All of these visits should be seen as examples of agricultural professional visits that could be interesting. If you have other wishes, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Visit to an agricultural college: We will visit an agricultural school in the Czech Republic. The visit starts with a lecture about the school system and its agricultural college. The visit continues with a tour through the agricultural school, followed by discussion / conversation with some of the students. The entire visit ends with lunch. The visit takes around 4 hours.

Visit to a cooperative farm: We will visit an agricultural cooperative in the Czech Republic, which is located one hour drive from Prague. We will listen to a lecture on how to run a cooperative farm and their earning potential. Tour and lunch at the farm. The visit takes around 5 hours.

Visit to a private farm with animals or a private farm with grain is also possible to arrange. The visits take 3-5 hours.

All the agricultural professional visits are situated 1-2 hours drive by bus from Prague. Our guide picks the group up at their hotel. The guide will be with the group all the time, so there are no language problems.

Some of our agricultural groups complement the visit mentioned above with an excursion of - for example - Skoda factories, visit of the Terezin concentration camp or Prague City Tour.

Are you technically oriented person fascinated by planes and entire airport system? Or are you just enthusiast who would like to see more from daily work inside and outside airport? Prague Airport named after first president of Czech Republic Vaclav Havel will let you see, what is behind your ordinary trips to wished destination.

All you need to do is to choose proper route you would like to visit as a group and you can let the rest on profesional airport guides who will always pick you up at Terminal 3 and show you entire area and working process of Prague Airport.

Route 1 is recommended for entrance level visitors (especially in big group up to 50 persons) as it takes you inside and outside of the daily work at the airport. For smaller (up to 25 persons), more technically oriented groups we recommend routes 2 and 5. Route 2 is oriented on exterior of the airport and fire rescue services. Route 5 on technical aspects of the daily work, including visit in czech airlines hangar and information about repairs and status check of the planes.

Have you ever wondered what happens after you click ‘buy’ on Amazon? Come and have a look for yourself by attending one of our public tours.

During the tour, visitors will have the chance to take a close look at the daily job of employees at work, as well as observing many of the key processes and technologies of the fulfilment centre, from picking – retrieving ordered items from the shelves – to packing, where items are carefully parcelled up in Amazon’s famous brown boxes before being sent on their way to customers. The visit also touches on topic of modern technologies and processes, including protection of environment as Amazon supports ecological activities and implements solar systems and renewable energy to its daily process and considers using electric cars for transportation purposes.

We highly recommend combination with visit in nearby Glass factory in Nizbor (paid extra) to see alternative image of small local company with handwork tradition in contrast to big corporate company represented by Amazon. Nizbor visit also includes ECO topic as local employees use recycled materials and old fashioned techniques including nature gifts. Visit in Glass factory in Nizbor is possible also without visit in Amazon.

Bosch Diesel s.r.o. in Jihlava was founded in 1993. From a company of 160 employees in 1994, it gradually expanded into the biggest production plant for diesel injection systems Common Rail in the world (within the Bosch Group).

Bosch Diesel currently employs over 4 400 people and belongs to the biggest employers in the Region of Vysocina. The company produces components for the diesel injection system Common Rail in three production plants. High-pressure injection pumps, laser welded Rails and Pressure regulating valves are among the main products.

During the visit the group is introduced to the production program of the company, as well as the opportunities for young graduates. The professionally-oriented lecture management system on OSH, as well as company provides services from external suppliers and the range of information that students can use to supplement their theoretical knowledge. This is followed by an interesting tour in manufacturing.

Lecture ends with visit of the company's firemen and a visit of their work place.

Coal Mines

The largest mining museum in the Czech Republic, established in 1886 provides a tour of the Anna Mine, founded in 1789.

The tour starts in the registration-room of the Anna Mine with an exhibition on metallurgy and mineral processing.

From the courtyard you can enter the underground mine train ride with one of the deepest mines in Central Europe. The tour includes an underground tunnel that is also an example of historical mine. The tour continues in the Engineering Anna Mine technical monument, the steam mining machine Breitfeld & Danek from 1914.

