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PR A C TIC AL INFORM A TION 351
Postal Services Newspapers
and Magazines
Osterreichische Post, Austria’s
postal service, is, unsurprisingly, Quite a few newsagents and
very efficient. There are kiosks in Vienna and other
approximately 15,300 yellow major towns and cities stock
postboxes around the country, Englishlanguage newspapers,
and 1,800 post offices. Stamps sometimes on the day of
(Briefmarken) can be bought publication – typically the
from post offices (which also Guardian International, Financial
have vending machines), as well Times, USA Today and the
as tobacconists (Tabak Trafiken). International Herald Tribune.
International post is sent either In addition, you’ll find weekly
as “priority” or “economy”, with news magazines such as
rates to countries within the Time and Newsweek. Online
European Union costing less newspapers include Austria
than those to the rest of the Today, though its full content is Range of international newspapers on sale
world. Parcels sent inter only available via subscription. at a kiosk in Vienna
nationally require a customs Austria’s most wellregarded
form, which is available at the broadsheet – and one of the news and culture (97.7 FM), O3
post office. You will also need oldest stillpublished newspapers for popular music (103.9 FM)
to fill in a form when sending in the world – is Wiener Zeitung, and FM4, which offers a more
registered or express mail. while other reputable dailies alternative musical slant. Radio
You can collect include the rightof Austria International (ROI)
correspondence centre Die Presse, presents Austriarelated news in
marked Postlagernd and the leftleaning various languages. BBC World
(poste restante), Der Standard; the Service frequencies and listings
but you will need tabloid brigade, can be found on their website:
proof of identity. meanwhile, is led bbc.co.uk/worldservice.
Most post offices by Kronen Zeitung.
in Vienna and In Vienna, the DIRECTORY
larger towns and best read is Der
cities are open A typical signboard indicating Falter, which Mobile Phones
Monday to Friday a post office also has weekly A1
8am–6pm, while listings. Well worth ∑ a1.net
some (such as those at train consulting is the excellent
stations) stay open until 8 or Vienna In Your Pocket, a fun BOB
10pm. Post offices in smaller online magazine with ∑ bob.at
resorts are likely to close comprehensive, irreverent, Tele.Ring
between noon and 2pm, or and uptodate information ∑ telering.at
may even only be open in the and listings for the city. T-Mobile
mornings. Larger branches ∑ t-mobile.at
are also open on Saturdays Television and Radio
between 8am and 10pm. Internet
ORF, the state service
broadcaster, offers ∑ freewave.at
two channels, ORF1 ∑ wien.info
and ORF2, while the Postal Services
main commercial
channels are ATV Central Post Office
and TW1. Inevitably, Fleischmarkt 19, Vienna.
German channels Tel 57 76 77 10 10.
like SAT1 and RTL
are prominent on Couriers
Austrian TV. The DHL
majority of hotels Tel 82 055 05 05.
have satellite or cable ∑ dhl.at
TV, providing the
ubiquitous English FedEx
language channels Tel 80 012 38 00.
CNN and BBC World ∑ fedex.at
News, and occasionally TNT
one or two others. Tel 57 700 77.
The main public radio ∑ tnt.at
Yellow post- or mailbox used for sending letters stations are O1 for
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