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It is possible that during the shipment of the parcels unexpected obstacles occure that cause delays, within the Netherlands or outside the Netherlands. Even during busy periods, there may be special circumstances that we would like to inform you about. So always consult this page. It is updated daily so you will always be up to date.

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Update 20/11

Spain update - All postcodes available again

The flood situation in parts of Spain is back under control. From Wednesday 20 November, all areas are available again.

France - Farmers' protests

Since 18 November, farmer protests have resumed in several regions in France. Blockades on the border between France and Spain are also reported.

UK - Snowfall

Heavy snowfall has been reported in southern Scotland, the Scottish Highlands, northern England, northern Wales and the Midlands. This is going to impact parcel delivery.

Russia:

We suspended all Geopost shipments to and from Russia on February 28th, 2022. 

 

Special countries:

Geopost has decided it will no longer ship parcels to Cuba, South Sudan, North Korea, Myanmar (Burma) and Syria. Should you wish to ship your products to these countries, this is no longer possible trough DPD.

Release DPD Insights available on November 7

Insights Insights

Release DPD Insights available on November 7

In this release, many improvements for users of DPD Insights, the monitoring tool for shippers.

What's new:

  • General: Several general improvements that make DPD Insights even easier to navigate, display more relevant information and show clearer notifications.
  • Exception management: A separate page has been added with extensive information on handled exceptions. Reports on this are also possible with various filters.
  • Parcel overview and Parcel details. Additional notifications have been added.
  • Returns page: All return packages with the Shop Return service have been added.

Black Friday & Cyber Monday - Sinterklaas

Black  Friday

Friday 29 Nov

Saturday 30 Nov

Sunday 1  Dec

Cyber Monday

Monday 2 Dec

Tuesday 3 Dec

Wednesday 4 Dec

Sinterklaas

Thursday 5 Dec

Pickup

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

X

Extra collection

as agreed

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Sorting

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

X

Extra sorting

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Delivery

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

X

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal+ extra delivery

Customer Service

for receivers

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

9.00 till 17.00

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Customer Service
for senders

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

X

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Christmas

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

X

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Would you like to know your last shipping dates for Christmas? Please click here

Friday 20 Dec

Saturday 21 Dec

Sunday 22 Dec

Monday 23 Dec

Tuesday 24 Dec

Christmas

Wednesday 25 Dec

Christmas

Thursday 26 Dec

Pickup

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

X

Normal procedure

Only pick up

on demand

X

X

Sorting

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

X

Normal procedure

X

X

X

Delivery

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

X

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

X

X

Customer Service

for receivers

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

9.00 till 17.00

X

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

X

X

Customer Service

for senders

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

X

X

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening 

8.00 till 16.00

X

X

New Year

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

9.00 till 17.00

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Would you like to know your last shipping dates for New Year? Please click here!

Friday 27 Dec

Saturday 28 Dec

Sunday 29 Dec

Monday 30 Dec

Tuesday 31 DecJan

New Year

Wednesday 1 Jan

Thursday 2 Jan

Pickup

Only pickup

on demand

X

X

Normal procedure

Only pick up

on demand

X

Normal procedure

Sorting

X

X

X

Normal procedure

X

X

Normal procedure

Delivery

X

X

X

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

X

Normal procedure

Customer Service

for receivers

X

x

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 16.00

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Customer Service

for senders

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

X

X

Opening

8.00 till 16.00

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

X

X

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Pickup

Pickup

Sorting

Pickup

Delivery

Pickup

Customer Service

for receivers

Pickup

Customer Service
for senders

Pickup

Christmas

Pickup

Would you like to know your last shipping dates for Christmas? Please click here

Pickup

Pickup

Pickup

Pickup

Sorting

Pickup

Delivery

Pickup

Customer Service

for receivers

Pickup

Customer Service

for senders

Pickup

New Year

Pickup

Would you like to know your last shipping dates for New Year? Please click here!

