Berlin - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
DPO and pouch mail work great and can be picked up either downtown or at the consular annex, depending on what you choose. German mail and package delivery can be hit-or-miss (DHL and Hermes will often stick a "we attempted delivery" notification on your door though you were home and would have heard the bell, thus forcing you to pick your package up from a local center during relatively limited hours); set your default delivery preferences early when you arrive ("in the shed", "front door is always okay," etc) to help mitigate this. - Aug 2023
DPO and pouch for US Mission employees. - May 2018
DPO, pouch. Local mail is great as well - often faster to the US than DPO/pouch and reasonably priced. - Feb 2018
Local mail is fast, efficient and relatively cheap compared to other European posts. Sending items home to U.S. we use our mailing privileges at the embassy; but we also use the German post office. - Jan 2018
DPO/Pouch. - Jul 2015
German post is reliable. DHL (Fedex equivalent) also works well. - Aug 2013
DPO. - Dec 2011
