Bikes Bicycles can be rented from 4 rue du Maire Kuss, Parking Ste-AurA©lie, place du ChA?teau and Impasse de la Grande A?cluse (near the Ponts Couverts) for 30F/a?¬4.57 a day.

Boat trips Strasbourg Fluvial (tel 03.88.84.13.13, www.strasbourg.port.fr ) runs cruises on the River Ill year round. Cruises depart from the landing stage in front of the Palais Rohan (daily: April-Oct every 30min 9.30am-9pm; Nov-March four departures 10.30am-4pm), and the itinerary includes Petite-France, the Vauban dam and the Palais de l'Europe. Evening cruises depart at 9.30pm and 10pm May to September only. The trip costs 41F/a?¬6.25 (43F/a?¬6.56 for evening cruises) and lasts 1hr 15min.

Books Librarie International KlA©ber, 1 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, sells new books, French and English; La Librocase, 2 quai des PA?cheurs, sells second-hand books; Quai des Brumes, 35 quai des Bateliers, although small, also has a very good range; Bookworm, 4 rue de PA?ques, is a small English bookshop with new and used books, audio books, children's books and greetings cards.

Buses Eurolines has an office at 5 rue des FrA?res (tel 03.88.22.73.74). Some out-of-town buses leave from place des Halles.

Car rental Europcar, at the airport (tel 03.88.68.95.55) and 15 place de la Gare (tel 03.88.15.55.66); Avis, GalA©rie Marchande, place de la Gare (tel 03.88.32.30.44); Hertz, at the airport (tel 03.88.68.93.11) and 6 bd de Metz by the gare SNCF (tel 03.88.32.57.62).

Cinemas Le Club, 32 rue du Vieux-MarchA©-aux-Vins (tel 03.36.68.20.22) and Le Star, 27 rue du Jeu-des-Enfants, the parallel street (tel 03.88.32.44.97). L'OdyssA©e, 3 rue des Francs-Bourgeois (tel 03.88.75.10.47), shows a combination of classic and contemporary films.

Internet Access available at Midi minuit , 5 place du Corbeau (Mon-Wed 7am-7pm, Thurs-Sat 7am-10pm, Sun 8am-7pm; access for a minimum of 30min; 1F/a?¬0.15 per minute).

Markets The city's biggest fruit and vegetable market takes place every Tues and Sat morning on bd de la Marne; the MarchA© aux Puces (Wed & Sat) is on rue du Vieil-HA?pital (near the cathedral).

Post office , 4 av de la LibertA© (tel 03.88.52.35.18).

Rape crisis SOS Viol (tel 08.00.05.95.95); SOS Femmes SolidaritA© (tel 03.88.24.06.06).

Taxis Station Centrale (tel 03.88.36.13.13); Novotaxi (tel 03.88.75.19.19).