Hours of Operation for public places
Telephone and International Calling (including faxes)
Public Toilets
Measurements: Lengths, Weights, Clothing, Temperature
Water (different page)
Electricity (different page)
Climate (different page)

Museums have different varied hours of operation, refer to the museum section for specific museums.

Government offices tend to be closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Post offices are closed on Sundays.

Many stores and offices are open from 9 - 10 am to 4 - 5 pm and close for lunch for one hour around 2 pm. Posted work hours are often misleading because employees often will want to close 15 minutes early.

Fax and Telegraphs
Faxes and telegraphs can be done at the Central post office Sadovaya 10 (Садовая). Telephone: 26-27-89
Also many of the hotels in Odessa offer this service.

Public Telephones:
Public telephones and most telephones are administered by the state monopoly Ukertelekom. Ukertelekom has been fighting and successfully resisting Ukrainian legislation to break up its monopoly for several years. This is unfortunate because Ukertelekom's service is horrendous. This can easily be seen by the public telephones. The public telephones are in horrible disrepair and often broken more than they work.

Ukrainian's telephone system is pulse dialing instead of touch-tone. If it is difficult to dial a number, it sometimes helps to wait until the entire number's "pulse" is complete before entering the next number.

A busy signal is the same sound as an incorrectly dialed number.

There are two types of phones:

• the dark gray battered older phones for only local calls within Odessa and

• the newer blue phones (sometimes black)for local and in-country calls.

• On rare occasions you will find special coin operated telephones, such as near the train station, at the airport, Arcadia beach, and at two locations on Grecheskaya Ploshat (Square) (Греческая Площадь), but the have mostly been replaced by card telephones. To use these phones, dial the number, and only when you hear the phone click, insert a 25 kopeck piece.

• 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. IMPORTANT: UTEL phone cards cannot be used on normal, Ukertelekom phones and Ukertelekom phonecards cannot be used on UTEL phones. (For more on UTEL phones, see below)

Public Telephone Phone Cards (Телефонна карта):
Ukertelekom ( Укертелеком ) Public Telephone phone cards can be purchased at many kiosks throughout Odessa.

• The 90 minute card is usually around 7 Hr.
• The 120 minute card is around 8 Hr.
• The 180 minute card is around 11 Hr
• The rarer 240 minute card is around 16 Hr

24 hour operator assistance:

Calling mobile telephone and different cities within Ukraine or CIS countries:
Remember: only blue public telephones will allow you to call long distance.

Dial 8
Wait for the dial tone
Dial the number.

All area codes in Ukraine start with a zero, most, but not all mobile telephones also start with a zero. (Some mobile phones have local telephone numbers, not long distant numbers, which charges the mobile owner the a higher amount for every call)

For example:
To make a call to Moscow, it is necessary to dial:

8-095-XXX-XX-XX, where

095 city code for Moscow
XXX-XX-XX local number

International phone calls:
There are several options available to call internationally.

To dial internationally from a normal home, hotel, or office phone:
Dial 8
Wait for the dial tone
Then 10
Then the country code (See list of country codes)
Then the area code
Then the local number

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 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 other than direct dialing for calling internationally

Number one: Via the internet:
Two 24-hour Internet cafes, Internet Planet and Mouse Club (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.

Number two: Special long distance telephone 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
Deribasovskaya 25 (Дерибасовская) [1st floor, 2 booths, next to elevator]
Ekaterininskaya 14 (Екатерининская)
Grecheskaya Ploshat (Square) 14 (Греческая Площадь) (Southwest side)
Kanatnaya 83 (Канатная) 22-61-68
Nezjinskaya 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.

Number three: 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.

Number four: UTEL phone booths
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)

Number Five: To the USA and Canada, AT&T collect
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.

