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                                                    DIRECTORY
                                                Mobile Phones
                                                The Phone House
                                                Brunkebergstorg 10.
                                                Map 3 D4.
                                                Tel 08-796 47 50.
                                                Telenor Store
                                                Ringvägen 132.
                                                Map 8 B2.
                                                Tel 020-015 90 80.
                                                Telia Store
                                                Kungsgatan 36.
       Pressbyrån kiosks, newsagent selling stamps  Map 2 C4.
                                                Tel 08-696 96 80.
       shop hours. Some official post   Stockholm. DHL and UPS
       offices remain to handle more   services are available at
       specialized services; one is   Mailboxes Etc., which is located   Internet Facilities
       located on Klarabergsvia-  in the city centre and open on
       dukten 84 near Central Station   week days from 8am to 7pm. In   Café String
       and is open on weekdays from   addition, special courier services   Nytorgsgatan 38.
       8:30am to 6pm.      are also offered through the   Map 9 E3.
         Stamps can be bought at post   Swedish post office.  Tel 08-714 85 14.
       offices and postal kiosks, as well       Max Hamburgers
       as at Pressbyrån kiosks and   Television and Radio  Kungsträdgårdsgatan 20.
       tourist information offices. It          Map 3 D4.
       costs 7 kr to send a postcard or   Virtually all hotel rooms have    Tel 08-611 38 10.
       letter under 20g (0.04 lb) within   a TV with a range of national
       Sweden and 14 kr to the rest    and foreign channels. The    Sidewalk Express
                                                Located in Stockholm Central
       of the world. Postboxes are   most common channels are
       painted in different colours:    the Swedish SVT1, SVT2, TV3,   Station, Arlanda Airport, and
                                                7-Eleven and Pressbyrån stores.
       the yellow boxes are for   TV4 and Channel 5, as well
       national and inter-     as the international   Postal Services
       national mail and the    CNN, Sky News, MTV
       blue boxes for letters   and Eurosport. SVT1   DHL
       destined for the         and 2 are State-run   Tel 077-134 53 45.
       Stockholm area (post     public-service   Federal Express (FedEx)
       codes starting with “1”).   channels. SVT2 and    Arlanda Airport.
       In some areas, there are   Post Office logo  TV4 broadcast local   Tel 0200 252 252.
       only yellow boxes, which   programmes in the
       can then be used for local mail   morning and evening, which   Hemköp
       as well. Collection times vary    include weather forecasts.  Mäster Samuelsgatan 57.
       and are always shown on      There are a number of local   Map 2 C4.
       the postbox.        radio stations that broadcast a   Tel 020-23 22 21.
         Most international courier   selection of international and   Mailboxes Etc.
       services, including DHL, UPS   Swedish music. P6, Stockholm   Mäster Samuelsgatan 20.
       and FedEx, are represented in   International, broadcasts   Map 3 D4.
                           English- and German-language   Tel 08-411 70 10.
                           programmes on 89.6 MHz.
                                                Swedish Post
                                                Klarabergsviadukten 84.
                           Newspapers and       Map 2 B5.
                           Magazines            Tel 08-781 20 42.
                           Many foreign newspapers and   UPS
                           magazines can be bought in   Tel 077-662 20 77.
                           Stockholm. For the broadest
                           range, visit Press Stop, Press
                           Center or Press Specialisten.   of foreign titles can be found
                           Alternatively, the Pressbyrån   at the Plattan Library at
                           kiosks and tourist information   Kulturhuset, which is open
                           offices around the city stock    Monday to Friday from 9am to
         Yellow postbox for national and   a limited number of foreign   7pm, and Saturday to Sunday
         international, blue for local mail  publications. A wide variety    from 11am to 5pm.




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