How to address a letter to Netherlands

Learn how to address and mail letters to Netherlands - with address examples and many tips.

How to write an address to Netherlands

Here’s what a typical address in Netherlands looks like for postal mail.

1

Recipient name

2

Street name House number

3

Postal code City

4

Country

Learn more about addresses in Netherlands

Address example Netherlands
Basic structure:

Anna de Groot
Drieslag 51
6832 AM ARNHEM
NETHERLANDS

Address example Netherlands
With additional Information:

Mevrouw
Anna de Groot
Drieslag 51
6832 AM ARNHEM
NETHERLANDS

Address example Netherlands
For P.O. box:

Jan Jansen
Postbus 278
6880 AC OOSTERBEEK
NETHERLANDS

Postal information

Domestic postal service

PostNL

Country name

Netherlands

Postal code format

4 digits and 2 letters (eg: 0123 AB)

Standard address field position

Bottom center

Address text alignment

Left-aligned

Postal code regex

^(\d{4}[A-Z]{2})$

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code

NL

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code

NLD

UN M49 numeric country code

528

Country information

Flag

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Common name (English)

Netherlands

Official name (English)

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Native name

Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (Nederland)

Capital

Amsterdam

Continent

Europe

Subregion

Western Europe

Area

41,865 km2

Borders with

Currency

EUR (Euro, Symbol: €)

Time zone

UTC+01:00

Total population

18,100,436

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