Information

Entry into the Czech Republic

Czech Republic is a member of the European Union. The participants from particular countries are required to have valid visa. Please take your passport as a personal identification document even when being an EU citizen.

Insurance

The participants are advised to arrange whatever insurance they consider necessary. The organisers cannot accept any liability for loss or damage of properties, injuries, unexpected events, non-appearance of specific speakers, program changes.

Currency

The Czech currency is Czech Crown (CZK, local abbrev. Kč), one CZK divides into 100 Hellers. Czech Crown is fully convertible to EUR, USD, CHF, JPY and many other firm currencies. In hotels, major restaurants and shops, credit cards (e.g. Visa, MasterCard, AmEx etc.) or EUR are accepted as indicated at the entrances. The Czech currency can be obtained from ATP using your credit or debit cards as well as in many exchange offices in the town, at the airport or in banks elsewhere.

Climate

Prague is located in the Central Europe and both Atlantic and continental circulation influence the weather. In May, daytime temperatures should be 13 – 16 °C. Please follow the weather forecast for central Europe before leaving for Prague (e.g. at www.weather.com ).

Important local telephone numbers

Emergency 112, Police 158, Ambulance 155, Firemen 150. The Czech Republic telephone country code is +420.

Time zone

Central European Time (GMT +1 hour).

Electricity

Czech Republic uses 230 Volt.

Czech Tourism

For Prague information service see www.praguewelcome.cz .

For official website of the Czech Republic see www.czech.cz .

For official travel site of the Czech Republic see www.czechtourism.com/eng/uk/docs/practical-info/index.html .

Leaflets about the Czech Republic to download

Czech Republic (4.4 MB)
Czech Republic - a touch of magic (3.0 MB)
Czech Republic - heritage (4.4 MB)
Czech Republic - information for visitors (595 KB)
Prague (5.2 MB)
Czech cuisine (1.6 MB)