Yesterday I needed to go downtown to get the new KVV from Lehmanns (free of charge, by the way). I had found 20 Mark some time ago and because I was downtown anyway, I went to Willy-Brandt-Straße 73 (formerly Ost-West-Straße), where the Hamburg subsidary of Deutsche Bundesbank is located. They have guaranteed that all DM cash may be changed into Euros forever.
Banknotes in question.
The federal bank is a big black building with a lot of cameras all over the place. The cashpoint is on the second floor. There are three elevators ready for use. The elevator system differs a bit from the standard, though. Instead of waiting for an elevator and pressing a destination button inside, you press the destination button when you’re still outside and the elevator system tells you, which elevator you should enter. This is a great concept, but the usabiliy is still bad. People are not used to the system and hop right in once an elevator opens its doors. That means they eventually end up in the wrong elevator, which is not so nice at all.
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