List of NCB locations
Austria: Österreichische Nationalbank Locations: Vienna (head office).
Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Belgium: Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique Locations: Brussels (head office).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Cyprus: Central Bank of Cyprus Locations: Nicosia (head office).
Opening hours: Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. and Tuesday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Estonia: Eesti Pank Locations: Eesti Pank Museum.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 12 noon to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Finland: Suomen Pankki Locations: Espoo, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Oulu, Tampere, Turku, Vantaa.
Opening hours:
France: Banque de France Locations: Paris (48 boulevard Raspail).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.45 a.m. to 12 noon and 1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Germany: Deutsche Bundesbank Locations: Augsburg, Bayreuth, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bremen, Chemnitz, Dortmund, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Essen, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Gießen, Göttingen, Hagen, Hamburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Kiel, Koblenz, Köln, Leipzig, Ludwigshafen, Lübeck, Magdeburg, Mainz, München, Neubrandenburg, Nürnberg, Oldenburg, Osnabrück, Regensburg, Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Rostock, Rostock, Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Ulm, Villingen-Schwenningen, Würzburg.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Greece: Bank of Greece Locations: Athens (head office), Chania, Heraklion, Kalamata, Kavala, Komotini, Lamia, Larissa, Mytilini, Patras, Rhodos, Samos, Serres, Thessaloniki.
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., and Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland/Banc Ceannais na hÉireann Locations: Dublin (head office).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Italy: Banca d’Italia Locations: Bolzano, Firenze, Roma, Trieste, Tuscolano, Venezia.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.15 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
Latvia: Latvijas Banka Locations: Riga.
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday, 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and on Fridays, 8.30 a.m. to 4.15 p.m.
Lithuania: Lietuvos Bankas Locations: Kaunas, Vilnius.
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday, 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m., and on Fridays and before holidays 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Lunch time – 12 p.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Luxembourg: Banque Centrale du Luxembourg Locations: Luxembourg (BCL numismatic shop, 43 avenue Monterey).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Malta: Central Bank of Malta Locations: Valletta (head office).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Netherlands: De Nederlandsche Bank Locations: Amsterdam (head office).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Portugal: Banco de Portugal Locations: Faro, Funchal (Madeira), Lisbon, Oporto, Ponta Delgada (Azores).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Slovakia: Národná banka Slovenska Locations: Bratislava (head office).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Slovenia: Banka Slovenije Locations: Ljubljana (head office), Slovenska 35.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Wednesday, 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Spain: Banco de España Locations: Barcelona (Plaza Cataluña 17), Madrid (Alcalá 48).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Further details are specified in Guideline ECB/2006/10 of 24 July 2006 on the exchange of banknotes after the irrevocable fixing of exchange rates in connection with the introduction of the euro.
Banknotes qualifying for exchange