Another part of the tour begins in the lowest floor of the Registration-room of the Anna Mine, where you go underground with a special lift device. Visitors will see Wasserlauf - water floor. The Underground corridor in the length of 750m connects mine Anna with mine Vojtech.

The third part of the tour allows you to visit a unique chamber waterwheel. You will get to these underground spaces with a special lift similar to the one used for the transport to Wasserlauf.

The tour is physically demanding (at the exit of the underground are 156 steps).

Crystal BOHEMIA was founded in 2008 in order to maintain and further develop the tradition of lead crystal production in Podebrady. This tradition dates back to the early 18th century, and over time influenced the entire world of glassmaking.

We can proudly say that Czech crystal is one of the best in the area.

During the excursion the history of the glassworks there will be shown a film about the production, then you will see the glassworks where all the magnificent crystal becomes reality, including grinding up glass decor.

At the end of the visit, you will be taken to the company store and receive a small gift.

The tour takes around 1 hour, including the company store.

Fashion Arena

We start the visit with a lecture (approx. 1 hour). The lecture touches on Fashion Arena's marketing strategy and philosophy. You will get into fashion's latest trend, how to make VIP events and Fashion Arena's logistics. The lecture ends with each guest being handed out a discount coupon, which gives a 10% discount in many of the specialty shops.

Fashion Arena is the best outlet center in the Czech Republic. It offers more than 200 well-known international fashion and lifestyle brands gathered in one place; e.g. Adidas, Billabong, Calvin Klein, Diesel, Ecco, Esprit, Festina, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike and Quicksilver. Whether you are looking for clothes, footwear, sports equipment, luggage, leather goods, accessories, cosmetics, jewelry, watches or toys, there is something for everyone here. And all at retail prices, which always gives you a 30-70% discount on normal retail prices.

It's the perfect place for everyone. There are shops for those who want to look elegant and shops for those who demand running clothes and other sportswear. One can also buy jewelry, watches and electronics equipment very cheaply because of the big discounts. If you go with us, you get - thanks to our special discount - bigger discounts than if you go there yourself.

The Fashion Arena has many cafes, restaurants and a staffed kid's corner. There is also a bureau de change and ATM. In the info center, the multilingual staff is always willing to help you with your wishes.

The Fashion Arena is located a little half an hour's drive east of downtown. You can get there either by public transport, or we can offer driving back and forth with your group.

We can arrange visits in a long row of institutions for you, schools, factories etc in and around the Prague. You will get an excellent idea of how things are working in the Czech Republic and have the possibility to compare it with your own institution. The visit typically consists of a small lecture, held by the leader of the institution, followed by the possibility to ask questions.

Later you will be showed around in the institution or - if it is a kind of school - your students will meet Czech students for a talk in smaller groups.

.The visit could take place in primary school, gymnasium, kindergarden, orphanage, home for drug addicts, home for physically or mentally disabled people, rest home for older people

We can arrange visits in building cites, factories etc.

The price depends on the institution, transportation etc. Ask for an offer.

The price includes pick up in your hotel, fee for the institution end English - Czech interpreter.

JOHANN W winery in Třebívlice is a beautiful, modern winery that produces wine that embodies hundreds of years of the Litoměřice vineyards history. It perfectly combines old-fashion procedures of making wine with modern technologies and logistics. And because it is newly build, it offers fantastic space for groups who want to taste wine and find out about the process of making this wonderful drink.

Tours are planned as so-called paths of the wine – you will have the unique opportunity to become a winemaker and participate in the whole wine production process, starting with receiving the grapes up to bottling the wine. Everything will take place in a state of the art winery using the latest modern technologies in combination with careful work with the hands and a love for winemaking itself. You will also uncover the secret love story between Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Třebívlice Baroness Ulrike von Levetzow, to which the JOHANN W brand is dedicated.

Tours are recommended for adult groups, but are suitable also for students, because wine tasting can be exchanged for stum tasting - degustation of drink made of fruit and vegetable like apple (different kinds), pear, beetroot, strawberry or carrot.

All ingrediences come from local farmers, therefore the quality of drinks and meals is superb. Including lunch or dinner menus, which are based on hundred years old recipes. It is no coincidence that Johann W winery was also visited by Czech President himself.

