The Brno Exhibition Centre trail takes us to the Staré Brno district. In this part of the city, around the square Mendlovo náměstí, there was a radical clearance of historical buildings and a redevelopment of the site in the 1960s based on a plan by the architect František Kočí. The prefabricated apartment buildings on Veletržní street were meant to form a new city boulevard leading domestic and foreign visitors to Brno Exhibition Centre, which had been the venue for the renowned International Engineering Fair and other prestigious trade fairs and exhibitions each year since the late 1950s. The original exhibition complex was built on a green field site to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak state as a showcase for modern Czech culture, architecture and design. It was extended at the end of the 1950s and acquired a new administrative building, whose interiors show a marked influence of ‘the Brussels style’, and, above all, new exhibition pavilions, the most prominent of which was Pavilion Z. The trail takes you past these post-war buildings and then leads outside the gates of the exhibition centre around Hotel Voroněž, which built to accommodate visitors to the trade fairs. The trail ends with two sporting facilities − Brno Velodrome and Riviera lido on the bank of the river.
The walk begins at the public transport stop Výstaviště hlavní vstup and leads along the southern slope of Stránice, where many interesting buildings grew up in the post-war period, including university halls of residence, apartment buildings and individual family houses.
From Riviera lido, you continue along the river Svratka until you reach the Anthropos Pavilion, which was designed by Evžen Šteflíček and is conceptually connected to Karel Absolon’s interwar exposition at Brno Exhibition Centre. From there, walk through the grove Masarykový háj to Hotel Myslivna, which was designed by the architect Jan Dvořák.
From the exhibition centre, the Kohoutovice district is easily accessible by trolley bus. The urban plan of the experimental housing estate there originated at the Research Institute for Construction and Architecture, but the eventual design was elaborated by a team led by František Kočí. The construction of the main road for the estate began in 1970 and was followed by the prefabricated buildings. The estate was designed for 11,000 residents and was completed in 1981. Two of its prominent landmarks are the prefabricated apartment block with crowning extension for the Grand Prix restaurant and Kohoutovice water tower.
Brno Exhibition Centre 1946–1989

Brno Exhibition Centre 1946–1989
Nurses’ residence complex of the University Hospital (formerly the Regional Institute for National Health)
Object's code: D127,
Address: Výstavní 303/17–19,
Supermarket on Mendlovo náměstí
Object's code: D125,
Address: Mendlovo náměstí 686/15A,
Public transport: Mendlovo náměstí (TRAM 1, 5, 6; TROL 25, 26, 35, 37, 38; BUS 44, 52, 84),
Riviera sports complex (formerly Red Star)
Object's code: D150,
Address: Bauerova 322/7,
Tramway bridge
Address: Hlinky,
Public transport: Výstaviště, hlavní vstup (TRAM 1),
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d128-tramway-bridge
Administrative building of Brno Exhibition Centre
Address: Výstaviště 405/1,
Public transport: Křížkovského (BUS 44, 84),
Pavilions P and R
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d140-pavilions-p-and-r
Summer variety show theatre (the object no longer exists)
Public transport: Výstaviště - hlavní vstup (TRAM 1, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12), Křížkovského (BUS 84, 98),
Sculpture Nový věk [The New Age]
Sculpture Sedící žena [Sitting Woman]
Public transport: Výstaviště, hlavní vstup (TRAM 1), Výstaviště, hlavní vstup (TROL 25, 26, 37; BUS 52),
Congress Centre (formerly House of Technology)
Public transport: Výstaviště (TRAM 1), Výstaviště, hlavní vstup (BUS 52; TROL 25, 26, 37),
Pavilion O
Public transport: Výstaviště, hlavní vstup (TRAM 1), Výstaviště, hlavní vstup (BUS 52; TROL 25, 26, 37),
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d137-pavilion-o
Sculpture Textilačka [Female Textile Worker]
Concrete wall with relief
Address: Výstaviště ,
Public transport: Výstaviště (TRAM 1), Výstaviště, hlavní vstup (BUS 52, TROL 25,26,37),
Pavilion H
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d136-pavilion-h
Pavilion Z
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d138-pavilion-z
Pavilion B
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d145-pavilion-b
Pavilion C
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d144-pavilion-c
Pavilion D
Address: Křížkovského 554/12,
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d147-pavilion-d
Pavilion Y
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d143-pavilion-y
Tuzex
Address: ,
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d139-tuzex
Brno Velodrome
Address: Křížkovského 22,
Public transport: Velodrom (TROL 35; BUS 44, 84),
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d149-brno-velodrome
Trade Fair Centre
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d132-trade-fair-centre
Hotel Voroněž
Address: Křížkovského 458/47,
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d148-hotel-voronez
Pavilion M
https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/object/d142-pavilion-m