2025 will be the last year to mail a letter in Denmark

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Denmark’s postal service just announced that it will cease to accept letters after this year. The amount of letters sent through the mail dropped rapidly in the country over the past two decades. In a highly digitized society like Denmark, the email and apps like Facebook are the go-to for bills and season’s greetings.

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