Regions and cities in Ukraine: First dial 8 then: (internationally, do not dial the "1")
Cherkassy	472
Chernihiv	0462, 04622
Chernivsti	0372, 03722
Dnipropetrovsk	056, 0562
Donetsk	062, 0622
Ivano-Frankivsk	034, 0342, 03422
Harkiv	572
Herson	552
Hmelnytsky	0382, 03822
Kiovograd	522
Kyiv	44
Jztomyr (Zhtomyr)	0412, 04122
Luhansk	642
Lutsk	3322
Lviv	322
Mykolayiv	512
Odessa	0482, 0487
Poltava	0532, 05322
Rivne	0362, 03622
Sevastopol	692
Simferopol (Crimea)	0652, 06522
Sumy	542
Ternopil	0352, 03522
Ujzgorod	0312, 03122
Vinnytsya	432
Zaporijzznya	0612, 06122
Zhtomyr (Jztomyr)	0412, 04122

International Calls (8-10) International telephone assistance (079)
Country	Code
Australia	61
Austria	43
Belgium	32
Bulgaria	359
Canada	1
Croatia	385
Cyprus	357
Czechia	420
Denmark	45
Finland	358
France	33
Germany	49
Greece	30
Hungary	36
Ireland	353
Italy	39
Luxembourg	352
Malta	356
Netherlands	31
New Zealand	64
Norway	47
Poland	48
Portugal	351
Romania	40
Slovakia	421
Slovenia	386
Spain	34
Sweden	46
Switzerland	41
Turkey	90
United Kingdom	44
USA	1
Yugoslavia	381

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 hryvna. These toilets are always the squat/Turkish style. (PHOTO)

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.

MEASUREMENT CONVERSION CHARTS
Linear measurements:

1 millimeter	0.0394 inches
1 centimeter	0.394 inches
1 meter	3.281 feet
1 kilometer	0.62 miles
1 inch	2.54 centimeters
1 foot	30.48 centimeters
1 yard	0.914 meters
1 mile	1.6094 kilometers

When you know…	Multiply by…	To find…
inches	2.54	centimeters
feet	0.3048	meters
miles	1.61	kilometers
yards	0.91	meters
millimeters	0.04	inches
centimeters	0.39	inches
meters	3.28	feet
kilometers	0.62	miles
square inches	6.45	square centimeters
square feet	0.09	square meters
square yards	0.84	square meters
square miles	2.6	square kilometers
square centimeters	0.16	square inches
square meters	1.2	square yards
square kilometers	0.39	square miles

Solid weights

1 gram	0.03527 ounces
1 kilogram	2.2046 pounds
1 ounce	28.35 grams
1 pound	453.6 grams

When you know…	Multiply by…	To find…
ounces	28.35	grams
pounds	0.45	kilograms
grams	0.035	ounces
kilograms	2.21	pounds

Liquid measurements

1 teaspoon	5 milliliters
1 cup	0.24 liters
1 liter (dry)	0.908 quarts
1 liter (liquid)	1.0567 quarts
1 quart (dry)	1.101 liters
1 quart (liquid)	0.9463 liters
1 pint	0.6 liters
1 US gallon (liquid)	3.785 liters
1 imperial gallon (liquid)	4.546 liters

 

When you know…	Multiply by…	To find…
teaspoons	4.93	milliliters
tablespoons	14.79	milliliters
fluid ounces	29.57	milliliters
cups	0.24	liters
pints	0.47	liters
quarts	0.95	liters
gallons	3.79	liters
milliliters	0.2	teaspoons
	0.06	tablespoons
	0.03	fluid ounces
liters	1.06	quarts
	0.26	gallons
	4.23	cups
	2.12	pints

Women's Dresses and Blouses

US and Britain	10	12	14	16	18
Ukraine	40	42	44	46	48

Men's Suits

US and Britain	37-38	39-40	41-42	43-44	45-46
Ukraine	48	50	52	54	56

Women's Suits

US and Britain	30	32	34	36	38
Ukraine	40	42	44	46	48

Men's Shirts

US and Britain	14-14 1/2	15-15 1/2	16-16 1/2	17-17 1/2
Ukraine	37	38	39	40

Women's Shoes

US and Britain	4	5	6	7	8
Ukraine	34	35	36	37	38

Men's Shoes

US and Britain	6 1/2- 7	7 1/2- 8	8 1/2- 9	9 1/2- 10	10 1/2- 11
Ukraine	38	39	40	42	44

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

Celsius	Fahrenheit
100	212
40	104
38	100.4
36	96.2
32	89.6
28	82.4
24	75.2
20	68
16	60.8
12	53.6
10	50
8	46.4
4	39.2
0	32
-4	24.8
-8	17.6