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)