Pickup

Pickup

Pickup

Pickup

Sorting

Pickup

Delivery

Pickup

Customer Service

for receivers

Pickup

Customer Service

for senders

Pickup

Black  Friday

Friday 29 Nov

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Friday 20 Dec

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Friday 27 Dec

Only pickup

on demand

X

X

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Saturday 30 Nov

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Opening

9.00 till 17.00

X

X

Saturday 21 Dec

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Opening

9.00 till 17.00

X

Opening

9.00 till 17.00

Saturday 28 Dec

X

X

X

x

X

X

Sunday 1  Dec

X

X

X

X

X

X

Sunday 22 Dec

X

X

X

X

X

Sunday 29 Dec

X

X

X

X

X

X

Cyber Monday

Monday 2 Dec

Extra collection

as agreed

Extra sorting

Normal procedure

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Monday 23 Dec

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Monday 30 Dec

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

X

Tuesday 3 Dec

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Tuesday 24 Dec

Only pick up

on demand

X

Normal procedure

Opening 

8.00 till 17.30

Opening 

8.00 till 16.00

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Tuesday 31 DecJan

Only pick up

on demand

X

Normal procedure

Opening

8.00 till 16.00

Opening

8.00 till 16.00

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Wednesday 4 Dec

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Christmas

Wednesday 25 Dec

X

X

X

X

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

New Year

Wednesday 1 Jan

X

X

X

X

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Sinterklaas

Thursday 5 Dec

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal+ extra delivery

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Christmas

Thursday 26 Dec

X

X

X

X

X

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Thursday 2 Jan

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Normal procedure

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

Opening

8.00 till 17.30

How can you request additional volumes?

As every year, during the busy period, you can only request extra volume via the request form on dpd.nl. The procedure applies from 4 November 2024. This allows us to optimally deploy our capacity among applicants during the busy period.

Please note that on Tuesday 24-, Friday 27- and Tuesday 31 December, only ‘Pickup on demand’ is possible. Would you like to take advantage of that? If so, inform us by 17 December through the extra volume request form.

The standard procedure for extra volume requests is as follows:

  1. Fill in  the request form completely.

  2. Send it to DPD before 12:00 daily.

  3. DPD will process your request and you will hear by 16:00 the same day by e-mail whether your request fits.

  4. We will collect the volume the next day.

2024 - EU schedule - delivery impact due to holidays

The impact for the Netherlands can be found in a separate schedule, elsewehere on this page!

Date

Impact

1 January 

Due to New Year, parcels will not be processed until 2 January

2 January

1 day delay in Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Switzerland and Romania

6 January

1 day delay in Europe because of public holiday

7 January

1 day delay in Germany, Poland, Italy, Serbia and Slovenia because of public holiday

24 January

1 day delay in Romania

5 February

1 day delay in Ireland

6 February

1 day delay in Ireland

8 February

1 day delay in Slovenia

13 February

1 day delay in Portugal

15 February

1 day delay in Serbia

16 February

1 day delay in Serbia and Lithuania

23 February

1 day delay Estonia

24 February

1 day delaye in Italy, Slovenia, Estonia, Belgium, Switzerland and France

27 February

1 day delay in Switzerland

1 March

1 day delay in Bosnia

4 March

1 day delay in Bulgaria

8 March

1 day delay in Bosnia

11 March

1 day delay Lithuania

15 March

1 day delay in Hungary

17 March

1 day delay in Ireland

18 March

1 day delay in Greece and Ireland

25 March

1 day delay in Greece

28 March

1 day delay in Norway, Spain and Denmark

29 March

Easter parcels delivery after Easter

30 March

Easter delivery of Easter parcels

31 March

Easter delivery of Easter parcels

25 April

1 day delay in Italy and Portugal

26 April

1 day delay in Denmark

1 May

1 day delay in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Norway, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Spain, Poland, Italy, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

2 May

1 day delay in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

3 May

1 day delay in Serbia and Poland

6 May

1 day delay in Serbia and Romania

8 May

1 day delay France, Czech Republic and Slovakia

9 May

1 day delay in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland and Norway

17 May

1 day delay in Norway

20 May

1 day delay in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Hungary

27 May

1 day delay in Great Britain

30 May

1 day delay in Germany, Austria, Portugal and Croatia

 3 June

1 day delay in Ireland

10 June

1 day delay in Portugal

24 June

1 day delay in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania

25 June

1 day delay in Slovenia

5-jul

1 day delay in Czech Republic and Slovakia

1-aug

1 day delay in Switzerland

5-aug

1 day delay in Croatia and Ireland

8-aug

1 day delay in Germany (Augsburg region)

15-aug

1 day delay in Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Poland, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal, Lithuania, Belgium and Romania. 2 days delay in Italy

16-aug

1 day delay in Italy and France (DPD France only)

20-aug

1 day delay in Hungary and Estonia

26-aug

1 day delay in England

29-aug

1 day delay in Slovakia

6-sep

1 day delay in Bulgaria

11-sep

1 day delay in Spain (regional Catalonia)

19-sep

1 day delay in Germany (regional)

20-sep

1 day delay in Germany (Thuringia region)

23-sep

1 day delay in Bulgaria

23-okt

1 day delay in Hungary

27-okt

1 day delay in Ireland

28-okt

1 day delay in Ireland

31-okt

1 day delay in Germany (region Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig, Holstein, Thuringia) and Slovenia

