Beautiful old post office in Basel!…read more They don't make 'email like this anymore - many of the old post offices in the US are decommissioned now, so entering this palace was a treat! Get a number from the machine, wait for your number to appearing the red LED list , then go to the lettered window that is listed next to your number. Getting stamps is easy as long as you know the system!

Yay! Next to Zurich HB - at track 3, you walk towards the Europallee direction until you see a big…read morebuilding called "Post" (the words are huge, if you miss it - you definitely failed a vision test). Convenient! And opens early (630) and stays open late (2230 weekday). Plus orderly lineup process as you have to take a number so don't worry about people skipping you in line like they love doing here! You can also buy other items in here including very cheap printer cartridges (the generic brand i.e. Canon generic cartridges are 1/3 of the price vs buying an original Canon cartridge). Or boxes, envelopes and bubble wrap for your mailing needs. My attendant spoke a little English (they can be a hit or miss, not a problem if you are fluent but for bad German speakers like me - use your Google translate or improvise) so I was able to make do w my poor German and Denglish (DE and EN). He even advised me his recommended route on shipping mail to the US bc one letter weighed much more and he felt the "A Post" (standard) was much more costlier than Economy and he even said using the "A Post" option in that situation would be quite expensive. I appreciated his money saving tip and I went along with it. What else do you want more! So good it hurts!

The Sihlpost is a life saver! I can't count the many times I dropped of some urgent registered mail…read moreor court briefs shortly before their closing time at 2230. This is a great service and worth five stars.

I stopped in here while on vacation to buy some international stamps and a couple of cards. I went…read moreto use my regular Visa, and was told it was declined. Impossible! I'd been using it daily for almost two weeks and I wasn't anywhere close to my limit, and my issuer knew I was out of the country. I reluctantly stepped out of line and called my card company, who assured me no transactions had been declined, so I had to pull another number (as the clerk wasn't paying attention to the fact I'd stepped back up to resume my transaction after the call). I waited patiently for my 2nd turn at the counter, tried my card again, and it still didnt' work. It was at that point the clerk told me they only take debit cards, not credit cards. I was able to complete my purchase using my bank card, but wish it hadn't taken so long to figure out the problem. My cards were mailed and made it to their recipients back home though, and that's what was most important to me overall.

Pretty quick and efficient post office and it was a plus that my clerk knew how to speak English…read morewith full understanding of it. I was in and out within 10 minutes with mailing a few parcels back home without hitch.