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Austria
Dialling Code
+43
Currency
¤
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Belgium
Dialling Code
+32
Currency
¤
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Czech Republic
Dialling Code
+420
Currency
CZK
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Germany
Dialling Code
+49
Currency
¤
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Hungary
Dialling code
+36
Currency
HUF
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Poland
Dialling Code
+48
Currency
PLN
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Slovenia
Dialling Code
+386
Currency
¤
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Switzerland
Dialling Code
+41
Currency
CHF
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All
Time Zone
GMT+1
Brussels
Belgium
Fly From
Berlin, Geneva, Liverpool, Lyon,
Milan (MXP), Nice, Toulouse
From the Airport
Taxi
A local taxi costs €45.
Train
Trains depart every 15 minutes. Tickets:
€5 single; €10 return.
Eat
Friture René
(14 Place de la Résistance,
tel: 02523 28 76) Set in the heart of working
class Anderlecht yet 10minutes from the
Gare du Midi by tramor metro, this traditional
restaurant offers old-fashioned Brussels cuisine
cooked to a very high standard.Try the steak
tartare – raw beef finelyminced with seasonings
– or
boulettes
–meat balls covered in a rich
tomato sauce. Chips, of course, are included.
Nick Haslam
Budapest
Hungary
Fly From
Berlin, Dortmund, Geneva, London
(LGW, LTN), Paris (CDG)
From the Airport
Taxi
A local taxi costs
HUF5,100–HUF5,400;
Train
Trains leave
Terminal 1 forWestern station.Tickets: HUF455.
Drink
A38
(Buda side of Petofi Bridge, IX,
tel: 464 3940) This reincarnation of a
Ukrainian stone-carrier ship is one of the
best venues for live music in the city. It also
has a restaurant and several bars, indoor
and out.
Carolyn Bánfalvi
Cologne
Germany
Fly From
London (LGW)
From the Airport
Taxi
The fare to Cologne
is around €27 and €40 to Bonn;
Train
S-bahn trains leave for Cologne every 20
minutes. Tickets: €2.60;
Bus
For Bonn, the
bus leaves every 30 minutes to one hour.
Tickets: €7.10.
Shop
Zeit der Rosen
Budget-conscious
fashion fans and lovers of all things vintage
flock to Zeit der Rosen (48 Merowinger
Strasse, tel 0221 453 8060, zeit-der-rosen.
de) for well-chosen second-hand clothes,
accessories, art and kitsch at fair prices.
Neville Walker
Dortmund
Germany
Fly From
Barcelona, Budapest, London
(LTN), Majorca, Thessaloniki, Zagreb
From the Airport
Taxi
A local taxi costs
€22;
Bus
The AirportExpress leaves every
hour. Tickets: €6.
Shop
Snap up some famous traditional and
modern porcelain designs at the
Rosenthal
Studio Shop
(21 Kleppingstrasse, rosenthal.
de).
Jeroen van Marle
Dresden
Germany
Fly From
Basel-Mulhouse
From the Airport
Taxi
A local taxi costs €20;
Train
Catch the S-Bahn to Dresden, which runs
every 30 minutes. Tickets: €2 single.
Shop
Anno Domini
(27 Klotzscher
Hauptstrasse, tel: 0351 8804570) Be
prepared to eat with nothing but a spoon,
a knife and your fingers in the medieval
restaurant. Fittingly, simple fare is served
in character at long tables and, on
weekends, you can enjoy the live music and
entertainment (in German).
Toby Crowley
Düsseldorf
Germany
Fly From
Basel-Mulhouse, London
(LGW), Rome
From the Airport
Taxi
A local taxi costs €20;
Train
Trains to Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof leave
every 10–15 minutes. Tickets: €2.40.
Drink
Kasematten
(Untere Rheinwerft,
tel: 0171 817 3615) On a fine summer’s night,
it’s hard to resist the allure of an alfresco
Altbier at the Kasematten, a vast beer terrace
stretched out along the riverfront with a fine
view of the huge barges chugging slowly up or
down the Rhine.
NevilleWalker
Hamburg
Germany
Fly From
Basel-Mulhouse, Manchester,
London (LGW, LTN)
From the Airport
Taxi
The journey to the
city centre takes 20 minutes and costs €22;
Train
S1 S-Bahn trains run from 4.29am until
midnight; and from 7.30am at the weekend.
Shop
Tenminutes north of the city-centre,
Eppendorfer Baum
is home to countless bijoux
boutiques selling everything frombohemian
kaftans and clutches to jewellery, stationery
and bespoke scents.There are also top-notch
takeaway eateries, kitschy furniture shops,
a children’s store and, if you continue on to
Weidenstieg and Eppendoferweg, artisans like
goldsmiths and hat-makers.
Farhad Heydari
Krakow
Poland
Fly From
Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Liverpool,
London (LGW), Paris (CDG)
From the Airport
Taxi
A local taxi costs
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