8/31/2023 0 Comments Iso country codes middle eastDoing the reverse – calling Sweden from the UK – I needed a 46 instead. From Sweden, I knew I needed to dial 44 to get back to the UK. I spoke to them for about 20 seconds before my change ran out.Īs a child of International Direct Dialling – the ability to make country-to-country phone calls without the help of a human operator – it was around this point that I started to make a mental note of the ‘country codes’ of places I’d visited. After a week, I managed to get enough Kronor in a public phone box to call my family and let them know I’d arrived safely. The codes are simply a patchwork reflecting our tumultuous history.Ī watershed moment 28 years ago this week: I’ve arrived in Sweden for a three-month stay working as a cleaner on the dockyards in Gothenburg. ‘ Follow the Humming’ explains why: there is no apparent logic. I’ve never been able to figure out the logic behind our telephone country codes.
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