CEITEC Nano Cleanroom Facilities

Date: Wednesday, 2 September
Price: Included in the registration fee.
Time: 15:30-17:00
Capacity: 30
Deadline for booking: Tuesday, 14 July
Meeting point: Hotel International Brno– look for the beach flag

The site visit will take participants to CEITEC Nano, the research infrastructure of the Central European Institute of Technology at Brno University of Technology — the hosting institution of NFO18.

CEITEC Nano provides advanced facilities for nanofabrication, nanocharacterization, structural analysis, and X-ray tomography.

The guided tour will include ISO 5 and ISO 7 cleanroom laboratories, where complete fabrication and sub-nanometre characterization of nanostructures and nanodevices are carried out in a fully controlled environment. The facility operates as an open-access platform supporting both academic and industrial research.

Brno Walking Tour

Date: Wednesday, 2 September
Price: Included in the registration fee.
Time: 15:30-18:00
Capacity: 40
Deadline for booking: Tuesday, 26 May
Meeting point: Hotel International Brno– look for the beach flag

Discover Brno through a guided walking tour that introduces the city’s rich history and its role in the European context.

The tour offers a brief overview of Czechoslovak history and the development of the region in the 20th century, followed by key moments from Brno’s past — from the famous 1645 siege and its lasting impact, to the rise of textile manufacturing in the 19th century and the opening of the Vienna–Brno railway in 1839.

You will also learn about notable figures connected to Brno, including Johann Gregor Mendel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and explore the city’s present-day innovation scene with companies such as Kiwi, AVAST, TESCAN, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Route
St. James Church – Freedom Square with the Astronomical Clock – Alfa Passage – Dominican Square (including Hotel Jalta and the New Town Hall) – Old Town Hall – Vegetable Market – Petrov Hill

Brno Underground & Coffee

Date: Wednesday, 2 September
Price: Included in the registration fee.
Time: 15:30-18:00
Capacity: 25
Deadline for booking: Tuesday, 26 May
Meeting point: Hotel International Brno– look for the beach flag

This guided experience takes you beneath the historic center of Brno to explore the city’s lesser-known underground spaces.

The tour includes a visit to the Cellar under the New Town Hall, offering insight into Brno’s medieval past. The experience concludes with a relaxed gathering at the café Kafe v rozkladu, providing a unique opportunity to unwind and continue informal conversations in a distinctive local setting. 

Brewery Starobrno

Date: Wednesday, 2 September
Price: Included in the registration fee.
Time: 15:45-17:15
Capacity: 25
Deadline for booking: Tuesday, 14 July
Meeting point: Starobrno Brewery – Hlinky 160, 603 00 Staré Brno
Detailed transportation information will be shared closer to the tour date.

We want to show you how it works and where our golden miracle is made. We’ll take you through the brewhouse and the mouth of the cylindroconic tanks. Those are the huge silver-coloured vessels where the whole beer fermentation process takes place. We’ll take a look at the traditional brewing technology, and from the gallery we’ll see where the bottles are filled and packed with the 11th lager.

We can do all this and more in about an hour and a half. And we’ll finish the tour with a tasting of our lager in the brewery cellar.

First time in Brno

Date: Wednesday, 2 September
Price: Included in the registration fee.
Time: 15:30-17:30
Capacity: 30
Deadline for booking: Tuesday, 14 July
Meeting point: Hotel International Brno – look for the beach flag

During this tour, your guide will introduce you to the main sights in the city centre. You can admire Brno’s remarkable squares, see the monumental Cathedral of St Peter and Paul, and hear the most famous Brno legends.

Route
-Old Town Hall – courtyard, Brno dragon, portal
-Vegetable Market (Zelný trh) – Baroque Parnas Fountain, Reduta Theatre, statue of Mozart, Holy Trinity -Column, Dietrichstein Palace
-Capuchin Square
-Cathedral of St Peter and Paul (including interior)
-Denis Gardens – obelisk, view of Špilberk, Old Brno, and the Jan-Amos-Comenius Church (Red Church)
-Freedom Square – Klein Palace, House of the Lords of Lipá, Moravian Bank building, plague column, clock machine
-St James’ Church (including interior)
-Moravian Square – Church of St Thomas, the Governor’s Palace, statues of Plato’s four virtues

Brno Legends and Curiosities

Date: Wednesday, 2 September
Price: Included in the registration fee.
Time: 15:30-17:30
Capacity: 30
Deadline for booking: Tuesday, 14 July
Meeting point: Hotel International Brno – look for the beach flag

We recommend this tour of the historic centre to anyone interested in myths, legends, and fables. On the route, you will get acquainted with famous and lesser-known Brno legends. We will also help you discover trivia and curiosities that you might otherwise overlook while walking through the streets.

Route
-Old Town Hall – courtyard, Brno dragon, portal
-Orlí Street – House at the Stone Maiden
-Capuchin Square – Capuchin crypt, Church of the Discovery of the Holy Cross
-Vegetable Market – Baroque Parnas Fountain, Reduta Theatre, statue of Mozart, Holy Trinity Column, Dietrichstein Palace
-Cathedral of St Peter and Paul (including interior)
-Denis Gardens – obelisk, view of Špilberk, Old Brno, and Jan-Amos-Comenius Church (Red Church)
-Mečová Street
-Dominican Square – New Town Hall
-Freedom Square – Klein Palace, House of the Lords of Lipá, clock machine
-St James’ Church (including interior)
-Moravian Square – statues of Plato’s four virtues