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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, Kurfürstendamm 220, Charlottenburg (tel 0 30/88 75 88). Airports Schönefeld, 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/?10 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, Schöneberg (tel 0 30/7 92 00 15), City Trans, Wönnichstr, 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, Kurfürstenstr. 153, Schöneberg (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 ). |
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