Culture Shock! Austria - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

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AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT

„ The Austrian Press and Information Service

3524 International Ct. NW

Washington, D.C. 20008 (USA)

Tel: (1-202) 895-670

Fax: (1-202) 895-6750

Website: http://www.austria.org or

http://www.austrianinformation.org

„ Federal Chancellery of Austria

Website: http://www.austria.gv.at

„ HELP

Website: http://www.help.gv.at

Mostly in German but it tells you everything you need to

know to help you glide through the bureaucracy.

„ Austrian Foreign Ministry

Website: http://www.bmaa.gv.at

HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Vienna

„ Allgemeines Krankenhaus (AKH)

Währinger Gürtel 18-20

A-1090 Vienna

Tel: (01) 404-000

„ Doctors-on-call Service (Ärztefunkdienst)

Tel: (01) 1771 (Mon–Fri, 7:00 am–7:00 pm)

Tel: (01) 141 (Mon–Fri, 7:00 pm–7:00 am, Sat, Sun

and holidays)

You may use the service line 1771 to find a doctor in

your vicinity.

„ On Duty Pharmacy Service (Apothekenbereitschafsdienst)

Tel: (01) 1550 (If you need to locate a pharmacy after

hours)

„ Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Ost (SMZ)

Langobardenstrasse 122

A-1220 Vienna

Tel: (01) 288-020