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Important Phone Numbers and Addresses

Police 02 Fire 01 Ambulance 03


Postal Service

Main Post Office 3 Sadovaya Street Odessa , Ukraine 65000

Letters (up to 20 grams) Europe - 3.7 hr Overseas - 3.7 hr

Postcards Europe - 3.7 hr Overseas - 3.7 hr

Packages (up to 1 kg.) Europe - 25 hr Overseas - 25 hr

Packages (up to 4 kg.) Europe - 44 hr Overseas - 44 hr


Ukraine Currency

The national money is the hryvnia (pronounced griv-nia) sometimes referred to as rubles

Coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 kopeiks

Banknotes: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 (there are none larger)


24 Hour Taxi Service

dial 0 88 or 0 70 or 60 46 34 (only Russian / Ukrainian speaking operators)


Public Transportation

From the center, Grecheskaya Square is the main transport hub basically located behind the McDonald's on Deribasovskaya. There are trolley buses which cost 50 kopecks and the main bus of interest is the number 5 that goes to the main beach Arkadia (last stop). There are also microbuses (called marsh-rutas by the locals) that cost 1 hryvnia to go to various city destinations. Taxis are the way to travel in Odessa though as they are very inexpensive just negotiate the price beforehand as there are no meters in the taxis themselves.

Overnight trains in Ukraine are a good value for a berth in either a 4 person compartment (couchette) or a 2 person compartment (luxe). This is the best method of travel for long distances i.e. Lviv, Kiev, Simferopol, Chernivtsvi, Kharkiv, Simferopol (connection to Yalta)

If travelling to a city within reasonable proximity to Odessa it is recommended you take a microbus or normal autobus as the trains take a long time due to their circuitous routes. The main bus station (avtobus centralny) is a few kilometers west of the center not to be confused with the station between Privoz Market and the Train Station. At the main station buses are available to Nikolaev, Kherson, Izmail, Belgorod - Dniestrovsky, Kishinev.........


Medical Emergency

dial 23 63 87 or 23 24 48


24 Hour Pharmacy

21 Sadovaya Street tel. 22 24 08


Ukraine Local Holidays

January 1 New Year's Day

January 7 Orthodox Christmas

March 8 Women's Day

May 1 & 2 May Labor Days

June 28 Constitution Day

August 24 Independence Day


Foreign Consulates

Bulgarian Consulate 9 Posmitogo Street (near Arkadia) tel. 66 60 92

Greek Consulate 42 Rishelevskaya (near center) tel. 21 05 70

Georgian Consulate 21 Lanzheronovskaya (in center) tel. 22 14 67

Romanian Consulate 21 Pastera (near center) tel. 22 09 28

Russian Consulate 83 Kanatna (near rail station) tel. 25 29 15


Foreign Organizations

British Council 2 Petra Velikogo (Odessa University) tel. 49 68 33

French Institute 5 Ekaterinska Square tel. 22 92 70