Getting around Brno
By trolleybus 21 from the airport to the main station, on foot into the centre from there, and by tram with a bank card when the hills are ahead.
- From the airport
- trolleybus 21 to the main station
- Ride
- €1.05, valid 60 minutes
- 24 hours
- €3.69
The centre of Brno is small enough to cross on foot, so getting around comes down to two choices: how to leave the airport and how to pay for the tram. The first answer is trolleybus 21, and the second is a bank card tapped on the reader, which charges the fare for you and stops at a daily cap.
From the airport to the main station
Trolleybus 21 runs from the Brno-Tuřany terminal to Hlavní nádraží, the main station, and since 18 May 2026 it has done the job that bus E76 used to do. By day it leaves every 20 minutes, the ride takes about twenty minutes, and it stops on platform 11 in the trolleybus loop beside the station. The line runs on overhead wires as far as Řípská and on battery along the old E76 route beyond it.
Line 21 takes the ordinary city ticket, and you buy it before you board, so there is no special airport fare to look for. Bank cards work on the readers in every vehicle, which makes the ticket machine optional. Those who land in Prague come on by rail instead: train (České dráhy/RegioJet, direct), 2 h 30–37 min.
From the station into the centre
Walk. From the main station follow Masarykova street into the centre, and it brings you to Náměstí Svobody with Zelný trh just beyond. Pulling a suitcase along this route is realistic, and it saves a tram ticket for the day you really need one. The only climbing comes later, because Petrov and Špilberk both stand on hills and Brno is a hilly city.
The Zvonařka bus station sits behind the main station, so a coach arrival ends with the same walk. Night lines also meet at Hlavní nádraží. It is the one stop worth knowing by name. Train from Prague, cheapest published fare: from €4.90 (119 CZK).
Card, paper, daily cap
A bank card is the simplest ticket: tap a Visa, a Mastercard or a phone on the reader as you board. If the ride lasts up to 15 minutes, tap again when you get off and the short fare applies, while several rides within 60 minutes are charged as one 60 minute ticket. A daily cap, counted from 3.15 am to 3.15 am, stops the charges for the day, and cards from abroad are billed in crowns. Paper tickets are validated on boarding and sold by SMS, in apps and at machines at the stops, and children under 6 ride free.
Pay by card on the reader as you board; a paper ticket is validated on boarding.
On foot, by tram, by bike
The old core is walked. Tram, trolleybus and bus run on one tariff, so the same ticket works on all three. Save the tram for the hills and for the edges of the map, such as the climb to Špilberk and the ride out to Villa Tugendhat, which lies outside the core. A card tapped on the reader does the paying on those rides.
Rekola and nextbike bikes are shared across the city, and each one goes back to an official spot shown in the company app. Taxis and Bolt exist too. For a hop inside the centre, walking beats waiting for any of them, and the centre rarely asks for more.
Trains and buses
Three day trips, to the Moravian Karst, Pernštejn and Lednice, go by train and bus without a car, and the page on day trips explains each one in turn, so this page keeps only the one rule that affects what you pay. The same IDS JMK tariff covers the region, but you buy by zone and not by town, so a city ticket for zones 100+101 will not carry you past them.
Where to next
Brno in 2 days
→Day one is on foot through the core, from Zelný trh over Petrov and Špilberk to the St James's ossuary, and day two carries Villa Tugendhat, on a booked slot, and the Mendel Museum.
Olomouc · 64 km
→The Czech Republic's second-largest heritage-protected town centre, with the Holy Trinity Column and an astronomical clock on two squares.
How well does Brno suit you?
→Six questions: a score for this place and others like it.
Nomadinho scores out of 100, the same ones behind “Where to go”.
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Three places with the closest scores, from any country.
Before you go
Short answers to what people ask most before setting out.
How do I get from Brno-Tuřany airport to the centre?
Take trolleybus 21 to Hlavní nádraží, which runs every 20 minutes by day. It accepts the ordinary city ticket, bought before boarding, or a bank card on the reader.
Which ticket is worth buying for one day in Brno?
A bank card does the work: the charges stop at the daily cap, which matches the 24 hour ticket at €3.69. A paper ticket for a single ride costs €1.05 and is valid for 60 minutes.
Do you need a car in Brno?
No. The centre is walked, the tram covers Villa Tugendhat and further, and the day trips go by train and bus, as the day trips page shows.
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