Telephoning
Swedish phone numbers consist of 5 to 8 digits excluding area codes. Area codes vary from 2 to 4 digits and start with 0 if calling from within
Sweden. Calling from abroad you exclude the 0 and add the country number 46. Calling from Sweden you dial double 00 before the country’s number.
Local calls cost SEK 2-3 from public pay phones and hotel rooms. Sweden has introduced a new rate scheme whereby both local and long distance calls are priced at the same rate. The rate varies by the time of day and weekday. The cost per minute between 8 am to 6 pm is 23 öre. After 6 pm till 8 am and all weekends and public holidays the rate is reduced by 50% to 11,5 öre per minute. Every call is subject to a connection fee of 45 öre. Normal rate for calls to North America is SEK 1.95 (USD 0.22) per minute (2000). Rates are higher from hotels.
Europeans/Asians: Your GSM mobile telephone will normally automatically work as if you were back home. You will be able to receive as well as make calls.
The telephone company sells telephone cards (TeleKort) at newsstands, post offices, major train stations etc. Some public phones also accept major credit cards.
Internet cafes
PUB internet cafe
You can surf for SEK 30 per 30 min, and thereafter SEK 10 per 10 min. You can have a cup of coffee as well.
Address: Hötorget
Nine
Address: Odengatan 44
Tel: +46-8 - 612 99 19
Open:
Mon – Fri 10:00 am – 1:00 am, Sat & Sun 11:00 am – 1:00 am all year round.
Kulturhuset
Address: Sergels Torg
Tel: +46-8-508 31 508
More information: http://www.kulturhuset.stockholm.se
Cafe Tilt
Address: Grev Turegatan 8
Tel: +46-8 - 678 04 24
Open:
Mon – Fri 10:00 am – 11:00 pm, Sat & Sun 1:00 pm - midnight.
Cafe Liber/Ferdosi
Address: Drottninggatan 87
Tel: +46-8 - 31 20 80
Open:
Mon – Fri 8:00 am – 7:00 pm, Sat 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sun 12 noon – 4:00 pm
Mail
Postcards and letters up to 20 grams can be mailed for SEK 6 to destinations within Europe, SEK 7.50 to the United States and the rest of the world.
It is also possible to receive mail while you are in Stockholm. If you're uncertain where you will be staying, have your mail addressed to "poste restante" and sent to S-101 10 Stockholm. Collection is at the Central Post Office, Vasagatan 28-32, tel: +46-8-781 20 40.
