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TV and Radio
Wi-Fi connection. The few There is no first- or second-class
internet cafés that remain offer mail in the Czech Republic, but Czech television dubs everything,
reasonable rates, around Kč1–2 the majority of letters usually so local TV is not much use to
per minute. Just because the arrive at their destination within non-Czech speakers. However,
word “café” is part of the name, a few days. If you want to send most hotels have freeview news
do not assume they will serve something valuable through the channels, and the larger chains
coffee – or that the coffee will post, use the registered mail have packages that include
be drinkable if they do. As for service, which is reliable. film channels.
those establishments offering Postcards and letters can be You can listen to the BBC
free wireless access, connec- posted in the many orange post World Service on 101.1FM; it
tions are usually pretty fast. boxes scattered around Prague. is also possible to listen to the
If there’s a password, the staff Both take around five working BBC online, by logging on to
will tell you what it is. days to arrive in the UK and www.bbc.co.uk. One of the
about a week to get to the US. most popular local stations is
Stamps can be bought from Radio 1 (91.9MHz), which has
post offices, newsagents or an English-language show, High
tabáks – they will also be able Fidelity (8–11pm Fri). Another
to tell you what stamps you weekly English- language show,
need. All parcels and registered The Friday Ripple (5–7pm Fri), is
letters need to be handed in at on Radio Wave (www.wave.cz).
a post office, rather than placed
in post boxes.
For emergency parcels and
Post office sign packages that need to arrive
quickly, you can use an inter-
Postal Services national courier service, such
There are a number of post as DHL or FedEx, rather than
offices in Prague (see Street the post office.
Finder Maps on pp244–55). The Post restante letters are
best and largest one is the Main delivered to the Main Post
Post Office in Jindřišská, just off Office in Jindřišská Street.
Wenceslas Square. It has a huge Go to window 1 or 2 (open
variety of services, including a 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday Copy of The Prague Post
large phone room where you and 7am to noon Saturday)
can make international calls. with your passport or other DIRECTORY
This service operates from 7am official identification.
to 11pm. The Main Post Office Internet Cafés and
offers easy-access information Newspapers Call Shops
in English, and swift and Internet Café InterLogic
efficient service. Take a ticket Prague has several newspapers Budějovická 1123/13,
when you enter the building, but none in English. For news in Praha 4.
then wait until the electronic English, go to www.ctk.eu for Tel 241 734 617.
display indicates which booth translated articles. Other online
you should go to. If you want to resources on Prague are www. Relax Café Bar
Dlážděná 4.
buy some of the Czech Republic’s expats.cz, www.prague.tv and Map 4 E4.
attractive stamps, go to window www.praguemonitor.com. Tel 224 211 521.
29 (no ticket required). Most of the newsstands ∑ relaxcafebar.cz
The Main Post Office on located around Wenceslas
Jindřišská is open from 2am Square and other popular Postal Services
to midnight. Most other post tourist spots sell the main
offices offer more regular quality European newspapers DHL
business hours, from 8am such as The Times, The Guardian, Václavské náměstí 47.
to 6pm or 7pm Monday to El País and Die Zeit, as well as US Map 4 D5.
Friday, and from 8am until papers such as the International Tel 840 103 000/220 300 111.
∑ dhl.cz
noon on Saturday. Herald Tribune.
FedEx
Tel 800 133 339.
∑ fedex.com/cz
Main Post Office
Jindřišská 14.
Map 4 D5.
Tel 221 131 445/604 221 504.
∑ ceskaposta.cz
Tobacconist’s, where you can also buy stamps and phonecards

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