Can someone explain why so many have that horn? Like was there a time when the mailman would come to your door and play a little tune/Fanfare to let you know that you got mail?
Spanish one looks like a snail with a crown.
Polish redesign looks like someone reclining with their arms behind their head getting a blow job from someone else.
Spain/Sweden😎
This is a bit dated. The Danish and Swedish postal services merged years ago, unfortunately.
Finland and Kosovo looks like a supermarket, Ukraine looks like a taxi app.
Best is Bulgaria probably, but I like Portugal too.
Norway’s “Gotta catch em’ all!”
Anybody going to acknowledge Iceland creeping on over the Atlantic?
I like Finnish one. Apart from logo, their postal service has a very good branding design: it feels like some fun and friendly startup, rather than boring postal service.
Man, Ukrposhta used to be such hot garbage just a few years back. Then Nova Poshta started asserting dominance and they revamped beyond belief.
I was so afraid to go to the one next to my house because I always remember it being overcrowded and staff being utterly overworked and abusive, now everything’s spacious, fast, clean, and they hired young friendly employees who can pacify even the angriest babushka with their charm
Poczta Polska is so fucking bad, no joke. Getting packages from the US is pointless because they’re almost certain to keep it for a month in customs facilities, and when I call them to complain, the phone number doesn’t work. And then when I find the “correct” phone number, nobody answers the fucking phone because there’s apparently only one fucking phone, and everyone’s fucking calling to fucking complain. Jebać Poczta Polska.
Yes, I do feel better now, thanks for asking.
We have Omniva in Latvia too. What?
Logo of Croatian post was modernised two years ago. I prefer the [older version](https://moze.hr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/hrvatska-pos%CC%8Cta.jpg) where the horn is recognisable, but most articles I’ve read from the people in the field of graphic design prefer the “cleaner” modern one.
The choice of colours for Italy is a bit weird, considering PosteItaliane uses blue on yellow everywhere
Wait what. The post/postman isn’t green everywhere?!
This is old as hell, we don’t have PostDanmark anymore. It’s called PostNord now, and it covers postal services for Denmark and Sweden (and possibly the other countries as well, not sure).
Ofc its hermes on greek
In 2007, Finnish Posti changed it’s name into “Itella” (which doesn’t mean anything it’s just a made up word). They did this because they were developing into more international and modern services. This was very strange, because almost anyone can guess what posti means without speaking Finnish, but even Finns don’t know what Itella means. They fortunately came to their senses in 2015 and changed it back. However, they continue with the madness of inventing stupid brands. Last year they started to communicate with their customers in colloquial language. They will send you texts that are equivalent of “Yo, your package has arrived go get it!” They think this makes them more approachable and closer to everyday people. But it’s just awkward and dumb.
Greece has Hermes. Probably the coolest logo in Europe but it looks a lot like the face of the woman of the French Republic! 🤣Pretty cheap and reliable services,but the problem is you almost always need to go to a store since the postal boxes around the country and in the cities are so few and far in between that they have almost been disbanded. No other places to get stamps either. And they are not that relevant since the country has door-to-door courier services everywhere at a low cost…
Wait a sec… When did Iceland sneaked over there? 🤔
We have a joke in Finland about Posti: “If you want to get rid of a body, just mail it.”
Why so much blue and yellow? I suspect that blue is associated with reliability (e.g. in airline logos). but why yellow? Likewise, why so little green and orange?
Rest of Europe: Some variation on the word “post”.
UK: “ROYAL MAIL”
It was almost renamed to “Consignia” a few years ago, that was quite the fiasco.
For some reason I just love the UK’s Royal Mail with that crown and whatnot. Based as heck.
honestly I’m surprised how many people in here have no idea what most of the logos derive from… have you guys never heard of the [post horn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_horn)? it’s even an emoji! 📯
Maybe I am a bit biased, the the Portuguese postal service logo, is one of the coolest logos ever
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Can someone explain why so many have that horn? Like was there a time when the mailman would come to your door and play a little tune/Fanfare to let you know that you got mail?
