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Making the call
As if transfixed by the power of the eight Pagan Sabbaths, or one of those stupid Magic 8 balls that comes up with answers like ‘Reply hazy, try again’, Lithuania has decided to chuck an 8 in front of every phone number – except if you’re dialling within a city to a fixed line, or if you’re dialling from outside the country. It’s like an area code for the whole country. Got it? No, of course not – because it’s stupid and it doesn’t make sense. Let’s try to break it down:Calling from a mobile
If you’re got the full number, use the international format: +370 1234 1234.If you’ve been given a local mobile number, just throw away the 8 and replace it with a +370. So 81234 1234 becomes +370 1234 1234.If you’ve been given an eight-digit mobile number that doesn’t start with 8, just put the +370 in front of it.Calling a fixed line gets a little more complicated because you need to know in which city the number is located. Then it’s +370 – City Code – number.If you are given a number starting with 8, it must also contain a city code, so you can just drop the 8 and replace it with +370.Calling from a fixed line
To call an international format number, such as +370 1234 1234, drop the +370 and replace it with 8.If you’ve been given what looks like a shortish number – five or six digits – you’ll need to know the city code, and then dial 8 – City Code – number.Public Phones
Lithuanian public telephones (taksofonas) only work using a card system, of which there are several denominations to choose from, namely 9Lt, 13Lt, 16Lt and 30Lt. Get them at Lietuvos Spauda kiosks or post offices.
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