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USEFUL ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERSLOST AND FOUNDFirst try the lost property offices at the two main railroad stations or the airport if you arrived there; or the police stations of the district where you think you lost the article (see Polizei in the Vienna Telephone Directory).If lost on a streetcar or other city transportation: Wiener Verkehrsbetriebe, 1060 Vienna, Erdbergstrasse 202, 1030 Vienna, Tel. 7909 435 00 If you have lost your EURAIL pass, visit the following Railway stations: Vienna West, Tel. 5800 310 60 Salzburg, Tel (0662) 8887 5428, or Innsbruck, Tel. (0512) 503 5000 Have You Lost or Found Something? - A service of the City of Vienna. This document gives information on what to do when you lost something, including a list of lost property offices of the City of Vienna. MEDICAL EMERGENCIESTelephone police on 133 who will send you an ambulanceAmbulance direct: Tel.: 144 or: Rotes Kreuz(Red Cross) Tel: 58 900-0 If the Fire Department is needed, telephone 122 Medical ServicesAUTOMOBILE SERVICESAutomobile services, driver's license translations, maps, accessories, information, routes, road conditions, etc.ÖAMTC (Austrian Automobile Club) Schubertring 3, 1010 Vienna Tel: 711 99-0 ARBÖ Mariahilfer straße 180, 1150 Vienna Tel.: 891 21-7 Fax: 891 21-236 E-mail id@arboe.at IF YOU LOSE YOUR MONEYSee banks listed below. Telephone offices are located at main post offices throughout the city, such as the one behind the Stock Exchange (Börse) and the one at Krugerstrasse 13 near the Opera House. The Central Post Office, Barbaragasse 2, 1010 Vienna, is open day and night. You may place a collect call to any ten-digit number in the United States (this includes the three digit area code). You should advise your friend or relative to send the money via Western Union to Vienna, Austria. The funds arrive in minutes from anywhere in the U.S. Recipients pick up their money at the money exchange offices of Österreichische Verkehrskreditbank (ÖVKB) at the train stations in Vienna and Salzburg.Vienna West Tel. 894 98 82 (Monday - Sunday 7 a.m.-10 p.m.) Vienna South Tel. 504 19 77 (hours same as above) Salzburg Tel. 0662-871377 0 (Monday - Sunday 7.30 a.m.-9 p.m.) Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, (RZB) Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna, Tel: 717 07 0 (This bank has branch offices all over Austria and was appointed together with ÖVKB as the Austrian agents in Western Union's worldwide netword that provides the Money Transfer Service). As of October 2, 2000, the Austrian Post is a partner of Western Union and funds can be transferred as well as retrieved from any post office in Austria. Note that certain U.S. states now forbid "senders" from transferring money via telephone or on-line, and a number of countries do not permit the use of "test questions" (including confirmation codes) to allow recipients to receive funds without ID. This change will require more Amcits without ID to use the OCS Trust system. More information at: http://travel.state.gov/travel/finance_assist.html Personal checks are not normally accepted by firms in Vienna or by the Embassy. Banks will not cash personal checks, but will take them for collection with considerable delay (2-3 weeks). BANKSAMERICAN EXPRESSKärntnerstrasse 21-23, 1010 Vienna, Tel: 515 67-0 Mozartplatz 5, 5010 Salzburg, Tel. (0662) 8080 Bürgerstrasse 14, 4021 Linz, Tel. (0732) 669 013 BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT AG Am Hof 2, 1010 Vienna Vordere Zollamtsstraße 13, 1030 Vienna, Tel. 50505-0 DIE ERSTE BANK Graben 21, 1010 Vienna, Tel. 531 00 0 RAIFFEISEN ZENTRALBANK.ÖSTERREICH AG Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna, Tel. 717 07 GE MONEY BANK GMBH Donau-City Strasse 6, 1220 Vienna, Tel. 08000/80 50 20 e-mail: embassy@usembassy.at |
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