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Communications Mobile phones: Frequencies for mobile phone use in Germany are GSM 900 and GSM 1800. Visitors from the USA and Canada should obtain a European-standard handset and a SIM card in order to make a call in Munich. Mobile phones can be hired from Multiplex GmbH (tel: (089) 21 10 55 50) at Promenadeplatz 6 for DM19 per day (8-30 days) and DM29 per day (1-7 days). Post: The main post office is located at the Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofplatz 1 and is open 0700-2000 Monday to Friday, 0800-1600 Saturday and 0900-1500 Sunday. Otherwise, post office hours are generally 0800-1800 Monday to Friday and 0800-1200 Saturday. Smaller branches may close for lunch. Stamps are also available from hotels and vending machines. Courier services: DHL (tel: (01803) 258 258) and TNT (tel: (089) 317 720 (south) or 317 790 (north)) both provide services. Internet access: Times Square Online Bistro, Bayerstrasse 10a (tel: (089) 550 8800; web site: www.times-square.net), is open 0800-0100 daily and access costs DM4.50 for 15 minutes. Press: One of the most influential German daily newspapers - the Süddeutsche Zeitung - is published in Munich. Other widely read regional newspapers include Abendzeitung, Münchener Merkur, TZ and Bild München. Most major international newspapers or magazines are available at the Internationale Presse stand in the Hauptbahnhof. Tourist information, articles and entertainment listings can be found in the monthly English-language magazine Munich Found (web site: www.munichfound.com). TV and radio: The Bayerische Rundfunk, based in Munich, is the state broadcasting company. Several smaller regional radio and TV stations also broadcast from the city. BBC World Service and Voice of America frequencies are correct at the time of going to press, but do change. BBC: MHz 12.10, 9.410, 6.195, 3.955 Voice of America: MHz 15.25, 11.80, 9.760, 1.197 Dialling Codes City code: 089 (when dialling from outside Germany, the initial zero is dropped) Country code: 49 Outgoing international code: 00 Directory enquiries: 11833 International directory enquiries: 11834 Operator (in English): (01802) 001 033 International operator: (01802) 001 033 Emergency Numbers Police: 110 Ambulance: 112 or (089) 551 771 Fire: 112 British Consulate General Bürkleinstrasse 10, 80538 Munich Tel: (089) 211 090. Fax: (089) 21 10 91 44. Web site: www.britischebotschaft.de Consulate General of the United States of America Königinstrasse 5, 80539 Munich Tel: (089) 288 8729 (within Germany) or 288 8720. Fax: (089) 280 9998. Web site: www.usembassy.de/munich/ Canadian Consulate Tal 29, 80331 Munich Tel: (089) 219 9570. Fax: (089) 21 99 57 57. E-mail: munic@dfait-maeci.gc.ca Web site: www.kanada-info.de Australian Embassy Philip Johnson House, Friedrichstrasse 200, 10117 Berlin Tel: (030) 880 0880. Fax: (030) 88 00 88 99. E-mail: presse@australian-embassy.bn.uunet.de Web site: www.australian-embassy.de |