City Guides

Ústí nad Labem (Aussig) has around 92,000 inhabitants in four city districts on the Elbe and Bílina. Districts, employers, university and registration obligation at a glance.

Moving to Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad): 15 cadastral districts, spa zone access only with a day ticket, foreigners' police within 30 days, 371 km from Berlin.

Moving to Budweis (České Budějovice): old town on Přemysl Otakar II Square, Čtyři Dvory, Vrbné and Máj, lorry zone in the centre, registration in 30 days – 498 km away.

Pilsen (181,000 inhabitants) has ten city districts: Lochotín and Bolevec in the north, the centre in Plzeň 3, Slovany in the south-east. Employers, universities, parking.

Moving to Mladá Boleslav: 13 districts on the Jizera, parking zones without moving spaces, registration as an EU citizen, e-vignette and around 374 km from Berlin.

Moving to Kladno: six districts 25 km from Prague, no visa and no customs, registration with the Foreigners' Police, parking via the city, 347 km from Berlin.

Prague's districts compared: Vinohrady, Karlín, Dejvice, Smíchov and Žižkov – plus the zábor for the removal van and the voluntary EU registration certificate.

Moving to Hamburg: seven boroughs, 104 districts, parking restriction via Online HVZ two weeks ahead, a 15 m zone for the 7.5-tonner, 284 km via the A24.

Moving to Bremen: five boroughs from the Viertel to Vegesack, registering at the BürgerServiceCenter, one bulky-waste collection a year included, 390 km from Berlin.

Wavre, around 35,000 inhabitants: centre, Basse-Wavre, Limal and Bierges, trains to Brussels only via Ottignies or Leuven, bulky waste from €20 per m³.

Moving to Arlon: villages from Bonnert to Toernich, registration at the Service Population or Service des Étrangers, parking in the centre and the police check.

Moving to Liège: quarters from Outremeuse to Cointe, parking space via the B.P.A., registering your residence within eight working days, 686 km from Berlin, no customs.