Absolut Prague

New Prague is a city in Le Sueur and Scott counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 4,559 at the 2000 census.

The city is named after Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and the city and surrounding area reflect the Czech origins of many of their first settlers. The pronunciation of the city is Prayg’, dissimilar from the city in Europe.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km²), all of it land. The land around the area varies from flat, to hilly.

Minnesota State Highways 13, 19, and 21 are three of the main routes in the community.

There is one lake in the New Prague area, Cedar Lake (Scott County). The lake is a popular destination for fishing, ice fishing, water skiing, and jet skiing. A snowmobile trail runs through the lake during the winter season. An aerated area is located in the eastern part of the lake. The lake is 779.5 acres (3.155 km2), has a maximum depth of 13 feet (4.0 m) and has a 3.1-foot (0.94 m) water clarity. There are numerous developments in the area, including a new development located on County Road 89 on the west side of the lake.

Dožínky

Dožínky (doe-shink’-key), a Czech Harvest Festival patterned after the “Old Country” original. The Dožínky Festival in the Czech Republic is celebrated annually to give thanks for the bountiful harvest. In New Prague the festival is held on the third Saturday of each September. The town shuts down most of the downtown portion of Main Street to make host for people, food, games, a noon parade, and other fun for one day on Saturday. On the eve of the festival, Friday night, a classic and hot rod car show/drive takes place. Car enthusiasts come to show off their vehicles in a parade of cars on Main Street. Afterwards, cars are available to look at. Typically there are food and other drinks stands open during that time, and there is an alumni softball and volleyball tournament.

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,559 people, 1,694 households, and 1,180 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,731.3 people per square mile (669.3/km²). There were 1,735 housing units at an average density of 658.9/sq mi (254.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.25% White, 0.13% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.88% of the population. 38.1% were of German, 20.9% Czech, 8.8% Norwegian, 8.0% Irish and 5.4% Czechoslovakian ancestry according to Census 2000. 92.6% spoke English, 5.5% Czech and 1.2% German as their first language.

There were 1,694 households out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the city the population was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,750, and the median income for a family was $50,341. Males had a median income of $37,393 versus $25,164 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,732. About 2.6% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 13.7% of those age 65 or over.

Do you need a change? Are you bored with your present employment and want to try it somewhere else abroad?

You should target Prague, the heart of Europe. There is something that might help you with your decision to work in Prague city:

- Prague is one of the most popular tourist destination in Eastern Europe; and with no doubt the most popular in the whole Czech Republic
- it is the biggest city in our country as well it has attracted the widest range of nationalities from all over the world - city is really busy and multinational
- salaries in Prague are the highest throughout the whole country and one of the highest in eastern Europe, the Czech Republic attracted even Britons, Germans, Australians and there is really large group of Americans
- weather is generally warmer than in the rest of the country
- Exchange Ratio of Czech Koruna (ISO code CZK) is getting better for everyone making money in our country and travelling to the Eurozone, Great Britain or USA

And so on. And so on… :-)

Anyway, the city of Prague is really nice for living and especially if your work involved lot of travelling, you would be stunned by the Prague Airport, which is by the way country’s busiest airport.

Finally, where could you get your dreamt job in Prague? Basically, it is very the same as in any other capitol - try to find international companies - the best way is just over the internet, using Cyech’s most popular search engine SEZNAM www.seznam.cz, google.cz. Every major company has a website with well prepared Career section.

Secondly, you may find it faster and more accurate on the internet sites. Main hubs for employers and jobseekers are www.jobs.cz , which is in principle the biggest source in the Czech Republic, www.jobmaster.cz, www.annonce.cz (for traders jobs, not good for IT, finance, etc. and generally not very multilanguage jobs), www.jobpilot.cz.

I must not forget emplozyment agencies - definetely one of the best is www.grafton.cz, originally Irish company specializing in IT and Finance/management sector. The others are listed at this link - http://www.firmy.cz/Remesla-a-sluzby/Sluzby-pracovniho-trhu/Pracovni-agentury/Zprostredkovani-prace-v-CR/Personalni-agentury

Remember, great CV is absolutely MUST!

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (24 June) announced a new route from Birmingham to Prague. This follows the launch of the airline’s new base at Birmingham last week when the airline announced 9 other new routes also due to take off in October.

