TOURIST
INFO
Post Offices
in Amsterdam:
Centraal
Station Post Office
Only this and the main post office deal with large parcels.
Oosterdokskade 3, Old Centre: Old Side
Phone: +31 (0)20 622 8272
Tram 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 13, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25.
Open 8.30am-9pm Mon-Fri; 9am-noon Sat; closed Sun.
Main Post
Office
In addition to usual services, facilities include phones, self-service
faxes, directories, maps, stamp machines, counters where you can
buy packaging for parcels and a counter for collectors' stamps and
stationery (closes 4.30pm Mon-Fri).
Singel 250, Old Centre: New Side
Phone: +31 (0)20 556 3311
Tram 1, 2, 5, 13, 14, 17, 20.
Open 9am-6pm Mon-Wed, Fri; 9am-8pm Thur; 10am-1.30pm Sat; closed
Sun.
Post Restante
Post Restante, Hoofdpostkantoor, Singel 250, 1016 AB Amsterdam
If you're not sure where you'll be staying in Amsterdam, people
can send your post to the above address. You'll be able to collect
it from the main post office with ID.
For post destined
for outside Amsterdam, use the overige bestemmingen slot in letter
boxes. The logo for the national postal service is ptt post (white
letters on a red oblong). Most post offices - recognisable by their
red and blue signs - are open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Postal Information
Phoneline: 0800 0417
(open 8am-8pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat, closed Sun).
Housed in every
post office is the Postbank, a money-changing facility. Stamps (postzegels)
can also be bought with postcards from tobacconists and souvenir
shops.
Telegrams can
be sent from post offices for a basic charge plus a extra charge
per word under 11 letters (including address and signature). Details
are available on 0800 0409.
