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Finding a mailbox in Strasbourg

Due to the current prevalence of digital communication, finding a mailbox in the city can sometimes prove to be a bit of a challenge, almost like a treasure hunt. In order to save you some time if you plan on sending a postcard or a letter, we’ve made a list of mailboxes in the center of Strasbourg.

In France, mail delivery (of letters and postcards) is a public service run by La Poste. While all public mailboxes in Strasbourg were yellow and blue only a few years ago (the logo colors of La Poste), some of them have been given a unique look.

Having been turned into canvases for street art and creative expression, many mailboxes add color to the cityscape. However, this step away from uniformity can sometimes make them difficult to spot in an urban environment.

Long before the internet, e-mail and social media were invented, Jérôme’s grandfather worked as a mailman in Strasbourg. Walking around the city in search of mailboxes to add to our map was also a way of paying tribute to him.

Mailboxes in Strasbourg (the list is non-exhaustive):

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Gare-Place des Halles

  • rue du Maire Kuss/rue Kageneck 
  • the main hall of the train station (Gare Centrale) 
  • place de la Gare/Petite rue de la Course
  • 41 rue du Faubourg de Saverne
  • the mall at Place des Halles, post office

Kléber-Broglie

  • rue de la Fonderie/quai Schoepflin
  • rue de la Nuée Bleue/Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace (DNA)
  • rue du 22 Novembre/rue du Fossé des Tanneurs
  • 3a rue du 22 Novembre
  • place de l’Homme de Fer/rue du Fossé des Tanneurs 

Neustadt

  • avenue des Vosges/rue de Phalsbourg (Palais des fêtes)
  • rue du Général de Castelnau/avenue des Vosges 
  • rue Auguste Lamey/place de la République
  • avenue d’Alsace/rue Klotz

Orangerie

  • place Arnold
  • 21 allée de la Robertsau
  • rue Silbermann/allée de la Robertsau 
  • allée de la Robertsau/boulevard Paul Déroulède

Esplanade-Krutenau

  • 39 place de Zurich
  • avenue du Général de Gaulle, post office
  • rue du Jura/rue de Palerme

Petite France

  • Place Benjamin Zix
  • Place du Quartier Blanc
  • 28 rue Finkwiller

Cathédrale

  • rue des Juifs/rue des Charpentiers 
  • place Saint-Étienne 
  • place Gutenberg, at the start of rue Gutenberg (red, English style)
  • 3 rue de la Division Leclerc
  • 3 rue du Vieux-Marché-aux-Poissons

Université

  • 3 place Brant
  • place de l’Université 
  • 30 rue de l’Université
  • rue Goethe/rue Wimpheling

Contades-Wacken

  • avenue Schutzenberger/rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • quai Zorn/rue Werinhar
  • avenue de la Paix/rue Ehrmann

Bourse

  • 33 rue de la Première Armée 
  • place d’Austerlitz/rue Sengenwald
  • rue des Bouchers/rue de la Première Armée
  • quai saint Nicolas/rue d’Or 

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17 replies on “Finding a mailbox in Strasbourg”

Thank you! We’re glad you think so. Sometimes you’re lucky and you stumble upon one in a touristy square, or you find a post office in the city center. But lately, we’ve noticed mailboxes are getting more and more difficult to find.

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Unfortunately there are no more telephone booths in Strasbourg, as far as we can remember. But we do have mailboxes! And Oslo, Norway has kept a few of their classic design phone booths are little neighborhood book swap libraries.

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Thank you so much! We have some talented street artists here in town who have done a great job sprucing up the mailboxes. And we definitely agree, there’s still a little thrill about sending and receiving snail mail 😀

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