Comments on: What to see in Brno: 3 macabre sights

By: Donna Meyer

Donna Meyer — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 23:48:27 +0000

What a fascinating collection of stops in Brno!. Like you, Rache, I grew up in the Cold War USA and I remember well the fear, the hope, the sometiems feeling of inevitability of a nuclear attack. That shelter would be an eerie reminder.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:51:26 +0000

In reply to jane. Glad you liked it. It was actually a pleasant place to have lunch. It was quite hot inside and rather cool in the bunker!

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:50:37 +0000

In reply to Doreen Pendgracs. Don't reject Brno because of this! These are the sights we chose to see. There are plenty of other sights in Brno!

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:49:43 +0000

In reply to Carole Terwilliger Meyers. There are plenty of other things to see. Somehow I just get drawn to the weird and quirky...

By: jane

jane — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:59:19 +0000

Wow, nothing like stopping for a coffee in a nuclear bomb shelter! Probably a better idea than having an espresso in an ossuary, though! 🙂 Creepy post and I loved it.

By: Doreen Pendgracs

Doreen Pendgracs — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 02:04:14 +0000

HI Rachel. I admit to finding this post disturbing. Perhaps I am too much of a Pollyanna. Interesting, though, to hear of Brno. I don’t think it will make it onto my must see list.

By: Carole Terwilliger Meyers

Carole Terwilliger Meyers — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:17:28 +0000

I’ve never heard of Brno before. Your images make the three sights you detail particularly vivid and interesting. I will opt to see them all when I’m in town.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:16:00 +0000

In reply to Anita and Richard @ No Particular Place To Go. Yes, I hear you: a fascination for the bizarre. Which explains why we chose these three particular sights! I'd heard of the ossuary in Kutna Hora, but not this one, which is actually bigger. They did designate another location: when they closed the graveyard next to St. James Church, they moved to another graveyard outside the center of the city.

By: Anita and Richard @ No Particular Place To Go

Anita and Richard @ No Particular Place To Go — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:27:13 +0000

I have to admit that we have a certain fascination with all things slightly bizarre and I know we would have loved visiting Brno during our recent stay in the Czech Republic. The whole country has so many interesting things to see and do it begs for a repeat visit, doesn’t it? The Church of St. James ossuary has a similar background when compared to the Sedlec Ossuary in Kutná Hora where the graves were re-used and the bones stacked as space ran out. It seems rather strange though, that they never designated a 2nd location for burying the dead. Your photo of the Capuchin mummies all laid out in rows was great (in a rather chilling sort of way) and a tour of 10-Z bunker would really have been interesting. So glad you wrote this post about Brno Rachel, because it will be at the top of our list if we’re lucky enough to make a return visit to the Czech Republic. Anita

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 12:56:43 +0000

In reply to Carol. I admit I thought about waiting to post this closer to Halloween!