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Airport tel 01224/722331.
Bike rental Alpine Bikes, 66-70 Holburn St tel 01224/211455; Cycling World, 460 George St tel 01224/632994.
Bookshops The largest are Waterstone's, 269-271 Union St, and Ottakar's, in Trinity Shopping Centre, Union Bridge. Bon Accord Books, 69-75 Spittal, is the best for second-hand.
Bus information Grampian Transport Busline tel 01224/650065.
Car rental Arnold Clark, Girdleness Rd (tel 01224/249159), and at the airport (tel 01224/663723); Budget, Wellheads Drive (tel 01224/793333), and at the airport (tel 01224/771777); National, 46 Summer St and at the airport (both tel 0870/400 4502).
Exchange Thomas Cook in the Bon Accord Centre (Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, Sun noon-5pm; tel 01224/807100).
Ferry information P&O Scottish Ferries tel 01224/572615, www.posf.co.uk.
Internet There's free access in the Reference section of the main library on Rosemount Viaduct (Mon-Thurs 9am-8pm, Fri & Sat 9am-5pm). Costa Coffee on Loch Street, at the back of the Bon Accord Centre, also offers access.
Left luggage Small 24hr lockers at the train station cost £2.
Medical facilities The Royal Infirmary, on Foresterhill, northeast of the town centre, has a 24hr casualty department (tel 01224/681818). Boots pharmacy is at 161 Union St (Mon-Sat 8am-6pm; tel 01224/211592). Late-night pharmacies are listed each day in the Evening Express.
Police Main station is on Queen Street tel 01224/386000.
Post office The central post office is in the St Nicholas Centre, between Union Street and Upperkirkgate (Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm), with a branch at 489 Union St (Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm, Sat 9am-12.30pm).
Taxis Mairs Taxis tel 01224/353535.
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