In the past, handwritten holiday cards to family and friends belonged to a successful vacation. Deutsche Post has an ever smaller demand for mailing and postcard shipping. In Denmark, the letter delivery will be completely stopped for the coming year. But is the postcard from vacation a discontinued model?
This is what the shops say
Bianca Jürgensen from the Gosch bookstore in the downtown Kappelner can only deny this question: “On the contrary. To write postcards, seems to be more trendy again.”
For Bianca Jürgensen from the Gosch bookstore in Kappeln, postcards are a must.
Photo: Fabian Schnack
However, there was never a sales flaccid. “Postal cards are always popular. Children in particular are particularly pleased to send grandma and grandpa a holiday memory,” says Jürgensen.
“Kappel, lots of water and a lot of lighthouse.”
Bianca Jürgensen
Deputy boss of the Gosch bookstore in Kappeln
Animal motifs are particularly popular for the little ones. In general, the rule applies to the most popular illustrations: “A lot of kappeln, lots of water and a lot of lighthouse.”
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Claudia Teichmann runs a post office as co-boss in the Kappelner shop “På Petter”. Stamps also go over the counter there.
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Claudia Teichmann also knows that postcards would be taken from Kappeln visitors. The co-boss of the “På Petter” business in the city center also sells stamps in the integrated post office. These would be very popular: “There is a lot going on with us when it comes to stamps at home and abroad. They are really bought a lot.” Postcards of a Kappelner artist are also offered in your shop. “Some customers buy the cards, write them and send them right away,” says Teichmann.
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Lina Sophie Peters (16) and Laura Paulsen (15) from Schleswig do not want to know anything about it. “Of course we also send selfies to WhatsApp, but a postcard is much more personal. We still like to send postcards to the family. Friends or acquaintances are more likely to get a photo or ‘snap’ from the beach,” reports the 16-year-old.
Lina Sophie Peters (16) and Laura Paulsen (15) from Schleswig regret that young people would send fewer and fewer vacation cards.
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The young Schleswiger also criticizes her own age group: “The youth are so media -controlled. So many are already sitting on the cell phone from the morning. It is a shame if postcards are sent less and less and people are trying out less and less.”
The hand -written holiday map is still very popular.
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Laura Paulsen agrees with her girlfriend in the assessment and indicates that you are happy to write vacation greetings by hand. Her card motifs with lots of water, beach or animals such as seals are preferable.
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Popular holiday souvenirs in the mailbox
A holiday card is not only a beautiful souvenir of the travels for those who stayed at home.
Like Naturmotife: Olga (51) and Matthias Küster (52) from Flensburg and Bärbel Vorster (71) from Klein Bennebek.
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Bärbel Vorster (71) from Klein Bennebek is on the road with her family in Kappeln and says: “I like to write cards from vacation. Because I would like to get some of others myself. Only those who write yourself can look forward to vacation cards from others in the mailbox.” Matthias (52) and Olga Küster (51) from Flensburg also write from vacation, but for them the digital path often prevails by messenger app.
Numerous tourists browse through the postcards of downtown Kappeln.
Photo: Fabian Schnack
At the harbor near the Schleibrücke, Karin Schulte (59) from Einbeck in Lower Saxony is traveling in Kappeln for the first time and has already thrown several postcards into the mailbox.
Karin Schulte (59) from Einbeck in Lower Saxony is in Kappeln for the first time and has already sent several postcards from Kappeln.
Photo: Fabian Schnack
She says: “I like to write postcards. Not at all because of the collective effect, but because I just find it beautiful. Of course, all vacation cards that others have sent me are also kept.” For the Lower Saxony, the much more personal way to send greetings from others.
The selection of motifs on view maps made of Kappeln is very large.
Photo: Fabian Schnack
