Women in Art

FB-Swap. Women in art 2022

Woman Reading (In Short Sleeves) 1912

Ateneum  Art Museum Helsinki

Art by Magnus Encell 1870--1925, Finnish painter

Sent by Tarja on 16 Oct, 2022 from Kajaani, Finland

FB-Swap. Women in art 2022 vol. 2 

The Kiss 1907-08

Art by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) Austrian painter

Sent by Raili on 8 Feb, 2022 from Kuopio, Finland 

FB-Swap Women's Day 2022

 "Portrait of A Spanish Lady 1927"

Art by Moïse Kisling (1891 – 1953) was a Polish-born French painter. 

Sent by Tanja on 2 Mar, 2022 from Tampere, Finland

 

Good Morning

FB-Swap, Radom July 2021

Coffee and cake

Sent by Tarja on 4 Jul, 2021 from Hämeenlinna, Finland

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Coffee Time 

Sent by Ling on 27 Jul, 2019 from Hong Kong 

 

Multiview Monday

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Warm greetings from Zwickau, Germany

Sent by Alice on 19 Apr, 2016 from Zwickau

Zwickau is the birthplace of the composer Robert Schumann. The house where he was born in 1810 still stands in the marketplace. 

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Eifel National park

Sent byUte on 2 Jan, 2016 from Wittlicht 

The Eifel National Park  is the 14th national park in Germany and the first in North Rhine-Westphalia. The park was founded in 2004, and is classified as a "national park in development".

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Mikulov, Czech Republic

Sent by Vera on 26 Aug, 2021 from Rumburk 

Mikulov is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic centre of Mikulov is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.

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Livraria Lello, Porto, Portugal 

Sent by Clara on 20 Jan, 2022 from Alcobaca, Portugal 

The Livraria Lello, commonly known in English as the Lello Bookstore, is a bookstore in Porto.  It is one of the oldest bookstores in Portugal and frequently rated among the top bookstores in the world (placing third in lists by guidebook publisher Lonely Planet and The Guardian).

Sunday Church

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City view and Cathedral Tower. Utrecht, Netherlands

Sent by Harry on 19 Aug, 2017 from Utrecht 

Movie Night

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Harry Potter. Pomona Sprout

Issued by Royal Mail on 18 October 2018

Sent by Daniele on 18 Jan, 2022 from London

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Spider-man

Sent by Portiariana on 3 May 2021 from Singapore

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Johnny Depp movies, pick your favorite

Sent by Julia on 21 Aug, 2013 from Homyel, Belarus

Blue Jasmine¨

Buch and Regie

Woody Allen

Sent by Mandy on 23 Sep, 2018 from Essen, Germany

Don't Eat the Fucking Candy: A Hansel and Gretel

Sent by Svenja on 30 Dec, 2014 from Germany

 

Memories ♥

 

Hailuoto, Finland 1989

Fishermen's village and lighthouse

"Hi, how are you? It's great here!" 

Sent by my son on his butterfly camp to Hailuoto

Vaasa, Vasa, Suomi Finland 1968

The Market place in the background the Middle Block

"Greetings from the sandy beach" 

Sent by me to my parents from Vaasa:)

Rovaniemi, Finland, 1982

The forth road bridge and log jam Ounasriver

Sent to our children by our neighbor's children 

Eco Friendly Transport

 

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Funny Ride

Illustration Agne Giedraityte, Lithuania

Sent by Jūratė on 21Mar, 2014 from Sirvintos, Lithuania

Birthday card for my son ♥

Doors and Windows

Porto, Portugal

A Pérola do Bolhão, a  grocery store in Porto

Pérola do Bolhão is a traditional grocery store founded in 1917 by António Rodrigues Reis. It has an Art Nouveau façade, lined with tiles with references to the spice route.

Sent by my friend Soili on 5 Jul, 2015 from Paço de Arcos, Portugal

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Latvia. Nice Place. Photo Zane Ernstreite

Sent by Iveta on 23 Dec, 2020 from Valmiera, Latvia

Tea time

 

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Teapots, Pick your favorite :)

Sent by Elaine on 3 Mar, 2022 from Quebec, Canada 

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Shu Fen Ya Yun Teahouse, Chengdu, China

Sent by Joey on 7 Dec, 2018 from Tampa, Florida 

Memories

Santa Catalina Park, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Sent by my friend on 18 Feb, 1976 

Roll-Ships - Roll-Laivat, Kuopio, Finland

Sent by my mother and father on 21 Jul, 1983 from Siilinjärvi, Finland

Arvidjaur, Lappstaden, Sweden

Sent by our friends, Eeva and Pekka on 19 Aug, 1976 when they drove by motorcycle through Sweden.

