overview opening hours about the place services The main Prague post office with almost non-stop opening hours is located near Wenceslas Square in Jindřišská Street. In a beautiful Neo-Renaissance building, the post office provides the vast majority of possible postal services, from processing letters and parcels, to payment and financial services, to a wide range of services for the public and companies. opening hours january—december mon—fri 6:00—22:00 sat 8:00—18:00 sun closed more about opening hours opening hours january—december mon—fri 6:00—22:00 sat 8:00—18:00 sun closed history The Neo-Renaissance Main Post Office building stands on the site of what was, in the fourteenth century, Europe’s first botanical garden, known as Andělská. It belonged to Angelo of Florence, the royal court apothecary, whose house also stood beside it. Around 1715, the property was purchased by Count Franz Anton von Sporck. In 1726, he founded the first Masonic lodge here, the Three Stars Lodge, and became its first grand master. From 1743 to 1782, a convent of Celestine nuns stood here, whose building and Chapel of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary were designed by Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer. Two years after the convent was dissolved as a result of the Josephine reforms, the building was sold to the state, which opened a tobacco-processing factory there. In 1870, Emperor Franz Joseph I himself approved the construction of a post and telegraph office in Prague. Jindřišská Street was chosen as its location. The existing buildings were demolished in 1871 to make way for the planned new post office. Although the plans underwent numerous revisions, the main building, with four upper storeys, was completed in 1874 by the builder Jan Bělský following plans drawn up by Antonín Brandner. The building had two large courtyards, one of which was entered by horse-drawn postal vehicles. In 1889, this courtyard was covered with a glazed roof. Today it serves as a large customer service hall. The walls of the hall are decorated with paintings by Karel Vítězslav Mašek, featuring plant ornamentation, putti, allegorical figures representing Postal Services and Transport, and city coats of arms. In addition to a range of postal services that were modern for their time, a pneumatic postal system was in operation from the beginning of the twentieth century. Propelled by compressed air, its capsules travelled at speeds of up to 40 kilometres per hour along five main routes. The last items travelled through the tubes in 2002, when the system was seriously damaged by floods. The extensive four-wing building, with a transverse wing separating its two enclosed inner courtyards, underwent comprehensive renovation between 1996 and 1999 and was designated a national cultural monument. It is a unique example of architecture influenced by late Classicism and has survived in an authentic form, including its remarkable interiors. All branch services Price of a postage stamp for an ordinary letter or postcard: within the Czech Republic: CZK 31 (postage stamp “B) to European countries: CZK 48 (postage stamp “E”) to non-European countries: CZK 54 (postage stamp “Z”)