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TV and Radio
There are pay-for-service on the political spectrum – Le
Internet kiosks and Wi-Fi The French TV channels are: TF1 Figaro, Le Monde, Libération and
hotspots at Charles de Gaulle and France 2, both with a L’Humanité. The weeklies include
and Orly airports. Wi-Fi cards are lightweight mix; France 3, with the satirical Le Canard Enchaîné,
available from bookstores in the documentaries, debate and news magazines Le Nouvel
terminals or you can purchase a classic films; 5e (“La Cinquième”) Observateur, Marianne and
session ahead of time on the with discussion programmes; L’Express, as well as listings
Paris airports site (www.adp.fr). the Franco-German high- magazines (see pp332, 359).
culture ARTE, specializing in arts,
classical music and films; and DIRECTORY
Postal Services M6, airing mainly music, reality
The postal service in France TV shows and commercial series. Mobile Telephones
is fast and usually reliable. Cable and satellite channels Bouygues Télécom
Postage stamps (timbres) include CNN, Sky, a variety of Tel 1034.
can be bought at post offices BBC channels and the English- ∑ bouyguestelecom.fr
and are sold individually or and French-language news
in carnets of ten. They channel France 24. Free
can be bought either BBC Radio 4 can be Tel 3244. ∑ mobile.free.fr
at a post office counter picked up during the Orange
or vending machine. day, while BBC World Tel 09 69 36 39 00. ∑ orange.
Post offices also have Service broadcasts at fr or orange-wifi.com
self-service machines night. Radio France La Poste Mobile
on which you can Inter national (738 AM), Tel 08 05 30 50 09.
weigh letters and along with live ∑ lapostemobile.fr
parcels, both domestic Parisian letter broadcasting in French
and international, which box and English, gives daily SFR
will then dispense the news in English on their Tel 1026. ∑ sfr.fr
appropriate stamps. There are website (www.rfi.fr). Internet Access
eight different price zones for
international mail. Alternatively, Newspapers and Luxembourg Micro
you can buy stamps online 81 Blvd St-Michel, 75005.
and print them at home, or Magazines Map 16 F1. Tel 01 46 33 27 98.
they can be bought at tabacs. British and other European Milk
Post offices also sell phonecards, newspapers can be bought 5 Rue d’Odessa, 75014.
and will cash or send inter- on the day of publication Map 15 C2. Tel 01 43 20 10 37.
national money orders. They at newsagents (maisons de 31 Blvd Sebastopol, 75001.
usually open 8am–7pm Mon– la presse) or newsstands Map 13 B2. Tel 01 42 33 68 17.
Fri and 9am–1pm Sat. Be (kiosques) throughout the city. ∑ milklub.com
prepared for long queues These include European or
during peak times (early international editions, such Postal Services
morning, lunch time and as Financial Times Europe, the La Poste
early evening). Guardian International, The ∑ laposte.fr
For poste restante (mail Weekly Telegraph, USA Today,
holding), the sender should The Economist and The Paris Palais Royale
write the recipient’s name in International New York TImes. 8 Rue Moliere, 75001.
block letters, then “Poste The main French national Map 12 E1. Tel 3631.
Restante”, followed by the dailies are – from right to left Paris Forum des Halles
address of a post office 1 Rue Pierre Lescot, Forum des
convenient for the recipient. Halles, 75001. Map 13 A2. Tel 3631.
Further information on all Paris St-Lazare
mail services is provided on 7 Rue de la Pépinière 75008.
the La Poste website. Map 5 C4. Tel 3631.
Couriers
Postcodes
The first three digits of Paris Chronopost
postcodes (750 or 751) indicate Tel 08 25 80 18 01.
Paris; the last two numbers ∑ chronopost.fr
indicate the arrondissement DHL
(district) number. Paris’s Tel 08 25 10 00 80 or
arrondis sements are numbered 01 80 14 63 32. ∑ dhl.fr
from 1 to 20 (see p382). FedEx
The postcode of the first A kiosque selling newspapers Tel 08 20 12 38 00. ∑ fedex.com
arrondis sement is 75001. and magazines

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