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How to Become a Driver or Courier in Ostrava
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How to Become a Driver or Courier in Ostrava

Are you looking for a flexible job or a way to earn some extra money in Ostrava? Working for platforms like Bolt, Wolt, or Foodora is very popular among expats. It offers flexible working hours and a relatively quick onboarding process.
From Ostrava to the world: summer flying made easy ✈️
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From Ostrava to the world: summer flying made easy ✈️

If you live in Ostrava, your closest airport is probably closer and more useful than you think!

 A Guide to Czech Public Holidays
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A Guide to Czech Public Holidays

And Why the Supermarket Might be Closed.
Summer in Ostrava has a soundtrack
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Summer in Ostrava has a soundtrack

Long days, good music and a city that knows how to celebrate.

 Student in Ostrava? Your Wallet Will Thank You.
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Student in Ostrava? Your Wallet Will Thank You.

Everything nobody told you about student life in Ostrava. Spoiler: your wallet is going to be just fine.

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10+ reasons why to learn Czech – and now we have free courses for you! Blog

10+ reasons why to learn Czech – and now we have free courses for you!

Do you want to learn Czech or improve what you already know? Here’s your chance! 

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How to understand changes in social and health insurance in 2022? Blog

How to understand changes in social and health insurance in 2022?

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Fishy Times Blog

Fishy Times

by Rob Marshall, native New Yorker and Czech resident for twenty years

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How to understand „Ostrava’s“ Czech? Blog

How to understand „Ostrava’s“ Czech?

First Ostrava – Czech – English vocabulary!

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Fishy Times; Prologue Blog

Fishy Times; Prologue

by Rob Marshall, native New Yorker and Czech resident for twenty years

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Ostrava Expat Centre helps in my Packaging transfer Blog

Ostrava Expat Centre helps in my Packaging transfer

by Prity, an Indian student at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava.

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How to get current information about what’s the Czech Republic up to Blog

How to get current information about what’s the Czech Republic up to

Are you looking for news about the Czech Republic in English? Here they are!

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How to pick „your location“ for living in Ostrava? Blog

How to pick „your location“ for living in Ostrava?

by Tereza Klozíková – Real Estate Agent

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How was my summer internship in OEC Blog

How was my summer internship in OEC

by Lilla, Ostrava Expat Centre Intern

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