In the course of the development of the Prague transit system, on 8 May 2008 regular service will commence on a new section of metro Line C in the stretch Ládví – Letňany, where three new stations will be opened: Střížkov, Prosek and Letňany.

Consequently, the following permanent changes in aboveground transit will take place effective the beginning of daily service on 9 May 2008:

New Lines:

• Line 473 will run only on workdays along the route Kralupy n.Vlt., žel.st.–Všestudy–Vojkovice, Bukol–Zálezlice–Obříství, Štěpánský most–Neratovice, nám.Republiky–Neratovice, III.ZŠ,
• Line 551 will run only in the morning on school days (school bus) along the route Sídliště Čimice–Přívorská–Vozovna Kobylisy–Šimůnkova.

Route Changes:

Urban Lines:

• Line 101 will run along the route Skalka–Sídliště Na Groši–Centrum Zahradní Město–Jesenická (back)–Bohdalec–Koh-i-noor (back)–Tolstého,
• Line 102 will run along the route Nádraží Holešovice–Vychovatelna–Bulovka (tam)–Ládví–Kobylisy–Sídliště Bohnice–Staré Bohnice–Zámky with only some connections running in the stretches Nádraží Holešovice–Kobylisy, Sídliště Bohnice–Staré Bohnice and Staré Bohnice–Zámky,
• Line 110 will run along the route Avia Letňany–Staré Letňany–Letňany–Hloubětín–Dolní Počernice,
• Line 133 will now serve the stops Dlouhá třída, Náměstí Republiky and Bílá labuť and will be extended to serve the stretch Sídliště Malešice–Depo Hostivař,
• Line 134 will run along the route Sídliště Ďáblice–Poliklinika Prosek–Krocínka–Vysočanská–Českomoravská/Kavkazská (in the stretch Vysočanská–Kavkazská only selected connections will run),
• Line 136 will be extended from the Sídliště Ďáblice stop via the Šimůnkova stop to Vozovna Kobylisy (Depot),
• Line 140 will now run via the Letňany terminal, a new stop, Oderská, will be created, and the Náměstí Jiřího Berana stop will be cancelled,
• Line 151 will have a new stop, Prosek, in Litoměřická St. in the direction of Českomoravská and Střížkov, in both directions,
• Line 155 will have some of its connections extended by the stretch Sídliště Malešice–Rektorská,
• Line 166 will run along the route Palmovka–Prosek–Letňany–Staré Letňany–Avia Letňany–OC Čakovice–Třeboradice–Teplárna Třeboradice with only some connections running in the stretches OC Čakovice–Třeboradice a Třeboradice–Teplárna Třeboradice,
• Line 181 will be shortened to run along the route Hloubětínská–Kyje–Nádraží Hostivař,
• Line 183 will run along the route Sídliště Čimice–Vozovna Kobylisy–Kobylisy–Ládví–Střížkov–Prosek–Kolbenova–Kbelská–Nádraží Hostivař–Sídliště Petrovice, and in the stretch Sídliště Čimice–Nádraží Hostivař it will be in service all day and all week,
• Line 185 will now run via the Letňany terminal, the Na Klíčově stop will be cancelled, and the stretch Palmovka–Letňany will be served by every second connection during peak traffic times on workdays,
• Line 186 will run along the route Nádraží Holešovice–Bulovka–Poliklinika Prosek–Letňany–Tupolevova–Kbely–Satalice–Lehovec–Černý Most,
• Line 195 will now run via the Letňany terminal,
• Line 208 will be shortened to the route Depo Hostivař–Dolní Počernice,
• Line 210 will run along the route Nádraží Holešovice–Bulovka–Střížkov–Poliklinika Prosek–Letňany–Tupolevova–OC Čakovice–Nám. J.Berana–Čakovice–Miškovice and will be in service all day and all week,
• Line 233 will be shortened to the route Letňany–Tupolevova–OC Čakovice–Sídliště Čakovice and will be in service all day and all week along its entirety,
• Line 238 will be shortened to the route Depo Hostivař–Zentiva,
• Line 259 will be shortened to the route Letňany–Kbely–Vinoř,
• Line 269 will now run via the stop VÚ Běchovice,
• Line 280 will be shortened to the route Letňany–Kbely–Ctěnice–Vinoř,
• Line I3 (a special line for the handicapped) will have a new stop: Střížkov.

