How long does it take for post to come from UK to Finland?

Wind · Post by **Wind** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:57 pm

How long does it take for post to come from UK (London) to Finland?

What is the fastest way of posting from there?

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Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:25 pm

It is taken by a carrier pigeon.

How about 'royal mail' and an express letter? Takes about 2-3 days for a regular unless its over a weekend.

Karhunkoski · Post by **Karhunkoski** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:34 pm

Wind wrote:How long does it take for post to come from UK (London) to Finland?

I've found the following formula works for me:

"Time taken for post from UK>Finland" = "Time taken from Finland>UK+2 days"

Usually about 4-6 days for me.

Wind · Post by **Wind** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:44 pm

Thanks. Am asking because I'm expecting a visa for Cameroon (well I know this is Finland forum but... Cameroon has no active forum) from Cameroon embassy in London and they are also closed for today and soon it's weekend... I don't know if they will send it fast or if my friend in London can pick it from them and send it faster... The problem is that I should get the visa before 25th of this month...

Muddy Zuk · Post by **Muddy Zuk** » Sat May 19, 2007 8:56 pm

i got regular mail in 3 days, i got guaranted mail in 3 weeks, they lost the parcel!!

it was meant to be logged every step of the way!

currently at just over a week for a letter my mum posted a week ago yesterday....

Nallis · Post by **Nallis** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:06 pm

Mail from Finland to Uk doesn't take long. I called my bank on wed morning at 11.00 Finland time to get new password for my internet bank and the letter was in my hand on thursday morning at 9.00 am GMT. That's fast!

Londonchris · Post by **Londonchris** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:57 pm

I send and recieve small parcels to/from the UK regular, and the service is good ( 2 or 3 days ).
No complaints about the safety of post in Finland, just the delivery time gets abit late in the day for some reason.

DMC · Post by **DMC** » Sun May 20, 2007 2:26 pm

2 or 3 days by regular post is normal for me.
Sending atuff the other way is about the same unless you use "express" in which case it takes at least a week. After a couple of cases like that I sent two identical letters, one by normal post and one by express, to the same UK address and posted at the same time here. The express letter took 8 days and the normal version took 3.

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