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Postal Services Newspapers and
Magazines
Osterreichische Post, Austria’s
postal service, is as efficient as Quite a few newsagents and
you might expect. Postboxes kiosks in Vienna and other
are yellow, and those with a red major towns and cities stock
band are emptied on weekends English-language newspapers,
and public holidays, as well sometimes on the day of
as weekdays. Stamps publication – typically the
(Briefmarken) can be bought Guardian International, Financial
from post offices (which also Times, USA Today and the
have vending machines), as well International Herald Tribune.
as tobacconists (Tabak Trafiken). In addition, you’ll find weekly
Postal rates for postcards and news magazines such as
light envelopes are 55 cents Time and Newsweek. Online
within Austria, 65 cents within newspapers include Austria
Europe, and €1.40 for the rest Today, though its full content is A kiosk in Vienna selling a range of
of the world. To send a parcel, only available via subscription. international newspapers
registered letter or express Austria’s most well regarded
package, you need to fill in a broadsheet – and one of the for news and culture (97.7FM),
form, which is available at oldest still-published newspapers O3 for popular music (103.9FM)
the post office. You can in the world – is Wiener Zeitung, and FM4, which offers a more
collect correspondence while other reputable dailies alternative musical slant. Radio
marked Postlagernd include the right-of- Austria International (ROI)
(poste restante), centre Die Presse, presents Austria-related news in
but you will need and the left-leaning various languages. BBC World
proof of identity. Der Standard; the Service frequencies and listings
Most post offices tabloid brigade, can be found on their website
in Vienna and meanwhile, is led bbc.co.uk/worldservice.
larger towns and by Kronen Zeitung.
cities are open In Vienna, the DIRECTORY
Monday to Friday best read is Der
8am–6pm, while A typical signboard indicating Falter, which Mobile Phones
some (such as those a Post office also has weekly A1
at train stations stay listings. Well worth ∑ a1.net
open until 8 or 10pm. consulting is the excellent
Post offices in smaller resorts Vienna In Your Pocket, a fun BOB
are likely to close between online magazine with ∑ bob.at
noon and 2pm, or may even comprehensive, irreverent, Tel.Ring
only be open in the mornings. and up-to-date information ∑ telering.at
Larger branches are also open and listings on the city. T-Mobile
on Saturdays between ∑ t-mobile.at
8am–10pm.
Television and Radio
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
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 ∑ tnt.at
Yellow post- or mailbox used for sending letters radio stations are O1

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