Student life
Cost of living
Cost of living in Karviná is generally lower comparing to rest of the Europe. To cover all major expenses as food, accommodation and transportation will cost student around 400€ per month.
- Movie ticket: 6€
- Theatre ticket: 12€
- Beer: 1,5€
- Lunch at the restaurant: 4–8€
- Coffee at café: 2€
- Haircut: 8–15€
- 3-month public transit pass around Karviná: 30€
- Mobile internet data 6€ per gigabit
- Fitness centrum per month: 30€
- Swimming pool: 6€
Fitness centrums
Addresses:
- Masarykovo nám. 93, Fryštát, 733 01 Karviná
- Masarykovo nám. 2457, Fryštát, 733 01 Karviná
- Haškova 999, 734 01 Karviná
Students can visit gym at the dormitory for free each day, but Karviná also offers plenty of fitness centrum places in the area.
Indoor swimming pool
Address: Leonovova 1797, Hranice, 733 01 Karviná
Sport studio Stars have handball rooom, swimming pool and tenis hall under one roof
Darkov Spa
Address: Lázeňská 48/41, 735 03 Karviná
The biggest factor promoting tourism in Karvina is the Spa Darkov. The oldest medical institution of Darkov is situated in a beautiful spa park in the city limits of Karvina. The one hundered and thirty years old tradition has been carried on by the Rehabilitation Sanatorium in Karvina-Hranice since 1976. Patients with problems with locomotion, neurological dysfunctions after an injury or post-surgery are being treated there. The outstanding results of the treatment in the Spa of Karvina are supported by the fact that the Spa is being visited not only by patients from Czechia but even from abroad and the interest to be cured is still growing there. Successful treatment is made possible not only with application of iodine-bromide brine – mineral water springing on the surface of this area – but also with workplaces equipped with top technology and naturally the qualified work of medical doctors.
Chateau Fryštát
Address: Masarykovo nám. 1, 733 01 Karviná
A unique historical sight is represented by an Empire Chateau situated in Masaryk’s Square. Since 1997 the chateau has been open to the public after extensive restoration.
Chateau Petrovice
Address: Prstná 1, 735 72 Petrovice u Karviné
Chateau Petrovice is located 6 km from Karviná
Back and forth between Poland and the Czech Republic winds the Piotrówka River covering the picturesque area of Cieszyn Silesia. It is worth following in her footsteps, for right abroad, in the town of Piersna in the Czech Republic, on its banks, on a forested hill, from which one can lay their eyes on the unique view of Fryštát, stands a classical palace with aristocratic roots, and which former inhabitants were entangled in the tragedy of Mayerling.
