Airport enquiries tel 47 98 50 50.

Bike rental rue Bisserwe 8, Grund (Mon-Fri 1-8pm, Sat & Sun 9am-noon & 1-8pm; tel 47 96 23 83); a?¬2.50 an hour, a?¬6.20 for a half-day, a?¬9.90 a day, a?¬18.60 for a weekend and a?¬49.60 for a week. Discounts of 20 percent available for groups and under-26s. Advance booking is advised, and a repair service is also available. A cycle trail encircles the city - details here or at the tourist office.

Car rental Avis, place de la Gare 17 (tel 48 95 95), and at the airport (tel 43 51 71); Europcar, route de Thionville 84 (tel 40 42 28), and at the airport (tel 43 45 88); Hertz, at the airport (tel 43 46 45); Thrifty, blvd Prince Henri 33 (tel 22 11 81) and at the airport (tel 43 52 43).

Embassies Belgium, rue des Girondins 4 (tel 44 27 46); Ireland, route d'Arlon 28 (tel 45 06 10); Netherlands, rue C M Spoo 5 (tel 22 75 70); UK, Boulevard Roosevelt 14 (tel 22 98 64); USA, Boulevard E Servais 22 (tel 46 01 23).

Festivals The city's main knees-up is the Schueberfouer, three weeks of jollity beginning in late August and with one of the biggest funfairs in Europe.

Internet access There are only two places in the city for use by non-residents: Chiggeri, rue du Nord 15 (tel 22 99 36; a?¬5/hr); Sparky's, ave Monterey 11a (tel 26 20 12 23; a?¬7.40/hr).

Laundry Quick-Wash, rue de Strasbourg 31.

Left luggage There are coin-operated lockers and a luggage office at the train station (a?¬1.20/2.00/2.50).

Newspapers English-language newspapers are available from most newsagents from about 11am on the day of publication.

Pharmacies Molitor, place d'Armes 5 and Mortier, avenue de la Gare 11. Duty rotas are displayed in pharmacy windows.

Police Main station: rue Glesener 58-60. Emergencies: tel 113.

Post office The main post office is on place Emile Hamilius (Mon-Fri 7am-7pm, Sat 7am-5/7pm). There's also an office opposite the train station (Mon-Fri 9am-noon & 1-5pm, Sat 9am-noon).

Train enquiries The CFL office in the station is open daily 7am-8pm (tel 49 90 49 90).

Walking tours The city tourist office in place d'Armes coordinates a first-rate programme of guided walking tours. Options include a City Promenade (Easter-Oct 1 daily, Nov-Easter 3 weekly; 2hr; a?¬6); and the Wenzel Walk (May-Oct 1 weekly; 2hr; a?¬6.90) - touted as 1000 years in 100 minutes - which starts from the Bock casemates, and takes you right around the fortifications on the east side of the Old Town.