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over the world via trade shows, private events, networking, and much more.
- Czech Invest: Learn how local and foreign businesses are established in the Czech Republic at this state agency,
committed to keeping the CR at the forefront of innovation.
- Skoda: Visit the Czech auto manufacturer, based about 30 miles from Prague, and see how Skoda has built its brand
on the concept of innovation.
- CAMP ? Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning: Explore innovation through the lens of restoration and
redevelopment of historic and urban areas in Prague at this hotspot of urban planning.
- Ún?tice Brewery: Explore a legendary Czech brewery with a 450+ year-old reputation for advancing its craft.

A ?Place as Text? cultural immersion activity: Use Prague as your lab to introduce students to their new surroundings.
An Essential Czech language session to help students navigate and communicate.

Interpreters as needed.

Weekday classroom space at IFSA?s Prague Global Flagship Center.

CO-CURRICULAR AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Our Prague staff arranges immersive activities that enhance academic themes and introduce students to various aspects of
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life in the Czech Republic. These suggestions may change. We?l work with you to finalize the ideal list for your group.
- Walking tour of Prague: Get oriented to your magical new surroundings as you learn about local history and culture.
- Prague Castle: Explore the world?s largest castle complex, from a street lined with tiny homes that housed castle
defenders and craftsmen to ancient deer grounds to the majestic cathedral where Czech kings and queens were
coronated.
- Guided tour of the Jewish Quarter: Learn why the city?s Jewish community is credited for much of the area?s
pre-World War II entrepreneurship, which rebounded after the fall of Communism.
- Jewish Museum: Delve deeper into Jewish traditions and history in Prague with a self-guided visit.
- Museum of Communism: Get a look behind the Iron Curtain with a collection of artifacts, photos, installations, and
documents that show the world what life was like in Prague and the Czech Republic after World War II. See how the
regime impacted the economy, creating a private enterprise vacuum.
- Sapa Vietnamese Market: Tour the largest local Vietnamese community market in Central Europe and chat with
some of Prague?s Little Hanoi vendors.
- Overnight excursion to Ostrava: Travel to Ostrava, the industrial heart of the Czech Republic near Poland, which is a
fascinating place to study history about the industrial boom of the late 1800?s all the way through to World War II,
the East/Soviet economy planning, the reinstating of the renewed free market economy, EU membership, and on.
Explore the Dolní Vítkovice Area, one of the country?s most celebrated entrepreneurial projects that includes a
community-based workshop space, a science museum, and cultural centers.

LOGISTICAL SUPPORT
Housing
Students: 13 nights in shared rooms at a hostel or hotel
Faculty: 13 nights in single-occupancy apartment or hotel rooms

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Pandemic considerations could affect student housing options for 2021. We?l make every effort to secure the student
housing you prefer. If availability is an issue prior to the roster deadline, we will secure comparable housing. Your students
will be placed only with participants from their own program.
Meals
- Welcome meal
- Farewell meal
- One breakfast and two group lunches on excursion to Ostrava

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