Airlines
British Airways (tel
01803/34 03 40);
Lufthansa,
Lenbachplatz 1 (tel 0
89/55 25 50 21).
Airport
information tel 0
89/97 52 13 13.
American Express
Promenadeplatz 6
(Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm,
Sat 9.30am-12.30pm;
tel 0 89/22 80 14 65).
Bike rental
The most convenient
place is Radius
Touristik, located
opposite platform 31
in the Hauptbahnhof.
You can also rent
bikes at many of the
outlying S-Bahn
stations, such as
Aying, Dachau,
Freising, Herrsching,
Holzkirchen, Starnberg
and Tutzing.
Bookstores
Anglia English
Bookshop, Schellingstr.
3, and Words'worth,
Schellingstr. 21, have
a good selection of
paperbacks and
English-language
newspapers. Geobuch,
Rosental 6, has the
best selection of maps
and guides, and
there's a women's
bookstore, Lillemors,
at Barer Str. 30.
Car rental
Avis, Nymphenburger
Str. 61 (tel 0 89/6 00
00); Hertz,
Nymphenburger Str. 81
(tel 0 89/1 29 50 01);
there are also many
competing offices in
both the Hauptbahnhof
and airport.
Consulates
British, Bürkleinstr.
10 (tel 0 89/21 10
90); Canadian, Tal 29
(tel 0 89/2 19 95 70);
Dutch, Nymphenburger
Str. 1 (tel 0 89/5 45
96 70); Irish,
Mauerkircherstr. 1a (tel
0 89/98 57 23); US, Königinstr.
5 (tel 0 89/2 88 80).
Cultural
institutes
Amerikahaus,
Karolinenplatz 3 (tel
0 89/5 52 53 70);
British Council,
Rumfordstr. 7 (tel 0
89/2 90 08 60).
Cultural
societies The
following run social
functions advertised
in the local press:
Deutsch-Englische
Gesellschaft (tel 0
89/21 10 91 11);
Deutsch-Kanadische
Gesellschaft (tel 0
89/3 07 33 45 or 3 14
84 10); Munich
Scottish Association (tel
0 89/39 12 53).
Medical
emergencies tel 0
89/55 17 71.
Mitfahrzentralen
City-Netz, Adalbertstr.
10-12 (tel 0 89/1 94
44); McShare, Lämmerstr.
4 (tel 0 89/19 44 40).
Pharmacy At
the Internationale
Apotheke, Neuhauser
Str. 11, you can get
your prescription no
matter which country
it comes from.
Post office
The main post office
is at Residenzstr. 2
(Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat
8am-1pm); the longest
hours are kept by the
branch at Bahnhofplatz
1 (Mon-Fri 7am-8pm,
Sat 8am-4pm, Sun
9am-3pm).
Sports FC
Bayern München,
Germany's most
consistent football
club, winner of many
European trophies down
the years, plays at
the Olympiastadion in
the Olympiapark, which
is also the venue for
major athletics
meetings.
Taxis tel 0
89/1 94 10 or 2 16 10.
Travel agents
Studiosus Reisen,
Oberanger 6 (tel 0
89/2 35 05 20); Thomas
Cook, Petersplatz 10 (tel
0 89/2 35 09 20).
