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Your phone, energy and internet, waste, learning Czech and pets.
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- Phone and SIMA prepaid card is the quickest way to a Czech number, and no Czech law makes you show ID for one. A contract needs ID and, from foreigners, often a residence permit. You keep your number for free when you switch, and 112 works even with no SIM card.In English
- Electricity, gas and internetWho supplies a Czech flat's electricity, gas and internet, how to take over or open a contract when you move in, switch supplier, read the yearly bill and leave an internet contract, with the law behind each step.In English
- Waste and recyclingCzech towns sort waste into coloured bins and run collection yards for the rest. In Prague the waste fee comes with the building: the owner or owners' association pays it and collects it from residents, so you don't register for it. Brno and Ostrava charge per person instead.In English
- Learning CzechYou need Czech at level A2 for permanent residence and at B1 for citizenship, each shown by an official exam. Integration centres in every region run free Czech courses for foreigners who live here legally.In English
- PetsFrom another EU country, a dog or cat needs a microchip, a rabies vaccination and an EU pet passport. From Ukraine it also needs a rabies blood test, which takes months. Once here, dogs must be chipped, vaccinated and entered in the national dog register, and your town charges a dog fee.In English
Erfahre, was eine Wohnung wert ist, bevor du anrufst.
Kostenlos für alle auf Wohnungssuche. Ohne Installation und ohne Konto loslegen.