Icelandic postal service proves a map is just as good as an address

The envelope had a map and description in English.

Published 31st Aug 2016

A recent post on Reddit has gone viral after it shows an envelope, with just a map and description instead of an address, which was delivered correctly.

The letter, which was addressed to "A horse farm with an Icelandic/Danish couple and three kids and a lot of sheep!", was delivered to the farm where Rebecca Cathrine Kaadu Ostenfeld lives with her family in the west of Iceland.

It was sent from a tourist who had stayed at the farm, but didn't know the address and sent it on their way home while in the country's capital, Reykjavík.

The letter was actually sent back in March this year, but the story has recently become popular after it was posted on Reddit yesterday.

> Without an address, an Icelandic tourist drew this map of the intended location (Búðardalur) and surroundings on the envelope. The postal service delivered! from pics