Post offices in shopping centres will be open during the year-end holidays; the last days for pre-holiday delivery of items are the 23rd and 30th of December

21.12.2016

Post offices in shopping centres will be open during the year-end holidays; the last days for pre-holiday delivery of items are the 23rd and 30th of December

Only some post offices in the largest shopping centres will be open during the year-end holidays on the 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st of December. All post offices will be closed on the 1st of January 2017. The last day for delivery of items before Christmas is the 23rd of December and for delivery before New Year’s Eve – the 30th of December. Pensions and benefits scheduled for the 24th of December will be paid on the 22nd of December.

Only some post offices in the shopping centres of major cities will be open during the public holidays on the 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st of December. The world’s warmest post office in the Dome Square will be open until New Year’s Eve, the 31st of December, and it will welcome visitors from 10 AM to 8 PM every day and from 10 AM to 2 PM on the last day of the year. Western Union money transfer services during the mentioned public holidays will be provided at most of the post offices that will be open. All post offices will be closed on the 1st of January 2017, and on the 2nd of January they will be working in accordance with the Monday schedule.

The last day for delivery of items before Christmas is the 23rd of December and for delivery before New Year’s Eve – the 30th of December. 

Pensions and benefits to be received by customers at their place of residence on the 24th of December will be delivered and paid to them on the 22nd of December.

The list of the post offices to be open during the public holidays is available here. Detailed information on changes in the opening hours is also available in all post offices.

Latvijas Pasts wishes you bright and happy holidays and encourages everyone to hurry up and send a handwritten holiday greeting. 


About SJSC Latvijas Pasts

Latvijas Pasts ensures the widest availability of postal services throughout Latvia by maintaining more than 600 post offices. The primary function of the company is provision of the universal postal service; Latvijas Pasts also provides commercial transport, express mail, payment, press subscription, retail and philatelic services. Latvijas Pasts is a wholly State-owned company with more than 4,200 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts domestic mail deliveries are regularly conducted by TNS Latvia, one of the leading market, social and media research agencies in Latvia. In turn, the quality measurements of the cross-border deliveries are provided within the framework of the International Post Corporation through the intermediary of the research companies TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.


Additional information:
Vineta Danielsone
Public Relations Specialist
Phone: +371 67608504
E-pasts: pr@pasts.lv; vineta.danielsone@pasts.lv
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