Global Penfriends

Find Snail mail and internet friends from around the world. Safe, secure and family friendly.

Find new International Friends

Our penpals are from all over the world, interested in new friendships, exchanging culture, learning a language, travel and education. Our snail mail members enjoy exchanging Letters, Postcards, Mail-Art, Candy and much more. Global Penfriends is a family friendly, secure place to meet new pen pals. All ages are welcome (School age to Seniors) Correspond by old fashioned snail mail or internet.

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Your profile describes you and your penpal preferences.

Find a Penpal

Search Global Penfriends to find the right penpals.

Start Writing

Correspond with your penpals via our secure online messaging system or start sending letters to your penpal by post and become snail mail pen pals.

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International friendship by Post or Internet

Global Penfriends has been connecting Penpals by post and internet for over 25 years. Start writing a letter or send a message to a new friend today.

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Popular Penpal Groups

Members can select penpals based on common interests such as, international friendship, snail mail exchange, language partner, travel friends, candy swaps, mail art, parcel exchange, postcard exchange.

What our members say

I easily found a few contacts on the site. The site is easy to use and seems like a reliable way to make new friends. Löysin helposti muutamia kontakteja sivustolta. Sivustoa helppo käyttää ja tuntuu luotettavalta tavalta saada uusia ystäviä.

Penpal Hanna Mustonen

48 (Female)

This website is great for people of all ages to find international friends, from online conversation to letter sending, to whatever it may be!

Penpal ThundyBun

15 (Female)

Can't wait to connect with my new pen pal and learning even more about the different cultures of the world.

Penpal Geeeehaw

32 (Female)

It is a great site on which I have already met some nice and interesting people. Thank you GPF

Penpal Anja from Germany

64 (Female)

Great website for finding new penpals from around the world with same interested. Love the search options as well.

Penpal autumn snowgirl

39 (Female)

It's great that you can choose who can contact you. Especially as a woman it's reassuring to know that not any creepy person can contact you. So far I've only had good experiences with this website and met some very good friends through it.

Penpal Annalenawrites

16 (Female)

To be honest this is the best website to find lots of kind people and to make lots of friends! And from this website—I also learn how to send a letter because honestly it's my first time to have a pen pal and it was really great experience. Definitely the best website ever !

Penpal piiee

16 (Female)

I love global pen pal because I have so many new friends and they are all from different countries and have different cultures and they are very interesting and kind.

Penpal Amelie ocean lover

10 (Female)

I would like to find someone to share lives up and downs..It's nice to receive mail and know you have a friend,,

Penpal EastCoast

74 (Female)

Global Penfriends is a safe place where I can meet people from all over the world! I feel safe using this site knowing that everything is monitored, including profiles. Everyone is so friendly and interesting. I will always recommend Global Penfriends.

Penpal TheDoodler

14 (Female)