A system for providing location-based information said system comprising: mobile stations each comprising a memory, a processor, a receiver, a transceiver and a user interface, a server comprising a data storage for maintaining unique codes (ID1, ID2) and associated location-based information, an interface for receiving requests via a mobile communication system and for transmitting location-based information via said mobile communication system to the mobile stations, and a controller configured to retrieve location-based information associated with each unique code (ID1, ID2) from said data storage, and to transmit said retrieved location-based information via said mobile communication system to the mobile stations as a response to a request from the mobile stations including said unique code (ID1, ID2), and a short-range transmitter arranged at a predetermined location and comprising a memory wherein one of the unique codes is stored, said one of the unique codes and associated location-based information being stored in the data storage of said server, said short-range transmitter further comprising a controller configured to control said transmitter to repeatedly broadcast said one of the unique codes, wherein the unique codes (ID1, ID2) are transmitter specific codes, characterized in that the data storage maintains for each unique code of a transmitter assigned for at least two location-based data entities more than one data entity (DATA2, DATA3) of location-based information, and in that one of the mobile stations comprises an information client consisting of software stored into the memory of the mobile station and run by the processor of the mobile station, which information client is configured to control the receiver of the mobile station to passively monitor the surroundings for broadcasts, and as a response to the reception of said one of the unique codes (ID1, ID2) broadcasted by the short-range transmitter, to control the transceiver of said mobile station to transmit the request including said one of the unique codes via said mobile communication system to the server, without providing said server with information about the position of the mobile station, and to provide the user of the mobile station via the user interface with location-based information received by said transceiver from said server via said mobile communication system. mobile stations each comprising a memory, a processor, a receiver, a transceiver and a user interface, a server comprising a data storage for maintaining unique codes (ID1, ID2) and associated location-based information, an interface for receiving requests via a mobile communication system and for transmitting location-based information via said mobile communication system to the mobile stations, and a controller configured to retrieve location-based information associated with each unique code (ID1, ID2) from said data storage, and to transmit said retrieved location-based information via said mobile communication system to the mobile stations as a response to a request from the mobile stations including said unique code (ID1, ID2), and a data storage for maintaining unique codes (ID1, ID2) and associated location-based information, an interface for receiving requests via a mobile communication system and for transmitting location-based information via said mobile communication system to the mobile stations, and a controller configured to retrieve location-based information associated with each unique code (ID1, ID2) from said data storage, and to transmit said retrieved location-based information via said mobile communication system to the mobile stations as a response to a request from the mobile stations including said unique code (ID1, ID2), and a short-range transmitter arranged at a predetermined location and comprising a memory wherein one of the unique codes is stored, said one of the unique codes and associated location-based information being stored in the data storage of said server, said short-range transmitter further comprising a controller configured to control said transmitter to repeatedly broadcast said one of the unique codes, wherein the unique codes (ID1, ID2) are transmitter specific codes,