Uppsala Universitet – International student guide 2012/2013

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56 GettInG around as ICA Supermarket at Flogsta or petrol stations with long opening hours. Official postal boxes for sending postage-paid letters are yellow and are found on street corners. A postal guide in English can be obtained from any postal service agent. Stamps can be bought at Pressbyrån stores and other stores responsible for package handling. They can also advise you of postage for letters weighing more than 100 grams. Supermarkets Supermarkets are open all week and usually open from 8 in the morning until 10 in the evening approximately. There are of course exceptions to this. Larger stores are open longer, and stores that are near student areas usually are open even later than that. ICA Supermarket food store in Flogsta, for example, is open 8:00–23:30 every day. bookstores there are many online bookstores where you can buy course litterature. one of the physical bookstores in uppsala that primarily sells course litterature is Studentbokhandeln. We list some more of them here, with their adresses. Studentbokhandeln, Sysslomansgatan 7 Akademibokhandeln Lundequistska (LundeQ), the Forum Galleria Celsiusbokhandeln, Svartbäcksgatan 6 The Uppsala English Bookshop, Svartbäcksgatan 19 publiC notaries in uppsala La Fleur, Lars, Kungsängsgatan 17. 018-16 18 50 Wijk, Olof. Östra Ågatan 37. 018-15 76 80 travel agents Resia, Bangårdsgatan 5 Phone: 018-12 04 30 STA Travel, S:t olofsgatan 11, (student travel) Phone: 018-14 01 15 Ticket, Östra Ågatan 33 Phone: 018-12 54 10 Kilroys travels, Bredgränd 3 Phone: 0771-54 57 69 Laundry There are laundry rooms in some of the buildings in every student area. Check with your corridor mates on how to use the facilities. The use of the laundry rooms is usually free of charge. Please consult your rental contract and its enclosures. Restaurants Each campus area and the nations have restaurants and/or cafeterias that serve lunch at reasonable prices.
publiC holiDays You can be sure that stores and other public services will have limited opening hours on the following public holidays: Jan 1st, new Year’s day (nyårsdagen) Jan 6th epiphany (trettondagen) Good Friday (långfredagen) Easter Monday (annandag påsk) May 1st (första maj) Ascension Day (the 39th day after easter Sunday) (Kristi himmelfärdsdag) Whitsunday (pingstdagen) June 6th, Sweden’s national day (Nationaldagen), in memory of King Gustav Vasa’s accession to the throne in 1523 and the signing of the Government act in 1809. Midsummer’s Day (celebrated on the Saturday between the dates 20–26th June) (midsommardagen) All Saints’ Day (celebrated on the Saturday between oct 31th and nov 6th) (allhelgonadagen) Dec 25th Christmas day (juldagen) Dec 26th Boxing day (annandag jul) Most State employees are also free on weekends, on Midsummer’s eve, Christmas eve and new Year’s eve. all Sundays and holidays are marked in red on a Swedish calendar. tourist oFFiCe anD travel agenCies Uppsala Tourism, Fyristorg 8 Phone: 018-727 48 00 e-mail: info@uppsalatourism.se Web: www.destinationuppsala.se/en GettInG around 57 Photo: tommy Westberg
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