I'm really interested in the question why a person would move to Czech. I'm one of these persons who want to have there living in Czech, who nearly idealise the country, one of the persons who have that dream..... That dream of moving to Czech, to get old there.
I have my personal reasons; nice country (nature, culture, history) and very nice people. Next to that I know that country nearly better then my own country. I just feel like home there, get there a bit of rest.
But I want to know why other persons want to move to Czech. Or the reasons why persons don't want to move there. /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif
By that way I hope to get a discussion about all the pros and negatives from Czech.

Hi,
I've always wanted to travel Europe, but being an Australian it is hard to find work in most Euro countries. I have always wanted to visit Prague, I don't know why, I just feel compelled! Everyone has said Prague is the most beautiful place they have seen and have said lovely things about Czech people. I guess I will find out next week! Can't wait!
Ainz

Well Ainz,

Thanx for you reason. There are things we have the same; the people and the country. Though I think Prague is not the only nice place in Czech i agree that Czech is a beautiful country. But more important for me are the people. I know a lot of Persons in Czech, and though i know also some not nice ones, most of them are nice, kind and always willing to help. Specially in the villages this "Czech feeling" is strong. I like to be between those people..
The different is that your reason, no your action is a bit more adventurous, you just go there... I'm still a lot in the Rainy Netherlands (I'm in Czech around 3 month a year).

I wish you a lot of luck, happiness en fun there. It would be fun if you could keep us up-to-date.
Enjoy your time in Czech.... /forum/images/graemlins/handth.gif

So many nice things you both say about CZ... /forum/images/graemlins/blush.gif I know I'm out of question as I already live here (and was born here) but I try to guess what I would say were I in your place and I really don't know. Shame on me...

Well i think that all countries have there black sides, there 'not nice things'. And that some persons who life, for example in The Netherlands, other countries look better. It's a kind of dream, a oase.... Though in real it doens't have to be a oase... I would really like a lot of reasons why not to go to czech..... I really would...

Hello,
I recently lived in Munich, Germany for two years and recently returned to Texas, USA. I visited Praha on 4 occasions, but I had a specific reason along with just being a tourist. :-) I am old, 48 and have traveled to many places in the world including most of the United States. I will be honest and say that one of the reasons I took a job in Europe was to get first hand the feelings of people in Europe towards Americans and specifically if an American small company was to 'outsource" jobs to Europe.

There are many stereotypes that are not real. That is why I felt that first hand experience was necessary. I met with Government officials, talked to locals, many who gave me a candid discussion about the Czech's history, music and "distrust" of Germany and Russia. Not the people per say, but the governments. I visited the Czech National Museum in Praha, listened to Czechamore (do not remember if this is the right spelling ;-) music and in general first hand looked at transportation and costs.

I do not claim to be an expert. I am not sure any foreigner can be an expert in a different country. My experience in the US with "foreigners" who did not grow up here is that they sometimes believe they know about America, but sadly it is usually not true. But I did find both good and bad things, where the good outweighed the bad making it worthwhile to continue looking at the CR.

Work ethics, staying in the country, basic honesty appears to be good. Skill sets especially in mathematics, sciences and engineering is good. Prices are reasonable and travel is relatively easy. The country is nice in general and the government agencies and affiliations are helpful if you are considering setting up a business in the CR.

So, I continue looking. Primarily in the Brno area, (even though I have not been there) because I find that most of the information I recieve from the Czech people and government is relatively fair and honest. :-)

Best regards,
Texasjohn

Well, if you want to visit/relocate to Brno, be prepared to learn Czech. English speakers are really rare here - at least outside IBM and other foreign companies who have English as a mandatory request for employment. For instance, I went to about 30 real estate agencies - I found 3 (THREE) people who spoke English and 2 (TWO) people who spoke Italian. Nobody spoke French and I don't speak Russian or German.
On the good side, Brno it's a nice place to live. Quiet, yet big, modern, yet with some old areas, expanding, yet cheap... it's a place of contrasts, more or less.