Spanish one looks like a snail with a crown.
Polish redesign looks like someone reclining with their arms behind their head getting a blow job from someone else.
Spain/Sweden😎
This is a bit dated. The Danish and Swedish postal services merged years ago, unfortunately.
Finland and Kosovo looks like a supermarket, Ukraine looks like a taxi app.
Best is Bulgaria probably, but I like Portugal too.
Norway’s “Gotta catch em’ all!”
Anybody going to acknowledge Iceland creeping on over the Atlantic?
I like Finnish one. Apart from logo, their postal service has a very good branding design: it feels like some fun and friendly startup, rather than boring postal service.
Man, Ukrposhta used to be such hot garbage just a few years back. Then Nova Poshta started asserting dominance and they revamped beyond belief.
I was so afraid to go to the one next to my house because I always remember it being overcrowded and staff being utterly overworked and abusive, now everything’s spacious, fast, clean, and they hired young friendly employees who can pacify even the angriest babushka with their charm
Poczta Polska is so fucking bad, no joke. Getting packages from the US is pointless because they’re almost certain to keep it for a month in customs facilities, and when I call them to complain, the phone number doesn’t work. And then when I find the “correct” phone number, nobody answers the fucking phone because there’s apparently only one fucking phone, and everyone’s fucking calling to fucking complain. Jebać Poczta Polska.
Yes, I do feel better now, thanks for asking.
We have Omniva in Latvia too. What?
Logo of Croatian post was modernised two years ago. I prefer the [older version](https://moze.hr/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/hrvatska-pos%CC%8Cta.jpg) where the horn is recognisable, but most articles I’ve read from the people in the field of graphic design prefer the “cleaner” modern one.
The choice of colours for Italy is a bit weird, considering PosteItaliane uses blue on yellow everywhere
Wait what. The post/postman isn’t green everywhere?!
This is old as hell, we don’t have PostDanmark anymore. It’s called PostNord now, and it covers postal services for Denmark and Sweden (and possibly the other countries as well, not sure).
Ofc its hermes on greek
In 2007, Finnish Posti changed it’s name into “Itella” (which doesn’t mean anything it’s just a made up word). They did this because they were developing into more international and modern services. This was very strange, because almost anyone can guess what posti means without speaking Finnish, but even Finns don’t know what Itella means. They fortunately came to their senses in 2015 and changed it back. However, they continue with the madness of inventing stupid brands. Last year they started to communicate with their customers in colloquial language. They will send you texts that are equivalent of “Yo, your package has arrived go get it!” They think this makes them more approachable and closer to everyday people. But it’s just awkward and dumb.
Greece has Hermes. Probably the coolest logo in Europe but it looks a lot like the face of the woman of the French Republic! 🤣Pretty cheap and reliable services,but the problem is you almost always need to go to a store since the postal boxes around the country and in the cities are so few and far in between that they have almost been disbanded. No other places to get stamps either. And they are not that relevant since the country has door-to-door courier services everywhere at a low cost…
Wait a sec… When did Iceland sneaked over there? 🤔
We have a joke in Finland about Posti: “If you want to get rid of a body, just mail it.”
Why so much blue and yellow? I suspect that blue is associated with reliability (e.g. in airline logos). but why yellow? Likewise, why so little green and orange?
Rest of Europe: Some variation on the word “post”.
UK: “ROYAL MAIL”
It was almost renamed to “Consignia” a few years ago, that was quite the fiasco.
For some reason I just love the UK’s Royal Mail with that crown and whatnot. Based as heck.
honestly I’m surprised how many people in here have no idea what most of the logos derive from… have you guys never heard of the [post horn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_horn)? it’s even an emoji! 📯
Maybe I am a bit biased, the the Portuguese postal service logo, is one of the coolest logos ever
The Portuguese logo it’s the coolest