Post Offices
Post offices ( Postamter ) are normally open Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 8am to noon. A restricted range of services is available beyond these hours at offices in or beside main train stations in large cities. Outbound mail should reach the UK within a few days, North America in one to two weeks and Australia over two weeks. Poste restante services are available at the main post office ( Hauptpost ) in any given town: collect it from the counter marked Postlagernde Sendungen (always remember to take your passport). It's worth asking anyone writing to you to use this designation as well as, or instead of, poste restante. Incredible as it may seem in view of the country's reputation for super-efficiency, many German post offices don't understand the international term and are likely to return a letter to the sender marked "address unknown". Bear in mind also that mail is usually only held for a couple of weeks. If you want your mail to be registered , ask for it to be sent einschreiben . Fax services are available at large post offices, usually at more favourable rates than in copy shops or hotels.
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