Re:publika festival opens in Brno

The city of Brno is marking the centenary of the birth of Czechoslovakia with a three-week festival titled Re:publika, which opens this Saturday.

The festival offers dozens of exhibitions, concerts and outdoor events which are expected to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Moravian metropolis.The opening was attended by the Czech and Slovak prime ministers, Andrej Babiš and Peter Pellegrini.

Most of the events are taking place are at the Brno exhibition grounds, among them an exhibition of Czech and Slovak literature over the past 100 years, an exhibition of veteran cars, the work of Alphonse Mucha and 100 years of Czech and Slovak architecture.