Hi there, I am waiting patiently for a parcel from EU. It was last seen a week ago in Germany and the sending country tracking says that it was handed to the partner organisation in Norway. When I go to bring.no it tells me that the shipment has been sent from origin country and arrived at the export terminal in Hamburg. I have ordered things from southern Norway and that took like a week (5 working days) to get up here. Do you have any idea how long this will take? Any similar experiences? Will they deliver to my doorstep or do I have to pick it up when it arrives here? I am a bit confused that the parcel did not yet arrive in Norway, since cargo ships usually take 3-5 days from Hamburg to Oslo.
Thanks for the help so far!
Posted by SnowSmartha
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Post from Europe is generally by air.
The hold up 99% of the time is TOLL in Norway, most likely Gardermoen if that’s the point of entry.
They’re seemingly not aware e-commerce has caught on in the past decade
Postnord & Posten apps are shitty, perhaps try [https://www.17track.net/en](https://www.17track.net/en) I find the information from this give a more updated response
In my experience packages from Europe take least two weeks from door to door. Processing at customs always takes some time. With Easter in between, I would expect you wouldn’t receive it until late next week.
Whether it’s delivered to your doorstep or you’re picking it up somewhere, I feel like that’s always a bit of a gamble. No way of knowing until it says so in the app. :’)
They just need 10 days to decide how much they are charging you in customs. Normally 25% of the value + a big fee + another fee. If it is not marked with a clear customs decleration they will use another week to open your package to find the value for another big fee.
The customs are giving a lot a frustration for people in Norway.
I’ve ordered stuff from Amazon uk, took 4 days. I’ve had family post stuff from the UK and it be rejected at custom, when it was accepted it took about 7-10 days. It varies a lot.
This was to northern Norway
Add Easter and all bets are off.