Sustainability at Joy Bakery

Lecture on a sustainable bakery in Prague. The lecture takes 1 hour and is given by the Danish owner of Joy Bakery in Prague: https://www.joy-bakery.cz/. After a brief introduction by the owner and thoughts about the bakery, the lecture will mainly revolve around sustainability. After the lecture, there will be an opportunity for questions.

What is a sustainable bakery?:

A sustainable bakery is a company committed to producing delicious breads and pastries in a way that is gentle on both the environment and society. This involves a variety of actions focused on reducing the ecological footprint and promoting social responsibility.

First, a sustainable bakery uses organic ingredients grown without the use of harmful pesticides and fertilizers. This protects soil quality and biodiversity and reduces the risk of contamination.

We will hear about how Joys Bakery selects local suppliers, which reduces transport distances and reduces CO2 emissions. This also supports the local community and promotes economic sustainability. Joy Bakery also strives to minimize food waste by donating surplus food to charities or turning leftovers into new products such as croutons or breadcrumbs.

Finally, Joys Bakery uses energy-efficient appliances and renewable energy sources, helping to reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint. A sustainable bakery is not only good for the environment, it is also a healthy business, as more consumers today choose products that are made with consideration for the planet and the community.

Info about the lecture itself:

The lecture itself takes approx. 60 min and then there is an opportunity to ask questions. After the lecture, the group will visit Joys Bakery and we will offer a piece of pastry. It is possible to buy a cup of coffee, a bread or a piece of cake on the spot.

We can arrange different lectures, held by foreigners living in Prague or local Czech people. We have contact to several different people, who are experts on different subjects. The lecture will typically consist of a speech or introduction of 30-60 min, followed by the possibility to ask questions.

 

Subjects:

A) The social system. Maternity leave, school system, salaries, taxes, prices for renting flats and houses, social security, health service, retirement etc.

B) School system (extended), young in the Czech Republic, sport and leisure time.

C) Historical overview. The Czech history from 10th century to today, especially focused on the period after WW II, the Prague Spring, the Velvet Revolution. etc.

D) Business. How to establish and run a company in the Czech Republic today.

 

The price depends on the subject and the lecturer, but app. 3500 CZK for a lecture of 1-2 hours.

LOM PRAHA is the leading company specializing on the Mi helicopters lifecycle support in the NATO and EU countries certified by the Russian MVZ Mil and OAO Klimov companies, the Interstate Aviation Committee MAK and domestic aviation authorities.

LOM offers comprehensive services associated with overhauls, i.e. a complex support of the aviation technology lifecycle.

LOM focuses, in particular, on overhauls, upgrades and modernizations of Mi-2, Mi-8/17, Mi-24/35 helicopters and their dynamic components (turboshaft engines, gearboxes and auxiliary power units) lifecycle support. Furthermore it also manufactures and repairs piston engines and propellers and provides training for pilots.

During the visit the group will be introduced to the history of the company and the repaired products. Then the lecture will continue in the assembly hall with tour of aviation technology, repair of engines, gearboxes and triggering units.

At the end of the tour, the group will see how the parts used for aircrafts are analyzed and cleaned.

Power Plant Melnik is the nearest to the capital of Prague - it is situated, approximately, about 13 km below the Elbe and Vltava River confluence.

Formerly it consisted of three technology units (EME I, EME II, EME III), constructed in stages between the end of 60's and the end of 70's, as a system of condensing power plants burning brown coal transported by trains from both North Bohemia and West Bohemia mines.

The visit consists mostly of technology of Melnik II and Melnik III parts of the Power Plant.

The guided tour starts with a short verbal excursion into the history of the site, thus beginning the year of construction and the subsequent development up to the present day.

Then the group goes to the engine room to see the turbine hall with turbogenerator. Followed by a visit of the power plant operators in their control room.

Water reservoir Orlík is apart of the Vltava cascade in southern and central Bohemia. It was built between 1954-1961 on the river Vltava. It bears the name of the castle Orlík, which once appeared on a rock above the deep valley of the Vltava River, and today is only a few meters above the dam lake. Orlik serves as a dam from 1960. In 1962 the plant became operational.