Thanks Adi, I will definately keep that in mind. But I will be the first to admit that language is not my forte. Heck, I had troubble with English all through school. Hate to say it but give me math, physics or working with my hands any day of the week. HaHa. I had friends of mine in Munich give me trouble about not learning more German also. :-) I was there for two years and would not claim I learned a lot of german. :-)

I hope it does not sound bad, but since our customers are international. English will be mandantory at the firm we are setting up. Unfortunately that requirement does not tend to make it easier for a "foreigner" like me to learn the language. But I am not a newcomer to the aspect of not knowing the language. I moved to Munich without knowing any German and the knowledge of English is much less than the Government claims. :-)

I know it sounds like an excuse, but I will also have to travel often making learning the language even more difficult.

But I will try.

Best,
texasjohn

One of the big advances of Brno (and other cities with a university) is that they have fresh, unspoiled, newcomers who (at least most of them) can speak quite well English. These persons are great for companies who need a "local" and in the same time a person with a bit international (perhaps even academic) view.

Hi, Thheizz and all!

Here are my thougts: recently I started to get fascinated by Eastern Europe. These are of course only my ideas, but the cities are beautiful, people are great, enthusiastic and open minded. Poland is the nationality of which I have the highest number of friends, after the obvious Portugal, of course. I spent some great time in Kraków around the new year's eve and I loved everything, people, culture, food and even... the freezing weather :).

As I've always wanted to live new places rather than just to visit them, I've decided to look for a job in Eastern Europe. Although I include more countries in my job seeking, Czech Rep. would be my favourite destination because:

- excellent central location in the heart of Central/Eastern Europe;
- beautiful towns, everybody speaks wonders of Prague, although I'd be open to live in other Czech towns, like Brno or Plzen...
- good economy, if I get a job, I don't know if I will be able to keep my current salary, I doubt that, but in Czech Rep. the loss would be minimal or none, as it's actually on par with the stagnated Portuguese levels.

Of course, after actually living in Czech Rep. or elsewhere, more advantages and disadvantages will become visible. But for now, these are my ideas.

Until now, among Eastern European locations, I only got answers to my job applications from companies in Prague. Let's see how this ends!

Regards!

Very Nice! I really hope you'll get a nice job and place to stay in Czech. I think it's a great opportunity for you to see more Czech and the rest of Eastern Europe. Then you can, indeed, find out what are the positive and negative sides….

Well, if you want to visit/relocate to Brno, be prepared to learn Czech. English speakers are really rare here

I don't think I agree with you. I need to say you must have been out of luck finding only two people speaking English. The thing is: English has been a compulsory subject at schools since 1990. It has been taught before but not to everyone. So if you meet people who finished various kinds of their studies before 1990 you find that most of them cannot speakt English at all or only poorly.
Everyone who was at some school after 1990 is able to speak at least as little as to tell the way to a foreigner.
This means that age matters.
Middle-aged people speak generally German and Russian. French is really rare, not English. Only few people speak French, it is rarely taught at secondary schools except for volitional courses.
And one more thing: I don't believe that one can learn Czech as quickly as to be able to use it immediately after he/she comes... I think Thheizz has the same feeling with learning Czech...

Czechs are cheat, I have very bad experience with them. A local lawyer misappropriated my 3000 euro, he promised me to do a job for immigration purpose but he did nothing and I never received my money back.
So BEWARE of this fraud country. Never deal anything with them.

Well Shibli,

It sounds you are really upset, perhaps even angry. But because of one "lawyer" whole Czech is fraud? I'm sorry, I can't accept that. Sure there happen some things which are strange/unclear and sometime even (really) illegal. I had that experience as well. But anyway, there's a lot more then this one lawyer. Oh, and if you want, you can tell a bit more, it's always better to know what not to do.

Oh, and please do not use Capital letters in the middle of a sentence. Although I can imagine. You can use bold though.