Phone Boxes of the World

The British Post Office formal name for these was unattended public call offices, but they're also known as phone boxes and telephone kiosks. Here are pictures of some of the phone boxes that I have visited on my travels.

Antwerp, Belgium [62 KB]
Benicassim, Spain [61 KB]
Boulogne, France [14 KB]
Brussles, Belgium [31 KB]
Bilaystok, Poland [60 KB]
Calais, France [8 KB]
Florence, Italy [109 KB]
Glasgow, Scotland [24 KB]
Gothenberg, Sweden [46 KB]
Halle, Germany [83 KB]
Kaunas, Lithuania [76 KB]
London, England (Marble Arch) [19 KB]
Los Angeles, USA (Universal Studios' "London Street" set) [83 KB]
Leuven, Belgium [31 KB]
Marseillan, France [60 KB]
Martlesham, England (BT Research Labs phonebox graveyard) [12 KB]
Paris, France [92 KB]
Prague, Czech Republic [76 KB]
Rotterdam, Netherlands [40 KB]
Tampere, Finland [93 KB]
Vilnius, Lithuania [96 KB]
Volendam, Netherlands [50 KB]

You can read a description of early British Post Office kiosks.

Other sites of interest:
Ian McPherson's Kiosk Korner has links to many other phonebox sites.
Connected Earth is a site sponsored by BT (successor to the British Post Office) so is a pretty authoritative source.

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Author: wgtwalker at iee.org
Date Posted: August 2009