The Orlík Hydroelectric Power Station forms a fundamental part of the Vltava Cascade. The water reservoir, holding 720 million m2 of water, is the largest retention reservoir in the Czech Republic, and, together with the Lipno reservoir, it is crucial for the long-term water flow regulation of the Vltava River and the lower course of the Labe River.

The Orlík Hydroelectric Power Station participates significantly in regulating the country’s power engineering system, and in generating inexpensive, environmentally clean peak-load electricity.

The regular excursion takes 45 – 60 minutes, but there is a possibility of a longer 2 hour tour. Included are excursions of the power plant and the dam.

This tour is suitable for families, company groups, school trips or individual tourists, but keep in mind that the dam and power plant are active industrial premises. Be careful. Follow the guide's instructions.

Skanska is one of the largest companies in the world providing services in the field of construction and project development. We are going to visit Skanska Curtain Walling and Façades department that was establish in 1993 and based in Prague 9 - Horní Počernice (approx. 30 minutes from centre of Prague).

This department is using only the most modern equipment and is located in modern building complex that combines administration, logistics, design and production premises of 3600 m2.

The visit is about 1 hour long and consists of two main parts. In the first part of the visit the group is informed about the history of Skanska and the production that takes place in Horní Počernice. The group is introduced to main company successes, examples of their production, strategy, logistics and workflow that helps to create not only great product, but also good and safe working space for employees.

In the second part of visit, the group continues to the production hall and the company warehouse to see all the theory become practice.

Presentation is guided by Skanska employees in English. There is possibility of translation to other languages by our company guides.

The Skoda factory was founded in 1895 and is today located in Mlada Boleslav a little bit more than one hour drive from Prague. After the communist break down it was taken over by VW.

The visit starts in the Skoda Museum with two short movies about the history and the production of Skoda cars. After that we will have a show around in the museum to see the first Skoda productions - bicycles. We will admire a lot of the cars from different decades up to today, and more special cars like fire engines, president cars, racers etc.

The last part of this visit will take us to two factory halls. The first one shows us how the gear boxes are produced, in the second we will see the assembly line of Skoda Octavia.;

Price: 4000 CZK. The price includes pick up at your hotel at our minibus, English speaking local guide at the roundtrip in Skoda. The price is excl. at the Skoda factory.

Škoda Transportation is a traditional Czech company engaged in the field of transport engineering, with a strong position in both domestic and world markets.

Škoda Transportation and its subsidiaries are focused on the transport engineering industry, its key products include low-floor trams, electric locomotives, subway trains, suburban train units and trolleybuses, as well as traction motors or complete driving gears for transport systems.

The Škoda Transportation group of companies has more than five thousand employees. Škoda experts develop, produce and supply top products customised to the needs and wishes of its customers.

Although the company's production schedule is crowded two days a week it gives for ordered groups the chance to look into the background of engineering. Accompanied by qualified specialists can future mechanical engineers or technicians or candidates from the professional community view the place from where the world is heading into modern trains, locomotives and trams.

Company SOR Libchavy spol. s r.o. is an important Czech manufacturer of buses which offers modern type of buses and trolley buses, according to model series, even non-standard design, conforming the clients´ requests.

The company has business success both on the domestic and foreign market. It further provides service, repairs and sale of spare parts for SOR buses.

Visitors are going to assembly hall where buses are constructed and prepared for painting, complementing the chassis, engine, electrical wiring, installation of seats and trial operations.

The group is introduced to several types of company products and is informed about latest company successes at home and abroad.

Štěchovice Hydroelectric Power Station

The Štěchovice I hydroelectric power station was the second built piece of the Vltava Cascade (1938-1944). The dam is 22.5 m high, 120 m long and has five overflow fields.

Its reservoir has a capacity of 11.2 million m³ of water and serves mainly to balance outflow from the top Slapy power plant. The plant is equipped with two Kaplan turbine sets. It is one of the most important technical buildings commenced during the First Republic.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Vltava River was widely used for both rafting and classic navigation. Mainly wood, stone and salt were transported. At that time, the first projects for the construction of two high dams at Slapy and Orlík were created. The first two waterworks of the cascade, Vrané and Štěchovice, were built just with regard to navigation purposes.

