Do you want to be part of the discussion about your future?
Do you want to broaden your network?
Do you want to participate in the first international workshop for cultural producers and arts managers in Europe?
WELCOME!
Note: The registration has been closed, because we exceeded the possible number of participants! You can leave us a message at team@tcwlm.net to get on a waiting list, but we can't promise anything.
TCWL.M is from February 11th - 14th, 2010 in Brno, Czech Republic. The main programme will take place at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno.
We want to create an international platform for young people to share their knowledge, ideas and thoughts. It will be a place to get to know new people from Europe - to enlarge your network!
You can find more information about TCWL.M here and see the full programme here.
You can register from December 1st, 2009 until January 31st, 2010. The workshop will accept up to 50 participants.
The participation fee is 15 € when you register in December and 20 € when you register in January. Information about how to pay this fee will be sent with the confirmation of your registration. We don't pay transfer costs.
The registration is binding.
TRAVEL COSTS AND ACCOMMODATION
You will pay travel costs yourself, but we will provide accommodation. Accommodation will be in hostels if we get enough funding, or provided by Czech students.
Check for country specific possibilities to get funding for international study travels in context of your study programme. A good way to find out about these is asking the international coordinator of your home university!
If you don't study anymore, you can apply for different mobility programmes within the EU or country specific mobility programmes.
If you have further questions contact us: team@tcwlm.net
Hope to see you in Brno!
Practical information
Transport
Bus
Prague’s main international bus station is ÚAN Praha Florenc, also known as Ústřední autobusové nádraží (central bus station); it is located 600m north of the main train station. In the bus station hall it is possible to buy tickets and get some information.
The website for searching for bus lines and timetables: www.idos.cz
Main bus companies:
Student Agency
The philosophy of this successful company is to find compromise between price/quality. Their bus lines are comfortable and not expensive, newspaper and drink is included.
1 ticket Prague – Brno: 200,- CZK/ 5AM – 12PM/every half an hour
Reservation required*: www.studentagency.cz
*It’s recommended to make the reservation one day before (could be sold out).
Eurolines
The Eurolines organisation created basic principals of quality for the services offered. Offers bargain prices without any hidden costs. Use modern and secure buses with comfortable seats, air conditioning and a toilet.
1 ticket Prague – Brno: 240,-/timetable available on websites
Reservation required: www.elines.cz
Asiana Transport/Mega Bus
A travel agency which provides various services. Buses are quite comfortable.
1 ticket Prague – Brno: 200,-/ timetable available on websites
Reservation required: http://www.megabus.cz/
CSAD/AMS BUS
Reservation and advance selling system of regular bus transportation (various companies). This system enables making reservations and purchase tickets on-line. Reservation is immediate.
Train
International trains arrive at Prague’s main train station, Praha-hlavní nádraží (Praha hl. n; Wilsonova, Nové Město), or the outlying Holešovice (Praha Hol; Vrbenského, Holešovice) and Smíchov (Praha Smv; Nádražní, Smíchov) stations. Prague and Brno lie on the main line from Berlin and Dresden to Bratislava and Budapest, and from Hamburg and Berlin to Vienna. Trains from Frankfurt and Munich pass through Nuremberg and Plzeň on the way to Prague.
Buy tickets in advance from Czech Railways (České dráhy; ČD) ticket offices and travel agencies.
The website for searching for bus lines and timetables: www.idos.cz
Usually there is no problem with tickets for travelling within Czech Republic. Discounts for groups are provided.
Electronic reservation: www.cd.cz
Money
Exchanging money
1€ ≈ 26Kč (CZK)
There’s a nationwide network of ATMs (bankomaty). The main banks – Komerční banka, Česká spořitelna, ČSOB and Živnostenská banka – are the best places to change cash and travellers cheques or get a cash advance on Visa or MasterCard. American Express and Thomas Cook offices change their own-brand cheques without commission.
Beware of the private exchange offices (směnárna), especially in Prague – they advertise misleading rates and often charge exorbitant commissions or ‘handling fees’.
Credit cards are widely accepted in petrol stations, midrange and top-end hotels, restaurants and shops. Payment cards brands including MasterCard , Maestro and Visa, Visa Electron.
Prices
| 1 night in a hotel | ≈1200CZK/47€ |
| 1 meal in a restaurant | ≈150CZK/6€ |
| Coffee espresso | ≈35CZK/1,4€ |
| Bottle of watter | ≈20CZK/0,8€ |
| Glass of beer | ≈30CZK/1,2€ |
| Glass of wine | ≈40CZK/1,6€ |
Tipping
Tipping in restaurants is optional but increasingly expected in Prague. If there is no service charge you should certainly round up the bill to the next 10Kč or 20Kč (a 5% to 10% tip is normal in Prague). The same applies to tipping taxi drivers.
