Yesterday the hot water in our district was cut off. We will have it back again in two weeks. This had been announced beforehand and is something that is done regularly in all districts according to a schedule, but only in the summer, to repair pipes and to do maintenance. Two weeks without a nice hot shower. Back to basics.
Street addresses aren't much used in UB. Instead you say your address like this:
"I live in the 11th district, building 67, entrance 8, 4th floor, door 135." (Good exercise when you're learning the numbers). The buildings all have their numbers clearly exposed, but it's not obvious to a foreigner which district it is in. And often the doors are unnumbered, although they of course have a number so you can use your logic to figure out which is which. But do you start counting from left to right or from right to left on each floor ...?
Numbers are important in UB: the hospitals and schools are also numbered, remember?
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