For expats and movers

Someone to write to, wherever you land.

Moving to a new country is exciting and lonely in equal measure. SlowJourney matches you by goals as well as location, so you can find someone who is heading to, or already living in, the place you care about.

Match on what you're working toward

Tell us you're moving to Germany or learning Japanese and we look for someone chasing something just as real.

Write across time zones without stress

Slow delivery means nobody expects a reply in minutes. Write when your day allows and read when theirs does.

A friendship with a visible shape

Letter streaks, shared challenges and milestones give a long-distance friendship room to grow instead of fading into a chat thread.

How it works for you

  1. 1

    Describe where you're headed and why.

  2. 2

    Discover people by country and goal, with a compatibility score.

  3. 3

    Bookmark the ones you'd like to write to first.

  4. 4

    Send your first letter and see where it goes.

Curious how delivery works? See how SlowJourney works.

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Your next pen pal is waiting.

Free to download. Free to start writing. See where the first letter takes you.

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