| __In our city the most
popular public-utility establishment is the
"Almaz" (Diamond).The "Almaz" is a
House of Consumer Services which has various workshops.At
the "Almaz" one can , for example, have a hat
made to order , send a camera to be repaired, have
tape-recordings of pop music made (at the sound-recording
studio). |
| __At the
"Permbyttechservice" municipal service industry
enterprise (on Cosmonaut Highway) there are repair shops
of sewing-machines, vacuum-cleaners,washing-machines,
refrigerators and other household appliances. |
| __The most fashionable
hotel is the "Ural" (The Urals) Hotel. |
| __The following services
are available at the "Ural": a laundry service,
sending clothes to be dry-cleaned,hiring out plates and
dishes , etc. |
| __Adjacent to the
"Ural" is the "Prikamye" (the
"Prikamye" Hotel). |
__On the premises of the
Hotel there is a restaurant ,  a barber's and a hairdresser's.__The Travel and Excursion Bureau gives its clients an opportunity to make a tour of the city of Perm , arranges excursions to the Kungur Ice Cave,the Khokhlovka Museum of Architecture and Ethography (a branch of the Perm Museum of Local Lore), the healh- resort Ust-Kachka,the V.Kamensky House-Museum situated in Troitsa. |
 __Each
one of those excursions can become an unforgettable
experience.__The Bureau organizes (arranges) voyages down the Kama and the Volga to Rostov-on-Don,Astrakhan,Moscow,St.Pstersburg,Taganrog and Mariupol, trips by air and railway to Central Asia,the Baltic States , Belarus and Ukraine. __At the Main Post-Office one can collect a poste restante letter, make a trunk-call,send a regular or a registered parcel post, a parcel with statement value, a money order. |
| __You can buy plain or
picture postcards,stamps and envelopes too. |
| __At any Perm saving-bank
one can make deposits or cash withdrawals. The Transport
and Expeditionary Agency renders (offers) the population
quite a few services. __It delivers goods to the customer's address,removes funniture,takes orders for cars and busess,sells air-tickets,reserves room in hotels. __In our city there are about 25 hospitals.Seven of them are clinical. __There are a number of fashion houses,television service shops,bath-houses,legal advice offices,petrol stations and technical service stations. |
| __We also have an
at-your-service agency, a beauty parlour,an address
bureau,an undertaker's office,an information bubureau,an
accomodation exchange bureau and an emloyment centre. |
| __We have five forms of
transport in Perm : the bus,the trolley-bus,the
minibus,the tram and the taxi. |
| __In the city centre there's heavy traffic,which cannot be said about the other parts of uor city. |