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Help Placing Long Distance Calls:

How to Call Germany From the US

  1. Determine what time it is in Germany. Germany is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, which means it is 6 hours later in Germany than it is on the East Coast of the United States, and 9 hours later than it is on the West Coast
  2. Dial 011, the international access code.
  3. Dial 49, the German country code.
  4. Drop the 0 from the city code. Some city codes for major cities in Germany include 030 for Berlin, 069 for Frankfurt, 06221 for Heidelberg, 0711 for Stuttgart and 089 for Munich.
  5. Dial the remaining digits.
How to Call Romania From the US
  1. Determine what time it is in Romania. Romania is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, which means it is 7 hours later in Romania than it is on the East Coast of the United States, and 10 hours later than it is on the West Coast.
  2. Remember that most younger Romanians and almost everyone working in the tourist industry speaks some English. If you've stumbled on someone who doesn't, you might try French or German, which are also studied widely.
  3. Dial 011, the international access code.
  4. Dial 40, the Romanian country code.
  5. Drop the 0 from the beginning of the city code. The city code for Bucharest, Romania's capital, is 01.
  6. Dial the remaining digits.
  7. Example 011-40-256-XXXXXX
    Timis County is 256, check the correct city code.
How to Call the US From Germany
  1. Determine what time it is in the United States. Germany is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, which means it is 6 hours later in Germany than it is on the East Coast of the United States and 9 hours later than it is on the West Coast.
  2. Dial 00, the international access code for Germany.
  3. Dial the country code for the United States, which is 1.
  4. Punch in the area code for the city you wish to call. Some examples include 310 for Los Angeles, 415 for San Francisco, 212 for Manhattan and 312 for Chicago.
  5. Dial the personal seven-digit phone number.
 
  Worldwide Online Telephone Directories:

Germany:

Keys: Name: Suchwort · Place: Ort · Postcode: Postleitzahl · Prefix: Vorwahl · Suchen: Search
www.dasoertliche.de
www.dastelefonbuch.de
  USA:
  Romania:
Judet: ("County"), Nume: ("Surname")
Search Romania www.searchromania.net
White Pages Ro
  Canada:
  Croatia:
Telecom Slovenije - on line phone directory. This site you just enter the surname regardless of keyboard style and you can search for the surname by zupanija (county) for "The Entire Croatia".
  Serbia & Montenegro (Former Yugoslavia):
Belestrane - White Pages directory for Serbia from Telekom Srbija. Select a city/area code in "Mrezna grupa". Enter the surname in "prezime" and then press "trazi".
  Brazil:
Telelistas - Telephone directory for people and businesses in all of Brazil, search by name or business classification. In Portuguese: enter a name in Nome, select a state in Estado and press search Buscar. There is an error in the results layout, so in some browsers you'll need to scroll way over to the right to see anything.
  Argentina:
Tele Info - Good simple white pages for Argentina. Includes reverse search (search by number) and search by address.
  List of post offices in Romania
   Scroll down page and look for area/county, ie.: Timis
 
 
     

 

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