Ambulance (SAMU) tel 15.Bike rental Bicycles can be rented from 4 rue du Maire Kuss, Parking Ste-Aurélie, place du Château and Impasse de la Grande Écluse (near the Ponts Couverts) for €5 a day. Boat tripsStrasbourg Fluvial (tel 03.88.84.13.13, www.strasbourg.port.fr) runs cruises on the Ill year round. Cruises depart from the landing stage in front of the Palais Rohan (daily: April–Oct every 30min 9.30am–9pm; Nov–March four departures 10.30am–4pm). The itinerary includes Petite-France, the Vauban dam and the Palais de l'Europe. Evening cruises depart at 9.30pm and 10pm May to September only. The trip costs €6.40, half price for students and children (€6.80 for evening cruises) and lasts 1hr 10min. Books FNAC, 22 place Kléber, for huge selection of books, records and concert tickets; Librairie Internationale Kléber, 1 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, sells new books, some in English; La Librocase, 2 quai des Pêcheurs, sells secondhand books; Quai des Brumes, 35 quai des Bateliers, has a very good range; Bookworm, 4 rue de Pâques, is a small English bookshop with new and used books and greetings cards. Buses Eurolines has an office at 5 rue des Frères tel 03.88.22.73.74. Some out-of-town buses leave from place des Halles. Car rental Europcar, airport tel 03.88.68.95.55; 15 place de la Gare tel 03.88.15.55.66; Avis, Galérie Marchande, place de la Gare tel 03.88.32.30.44; Hertz, airport tel 03.88.68.93.11; 6 bd de Metz by the gare SNCF tel 03.88.32.57.62. Cinemas Le Star, 27 rue du Jeu-des-Enfants (tel 03.88.22.73.20) and Le Star St Exupéry, 18 rue du 22 novembre (tel 03.88.22.28.79); L'Odyssée, 3 rue des Francs-Bourgeois (tel 03.88.75.10.47), a sumptuous restored cinema with red velvet seats, shows a combination of classic and contemporary films, many in v.o. Internet Midi minuit, 5 place du Corbeau (Mon–Wed 7am–7pm, Thurs–Sat 7am–10pm, Sun 8am–7pm; access for a minimum of 30min; €0.15 per minute). Markets The city's biggest fruit and vegetable market takes place every Tues and Sat morning on bd de la Marne; mostly organic local produce, including foie gras and honey, is sold on the small square next to the forecourt of the Palais des Rohan every Sat morning; the Marché aux Puces (Wed & Sat) is on rue du Vieil-Hôpital (near the cathedral). Post office 5 av de la Marseillaise and place de la Cathédrale. Taxis Taxis 13 tel 03.88.36.13.13; Novotaxi tel 03.88.75.19.19.
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