[franga2000]

Yeah this seems insane to mee too, also from central Europe. If it doesn't fit in your mailbox and you can't pick it up in person, you get a note to pick it up at the post office or you can choose to deliver it to a nearby gas station. Both of those will check delivery details and your photo ID before giving you the package (the latter charging you some change for the service).

Nobody here would even consider leaving it outside, despite our crime rate being waay lower than somewhere like the US, where people seem to be 100% fine with that idea.

[Freak_NL]

I've recently had one or two packages left in my recycling bin for paper/cardboard with a note from the driver saying they put it there. That was kind of a shock, because that's simply not done here in the Netherlands unless you have a personal understanding with the delivery driver.

It was also really uncomfortable because I definitely don't want delivery drivers walking anywhere around my house except for the path from garden gate to front door.