Tips and schedules for holiday season shipping

The busiest shipping season of the year is here again! Check out the last shipping dates before Christmas and other holiday season shipping tips below.

Holiday season 2025

Christmas is just around the corner, and that also means the busiest time of the year in retail. B2B sales, online stores and brick-and-mortar shops are all doing brisk business, and transport companies are working at full capacity to make sure parcels arrive on time.

Logistics companies prepare for the holiday season all year round. In 2025, for example, PostNord expanded its pickup point network to 2,600 pickup points across Finland. During the season, PostNord also delivers to its most popular pickup points on Saturdays. Here at Kuormat.com, we have developed our service over the year: you can now, among other things, order express deliveries with 02 Taksi and order shipments with a file!

Read on for our holiday season shipping tips and the last pickup dates for shipments.

Get moving early

The earlier you place your transport order or send your parcel, the more likely it is to arrive before Christmas. Remember that shipment volumes rise sharply in the run-up to Christmas, which may delay normal delivery times.

Order with a file and save time

To ease the holiday season rush, we have developed an ordering tool that lets you order transport for up to 200 shipments at once using a file. If you’re sending a larger order or several Christmas presents, for example, you can create address labels for all your shipments in one go.

Pack your shipments carefully

Make sure your shipment is packed to withstand transport. Choose a sufficiently strong outer packaging, such as a box made of sturdy cardboard. Retail packaging is not always durable enough for shipping.

Use cushioning material, such as bubble wrap or other protective packing material. Also remember to attach an address label to each parcel in a visible place.

You can read our packing instructions here.

Kuormat.com customer service opening hours

We are on Christmas holiday and our customer service is closed on the following dates:

• 24–26 Dec
• 31 Dec – 1 Jan
• 6 Jan

Otherwise, Kuormat.com customer service is open as usual from 9 am to 5 pm.

Last pickup dates before Christmas

Check the last shipping dates for parcels and pallets before Christmas below. For part and full loads over the turn of the year, please contact Kuormat.com customer service!

PostNord’s last shipping dates before Christmas

Here are the most important dates for holiday season shipments. If your shipment is picked up on or before the shipping dates below, it will arrive in time for Christmas. You can also check all the dates on PostNord’s own website.

Domestic shipments, PostNord

For all domestic shipments to be delivered before Christmas, the recommended last pickup date is 19 Dec. The last pickup dates are listed below:

• 19 Dec Home parcels
• 19 Dec Pallets *
• 22 Dec Business parcels *
• 22 Dec Pickup point parcels **

* One working day earlier for delivery areas with the postcodes: 00190, 19950, 21750, 25940-25960, 50770; 51130-51980; 52520-52890; 58180-58940; 71109-73730; 75710-75840; 76280; 76780; 77220-79940; 81120-81950; 82290-83985; 89640-89780; 91510-99990

** One working day earlier for delivery areas with the postcodes: 93140-93590; 99330-99990

Sweden (export), PostNord

• 18 Dec Pickup point parcels, home parcels and pallets
• 19 Dec Business parcels

Note! One working day earlier for deliveries to postcode areas 65-68 and 77-99

Denmark (export), PostNord

17 Dec Business parcels, home parcels, pickup point parcels and pallets

Estonia (export), PostNord

19 Dec Parcel and pallet shipments

Latvia and Lithuania (export), PostNord

18 Dec Parcel and pallet shipments

Germany (export), PostNord

• 16 Dec Pallet shipments
• 17 Dec Parcel shipments

Austria (export), PostNord

• 15 Dec Pallet shipments
• 16 Dec Parcel shipments

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (export), PostNord

• 15 Dec Pallet shipments
• 17 Dec Parcel shipments

France (export), PostNord

• 11 Dec Pallet shipments
• 16 Dec Parcel shipments

Rest of Europe (export), PostNord

• 11 Dec Pallet shipments
• 16 Dec Parcel shipments

DHL’s last pickup dates before Christmas

Domestic transport runs on weekdays over Christmas, but not on public holidays.

Below are DHL’s last pickup dates of the season for imports from and exports to Europe. You can also check the shipping dates on DHL’s own website.

Sweden, DHL

16 Dec Last scheduled pickup for delivery before Christmas

Denmark, DHL

• 11 Dec Last scheduled pickup for delivery before Christmas
• Shipments picked up 12–23 Dec are delivered to recipients after Christmas

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, DHL

• Week 51: Departures on the normal schedule
• Week 52: No departures
• Week 1/2026: Scheduled departures, except Thu 1 Jan
• Week 2/2026: Scheduled departures, except Tue 6 Jan

Mainland Europe and Ireland, DHL

• 11 Dec Last scheduled pickup for delivery before Christmas
• First scheduled departures of 2026: Fri 9 Jan

Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, DHL

11 Dec Last scheduled pickup for delivery before Christmas

Other EU countries – export and import, DHL

• 11 Dec Last general cargo departures for delivery before Christmas
• First scheduled departures: Fri 9 Jan
• Deliveries to recipients from week 2/2026