waiheke1 Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Prague is without a doubt one of my three favourite European cities,and the only one with a GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 I visited the Wasa museet a year ago and remember there being talks of closing it, as the ship cant "take the weather" anymore and has started to combust or something like that. Must be some info online if you google it. But anyway, visit it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 I visited the Wasa museet a year ago and remember there being talks of closing it, as the ship cant "take the weather" anymore and has started to combust or something like that. I went there last week. The problem is primarily the original preservation solution that was sprayed on the ship which seems to slowly be dissolving the ship, plus the humidity from all the visitors was encouraging mould to grow (although new air conditioning has apparently reduced the problem). Â The irony is that the ship was much better preserved when it was underwater in the harbour because the pollution prevented anything from growing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 I went there last week. The problem is primarily the original preservation solution that was sprayed on the ship which seems to slowly be dissolving the ship, plus the humidity from all the visitors was encouraging mould to grow (although new air conditioning has apparently reduced the problem).  The irony is that the ship was much better preserved when it was underwater in the harbour because the pollution prevented anything from growing.. Well it was after all in the most contaminated sea there is! Itämeri in Finnish, Baltic sea in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) I visited the Wasa museet a year ago and remember there being talks of closing it, as the ship cant "take the weather" anymore and has started to combust or something like that. Must be some info online if you google it. But anyway, visit it now. Â As said it's the old preservation fluid but also because of when the ship was salvaged the conservators put allot of iron nails into the hull. The nails then rusted and then contaminated the hull together with "natural" iron objects such as cannon balls and etc. It is not combusting but the hull is (very) slowly shrinking/deforming due to it being very heavy. Read more about it here: http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/preservation/re-consevation Edited September 1, 2016 by Ghostwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejam Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Thanks very much for the replies  Will keep you posted upon what I book but very much appreciated - Sweden does indeed sound good  Thanks  Chriis  A trip to Warsaw for a GP is good.Have been myself in 2015 and 2016.Stadium easily accessible,flights and hotels very reasonable too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Â As said it's the old preservation fluid Maybe they should use the stuff Greg Hancock's on instead . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanT Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Some good advice given already. Main point I will make is to do it all yourself, do NOT use STT unless you have money to give away. We've done GPs abroad for less than half the price of the tours. Tickets can be easily booked on the Speedway GP website, as can flights using Ryanair, Easyjet or whatever one suits you. Hotels are easy for find, use Trivago (hotel search engine) to find best deals. If you don't find a deal you like immediately then just wait and keep checking back. Deals change all the time and you get some cracking prices. Travelling from airports to city centres is very easy, use local trains or buses, avoid cabs if you can. Check on trip adviser, loads of information about what train or bus to catch, or simply pop up a post here and ask. A good tip would be Warsaw, great stadium, easy to find, easy to get to and from and Warsaw is a very cheap city to visit.(nice beer too) I have not done Prague, but that too looks pretty straightforward. Final tip would be to be "on the ball" Look at the speedway GP website regularly for confirmation of the dates of GPs and book your flight (and tickets, if it's Poland) ASAP. Once the airlines get wind of a big event you can expect their prices to rise considerably. This can be avoided by stretching out your trip a bit, fly Thursday, return Tuesday for example. As has already been mentioned make a short holiday of it too. Good Luck and enjoy!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Some good advice given already. Main point I will make is to do it all yourself, do NOT use STT unless you have money to give away. We've done GPs abroad for less than half the price of the tours. Tickets can be easily booked on the Speedway GP website, as can flights using Ryanair, Easyjet or whatever one suits you. Hotels are easy for find, use Trivago (hotel search engine) to find best deals. If you don't find a deal you like immediately then just wait and keep checking back. Deals change all the time and you get some cracking prices. Travelling from airports to city centres is very easy, use local trains or buses, avoid cabs if you can. Check on trip adviser, loads of information about what train or bus to catch, or simply pop up a post here and ask. A good tip would be Warsaw, great stadium, easy to find, easy to get to and from and Warsaw is a very cheap city to visit.(nice beer too) I have not done Prague, but that too looks pretty straightforward. Final tip would be to be "on the ball" Look at the speedway GP website regularly for confirmation of the dates of GPs and book your flight (and tickets, if it's Poland) ASAP. Once the airlines get wind of a big event you can expect their prices to rise considerably. This can be avoided by stretching out your trip a bit, fly Thursday, return Tuesday for example. As has already been mentioned make a short holiday of it too. Good Luck and enjoy!! Â I have done Prague, I have been to the last three, as others have said, lovely city, cheap food and drink, crazy cheap public transport, and easy to navigate around. I have stayed in three different hotels and have no complaints about any of them, but dont ignore Travel Plus. You may pay a few quid more but from home to home everything is well organised for you, take a look here. Â http://speedwaytours.co.uk/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 (edited) Done Several GP,s abroad and have always done it independently at about half the cost of the tours, funnily enough a lot if the time they use the same flights. Â Prague was nice and so was Stockholm but generally enjoyed them all but the costs do seem to rise every year. Edited September 3, 2016 by bigcatdiary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 All you hyping Prague, is the taxi situation improved? As I've been ripped off a few times and it used to be a common problem that the numbers on their meters went so fast you could not even follow them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 All you hyping Prague, is the taxi situation improved? As I've been ripped off a few times and it used to be a common problem that the numbers on their meters went so fast you could not even follow them... JUST make sure you get one of the authorised taxis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 All you hyping Prague, is the taxi situation improved? As I've been ripped off a few times and it used to be a common problem that the numbers on their meters went so fast you could not even follow them... Only used a taxi once to get from the airport and just agreed a price before hand. Cost more than jumping on a bus/tram but as there were 4 of us we agreed it was easier than lugging 4 lots of luggage around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 All you hyping Prague, is the taxi situation improved? As I've been ripped off a few times and it used to be a common problem that the numbers on their meters went so fast you could not even follow them... agree a price before getting in the taxi and you dont get ripped off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted September 3, 2016 Report Share Posted September 3, 2016 All you hyping Prague, is the taxi situation improved? As I've been ripped off a few times and it used to be a common problem that the numbers on their meters went so fast you could not even follow them... Â Don`t use the taxi`s, I always get the airport transfers from airport to hotel and then the return journey, in Prague I buy the tickets for the tram/bus/metro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016  Don`t use the taxi`s, I always get the airport transfers from airport to hotel and then the return journey, in Prague I buy the tickets for the tram/bus/metro. But its so easy... Lol Last time in Prague wondered around the center to find the shuttle bus stop and not doing it again. It's either taxi to train station or straight to Pardubice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 But its so easy... Lol  Last time in Prague wondered around the center to find the shuttle bus stop and not doing it again. It's either taxi to train station or straight to Pardubice.  Prague`s public service is one of the big pluses of the city, how you managed to cock it up is beyond me, I`m quite happy to admit to not being the sharpest when it comes to this kind of thing but if I can manage it I think everyone else will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtobeat Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 We too only ever used trams in Prague and prebooked airport transfers prior to going aswell - been for the last 3 years and not once used a taxi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 We too only ever used trams in Prague and prebooked airport transfers prior to going aswell - been for the last 3 years and not once used a taxi. Â Me to and I have found no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Only used a taxi once to get from the airport and just agreed a price before hand. Cost more than jumping on a bus/tram but as there were 4 of us we agreed it was easier than lugging 4 lots of luggage around.Taxi booked, fixed price, door to door with two scheduled pitstops. Saves 2 hrs of hassle and beverages are free. And back on monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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