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The perfect moving home gift: 5 ideas for friends starting over in a new city. From personalised map posters to housewarming party boxes.
Moving Home Gift: 5 Ideas for Your Fresh Start in a New City
A move is more than just shifting boxes. It's a new beginning. New home, new city, new life. The right moving gift doesn't say "Good luck"—it says: "You've got this. And I'm thinking of you."
1. A Personalised Map Poster of Your New City
The moving gift that truly fits: a map of the new city. Not just any map—a personalised one with the new address marked as the centrepoint. Why better than flowers? Flowers wilt. A poster hangs on the wall five years later. And every time they look at it, they think: "That was our fresh start." From €24.90, 43 styles, 2 minutes to create.
2. A Housewarming Party Box
A wooden crate with the essentials for the first party in the new home: a decent bottle of wine, a set of glasses, a pack of candles, a card. Cost: ~€40. Impact: "I'm coming to your housewarming—and I'm bringing the first toast."
3. A Subscription for the New Address
Coffee subscription. Flower subscription. Cheese subscription. A monthly gift that arrives at the new address and says: "I haven't forgotten you live here now." Perfect for friendships that drift a little distance with the move. From €15/month.
4. A Homemade "New City Guide"
Not a shop-bought guidebook, but a self-curated one: the best pizzeria in the neighbourhood (Google Maps), the loveliest park for Sunday walks, the café with the best coffee. 10 pages, printed, bound. Cost: €5 + an afternoon of research. More personal than any voucher. Bonus tip: pair it with a map of the new city—the guide shows where to go, the map shows where they live now. The perfect duo.
5. A Personalised House Nameplate or Pinboard
A wooden sign with the new address for the door. Or a large pinboard for the kitchen—the heart of every new home, where invitations, photos and the first electricity bill end up. Practical and personal. From €25.
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ReadHow your poster comes to life
From the memory to the handover.
Four small steps — a story you hand over with the gift.
Pick the place
Search for the spot that matters — the address of your first apartment, the mountain of your proposal, the corner café.
Refine the style
Theme, colours, typography and size. Every map becomes an original that fits your wall and your moment.
Print & ship
Printed on silk-finish poster paper in the EU, packed securely and shipped to you — or straight to the recipient.
The handover
Ribbon off, eyes wide. A cartographic keepsake that earns a smile every single time the eye lands on it.
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