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Most people moving from Britain to Brno arrive on a job. That one fact should shape the whole removal: whether you ship everything or part of it, whether you need storage in Brno while you find permanent housing, and how much of the bill your employer is actually covering.
Brno is the second city at 404,296 residents, with around 67,000 foreign nationals in the Brno-City district. It draws English speaking professionals through technology employers and two large universities, and the pattern of arrival is quite different from Prague's. Prague gets people moving their lives. Brno gets people moving for a role, often on a fixed term, often before they have found somewhere permanent to live.
That changes what a good international moving company should be asking you. Not just how much, but how much of it you actually need in the country, and for how long.
Brno movers who handle corporate work will ask about the contract length before they ask about the sofa. A removal service quoting purely on volume, with no question about how long you are staying, has not understood the job.
A corporate relocation budget sounds generous until you compare it against what an international removal actually contains. The gaps are predictable, and they are almost always the same four.
The usual Brno sequence is temporary accommodation for a few weeks or months, then a permanent flat once you know the city and the commute. If your belongings are sitting in a British warehouse when you find that flat, you are paying for a second international move.
Storing at the Czech end instead means the second leg is a local delivery. It also means your things clear customs once, on the original entry, rather than becoming a separate shipment later.
Ask what the storage rate is per week, what the minimum period is, and what the charge is for the onward delivery. Those three numbers together are the real comparison.
Furnished lets are common in Brno and flats are typically smaller than the British homes people leave. Shipping a full household you will not have room for, then shipping it home again at the end of a contract, is an expensive way to store furniture.
A part load costs less than sole use of a truck, and a smaller part load costs less again. If your stay is genuinely fixed term, that arithmetic is worth doing properly before you commit to a volume.
There is no sea leg. Your belongings cross the Channel by ferry or through the tunnel, then travel overland through Germany. Brno sits roughly 200 km beyond Prague on that road, so any transit estimate you have seen for the capital needs a little added to it.
Access is generally kinder than Prague. The old centre has its narrow streets and the apartment buildings near the universities have the stairwells you would expect of their age, but vehicle restriction is less severe and more of the housing stock has usable lifts and somewhere to park. It still deserves a survey. Measure your largest item and the narrowest turn in the stairwell before anyone quotes.
Duty relief is national, not local. The conditions under Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009, the EORI requirement and what Czech customs will ask you for are all set out on our Czech Republic removals page. Read it before you pack.
| Population | 404,296 |
|---|---|
| Around | 67,000 foreign residents |
| Roughly | 200 km beyond Prague |
| Two | large universities |
| Overland | the whole way |
These pages cover the parts of the job that moving companies price on their own rather than folding into a single figure.
More than most people expect. A relocation budget usually covers transport and sometimes packing, but rarely covers storage beyond a fixed period, insurance above a standard level, or a second delivery once you find permanent housing. Get the policy in writing and give the wording to your mover, because the gap between what is covered and what you assumed is where the arguments happen.
This is the most common Brno situation. People arrive on a contract, take temporary accommodation for two or three months, then move again. Ask for storage at the Brno end rather than the British end. Storing locally means the second delivery is a short local job rather than a second international one.
If your contract is fixed term, seriously consider a part shipment. Brno flats are typically smaller than British houses and furnished lets are common. Shipping a full household you will not use, then shipping it back, costs more than storing it in the UK. A good moving company will tell you this without being asked.
It depends on sole use of a vehicle against shared space on a part load. Sole use drives straight through. A part load waits until the mover has enough volume going the same way, so it costs less and takes longer. Brno sits roughly 200 km beyond Prague, so add driving time to any Prague estimate you have seen.
Generally yes. The centre has its tight streets, but Brno has less severe vehicle restriction than Prague 1 and more of its housing stock has usable lifts and parking. It is still worth a proper access survey, particularly around the old centre and in older apartment buildings near the universities.
Usually not, if you qualify for transfer of residence relief. Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 allows personal property to enter free of import duty when you move your normal home from outside the EU. You must have lived outside the EU for at least 12 continuous months and owned and used the goods for at least six months before you left.
No. We are not a removal company and we do not own lorries. We are a free enquiry service. Your details go to one vetted mover that covers the journey, and that firm contacts you directly. We do not run a price comparison and we do not pass your details to a list of companies.
Collection address, delivery address, move date, rough inventory and access notes. Enough to start a real conversation with a firm that covers the journey.
Get your free quoteThis page also covers Zlin, Kromeriz, Znojmo, Breclav and Vyskov. Moving somewhere else? See Prague, Ostrava, Olomouc and Jihlava, or start at our Czech Republic removals page. For the wider picture see our European removals pages.
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Destination covered on this page: Brno, Czech Republic (CZ).