Suburban Lines:

• Line 302 will be shortened to the route Letňany–Kbely–Přezletice,
• Line 305 will now run as a school bus along the route Náměstí Jiřího Berana–Sídliště Čakovice–Třeboradice–Hovorčovice,
• Line 345 will have the following stop cancelled: Mratín,cukrovar,
• Line 348 will be shortened to the route Letňany–Tupolevova–Ďáblice–Líbeznice I–Neratovice, nám. Republiky–Obříství, Štěpánský most–Zálezlice, Kozárovice,
• Line 351 will be shortened to the route Letňany–Tupolevova–Třeboradice–Hovorčovice–Libiš, Spolana 4,
• Line 365 will be merged with Line 366 (including route variations), and will also be shortened to the Letňany terminal and will run via the Tupolevova stop,
• Line 375 will now run via the Letňany terminal and will have Českomoravská–Podolanka connections added, the Na Klíčově stop will be cancelled,
• Lines 376 and 377 will be shortened to the Letňany terminal, and Line 377 will have a new stop set up: Tuháňská,
• Line 416 will run along the route Předboj–Kojetice–Čakovičky–(Zlonín)–Měšice–Líbeznice, škola–Sedlec, školní–Líbeznice, škola,
• Line 417 connections running to/from Hovorčovice will now run via Líbeznice.

Cancelled lines:

Urban Lines:

• Line 138 along the route Skalka–Tolstého, which will be made a part of Line 101,
• Line 145 along the route Ládví–Jesenická, will be replaced by more frequent operation of Line 195,
• Line 146 along the route Českomoravská–Depo Hostivař, will be partly replaced by extension of Line 133,
• Line 156 along the route Ládví–Avia Letňany–Ládví,
• Line 158 along the route Českomoravská–Miškovice, will be made a part of Line 210,
• Line 168 along the route Palmovka–Dolní Počernice, will be replaced by more frequent operation of Line 109,
• Line 175 along the route Kobylisy–Šimůnkova, which will be replaced by Lines 136 and 183,
• Line 187 along the route Palmovka–Ládví–Sídliště Bohnice, will be partly replaced by more frequent operation of Line 200,
• Line 201 along the route Nádraží Holešovice–Poliklinika Prosek, which will be replaced by the rerouting of Line 186,
• Line 239 along the route Želivského–Rektorská, which will be made a part of Line 155,
• Line 274 along the route Palmovka–Avia Letňany–Palmovka,

Suburban Lines:

• Line 349 along the route Českomoravská–Neratovice,náměstí Republiky, which will be made a part of Line 348,
• Line 354 along the route Českomoravská–Podolanka, which will be made a part of Line 375,
• Line 358 along the route Obchodní centrum Čakovice–Měšice, Agropodnik, which will be made a part of Line 351,
• Line 366 along the route Českomoravská–Kostelec nad Labem, náměstí, which will be merged with Line 365,
• Line 399 along the route Avia Letňany–Brandýs n.L.-St.Boleslav, aut.st., whose connections will be taken over by Line 375.

Renaming of Stops:

• Fořtova will be renamed to Libeňská for lines 152, 183, 202 and 505,
• Letňany will be renamed to Staré Letňany for lines 110, 166, 186, 269 and 513,
• Liberecká will be renamed to Střížkov for lines 134, 136, 151, 177, 183, 210, 509, 513 aand I3 (for the handicapped),
• Tryskovická will be renamed to Za Tratí for Line 166.

Stop Type Changes:

• Huntířovská will now be „constant“,
• Letňanská in Letňanská St. will now be „on demand“ for night lines.

Prague is well conected with rest of the world with many flights. Apart from major airlines, there has been spreading group of low-cost airlines, providing their cheap flights to Prague from majority of Europe. In a few cases, there was seen prices of 0 CZK for flight fare, when the airlines were promoting their new travel destinations. Anyway, the average price of the flight may be between 1000 and 2000 CZK, which is up to 60 Ł, or 120USD including tax and one baggage up to 20 kgs.

