• Chicago's Historic Water Tower Visitor Welcome Center - Chicago and Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA (tel: +1 312 440 3165)
• Chicago Cultural Center Tourist Information - 77 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA (tel: +1 312 346 3278)
• Illinois Market Place Tourist Information Center - 700 East Grand Avenue, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, USA (tel: +1 312 832 0010)

Chicago Life and Travel Tips: Tipping in Chicago - Chicago, IL, USA
Tipping is more or less compulsory, with waiters in restaurants and taxi drivers usually being given a 10 or 20 % gratuity or thereabouts. Hotel staff, such as luggage handlers and porters happily accept a tip of one or two US dollars. Generally, no other public service workers expect tips.

Chicago Life and Travel Tips: Chicago Safety - Chicago, IL, USA
As in any large city, always maintain an awareness of your surroundings and try to blend in and not look like a tourist. Look like you know where you are going and avoid street entertainers who are often clever confidence tricksters, and these are often places where you are most likely to have your pocket picked. Thieves are very skilled, so be particularly careful with hand baggage. Wear a bag or camera across your body, or even use a concealed money belt. Sensible rules apply, do not flash large amounts of cash, hide jewelry or leave it at a safe in your hotel and avoid the less populated subway lines late at night. Chicago has actually never been safer and crime levels are down.

Chicago Life and Travel Tips: Chicago Language - Chicago, IL, USA
English is the most commonly spoken language in America, but locals in Chicago's have developed there own version, an 'American English'. This consists of many variations of words, such as 'sidewalk' for pavement and most natives in Chicago tend to speak very fast.

Chicago Life and Travel Tips: Places of Worship in Chicago - Chicago, IL, USA
The cosmopolitan city of Chicago is home to a large number of different cultures and most religions have a presence. Newspapers generally list times of services for the main denominations. Chicago contains numerous cathedrals, chapels, mosques, temples and synagogues.

Chicago Life and Travel Tips: Chicago Pharmacies - Chicago, IL, USA
Most pharmacies are open from at least 09:00 until 18:00. Drugstores will usually open until 21:00 and these do have a pharmacy counter for dispensing prescriptions. Drugstores are like mini-supermarkets, with a wide range of products on sale.