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will my life savings be enough to live in prague?
The Czech Republic is still considered to be a cheap country for many people from
western countries, but especially in Prague living is becoming more and more expensive
all the time. Especially the centre of the city offers a huge variety of bars
and restaurants, but you won’t notice too many Czech people around. It takes only
a couple of minutes to walk from the centre to a place where the prices are much
more “Czech” and the number of people having their meal and as always drinking beer
increases. Here is a list of reference prices of some services and beverages in CZK and
in EUR, the current exchange rate being 1 EUR = approx. 26 CZK.
GOODS PRICE IN CZK PRICE IN EUR
butter 25 0,93
salami 20 0,74
ham 18 0,67
eidam cheese 17 0,63
brie cheese 40 1,48
bagel 4 0,15
bread 25 0,93
baguette 14 0,92
10 eggs 26 0,96
2 liters of Coke 32 1,1
1 kilo of apples 30 1,30
1 kilo oranges 35 1,30
beer in supermarket 10 0,37
beer in a czech bar 28 1,04
beer in the center 40 1,48
0,5 liter of Becherovka 170 6,30
0,7 liter of czech wine 70 2,59
music CD 400 14,81
liquid soap – regular 90 3,33
shampoo – regular 80 2,96
Marlboro Cigarettes (20) 82 3,04
call your mum
You can make an international phone call from any phone booth, which you will
find all over the city. It is usually better not to call directly, but to buy one of the
charged phone cards from a kiosk so called “trafika” (a small shop selling newspapers,
cigarettes, etc., that you will find almost everywhere in the city, as well as at every
metro station). There are various kinds
of phone cards available, so ask the shop
assistant to help you choose the best one.
There are also many Internet cafes that
offer the possibility of international calls
via the Internet. Almost all international
students today have cell phones. There
are 3 operators from whom you can
buy a SIM card. Two of them (O2 and
T-Mobile) might charge you an extra 50
CZK for their pre-paid SIM card, so most
of the students choose the third operator,
Vodafone. The price of a SIM card is
200 CZK with 200 CZK worth of calling
time (for more information about prices
check their web at http://www.vodafone.
cz/en/). This operator has also the advantage
of being able to send free SMS messages from internet (see also the operator’s
website). The country code for the Czech Republic is +420, the area code for Prague
is 2, so if you want to call for example the International Office, the whole number
would be in a form of: +420 221 619 363.
send greetings to your grandmother
The best way of sending a postcard is just to buy a stamp at any kiosk. The price
of a stamp is the same to every EU member country; for other countries you must
inquire about the price. There are also many post offices in the city centre. One of
them is close to the Faculty of Arts main building at Kaprova street 40/12, the other
one, which stays open from 02:00 till 24:00, is at the very centre at Jindřišská street
900/14 (by the Wenceslas Square). The post offices also offer fax service.
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