Shops for groceries in the center of Brno?

I am interested in shops or markets in the center of Brno, where bread, milk and similar groceries can be bought. We are situated near the The Square of Freedom.

As we are travelling with the kid, we shall need something of that kind and, at the same time we don%26#39;t want to spend our time in hipermarkets in shoping malls outside of center.

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There are plenty of places to get your groceries near náměstí Svobody (I wouldn%26#39;t call it Square of Freedom when you are there as nobody will know what you are talking about :) ) For example on the corner of Zámečnická and Dominikánské náměstí there is a little non-stop place which sells all you might need, or on the corner of Poštovská and Kobližná there is a little supermarket - I think it is a Julius Meinl.

Otherwise, if you want to a larger shop there is Tesco behind the railway station - on the ground floor there is a large supermarket.

To see where these places are, put them into www.mapy.cz

You shouldn%26#39;t have a problem finding any of these places - bread and groceries can also be bought at the railway station.

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Thank you very much! This was of huge importance for us :-)

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Hi, you inspired me to write a blog post about my favorite groceries and other shops in the centre of the city: brnonow.com/2009/…. There are 10 maps included.

I hope I do not reply too late!

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There is BILLA supermarket directly on the Namesti Svobody. You should be able to buy all the basics there. Business hours are:

Mon-Fri: 7-21

Sat: 7-19

Sun: 9-19

Other options within reasonable walking distance is INTERSPAR behind the trains station in the Vankovka Mall as well as Tesco behind the train station, but please be aware that Tesco is a real crap and weird people hang out around Tesco.

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Zagrepcanka: please, never translate local names, it%26#39;s rude.

Just a little correction, GCEK; there is no more Julius Meinel in our country. It was replaced mainly by Albert stores.

That mentioned Tesco store is not thad bad since it has renovated interior. It looks really pretty inside now. But outside you can still meet a lot of strange people there as in whole rail station area.

I can%26#39;t recommend that Interspar nearby in Vaňkovka as there is always a lack of opened cashdesks, and you will stay a long time in a row.

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I usually only go to Tesco by IKEA anyway :)

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790511 - can you explain why it is rude to translate local names? So in you opinion is it %26#39;rude%26#39; to say Old Town Square for example.

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It is a bit over the top to say that :) There is a convention, though, in that if a name place has become so well known in the other language then you translate it, %26#39;Old Town Square%26#39;, %26#39;Charles Bridge%26#39; being such examples - and indeed %26#39;Prague%26#39; is as well, as is %26#39;Czech Republic%26#39; - but we%26#39;ve had that one already :)

With regard to Brno, I am fussy about %26#39;Square of Freedom%26#39; (%26#39;náměstí Svobody%26#39;), though, and %26#39;Cabbage Market%26#39; (%26#39;Zelný trh%26#39;) - if you try asking for either in Brno you will get completely blank looks HOWEVER it is a losing battle trying to explain to the local tourist office to refrain from translating these places as any tourists who come inevitably end up getting lost trying to find them.

Of course you have to keep things within reason - you wouldn%26#39;t go to Prague and ask where the museum of Alphonsus Fly, or the house where Frank Jackdaw used to live. Nor would you ask for a train ticket to %26#39;Henry%26#39;s Castle%26#39;, or %26#39;New Town in Moravia%26#39;.

Here is an interesting article for those who are interested: http://accurapid.com/journal/28names.htm

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Tee hee - had to think for a bit who you mean by Franz Jackdaw...but got Fly straight away. On the ball today.

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The small town I visit in Orlicke Hory has a square called Namesti Svobody (lots of towns have this name) but because there is no foreign website, tourists would not refer to it as Freedom Square. So it is mainly the tourist board who is to blame.

But it is much harder for foreigners to pronounce in Czech.