Lost-and-Found Offices

About a quarter of all valuables lost in Berlin turn up again at the "Zentrale Fundbüro" (Central Lost and Found Office). That amounts to app. 25,000 lost items per year – from fat wallets to bulky wheelchairs.

Those who have lost their possessions in the metropolis of several million will benefit from a very good service in Berlin. You can even search for your lost ID per Internet from the comfort of your hotel. Furthermore, the employees of six lost-and-found offices will be happy to help you over the phone or in person.

Basically, all public offices, police stations as well as dedicated lost-and-found offices of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), the airports and the Deutsche Bahn will take in lost items. With such a great number of receiving offices it may of course take a while before item to arrives at the Central Lost-and-Found Office. Therefore: don’t give up hope and ask again in a few days. The office keeps all valuables for six months.

Zentrales Fundbüro
Platz der Luftbrücke 6
12101 Berlin-Tempelhof
Telephone 030/75 60 31 01

Websites:
http://www.berlin.de/ba-tempelhof-schoeneberg/organisationseinheit/buerg...

BVG-Fundbüro
Potsdamer Str. 180/182 (Nähe Kleistpark)
10784 Berlin
BVG-Callcenter: 030/19 449
http://www.bvg.de/index.php/de/3882/name/Fundbuero.html

Lost bicycles at the Deutsche Bahn/S-Bahn:
Bahnhof Zoo Office
Telephone: 030/29 74 93 22

Lost Animals
Tiersammelstelle (on the premises of the animal shelter)
Hausvaterweg 39
13057 Berlin (Falkenberg)
Telephone 030/76 888-201 or -203
http://www.tierschutz-berlin.de/index.php?id=162

Lost items at the airport:

Tegel Airport (Lost-and-Found-Service) There is a combined counter for lost-and-found items, left baggage and for requesting a baggage handler. This counter is located in the Airport Service Center in the central hall, telephone: 030/41 01 23 15
http://www.airportdesk.de/airports/europa/deutschland/flughafen-berlin-t...

Schönefeld Airport (Fundbüro Beyer Sprach- & Airport Service), Terminal A, ground floor, Tel. 030/34 39 75 33
http://berlin.kauperts.de/public/external?url=http://www.berlin-airport....