General Information

For example:

To make a call to San Francisco, it is necessary to dial:

8-10-1-415-XXX-XX-XX, where

1 US country code

415 San Francisco City Code

XXX-XX-XX local number

Calling Ukraine from Abroad

Dial 011-380
Then the city code (the first 0 is deleted)
Then the local number

Calling Odessa

Odessa has two area codes, 0482 and 048(7).

Any 7 digit Odessa number that starts with a "7", dial only 048, then the local number which starts with "7".

Otherwise, dial 0482, then the number.

Options for international calls

Via the internet:

Two 24-hour Internet cafes, Internet Planet and Mouse Club [Internet_Cafes.htm (See Internet clubs)] offer a cheap way through a computer to call internationally. The connection is not ideal. Often you can not talk simultaneously. Calls to America cost about $0.60 every 5 minutes. Occasionally you must wait to use one of the two phones at Internet Planet (especially between 6-10 pm). The telephone attendant at Mouse Club often goes home at around 10 pm. The best time to call at both clubs is early morning (keep in mind the time difference, "Ukrainian time difference" box). In the early evening the two telephones at Internet Planet is usually incredibly busy, so you must wait.

Long distance phone centers

These businesses typically have several wooden telephone booths. Calls can be made within Ukraine or worldwide.

These businesses are located at:

Akademeka Koroleva. 72 (Академика Королева) (Across the street, South of McDonalds)

Balkovskaya 54 (Балковская) 22-67-49

Ekaterininskaya 14 (Екатерининская)

Grecheskaya Ploshat (Square) 14 (Греческая Площадь) (Southwest side)

Kanatnaya 83 (Канатная) 22-61-68

Nezhinskaya 44 (Нежинская)

Preobrazhenskaya 62 (Преображенская) [Open 8am - 7 pm lunch from 1pm - 2pm]

Rishelevskaya 26 (Ришельевская)

Sadovaya 10 (Садовая) Central post office 731-50-05

Train Station

You pay the cashier for the call, the cashier will then tell you which booth number to use. The phone will automatically disconnect when the set time runs out. If you do not use all of the money for the call, you can ask the cashier for a refund on the unused money.

Allo (Алло) telephone card

Price: around 27 Hr for $5 / 5 units

Many Kiosks and business that sell internet and telephone cards also sell an "Allo" telephone card.

Allo telephone cards can be used from any non-rotary telephone to call internationally.

UTEL phone booths

Utel phone

www.utel.com.ua

UTEL phones are located in a handful of restaurants and the port. These phones are used to call internationally or in other Ukrainian cities. Cards are sold at the counter. These phone cards cannot be used on normal, Ukertelekom phones.

• Passenger Terminal of the Odessa Sea Port Primorskaya 6 (Приморская) (Building at the base of Kimpinksi hotel)

• Galeria Vop-on-tsov Restaurant/Bar (Бар-Галерея Воронцов) Deribasovskaya 24 (Дерибасовская)

• Irish Pub, Deribasovskaya 13 (Дерибасовская)

• Greenwich cafe Bunina 21 (Бунина) (up the hill, west of the opera theater)

AT&T collect

(To the USA and Canada only)

To dial collect, dial 8-100-11 then area code and phone number.

Definitely only for emergencies, because one minute is $15, each additional minute is $4.

City and Country Codes

Odessa Phone books and yellow pages

• Phone books

Time difference

Public Toilets

See also toilets.

Toilet in Arcadia

Public toilets are very rare in Ukraine.

Ask for "toilet", which is the same word in Russian as in English.

Occasionally hard to find public toilets with the "M" for men and the "Ж" for women are available.

The cost for attended public toilets is usually less than one Hryvnia. These toilets are always the squat/Turkish style.

Unattended public toilets are usually unpleasant, foul smelling, squat type toilets.

Along Odessa beach public toilets are free but even more squalid.

Toilet paper is often never provided. When it is provided, it is often a rough, course type, or newspaper. It is wise to carry tissue paper with you.

Hotels and restaurants usually have better toilets (often without toilet paper), but employees with the prevalent soviet-service mentality will usually refuse to allow you to use the facilities unless you are a customer.

Internet (интернет) cafes are usually the best place to find a clean toilet with minimal hassle.

Odessa's five Mcdonald's restaurants have clean hassle-free toilets . They are always a welcome site for weary tourists.

Measurements

Linear measurements

Solid weights

Liquid/Weight measurements

Liquid measurements

Clothing

Dresses & Blouses

Men's Suits

Women's Suits

Men's Shirts

Women's Shoes

Men's Shoes

Temperatures

Thermometer at Pirogovskaya 2 hospital

(F - 32) x 0.56 = C
(C x 1.8) + 32 = F

Photos

Portable booth for cell phone cards for several companies, found across the city	Portable booth	Portable booth near 10th of April Square	Phone in front of Victoria Hotel.
Phone near the entrance of the cable cars

See also

• Major Holidays observed in Ukraine