Telephone communication in Germany, works fine, and in order to make calls within the country, it is usually enough just to call from the hotel phone 11-8-33 (help Desk Germany) or 11-8-34 (international help Desk). On this phone you can get information about telephone numbers inside Germany and about the rules they set. International call can be made using the pay phone. Public coin-operated telephones on the streets of German cities you will see – instead they have payphones working exclusively with a phone card. To purchase a phone card at a specialty store, telephone exchange (automatic) or in any tobacco shop. Also in Germany there are pay phones that accept phone cards and credit. Public payphones can be used if you don't want to call from the hotel. In addition, international calls can be accomplishes and mail, and also via the Internet. Try not to call from the restaurant or from your room at the hotel, as the service can cost you much more than a call from their public phones or post office. To call from Germany to Russia, you must dial the international access code for Russia – 7. After the international telephone country code indicates the code of the necessary city. Combination of numbers to call, for example, in Moscow, will look as follows: 00-7-495-subscriber's number. In this case, 00 is the exit code for international telephone service, 7 is country code, 495 is the area code. Therefore, in order to call from Germany to home, remember the area code that you have handy. Using the telephone for international calls, remember that between Germany and Russia there is a difference in time zones, so you are interested in, the subscriber can have long sleep, while in Germany, only it was evening.