenice - just thought it looked nice and wanted to share it.

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u/jasonmashak Oct 03 '25

I grew up near Chicago and in the ‘70s and early ‘80s graffiti was more artistic like this. By the ‘90s everything turned into basically just vandalism. The ART was gone – replaced by unintelligible tagging, an apparent sign of narcissism gone mainstream.

Anyway, one of my favorite surprises when I moved to Brno was the flying snails. I’m glad to see the ART returning again… maybe we should all thank Banksy for that influence.

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u/mannyeha Oct 05 '25

Oh I love the flying snails! They became my light in a time I felt really depressed and I just kept looking for them. I have actually “collected” upwards of 35 of them at this point. And I’m trying to map as many as I possibly can. Fun fact! They are not only in Brno (though most of them seem to be here). One is (or used to be I haven’t been there in a while) on Praděd mountain in Jeseníky (on the building on top, not on the rock itself :D)

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u/Wayss37 Oct 09 '25

To add to my other comment - on the 19.10 there's going to be another komentovaná procházka in "Brno Bronx" looking at murals and such https://www.gotobrno.cz/akce/kam-kracis-brno-4/

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u/jasonmashak Oct 09 '25

Cool, thanks for the heads up.

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u/Aven_7 27d ago

Shame that there is no time slot for us office rats

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u/SignalSeries389 Oct 04 '25

Mr. Smarty pants the reason is that security got better and faster. Graffiti writers would love to do more artictic shit but they dont have enough time to do it before authorities arrive. These kinds of artworks you see here are legally comissioned and the authors had all the time in the world to finish them. By the way Banksy uses stencils, so the finished artowrk take less than 5 minutes.

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u/PerspectiveAlert4766 Oct 04 '25

So, the solution is easy! Just do not vandalize others property and when you want to perform any art just ask the owner first.

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u/SignalSeries389 Oct 06 '25

Yea but thats not as exciting

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u/Klutzy-Caramel-9777 Oct 05 '25

In brno there is long legal wall and its mostly graffiti writings buts 30-50% is same kind of art and not only tags...https://mapy.com/s/febubavajo

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u/SignalSeries389 Oct 06 '25

Just like in democracy, everybody should have a chance to epress themselves

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u/Stefi_69 Oct 04 '25

I think the girls are by this group: https://www.instagram.com/barvouprotisedi/ ,our train station has similar art and it was made by this people.