Communications
Most post offices - identified by a yellow sign saying Postamt - are open Monday to Friday 8am to noon and 2 to 6pm; those in larger towns often stay open during lunchtime, in addition to a couple of hours on Saturday morning (8-10am). Vienna, and cities like Graz, Salzburg and Innsbruck, have at least one post office that is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Addresses of these are given in the relevant parts of the guide. Air mail ( Flugpost ) between Austria and the UK usually takes three or four days, about a week to reach the US, and ten days to Australia and New Zealand. For stamps ( Briefmarken ) for postcards within the EU, you may be able to go to a tobacconist ( Tabak ), though for anything more complicated or further afield, you'll probably have to go to a post office in order to have your letter or parcel weighed. Poste restante ( Postlagernd ) letters can be sent to any post office, if you know the address. To collect mail, go to the counter marked Postlagernde Sendungen - mail should be addressed using this term rather than "poste restante". It will be held for thirty days (remember to take your passport when going to collect it).
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