Post offices in the largest cities will be open during the Midsummer period; the 19th of June will be a working day and the 24th of June will be a day off at Latvijas Pasts
14.06.2021
On Saturday, the 19th of June 2021, which is a transferred working day, Latvijas Pasts post offices will be working in accordance with the regular Friday schedule, except for several post offices in the shopping centres of the largest cities, which will have a different schedule on this day. Several post offices will have changes in their opening hours on the pre-holiday day, the 22nd of June. Only some post offices in the largest Latvian cities will provide postal services during the Midsummer holidays, while the 24th of June, Jāņi Day, will be a day off for the employees of Latvijas Pasts. The customers who get their benefits and pensions granted by the State Social Insurance Agency (VSAA) delivered to their place of residence through the intermediary of Latvijas Pasts with the expected pay-out period during the holidays will receive the money at an earlier date.
To allow people to enjoy several free days in a row, one working day in June – Friday, the 25
th of June – has been switched with Saturday, the 19
th of June. On the 19
th of June, the transferred working day,
Latvijas Pasts will deliver items to the residents and the post offices will be open according to Friday schedule, except for the post offices in the shopping centres of the largest cities, which will have changes in their opening hours on this day. The list of these post offices and their opening hours are available
here.
Several post offices will also have a different schedule on the pre-holiday day, the 22
nd of June. The list of these post offices and their opening hours can be seen
here.
On Wednesday, the 23
rd of June, which is Līgo Day, and on Friday, the 25
th of June, postal services will be available in some post offices, whereas on Jāņi Day, the 24
th of June, post offices will be closed. A detailed list of the post offices to be open on the 23
rd and the 25
th of June and their opening hours are available
here.
Pensions and benefits granted by the VSAA which are to be received by customers at their places of residence on the 23rd of June will be delivered on the 21st of June, and the 22nd of June will be the payday for those customers whose pensions and benefits are scheduled for the 24th of June.
Dozens of Latvijas Pasts parcel lockers can be used for collecting and sending items throughout the country according to the opening hours of the shopping centres or availability of the parcel lockers during the holiday period. Information about Latvijas Pasts parcel locker network is available here.
Happy holidays!
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 around 3,200 employees. The quality measurements of Latvijas Pasts domestic mail deliveries are regularly conducted by Kantar TNS, 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 Kantar TNS, Ipsos and Quotas.
Additional information:
Vineta Danielsone | Senior Public Relations Project Manager
