What is the relationship between the Czech and Moravian metropolises?
There are dozens of jokes in the style of “Brno is the last inhabited turn before Vienna”. And the people of Brno counter the forums that wine in Moravia is divided into three categories: yes, yes, yes, to the people of Prague.
How do you actually live in the capital and what is the quality of life in the Moravian metropolis? And what about mutual rivalry, thanks to which, among other things, Facebook pages on mutual stabbing were created?
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There is blaze in Prague
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, has an area of 496 km2 and a population of 1.3 million. The quality of life of cities in Europe and around the world is mapped by various surveys and determined by many indicators. In Prague, for example, the level of medical services, safety or greenery are highly valued. But it is worse, for example, with the time you spend in transport in Prague.
It is also necessary that he lives differently in the city center and differently on the outskirts. The center is busy, on every corner you will find a cafe or restaurant, lots of shops and especially people. It’s very anonymous here. On the contrary, living in the fringes smells almost village life.
The advantage is that in Prague there is really everything, from job opportunities, interesting housing, cultural use to educational opportunities. On the other hand, everything is far apart, you spend a lot of time crossing the car or public transport.
Architect Miroslav Křižan says of Prague: “Prague is beautiful and full of people, the more I enjoyed it depopulated when it was a coronavirus. I could notice architectural gems and enjoy the art of old masters and not compete among tourists. I perceive a big problem with transport, I would cancel the highway, build an underground car park. “
That the people of Prague are accused of arrogance and conceit? This is obviously very subjective, but throwing them in one bag is not fair. In addition, the natives live here with many alluvium – people who baptize the Vltava are not.
Brno on the rise
The Moravian metropolis has an area of 230.2 km2 and about 380,000 inhabitants. As for the quality of life in the city, Brno is getting better and better. Health care, excellent public transport and living safely and cheaper than in Prague are highly valued. The locals boast that he lives here comfortably and not so hectically. They like to go on a trip to Prague, but they would not want to live there.
How does sociologist, writer and publicist Stanislav Biler perceive Brno? “The main advantage of Brno is ‘virtue out of necessity’. She is small, so this smallness is preferred, but she often does. You do not need any means of transport to move around the center. The face of Brno is determined by students of many universities and colleges. While in big Prague students appear in the crowd, in Brno they can be seen everywhere. Thanks to them, the city is younger and livelier. Without tens of thousands of students, Brno would not be Brno, it would only be a sleepy small town in the turn ahead Vienna. The students also keep the Brno café scene running, which is probably the main currency of the city. You will find a great café in almost every street, where you can spend a whole day or a piece of life. ”
And if something has been mentioned a lot in connection with Brno in recent years, it is the gastro scene. This is really on the rise. That’s why an actor likes to come here very often and often Lukáš Hejlík (41) and discovers gems for his Gastromap, a list of companies worth going to. He wrote about the Brno ones in 2017 on Facebook: “We like Brno and its companies. They are rude, progressive, and yet for everyone. ”The question is how many will reopen after the pandemic.
Derby Prague – Brno
Is mutual rivalry still relevant? According to Miroslav Křižan, it goes deep into history: “The battle between Czech cities is long. For a long time there was a rule from Olomouc, which was connected with the power part of the church and the geopolitical one. Brno had to wait for the arrival of the Habsburgs and the end of the Thirty Years’ War, when it became the seat of the provincial court. It was closer to the court from Vienna to here. The Brno team won and the rivalry moved to Prague. But I would say that every city goes its own way. “
“The jealousy between Prague and Brno is just a thing of the past,” says Lukáš Hejlík. He can judge this because he moves between these cities on a daily basis. “In Brno, they appreciate the varied offer of young life. In my opinion, young people from Brno have something to be proud of and they don’t suffer from complexes. It’s more like the people of Prague who sometimes make a joke about Brno, which we visited twice, so they don’t really know where the city has moved in the last time. “
And what is the opinion of sociologist Stanislav Biler on the relationship between these two metropolises? “Prague is a big city, Brno is not. Mutual stabbing is more a matter of history, a living boredom of normalization, which today finds no breeding ground in the younger generations. These cities are so different that comparing or competing does not make sense. Brno has been and will always be the second, which gives rise to both skepticism and feeling futile, so reassuring that you can live differently. “