Low-cost Airlines operating in Prague

Easyjet - www.easyjet.com
Flights from Prague to: Belfast, Bristol, Dortmund, East Midlands, Geneva, London Gatwick and Stansted, Milan, Newcastle.

BMI Baby - www.bmibaby.com
Flights from Prague to: Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester

Ryanair - www.ryanair.com
Flights from Prague to Ireland’s capitol Dublin.

Click4Sky - www.click4sky.com
Flights from Prague to: almost every European city, including London Heathrow from only 29Ł :)

SkyEurope - www.skyeurope.com
Flights from Prague to: almost every European city

There you can find the map of Prague Airport with new terminal North 2 along with 1, an number 3 (South).

http://www.prg.aero/en/site/klient/pruvodce_letistem/pr_terminal.htm?mapview=bird

Swimming is one of my favouritest sport. There are not so much swimming pools in Prague, but if you are not satisfied with this list, then there are many natural water in our country :o) I will drop a line around April, cause it will be better time than this cold winter, I supose…

List of Swimming Pools in Prague

Prague 4 - Podoli - www.pspodoli.cz - our biggest pools if you enjoy long training
2 x 50m (one inside, one outside), 1 x 33 m pools (outside) - 80 CZK / 1,5 hrs

Prague 6 - Petynka - www.koupalistepetynka.cz
1 x 50m (outside, but warmed) - 90-100 CZK / entrance
wi-fi spot free of charge for everyone in the area

Prague 5 - Barrandov - www.aquadream.cz
1×25m (inside) - from 79 CZK / 1 hr

Prague 5 - Radlicka - www.sk-motorlet.cz
1×25m (inside) - 70 - 90 / 1,5 hrs

Prague 9 - Letnany - www.letnanylagoon.cz
1×25m (inside) - 140 CZK / entrance

When travelling through Prague City, you will realize that there are so many crooked streets which is hard to keep in mind. The best way how to deal with it is to print out a complete map of your daily journey using an online map source.

I reccomend you some of theese Prague City Maps - it is all online, you can find out your desired street or another place, you can print it out, measure distance between two points… Anod more and more.

So, it’s here!

www.mapy.cz - perhaps the best online map of Prague with photo-map in addition

mapy.atlas.cz

mapy.centrum.cz 

There are several ways hot to get to Prague city centere from Prague Airport (Ruzyne). You will have the following choice.

Taxi

This is the most expensive way however it is luxury and exptremely flexible. You will find out taxi cabs in front of the Terminal 1/2 hall - the company which runs this airport taxi service is called AAA Taxi.

You will be charged as your kilometers goes. An average price of taxi Prague Ruzyne - Prague City is around 500-600 CZK, which is approx $30 USD / 25 EUR.

Prague Airport Transfers

There has geen operating several small comapanies, using mainly bigger cas such as VW Transporter to pick you up and move you and your luggage onto whatever place you want (I mean - whatever place in inner city). The price is obviously flat with occassional extra fee. You will be charged similar to taxi, but the price will not vary from chosen route.

Public Transport - BUS and Underground

For the present, Prague Airport has no direct railway/underground system connected to terminals. Bloody situation, as the numbers of travellers continue to grow rapidly, reaching 11 millions this year. But we have to live with this.

For the quickest transport to the city centre or the nearest metro station we recommend using routes 100 and 119.

• 100 - Terminal North 1 –  Terminal North 2 – ZLIČÍN (change to metro line B) – journey time 15 min
• 119 - Terminal North 1 –  Terminal North 2 - Divoká Šárka - DEJVICKÁ (change to metro line A) – journey time 20 min

Bus stops:

• Terminal 1  (new airport) - Terminal North 1 stop
• Terminal 2  (new airport) - Terminal North 2 stop
• Terminal 3 (private and government flights) - Terminal South stop

Prague Transit Company charges a fare of CZK 26 for all journeys, except Airport Express. Fares can be bought from vending machines in the airport and in newspaper kiosks.

Tip: Here is map of prague airport, which will help you to find the bus station as well as some restaurants, etc.

Refrakcni Centrum, Prague 1

http://www.refrakcnicentrum.cz

Lexum, Prague 4

http://www.lexum.cz/

UVN, Prague 6 - that was my choice and I was incredibly satisfied

http://www.epilasik.cz/