Communications
Most post offices ( posta ) are open Mon-Fri 7am-6pm (larger ones until 8pm), Sat 7am-noon. Look for the right sign to avoid queueing unnecessarily: znamky (stamps), dopisy (letters) or obalky (parcels). You can also buy stamps from tobacconists and kiosks, though often only for domestic mail. Poste restante services are available in major towns, but remember to write Posta 1 (the main office), followed by the name of the town. The majority of public phones only take phone cards ( telefonni karty ), costing 175kc and 320kc and available from post offices, tobacconists and some shops. You can make local calls (costing 4kc a minute) or international calls from all card phones, all of which have instructions in English. International calls are charged at a rate of about 10kc a minute to the UK, and 17kc a minute to the US, Canada and Australia. Off-peak calls are cheaper (between 7pm and 7am, dial 052 instead of 00 for significantly cheaper international calls). Internet cafes are booming in Prague, where you'll pay 60-100kc/hr, but access gets harder outside the capital and major cities.
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