All VU Amsterdam employees have the same postal address, so all university mail can be collected in one central location.
Regular mail that arrives in the mail room before 15.00 will be collected by PostNL on the same day. HOWEVER: PostNL processes and delivers all mail on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. When sending snail mail, you should therefore expect a delivery period of at least 48 hours:
- mail received on Mondays and Tuesdays will be delivered by PostNL on Thursdays.
- mail received on Wednesdays and Thursdays will be delivered by PostNL on Saturdays.
PostNL’s 24 hour service
If you have an item that needs to reach its destination within 24 hours, you can opt for PostNL’s more expensive 24 hour mail service. To indicate that you wish to use the 24 hour service, please attach a green 24 hour sticker to your envelope or mail item. Postal Services is responsible for further processing. In the event that your faculty or service department does not have any stickers, you can order them from Postal Services.
Returning mail
Is there an item that you wish to return? Please use the form ‘Application for return order’ and deliver your item to Postal Services.
One postal address for all VU employees
All employees have the same VU postal address: De Boelelaan 1105. For then proper and speedy handling and delivery of all items of mail, packages, and goods to all VU locations, please provide the following postal address:
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
[Your faculty/service department]
[Your department; good abbreviations will also suffice]
[Your name]
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV AMSTERDAM
Private packages
Since 2019, you may no longer receive personal mail packages at your VU Amsterdam address. You are kindly requested to have your personal mail sent to your home address or local pickup point. If we receive an order that we suspect is of a personal nature, then the package will not be delivered to your workstation. You can pick up the package at FCO Logistics Centre (location Van der Boechorststraat 3 - Transitorium, coördinates: 52.334089, 4.863024). If you have any questions, please contact Jamal Aanzi, team leader of FCO Logistics Centre.