Summary: Denmark is preparing to end centuries of state-run letter deliveries as PostNord shifts its focus to parcels, driven by a steep fall in mail volumes. Once handling more than a billion...
Summary:
Denmark is preparing to end centuries of state-run letter deliveries as PostNord shifts its focus to parcels, driven by a steep fall in mail volumes. Once handling more than a billion letters a year, the service now processes fewer than 110 million, with most communication replaced by digital alternatives. The move will see thousands of postal jobs cut, while red letterboxes vanish from streets across the country.
The changes reflect a broader European trend, as postal services scale back amid sharp declines in mail and rising costs. For Denmark, a leader in digital government, the transition marks a symbolic end of an era.
Half of my mail is junk, the other half is the last person to live in my apartment's mail, and the last half is junk mail intended for him. I barely check my mailbox in the first place (not in...
Half of my mail is junk, the other half is the last person to live in my apartment's mail, and the last half is junk mail intended for him. I barely check my mailbox in the first place (not in Denmark), I don't see the point.
Summary:
Denmark is preparing to end centuries of state-run letter deliveries as PostNord shifts its focus to parcels, driven by a steep fall in mail volumes. Once handling more than a billion letters a year, the service now processes fewer than 110 million, with most communication replaced by digital alternatives. The move will see thousands of postal jobs cut, while red letterboxes vanish from streets across the country.
The changes reflect a broader European trend, as postal services scale back amid sharp declines in mail and rising costs. For Denmark, a leader in digital government, the transition marks a symbolic end of an era.
Everything is indeed digital. After unsubscribing from my bank's communication, I get like 5 letters per year now total.
Like 95% of my mail is just junk I have to immediately toss in the recycling anyway.
In Denmark you can opt out of spam not addressed to a specific person.
And Post Nord doesn't deliver those anyway.
Half of my mail is junk, the other half is the last person to live in my apartment's mail, and the last half is junk mail intended for him. I barely check my mailbox in the first place (not in Denmark), I don't see the point.
i get a christmas card from my extended relatives every year. that's pretty nice
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