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Personalised Farewell Gift: A Map of Your Shared Place | MapLove

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The farewell gift that carries home with it: a personalised map of your shared place. For colleagues, friends, family. More personal than any gift voucher.

Farewell Gift: Why a Map of Your Shared Place is the Most Emotional Gift of All

Goodbye is hard. Whether a colleague is leaving the team, your best friend is moving to Berlin, or your child is heading off to university — you want to give something that says: "You're going, but you're taking a piece of us with you." A personalised map of your shared place does exactly that.

Why a Place Says More Than Just a Card

Flowers wilt. Greeting cards get tucked away. A gift voucher expires. But a map of the place where you've worked together, laughed, lived — that's something you unpack and hang on the wall immediately. In the new city. Above the new desk. In the hallway of the new flat. That's the difference between a gift and a memory.

Three Farewell Types, Three Perfect Maps

What Makes a Map Poster the Better Farewell Gift?

A Real Example

"Our team leader left after 8 years. We gave him a map of our office on Lindengasse. With a dedication from everyone on the team. He hung it in his new home office in Hamburg and sent us a photo." — Team MapLove

It's This Simple

  1. Enter an address — the shared office, favourite spot, hometown
  2. Choose a design — 11 themes from clean to vintage
  3. Add a personal message — "Thanks for 8 years. Your team." or whatever you'd like to say
  4. Select a format — from 21×30 cm to 70×100 cm

No design skills needed. Done in 2 minutes. Premium paper, brilliant colours, in der EU gedruckt.

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How your poster comes to life

From the memory to the handover.

Four small steps — a story you hand over with the gift.

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Pick the place

Search for the spot that matters — the address of your first apartment, the mountain of your proposal, the corner café.

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Refine the style

Theme, colours, typography and size. Every map becomes an original that fits your wall and your moment.

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Print & ship

Printed on silk-finish poster paper in the EU, packed securely and shipped to you — or straight to the recipient.

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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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