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To put itself in row
For English it is important ahead to nobody, for this it is important to put themselves in row tidily and not to try "to make the clever ones"! Therefore you will everywhere see English to tidily make the row as an example in front of the stopped one of the bus or to the supermarket or in front of the ticket office of the cinema.
To exit to the evening
Any thing you want to make the evening, that it is to go to theatre or to see a musical comedy or simply to go outside to supper, you must always reserve with wide advance payment tickets or the table.
National festivities:
- New Year's Day: 1 January
- Saint friday
- Monday of the angel
- First monday of May
- Last monday of May
- Last monday of August
- Been born them: 25-26 December
Money
The British currency is the pound sterling (£). 1 penny is the smaller unit, and 100 pence (plurale of penny), makes pound (a pound). The more favorable change is in the banks, than you they debit yes a commission that is however smaller to that one of it lodges or of the change places publics. However there is the possibility to pay a lot often with credit card or you can calmly capture money from the automatic tellers with one EC-card.
Kindness
It can be said that English are generally educate to you and cordial. E' of use to often ask excuse a lot here, in fact the word "sorry" is felt always and everywhere, above all also when not there is some reason in order to ask excuse.
Apparel
Even if for the roads of London persons dressed in all the colors look at themselves, often in ways particularly bizzarre, if you want to exit to the evening, are not advisable to dress themselves in way too much share. As an example in some restaurants, bars or clubs he is not allowed to enter above all with shoes from ginnastica and if gone to eat in a hotel much exclusive one, the man must dress in jacket and necktie.
Ransoms
- 38-40=8
- 42=10
- 44=12
- 46=14
- 48=16
Ransoms for the shoes
- 38 = 4,5 - 5
- 39 = 5,5 - 6
- 40 = 6,5
- 41 = 7
- 42 = 7,5
- 43 = 8,5
- 44 = 9,5
- 45 = 10,5
- 46 = 11
Crime
London generally is considered sure, but it is necessary however to be prudent.
In hotel:
Left your valuables to sure or in one the safe, but not incustoditi in room. Advisable E' to write a list of all that that of a little value is had with himself, like camera, credit cards, passport or traveller' s cheques, why in case of theft or loss if to every object a number corresponds or some particular characteristics, it will be easier also for the police to find again of the traces.
When left the hotel, you take heart that the door is sluice correctly and dates always the key to the staff of reception onell' the appropriate hole for the keys. Therefore, any thing happens, fairies simply reference to the reception.
Forgotten that the hall of the hotels and it knows them to them of attended and/or reception are not attended solo from the hosts of the hotel. Therefore not left your baggages on the pavement without supervision.
For road:
You hold your ag e\o camera in way that you can hold them under control, therefore not on the shoulders, but on of the body. This council is particularly valid in places like bus, meter or also in areas with immense density of persons like centers it trades them.
To the restaurant, theatre or to the cinema, is not advisable to leave the ags on the pavement or the seats. You hold always your ag sott' eye.
Bought to tickets for theatres or concerts near authorized dealers to you, not $R-al.mercato black for the road.
When to the night walks alone for the road, been in zones very illuminated and with a little life.
When travelled in bus or train, lend particular attention. On the bus you are based close to the driver and in train in zones with other passengers.
Only used taxi authorizes to you that they very have on the back the appropriate licence in sight. These are easy recognizable also for the brand that has the driver.
And in order to end....
... non forgotten that the police is to your service in order to help you anytime.
If for case thoughts to have been derubati or to have lost something, you address immediately to the police.
Masses and weights
1 inch = 2,54 cm
1 foot = 30,48 cm
1 mile = 1,609 km
1 pint = 0,57 l
1 gallon = 4,54 l
1 ounce = 28,35g
In disease case
National Health Service (NHS) cures the citizens of the European Community free of charge. But whichever type of dental treatment goes paid in order just account.
In a emergency situation you can go in one of the hospitals with service of ready aid 24 hours to the day. Advisable E' however to address to the own local health unit before leaving and to have with himself the E-111 model that that attests you are city of the European Community and gives straight to free cures.
Emergency
National Fire Department, police and ambulance they are raggiungibili composing number 999.
Mail
The stamps are available in the post offices them, often where the postcards have been bought or in the newspaper stands. For letters and postcards to the inside of Europe the price of the franking is 36 pence.
Scales you furnish
If you are on a sliding scale, than it is found easy in the stations of the metropolitan or in many department store, he is advisable to be on the right and to leave the left part for persons free who have haste and decide to walk fastly.
Current electrical worker
The taken electrical workers in Great Britain are well-known various from our European Italians and, therefore you do not forget yourselves to take with you the adapter.
Students
There are numerous reductions for the students (as an example in museums and theatres).
It would be however best to have with himself international a student ticket that comes recognized in the majority of the cases.
Taxi
You entrust yourselves essentially to the official taxis, the black cabs. There are also to disposition the so-called minicabs, on which us he cannot himself be considered to the hundreds for hundreds to the sure one and many drivers do not know the road not even well. The driver of a black taxi generally expects one gratuity of approximately 10-15%.
Telephone
Prefisso of Italy 0039, then the prefixed one of the city wished with the 0 and the number of the subscriber.
Gratuity
The drivers of the taxis or the hairdressing salon expect one normally gratuity of 10%.
If to the restaurant the service to the table is comprised in the account, then you do not have need of giving ulterior gratuities, above all if you are not satisfied of the service. In all the other cases however are appreciate.
Street rules
Like very all sapete, in United Kingdom guide on the left, but the right has the precedence in a crossing. As far as the parking, a yellow line to the edge of the road indicates that it is needed of a permission in order to park, reduced to sure categories, while two yellow lines indicate that the parking absolutely is prohibited. Lend particular attention to the rules, why above all in the center of the city they are particularly strict and is easiest to come fined, also with indeed salate fines.
