Ambulance (SAMU) tel
15.
Bikes Bicycles can
be rented from 4 rue du Maire
Kuss, Parking Ste-Aurélie,
place du Château and Impasse
de la Grande Écluse (near the
Ponts Couverts) for 30F/?4.57
a day.
Boat trips
Strasbourg Fluvial (tel
03.88.84.13.13, www.strasbourg.port.fr
) runs cruises on the River
Ill year round. Cruises depart
from the landing stage in
front of the Palais Rohan
(daily: April-Oct every 30min
9.30am-9pm; Nov-March four
departures 10.30am-4pm), and
the itinerary includes
Petite-France, the Vauban dam
and the Palais de l'Europe.
Evening cruises depart at
9.30pm and 10pm May to
September only. The trip costs
41F/?6.25 (43F/?6.56 for
evening cruises) and lasts 1hr
15min.
Books Librarie
International Kléber, 1 rue
des Francs-Bourgeois, sells
new books, French and English;
La Librocase, 2 quai des Pêcheurs,
sells second-hand books; Quai
des Brumes, 35 quai des
Bateliers, although small,
also has a very good range;
Bookworm, 4 rue de Pâques, is
a small English bookshop with
new and used books, audio
books, children's books and
greetings cards.
Buses Eurolines has
an office at 5 rue des Frères
(tel 03.88.22.73.74). Some
out-of-town buses leave from
place des Halles.
Car rental Europcar,
at the airport (tel
03.88.68.95.55) and 15 place
de la Gare (tel
03.88.15.55.66); Avis, Galérie
Marchande, place de la Gare (tel
03.88.32.30.44); Hertz, at the
airport (tel 03.88.68.93.11)
and 6 bd de Metz by the gare
SNCF (tel 03.88.32.57.62).
Cinemas Le Club, 32
rue du Vieux-Marché-aux-Vins
(tel 03.36.68.20.22) and Le
Star, 27 rue du
Jeu-des-Enfants, the parallel
street (tel 03.88.32.44.97).
L'Odyssée, 3 rue des
Francs-Bourgeois (tel
03.88.75.10.47), shows a
combination of classic and
contemporary films.
Internet Access
available at Midi minuit
, 5 place du Corbeau (Mon-Wed
7am-7pm, Thurs-Sat 7am-10pm,
Sun 8am-7pm; access for a
minimum of 30min; 1F/?0.15 per
minute).
Markets The city's
biggest fruit and vegetable
market takes place every Tues
and Sat morning on bd de la
Marne; the Marché aux Puces
(Wed & Sat) is on rue du
Vieil-Hôpital (near the
cathedral).
Post office , 4 av
de la Liberté (tel
03.88.52.35.18).
Rape crisis SOS Viol
(tel 08.00.05.95.95); SOS
Femmes Solidarité (tel
03.88.24.06.06).
Taxis Station
Centrale (tel 03.88.36.13.13);
Novotaxi (tel 03.88.75.19.19).