Tatra Mountains, Poland

Sent by me and my daughter on 3 Aug, 1986 from our vacation to Poland

"Greetings from Tatra Awesome mountain sceneries, very hot about+35 C. We are coming home soon." 

Sunday Church

FB-swap" Summer Greetings"

Pietarsaari, 

Pedersöre Curch, Finland

 

Pedersöre Church ( Swedish: Pedersöre kyrka ), is a medieval stone church in Pietarsaari (Swedish: Jacobstad ). It is one of the oldest medieval churches in Ostrobothnia.

Sent byTanja Jun 2021 from Pori, Finland 

 

Castles

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Cathedral and castle, Limburg, Germany

Sent by Jl on 11 Apr 2015 fron Münich 

 

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 Warm Greetings from Germany 

Neuschwanstein Castle

Sent by Tami on 21 Feb, 2018 

 

Olavinlinna Castle - The Great Courtyard

Greetings from Savonlinna Opera Festival

Sent by my sister on 10 Jul, 2017 from Savonlinna, Finland

Postcrossing Meetup

FB-Swap - Summer Greetings

Greetings from Postcrossing Meetup, Visby, Gotland, Sweden

Visby- Hanseatic town of Visby is UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sent by Anne on 15 Aug, 2022 from Visby 

 

Random Finland

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Turku by Harro Koskinen, Finnish artist

Sent by Terttu on 6 Aug, 2014 from Turku, Finland

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Porvoo- Borgå Finland

Sent by Kristiina on 2 Oct, 2020 from Porvoo

Kaskinen 

Sent to Germany on 19 Jul 2019 

Kaskinen is a town, municipality and island of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The population of Kaskinen is 1,288 (31 December 2021)The population density is 122.78/km2 (318.0/sq mi). The population is bilingual with a majority speaking Finnish (68%) and the minority Swedish (28%).

Kaskinen is the smallest municipality in Finland with a town status The town is located on an island with two bridges to the mainland, and its only border neighbor is the town of Närpes. 

Library

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The Library of Congress, Washington D.C. U.S.A.

The Library of Congress Main Reading Room has spectacular ceiling. The interior dome rises 160 feet above the floor. At its center, the collar mural by Edwin Blashfield depicts figures symbolizing the 12 countries thought to have contributed the most to civilization in North America. Photo by Michael Dersin 

Sent by Sayali on 19 Jul 2022 from Boston 

 

Water transport

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Camden, Maine

One of Maine's most picturesque harbors. Photo John Alderson. 

Sent by Liza  (living in Novosibirsk Russia) on  24 Jul 2019 from her vacation to U.S.A.

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Algarve-Lagos

The Fortress by night

Sent by Mariana on 11 Jun, 2015  from Praga, Portugal

 

Doors

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Portugal, Algarve. 

Arquitectural tradicional do Algarve

Photo Antonio Henriques

Sent by Jörg on 25 Sep. 2018 from Hamburg, Germany

Doors from Multia, Finland

Multia is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,489 (31 December 2021)  The population density is 2.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.3/sq mi).

FB-swap ( Trip group)

Sent by Nina on 6 Jul, 2019 from Multia

 

Route 66

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Remembering Good Old Days

Sent by Lena on 6 Jul, 2015 from Podol'sk, Russia 

Fun Times on Route 66 

Direct swap sent by Dena on 20 Dec, 2015 from Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.

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Route 66, Main street of America

Sent by Greg on 23 May, 2015 from San Diego, California, U.S.A.

 

Outgoing mail

Outgoing Mail Week 33

Map Monday

Crete, The Best Island, Greece

From my vacation to Crete 

Wisconsin, The Badger State,  U.S.A.

Direct swap sent by a postcrosser friend from Wisconsin.

Holstein, Switzerland

Sent by a postcrosser friend from her vacation to Switzerland

Gran Canaria, Isla Romantica, Spain

From my vacation to Gran Canaria 

 

Sunday Cities

Czech Republic

Prague

St. Vitus Cathedral

Direct swap, Sent by Jana on 2 Jun, 2013 from Prague, Czech Republic

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Ostrava 

Old Town Hall Masaryk square,

Sent by Tomas on 11 May, 2017 from Ostrava

Tabor

Sent by Olenka from Tabor