fiogf49gjkf0d Airline offices
Air France, Tegel Airport (tel 0 18 05/83 08 30); British Airways, Tegel Airport (tel 0 18 05/26 65 22); Deutsche BA, Postst. 4-5, Mitte (tel 0 30/2 47 36 80); KLM, Tegel Airport (tel 0 18 05/21 42 01); Lufthansa, KurfA?rstendamm 220, Charlottenburg (tel 0 30/88 75 88).
Airports
SchAśnefeld, Tegel and Tempelhof all share the same info number: tel 0 18 05/00 01 86.
Bike rental
Fahrradstation, with branches at Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse (tel 0 30/20 45 45 00), Bergmannstr 9, Kreuzberg (tel 0 30/2 15 15 66), and Auguststr 29a, Mitte (tel 0 30/28 59 56 61). Prices start at DM20/a?Ź10 for an ordinary bike for a day.
Bookstores
The best selections of English paperbacks and books on the city can be found at British Book Shop, Mauerstr. 83-84, and Kiepert, Hardenbergstr. 4-5.
Car rental
ACS Rent a Car, Albrechtstr. 117, SchAśneberg (tel 0 30/7 92 00 15), City Trans, WAśnnichstr, 100, Lichtenberg (tel 0 30/5 12 71 14), and C. Nagel, Bundesallee 176, Wilmersdorf (tel 0 30/8 54 30 00) are among the cheapest. International firms (which also have offices at Tegel airport) include Avis, Budapester Str. 43, Charlottenburg (tel 0 30/2 30 93 70), Hertz, Spandauer Str. 5, Mitte (tel 0 30/2 42 44 40), and National, Witzlebenstr. 26, Charlottenburg (tel 0 30/8 85 72 70).
Cultural centre
British Council, Hackescher Markt 1, Mitte (tel 30 30/1 10 99 10;
www.britcoun.de
).
Dentist
tel 0 30/89 00 43 33.
Disabled travel
Movado, Langhansstr. 64, Weissensee (tel 0 30/4 71 51 45,
www.movado.de
), has a great wealth of information on hotels and restaurants that are wheelchair-accessible, city tours for disabled travellers and transportation services.
Doctor
tel 0 30/31 00 31.
Embassies
Britain, Wilhelmstr. 70/71 (tel 0 30/20 18 40,
www.britischebotschaft.de
); Canada, Friedrichstr. 95 (tel 0 30/20 31 20,
www.kanada-info.de
); Ireland, Friedrichstr. 200 (tel 0 30/22 07 20); US, Neustadtische Kirchstr. 4-5 (tel 0 30/2 38 51 74), visa section, Clayallee 170 (tel 0 30/8 32 92 33,
www.usembassy.de
).
Mitfahrzentralen
Citynetz, Joachimstaler Str. 17 (tel 0 30/6 93 60 95); Mitfahrzentrale am Zoo, Zoologischer Garten U-Bahn #2 platform direction Pankow (tel 0 30/1 94 44); Frauenmitfahrzentrale, Potsdamer Str. 139 (tel 0 30/2 15 31 65).
Pharmacies
Apotheke im Bahnhof Zoo (Mon-Fri 7.30am-8pm, Sat 8.30am-4pm; tel 0 30/31 50 33 61). When it's closed, check the list on the door of this, or any other
Apotheke
, for the nearest place open.
Post office
Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse (Mon-Fri 6am-10pm, Sat 8am-10pm); Joachimstaler Str. 7 (Mon-Sat 8am-midnight, Sun 10am-midnight).
Sports
Now in its seventh decade, the Olympia-Stadion remains the main venue for spectator sports, including the home matches of the city's only top-flight football team, Hertha Berlin.
Taxis
Outside KaDeWe, on Savignyplatz; by Bahnhof Zoo; at the northern entrance to Friedrichstrasse station; the entrance to Alexanderplatz S-Bahn station; and in front of the nearby
Forum Hotel
. To book, call 0 30/21 01 01 or 0 30/26 10 26.
Travel agents
Autopia Reiseladen, KurfA?rstenstr. 153, SchAśneberg (tel 0 30/2 61 18 21,
www.autopia-reise.de
); United Planets, Greifswalder Str. 29, Prenzlauer Berg (tel 0 30/42 80 78 54,
www.united-planets.de
).
Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections):
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