Currency
Ukrainian currency is hryvna (UAH). Exchange rate is approximately 1 USD= 8 UAH, 1 EURO= 12UAH and it is exposed to insignificant oscillations. The currency can be obtained at exchange points, post-offices, in banks or at the airport. Obtaining currency at exchange points is the most advantageous. There is no commission charge. Don't be tempted by offers of higher exchange rates from individuals  you meet next to exchange points or just in the streets, they are swindlers. Hotels, some shops and restaurants accept payment by credit card of basic pay systems, but when traveling over the country it is better to use cash. Cash point machines can be found in all parts of the city, operating rules are like everywhere, there is an English dialogue version.  Banks are open from 9.00 till 18.00.
National food
Ukrainian  kitchen has gained popularity in Russia and beyond. There are various floury products (pampushki, galushki, vareniki and etc.), meat dishes and products (Ukrainian sausages, game, poultry), vegetable and dairy products (ryazhenka, curd fritters). But the most known and loved all over the world is famous Ukrainian borsch. Wide-spread in Ukraine are various kashas (dishes of cooked grain or groats), vareniki filled with curd, mashed potatoes, stewed cabbage, and in summer - with berries. No less popular are such dishes as braised meat with potatoes - so called zharkoye or pechenya, Ukrainian bitki, stuffed with garlic and lard, cold buzhenina - pork stewed with cabbage and fat, kruchenyki and many others. An important place in Ukrainian cuisine belongs to the fish dishes: crucian baked in soured cream, fish kruchenyki, carp stuffed with mushrooms and buckwheat, carp stewed with onion or in soured cream, pike-perch baked with mushrooms and crayfish (lobster). These dishes you can find in the city’s restaurants, which serve traditional  cuisine.
Medicine
Medical service is free in Ukraine! You can call number 03 in emergencies (round-the-clock). There is sufficient number of chemist's shops in the city, many of them work round-the-clock.  Call 067 for information.
Shopping and souvenirs
Shops in Ukraine work daily from 10.00 to 19.00. But the main trade ground and sight is Ozerka - a medieval market in modern style. There one can find whatever one's soul desires - goods made by local craftsmen, tipple, food, clothes, inexpensive things and much more. Most tourists look out for traditional arts and crafts wares: embroideries, Petrykivka's paintings, various souvenirs made of wood. These are best found in  "Handicraft's Walk” in the very centre of the city and also in the Arts Salon nearby.
Transport
There are 19 trolleybus routes, 14 tram routes, 6 subway stations, more than 150 bus lines and minibuses (route taxis) in Dnepropetrovsk.
Ticket fares: tram and trolleybus - UAH 1.25,  metro (underground) - UAH 1,50, the buses and minibuses - UAH  3.00
Public transport operating hours:  tram and trolleybus - from 5.30 till 21-23.00,  buses and minibuses - from 5.30 till 21.00-00.00,  subway - from 5.30 till 23.00
You may also use taxi service. These are modern cars, equipped by radio, at the very moderate prices. There are several ways to get a taxi - to book over phone, to flag down in a street or to hire one at a cabstand, which can be found in all central streets. Sometimes one can become a pray to an unscrupulous driver who charges too high rates, therefore it is recommended to book a taxi over the phone.
Motor ships and boats: Departure from berth on Naberezhnaya, opposite Moskovskaya street, next to the Central bridge. The trip lasts 1 hour and goes down the Dnepr river towards Shevskiy and Alexeyevskiy islands and back. The price is UAH 10 per a person. It is also possible to book the whole motor ship or boat and hold an event while sailing along the river.
Long-distance: You may travel around the country by railway transport, airplanes, busses or car.
There are two railway stations in Dnepropetrovsk: the main railway services are performed from Central station, but some trains depart/arrive from/to South Station.
Central Railway Station: Petrovsky square, For information dial 009 , For advance booking dial 004.
South Station: Lotsmanskaya street, 2, telephone: 478923, 332111.(downroad from the tram number 1 stop "Meditsinskaya akademia" (Medical Academy)
Dnepropetrovsk (DNK) International Airport.
There are domestic flights by Aerosvit, Dniproavia and others. Airport is situated 15 km from the city centre, southeast, next to Old Kodaks settlement.
Air tickets to all directions - "Voyage-service": 31-g, Blagoev str., tel. 34-11-34
Suburban, domestic and international trips by busses are performed from Central Bus Station. Tickets can be booked at the bus terminal's cash-desks. You can travel by Autolux and Gyunsel buses which are more comfortable and close to European standards.
Central Bus Station - Kurchatov street, 10. (10 minutes walk from Central Railway Station). Information desk: 008 or 778-40-90. International transportations: 778-39-60.
Traveling by car: speed limitations are as follows: 60 km\h in populated areas, 90-110 km\h out of populated areas and 120 km\h on highways. It is illegal to drive car under influence of alcohol or drugs.
Rent a car: You can rent a car with a driver (for 1-8 person) - "Voyage-service": 31-g, Blagoev str., tel. 34-11-33.
Communication
Post Offices operate from Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. till 20.00 p.m, on Saturday till 14.00 p.m. Zip city code: 49000. From Main post-office you can send letters, postcards, parcels, telegrams, faxes and e-mails all over the world:  Karl Marx Avenue, 62. Tel. 45-40-23.
There are also representative offices of world-wide courier deliveries in Dnepropetrovsk.
DHL is  Naberezhnaya Pobedy street, 5,tel. 370-25-25
FedEx is  Lenin street, 15, tel. 778-06-57
You may call abroad from any of Ukrtelecom departments, situated at the following addresses:
Karl Marx avenue, 60, tel. 45-33-20.
Karl Marx avenue, 35, tel. 45-13-02.
Railway station, tel. 42-33-73.
Airport, tel. 65-93-98.
Oktyabr'skaya square, 14, tel. 46-64-72.
hernyshevsky street, 27, tel. 46-20-01.
Area code for Dnepropetrovsk: 056 for 7-symbol phone numbers or 0562  for 6-symbol phone numbers.
International code of Ukraine +38 (056) xxx-xx-xx or +38 (0562) xx-xx-xx
The way of dialing the telephone number for international calls are in line with international standards: international code - area code - subscriber's number.
You may use a telephone box for city calls, and also for calls over Ukraine. There are several kinds of telephone boxes:
1. Using telephone card (face value 30-120 min - valid all over Ukraine).  Telephone cards are sold at kiosks, shops, etc.
2. Accepting 25 kop. coins  for calls in the city area only.
3. New phone boxes are becoming widely available and accept payment by any coins as well as by telephone cards.
Mobile and cell communications. There is an international roaming in Ukraine, but calls from your mobile will be very expensive. It would be cheaper to buy a sim-card, which corresponds to a number of one of the mobile phone operators in Ukraine. There are following operators in the city: UMC(050), Jeans(066), Kyivstar(067,097), Djuice(097), DCC, Wellcom(068), Mobi(068). You may buy the sim-cards at the post-offices, kiosks or hotels.
You can send e-mail and use Internet services at the Internet-cafe.