Brno St Peters and Paul's Cathedral Tower

Saturday night in the inner city of Brno is very loud and raucous! We had the windows open to keep things cooler, but the street outside was crazy. Why would people take their barking dogs out to the pub on a Saturday night? Around 3:30 a.m., the windows were shut again.

This morning’s planned activity was a visit to the Brno Cathedral – St. Peter and Paul, with the intention of climbing the bell tower. It didn’t open until 12 p.m., so there was no hurry to head out.

We started our walk just before 11 a.m. to see the Astronomical clock drop its ball. We videoed the four people waiting and managed to capture the man who was successful. He appeared to be an independent punter, not associated with the man we noticed in the blue shirt yesterday. Blue Shirt was here again today, still in the same shirt — yuck. He wasn’t trying to catch a ball; he was just hanging around. Perhaps he had a helper waiting to catch. After doing some Googling later, we learned these people are referred to as the “Marble Mafia.” They collect and sell the souvenir balls!

With the excitement over, we continued to the church. They were having a Sunday Mass, so we couldn’t go inside, but the tower was open earlier than expected. We initially climbed a short, narrow, circular staircase to the ticket office. Entry was just 60 CZK — only $4.80 NZD. From the ticket office, the stairs continued upward. This section was less narrow and square in shape. It’s a high climb, as the tower is 84 m tall, finishing at a wooden platform with a door leading out to a small balcony with a view toward the train station.

There’s also a walkway across to the other side of the tower. It’s short enough in places that I needed to duck. At the end of the walkway is another door to an even smaller balcony, which makes you feel slightly nervous while standing on it and enjoying the city view. The view on this side is quite spectacular. I took some video but forgot the take any photos probably the stress of being perched so high up. 😂

Back down, the Mass had finished, so we were able to check out the inside of the church. It’s as impressive as you might expect. There were no bolts of lightning, as far as I’m aware.

Our afternoon was spent at the apartment, completing another accommodation booking and another train reservation. One more train needed to be booked to get us planned through until 3 September. It’s good to have that almost sorted. We also played a game of Five Crowns which I won again. The trip score is now all tied at 6 wins each!

Another easy dinner, using up what we had in the fridge: salad and eggs, plus hummus and crackers. It was nice to have a break from cooking. After dinner, we went to watch and video the fountain that shows messages. Hopefully, you can read them below.

It might still be difficult to read the fountain so I've tried slowing down the speed of the first half of the footage below.