Take part

Write a card

A few warm lines for someone you don't know, that's all it needs to be. You can leave your name off, and it only takes a few minutes.

What would you like to do?

A new card A greeting for someone you don't know. You can leave your name off, and we turn it into mail. A reply Writing back to a card you found in your letterbox. You need your conversation code and your account code, both together.

A new card

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We do the rest

Your message to a stranger

Tell something small and ordinary from your day. A habit of yours, something you always enjoy, or something you spotted outside this morning. Write the way you speak, clever lines aren't needed. Up to 2000 characters. We add the recipient's first name at the top ourselves.
Example: "I always eat my plate clean from right to left. Nobody gets it, but I've done it for years." Or: "There was a song stuck in my head this morning that I just couldn't shake."

A person reads every card before it goes in the post. Keep it friendly: no swearing, no addresses or phone numbers. If a card doesn't fit, we won't send it on.

Stuck for a moment? Answer a few little questions

Is the blank box staring back at you? Then answer a few of these little questions in your own words, you don't have to fill in all of them. We'll put your answers neatly one below the other in your card, and after that you can calmly tweak them or take them out. That way you've got a few sentences down after all.

What did you see today outside, on the way, or out the window?

What do you most like to eat or drink on an ordinary day?

What small thing do you do in your own way?

What would you like to ask the other person?

Would you like to be able to receive a reply? (Optional)

Sometimes it's nice if the other person can write something back to you too. Want to keep that open? Then choose below how you give your details. Rather not? Just leave it all blank, then you stay anonymous. Only we see your address, the other person never does.

Don't see any choice buttons below? Then just fill in what fits you: leave everything blank to stay anonymous, fill in your account code if you've taken part before, or fill in your address if you're new. We'll see which one you picked.

No, I'll stay anonymous Yes, I've taken part before Then you have an account code. You only fill in your postcode, your house number and that code, and no new letter is needed. Yes, and this is my first time Fill in your address. We'll first send you a letter with a code, so we know for sure it reaches the right person.

House number

Postcode

Your account code

It's on your welcome letter. Eight letters and digits, with a dash in the middle. We link your card to your known address and send no new letter.

Your name

Street name

Town or city

Your email address (optional)

Then we'll send you one heads-up when your card is in the post. The code never comes by email.

In which language would you like to receive mail?

Nederlands English No preference

Filling in an address or account code so the other person can write back? Then put one everyday question somewhere in your card. That way the other person has something to carry on writing about.

Prefer to write by hand? Send your card by post to Schrijfmaatje, Vuurdoornstraat 9B, 8924 AT Leeuwarden, and we'll enter it for you. Want the other person to be able to write back to you? Then add your own address too. Only we see it, the other person never does.

Would you rather receive mail yourself, or know someone who'd love it? Sign up for mail.

A reply to your card

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Your two codes, you need both together

Conversation code (from the card)

It's on the insert with the card you received, and it belongs to this one card.

Account code (from your welcome letter)

It's on the welcome letter that came to you by post. Keep that letter safe, you need this code again every time.

Doing this for someone else, or is someone helping you from a distance? Just fill in their two codes, or read them out calmly. Capitals and dashes make no difference.

Not sure which code is where? Read a short explanation of the codes.

Your reply

Just write what you want to say, you don't have to give a name or an address. Something ordinary from your day works fine, and a few lines are already enough to make the other person's day.

Stuck for a moment? Answer a few little questions

Is the blank box staring back at you? Then answer a few of these little questions in your own words, you don't have to fill in all of them. We'll put your answers neatly one below the other in your reply, and after that you can calmly tweak them or take them out. That way you've got a few sentences down after all.

What did you see today outside, on the way, or out the window?

What do you most like to eat or drink on an ordinary day?

What small thing do you do in your own way?

What would you like to ask the other person?

Prefer paper? Send your reply with both your codes on it to Schrijfmaatje, Vuurdoornstraat 9B, 8924 AT Leeuwarden. So put your conversation code and your account code on it, because those two together keep it safe and show us which conversation your reply belongs to. We'll pass it on anonymously after that.

Lost your account code? It's on your welcome letter. Can't find that letter anymore? Request a new letter, and we'll send the same account code again by post.

Not sending a reply is fine too, the card was for you.

What do you write about?

No idea what to write? Very ordinary works best. Tell something small from your day: what you ate, what you saw outside, a song that was stuck in your head, or a habit of yours that nobody else gets. Write the way you speak, because it's the everyday that makes a card personal. Clever lines really aren't needed.

Add one question somewhere, so the other person has something to write back about straight away. For example: "What's the first thing you hear in the morning?" Or ask about the view from their window. A few lines is already plenty, it's not about the length but about the gesture.

An orange PostNL letterbox by the street