Assurance
Tuttalpiù before leaving you can choose an assurance for the foreign country that covers to you in theft case. E' also possible to supply to an additional assurance in disease case that covers, as an example, the transport in ambulance in Italy.
- The better guide on-linens than London (in English)
- Climate One characteristic of the London climate is the extreme variability; it is passed from the rain to the sun and the sun to the rain continuously. Advisable E' however to always carry itself behind a pocket umbrella and wherever.
To the fine ones it is become accustomed to us and it is succeeded to appreciate more one beautiful day than sun! The described fog a lot is not then therefore frequent; indeed we say that rarity is one.
The medium temperature is of 4-5 degrees in winter, 10-12 in autumn and 20 in summer with of near tips all 0 in winter (the snow is rare but when it falls under been born it renders them London still more fascinating! and over the 30 g. in summer.
- Change : the pound (pound in English) has by now caught up £ the 3.200.
It convene to directly change the Liras in pounds in Italy before leaving for via of the elevated commission more in England.
- Documents Passport or identity card (to control that they are valid before the departure!)
To move to London
| Zones |
Adults (£) |
Children (£) |
| 1-2 |
4. 8 0 |
n/a |
| 1-4 |
4.30 |
n/a |
| 1-6 |
4.90 |
2.00 |
| 2-6 |
3.50 |
n/a |
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- Travelcard for the weekend
| Zones |
Adults (£) |
Children (£) |
| 1-2 |
6.00 |
n/a |
| 1-4 |
6.40 |
n/a |
| 1-6 |
7.30 |
3.00 |
| 2-6 |
5.20 |
n/a |
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Travelcard for adults weeklies magazine, salaries and anniversaries
| Zones |
7 days (£) |
Salaries (£) |
Anniversaries (£) |
| 1 |
16.20 |
61.10 |
636.00 |
| 1-2 |
19.20 |
72.60 |
756.00 |
| 1-3 |
22.40 |
86.10 |
896.00 |
| 1-4 |
27.60 |
106.00 |
1104.00 |
| 1-5 |
33.30 |
127.90 |
1332.00 |
| 1-6 |
36.40 |
139.80 |
1465.00 |
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- Travelcard for children comprised zone 1
| Zones |
Adults (£) |
Children (£) |
| 1 |
6.60 |
25.40 |
| 1-2 |
7.70 |
29.60 |
| 1-3 |
10.30 |
39.60 |
| 1-4 |
12.80 |
49.20 |
| 1-5 |
14.10 |
54.20 |
| 1-6 |
15.40 |
59.20 |
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- Race single in metropolitan to the inside of zone 1
| Zones |
Adults (£) |
Children (£) |
| 1 |
1.50 |
0.60 |
| 1-2 |
1.90 |
0.80 |
| 1-3 |
2.20 |
1.00 |
| 1-4 |
2.70 |
1.20 |
| 1-5 |
3.30 |
1.40 |
| 1-6 |
3.60 |
1.50 |
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- Race in metropolitan single to the outside of zone 1
| Zones |
Adults (£) |
Children (£) |
| 1 |
0.90 |
0.40 |
| 2 |
1.20 |
0.60 |
| 3 |
1.70 |
0.80 |
| 4 |
2.10 |
1.00 |
| 5 |
2.30 |
1.10 |
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NATIONAL INSURANCE NUMBER
The NIN National Insurance Number cos' e' and to what it serves?
Piu' or less e' like our tax identification number, but has also functions of previdenziale and sanitary contribution. Whichever employer ve the fara' to make, or ve chiedera' which the condition for being assumed. The "National Insurance Number" comes to you asked why your employer must pay the contributions to you.
For having the National Insurance Number you will have to o in one of the offices calls "DEPARTMENT to you SOCIAL SECURITY". or also to ask the Job Centre
Before receiving your definitive number of National Insurance you can give your temporary number TN Temporary number and make it you from you. How?
"TN" + "date of birth" + M or F (if man or woman).
Silvio example born Berlusconi the 05/08/1450 (a devil does not age) will have like Temporary National Insurance Number.
: TN 050850 M
Carla born Costanzo the 16/2/61 will have like Temporary National Insurance Number.
: 160261 TN F (ringrazia for info useful the precious collaboration of Unika UK)
MAIL : The post offices them open from the 9 to the 17,30 (that one in Trafalgar Square close to the 20,00).
In order to send a postcard or a letter in Italy they want those to us from 30 pennies.
BANCHE: Le banche sono aperte dalle 9.30 alle15.30 dal lunedi al venerdì , ma al centro rimangono aperte fino alle 17.30 e anche il sabato mattina. E' importantissimo aprire un conto in banca. La stragrande maggioranza dei datori di lavoro vi paghera' direttamente sul posto. Se volete aprire un conto, portateVi dietro il contratto d'affitto che i padroni di casa delle nostre case vi fanno firmare. Potreste trovare un funzionario particolarmente pignolo che vi chiedera' anche una lettera dal vostro datore di lavoro. Siate premurosi per questo perche' avere un conto corrente e' importantissimo. Il Vostro conto in banca sara' prezioso anche in seguito per ottenere prestiti, mutui e garanzie varie. In passato era facile aprire un conto in banca, bastava essere muniti di documento d’identità, oggi dovete provare di avere un lavoro e risiedere stabilmente presso una qualunque abitazione a nel Regno Unito. Dovete presentare i seguenti documenti:
- carta d’identità / passaporto;
- lettera di conferma del datore di lavoro che Vi ha assunto;
- una bolletta (luce, gas, TV o elettricità) intestata a Voi e all’indirizzo dove risiedete.
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