Global Penfriends

Write to pen pals online from 195+ countries — and swap letters by post when you're ready. Safe, secure and family friendly.

Find new International Friends

Our members come from all over the world to make new friends, share their culture, learn a language and talk about travel. Most write to each other through our safe online messaging, and many also enjoy swapping letters, postcards and mail art by post. All ages are welcome, from school age to seniors, in a family-friendly, secure club.

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Message your penpals in our secure online messaging, and swap postal addresses safely if you'd like to write by post too.

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International friendship online and by post

Global Penfriends has been connecting penpals for 30+ years. Send a message to a new friend today.

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Members can select penpals based on common interests such as international friendship, language partners, travel friends and e-pals, plus snail mail, postcard and mail art swaps.

What our members say

Have been using this site for about a year. Made several meaningful connections. I appreciate how easy it is to use the site as well as the security measures put in place to help establish trust between potential penpals.

Penpal Truekeui

44 (Female)

I managed to find penpals and global friends! Its actually a really small world because sometimes your penpal knows someone in your life, like what happened to me, where i met my penpals friend even though we were in two different countries, pretty cool!

Penpal SillySnail

16 (Female)

It's a good Site to meet peaple from other countries and broaden your hirizones of thinking by getting to know different cultures.

Penpal AllMyColours

40 (Female)

The website is safe and has good safeguarding features. It would be better if it would allow to upload more pictures and if it would let us choose the place of the keepsake.

Penpal Bellartina

39 (Female)

Exchange from all over thé world i found it interesting to have différent points of views from around thé world.

Penpal Morgane76

50 (Female)

Good matches, the exchange of letters is good, only our snail mail systems take their time. It is what it is.

Penpal Chiquititacox

72 (Female)

Excellent and fantastic site to find penfriends and know new persons. With global penfriends you can have many friends

Penpal trebbia45

56 (Female)

Nice to meet People with same intrest. Getuigen mail from all over the word. Alvast nice to meet new friends

Penpal Erna72

54 (Female)

Perfect to find snail mail friends, which are of your age, wirh the same hobbies. Wonderful possibility to learn of different cultures.

Penpal Flowerlover22

60 (Female)

Global Penfriends has helped me find lovely penfriends with whom I have been in contact for many years. I've even met one of them in person. I recommend giving it a try.

Penpal Chirpychirps

49 (Female)