Mail System in Poland

Poland’s postal system (PTT) may be more efficient than its telephones, but don’t expect too much.

Airmail letters and small packages to and from Poland take a week or two, at the very least.

Poste restante is your best bet if you don’t have a stable address, or if you expect to receive larger packages. Make sure you’re going to the main post office to pick up your poste restante mail, unless the sender knows to specifically designate the nearest post office (particularly important in the larger cities).

If you have an American Express card or carry American Express traveler’s checks, you can receive mail (letters and small parcels only) at any American Express office.

Warsaw

Send or Receive Mail

Main Post Office
ul. Swietokrzyska 31/33
Warsaw 00-001
Poland
Phone: (022) 26 60 01, (022) 26 04 11, or (022) 27 04 77
Fax: (022) 30 00 21
(Faxes can be sent from here as well. The branch at the main train station also has 24-hour telephone service.)

American Express
ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 11
Warsaw 00-069
Poland
Phone: (02) 635-2002

Poste Restante

Main Post Office, Window 12
Address letters:
Your Name
Poczta Glowna
ul. Swietokryska 31/33
Warsaw 00-049
Poland
Poste Restante

Krakow

Send or Receive Mail

Main Post Office
ul. Westerplatte 20
Krakow 31-045
Poland
Phone: (012) 22 03 22
Fax: (012) 21 43 31

American Express (at ORBIS)
al. Focha 1
Krakow
Poland
(in the Hotel Cracovia)
Phone: (012) 21 98 80 or (012) 22 46 32
(Will hold mail for a fee)

American Express (at ORBIS)
Rynek 41
Krakow
Poland
Phone: (012) 22 11 57
(Will hold mail for a fee)

DHL
ul. Raclawicka 56
Krakow
Poland
Phone: (012) 33 80 96

Express Mail Service
pl. Kolwjowy 5
Krakow
Poland
Phone: (012) 22 40 26

Express Mail Service
ul. Westerplatte 20
Krakow
Poland
Phone: (012) 22 66 96

Poste Restante

Main Post Office
Window 7
Address letters:
Your Name
Main Post Office
ul. Westerplatte 20
30-960 Krakow 1
Poland
Poste Restante

Courier Services

Warsaw

UPS
ul. 17-go Stycznia 2
Warsaw
Poland
Phone: (02) 606-6350
Fax: (02) 650-4544

DHL
al. Jerozolimskie 30
Warsaw
Poland
Phone: (022) 26 32 92