1-nov

1 day delay in Germany (Region Baden Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Nort Rhein Westfalen, Rhineland-Patsz and Saarland) - Belgium - France - Spain - Croatia - Hungary - Italy - Latvia - Poland - Slovenia - Slovakia and Portugal

11-nov

1 day delay in Belgium, Poland, France and Serbia

18-nov

1 day delay in Croatia and Latvia

20-nov

1 day delay in Germany (region Saksen)

6-dec

1 day delay in Spain and Finland

23-dec

1 day delay in Estonia

24 dec

1 day delay in all European countries

25 dec

1 day delay in all European countries

26 dec

1 day delay in all European countries

27 dec

1 day delay in all European countries

31 dec

1 day delay in all European countries

Date

1 January 

2 January

6 January

7 January

24 January

5 February

6 February

8 February

13 February

15 February

16 February

23 February

24 February

27 February

1 March

4 March

8 March

11 March

15 March

17 March

18 March

25 March

28 March

29 March

30 March

31 March

25 April

26 April

1 May

2 May

3 May

6 May

8 May

9 May

17 May

20 May

27 May

30 May

 3 June

10 June

10 June

24 June

10 June

25 June

10 June

5-jul

10 June

1-aug

10 June

5-aug

10 June

8-aug

10 June

15-aug

10 June

16-aug

10 June

20-aug

10 June

26-aug

10 June

29-aug

10 June

6-sep

10 June

11-sep

10 June

19-sep

10 June

20-sep

10 June

23-sep

10 June

23-okt

10 June

27-okt

10 June

28-okt

10 June

31-okt

10 June

1-nov

10 June

11-nov

10 June

18-nov

10 June

20-nov

10 June

6-dec

10 June

23-dec

10 June

24 dec

10 June

25 dec

10 June

26 dec

10 June

27 dec

10 June

31 dec

Impact

Due to New Year, parcels will not be processed until 2 January

1 day delay in Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Switzerland and Romania

1 day delay in Europe because of public holiday

1 day delay in Germany, Poland, Italy, Serbia and Slovenia because of public holiday

1 day delay in Romania

1 day delay in Ireland

1 day delay in Ireland

1 day delay in Slovenia

1 day delay in Portugal

1 day delay in Serbia

1 day delay in Serbia and Lithuania

1 day delay Estonia

1 day delaye in Italy, Slovenia, Estonia, Belgium, Switzerland and France

1 day delay in Switzerland

1 day delay in Bosnia

1 day delay in Bulgaria

1 day delay in Bosnia

1 day delay Lithuania

1 day delay in Hungary

1 day delay in Ireland

1 day delay in Greece and Ireland

1 day delay in Greece

1 day delay in Norway, Spain and Denmark

Easter parcels delivery after Easter

Easter delivery of Easter parcels

Easter delivery of Easter parcels

1 day delay in Italy and Portugal

1 day delay in Denmark

1 day delay in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Norway, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Spain, Poland, Italy, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

1 day delay in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

1 day delay in Serbia and Poland

1 day delay in Serbia and Romania

1 day delay France, Czech Republic and Slovakia

1 day delay in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland and Norway

1 day delay in Norway

1 day delay in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Hungary

1 day delay in Great Britain

1 day delay in Germany, Austria, Portugal and Croatia

1 day delay in Ireland

1 day delay in Portugal

1 day delay in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania

1 day delay in Slovenia

1 day delay in Czech Republic and Slovakia

1 day delay in Switzerland

1 day delay in Croatia and Ireland

1 day delay in Germany (Augsburg region)

1 day delay in Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Poland, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal, Lithuania, Belgium and Romania. 2 days delay in Italy

1 day delay in Italy and France (DPD France only)

1 day delay in Hungary and Estonia

1 day delay in England

1 day delay in Slovakia

1 day delay in Bulgaria

1 day delay in Spain (regional Catalonia)

1 day delay in Germany (regional)

1 day delay in Germany (Thuringia region)

1 day delay in Bulgaria

1 day delay in Hungary

1 day delay in Ireland

1 day delay in Ireland

1 day delay in Germany (region Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig, Holstein, Thuringia) and Slovenia

1 day delay in Germany (Region Baden Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Nort Rhein Westfalen, Rhineland-Patsz and Saarland) - Belgium - France - Spain - Croatia - Hungary - Italy - Latvia - Poland - Slovenia - Slovakia and Portugal

1 day delay in Belgium, Poland, France and Serbia

1 day delay in Croatia and Latvia

1 day delay in Germany (region Saksen)

1 day delay in Spain and Finland

1 day delay in Estonia

1 day delay in all European countries

1 day delay in all European countries

1 day delay in all European countries

1 day delay in all European countries

1 day delay in all European countries

Tips

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