The visit starts with two short films about water energy and the Vltava Cascade. Furthermore, the group gets a lot of interesting information about the plant and its history.

Then the group goes for the tour of the plant itself. There is a possibility to see a flow turbine and pumped-storage power plants, an alternator and the unique dam floodgate for boat transportation.

The tour also includes an exhibition of photographs and equipment from the history of the plant, including the construction during WW2 and the floods in 2002. The group will also visit the former control room with monitors showing different parts of the plant.

Temelín nuclear power plant is the largest power plant with an installed capacity in the country. The power plant is located in the village of Temelín in South Bohemia. Its construction began in 1985. Because it was finished in 2002, it is one of the most recently developed nuclear power plants in Europe.

In the spring 2003, the Temelín Nuclear Power Plant, with its 2,000 MW of installed capacity, became the largest power resource in the Czech Republic.

The visit begins in the information centre and takes around 2 hours. It consists of a lecture about Temelin power plant, including the history and the used technology. With the lecture goes also a 3D projection.

Then the group continues to see an example of a cloud chamber and the rest of the exposition that is full of models that will be explained and commented.

The group will learn many interesting things about nuclear energy as well as the plant itself.

TOS VARNDORF a.s.

TOS VARNSDORF a. s. The firm was founded as early as 1903 and up to now has grown into a big engineering company known for its products all around the world. The world's leading company develops, produces and sells machine tools, complemented by a wide range of services and accessories.

The visit takes 2 hours and begins with an introduction to the company, its system, production and history. Then the group continues to the production hall to see the practical and logistic side of the company.

Tos Varnsdorf has its own design team to develop the machines and a strong manufacturing base to produce them. In addition, the company provides for the services in the form of outwork offers (metalworking, measuring services, chemical and heat treatment of metals).

The machines are characterised with high performance, progressive design and reliability whereby these properties are a result from all the time-proven experience of engineers with the current state-of-the art.

The machines can be found on the world's most demanding markets. At present the biggest ones are Germany, Czech Republic, Finland, Poland, Russia. The sales are progressively growing in China as well as other countries.

TOS VARNSDORF, production company is located 90 km from Prague.

TPCA (Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobile) is a joint venture between the Japanese company Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and French PSA Peugeot Citroen. The largest automaker in the world and Europe's leading TMC PSA signed a cooperation agreement in January, 2002. Urban Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 108 and Citroen C1 are assembled at Cologne began in February 2005.

Construction of the plant TPCA was twenty billion, which was until then the largest foreign greenfield investment in Central Europe. Currently the production of cars that are reliable and low power consumption, involved 3,000 employees.

The TPCA produces small cars maximally adapted to driving in heavy city traffic as triplets Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 108 and Citroen C1.

The group will see the production of a safe car made of pieces of steel. How many employees is needed for one shift and how long does it take to complete one car.

TRW is a leading global manufacturer of seat belts and a supplier of high quality products for the world's major manufacturers of passenger cars, buses and vendor assemblies seats.

Main scope of the business of TRW are seat belts, locks, latches and upper settings.

TRW is constantly innovating and improving both its products and itself. It is a certified supplier of major car manufacturers and meets the exacting standards both in the production of products, but also in terms of environmental protection.

The visit begins with an introduction to the company, its system and production and history. Then group continues to the production hall to see practical side of the company.

Waste sorting tour

On this tour we will visit Dekra, a sorting site for metal and paper. It is very exciting to learn how the metal and paper waste is handled and prepared for the next step. The site is running by gas.

We will start in the collection yard, then the metal packaging sorter and finally the paper sorter. All the commodities can be seen in the yard, including some big containers for TV screens and PC monitors, that are sorted and transported to other sites. Residual waste and plastic is transported to a refuse disposal plant. It will be shown how the truck drivers are able to handle and sort big amounts of raw material.

In the big halls we will see the sorting line for metal waste, where iron cans are separated from aluminium cans and sent on for recycling. We will continue to the separated paper sorting line, where the paper is sorted into different types of paper and pressed into bales for transport to the paper mill.

The waste management system in Prague can be explained, f. ex. the decisions about how to handle the waste. It is also possible to learn about the waste transportation system all over Prague.