Five Capital Cities

Stockholm, Sweden

Sent by my niece on 27, Feb, 2019

Riga, Latvia

The Latvian National Opera

Sent by Camila on 2 Jun, 2019 from Riga

Paris, France

Louvre Museum

Sent by "no name"  on 18, Sep, 2020 from Jining, China

Budaperst, Hungary

Sent by Suvi on 28 Aug, 1996 from Budapest

Prague, Czech Republic

Prague Corners

Sent by my sister on 12 Sep, 1994 from Prague

 

On the beach

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View of the beach, Positano, Italy

Sent by Lamberto on 24 Jan, 2012 from Belluno

Pigadia, Karpathos, Greece 

My travels 2018

Liepaja, Latvia

Sent by my nephew and family on 23 Jul, 2008 from Liepaja

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Sea Beach, Krabi, Thailand

Sent by Mint on 3, Nov, 2016 from Bangkok, Thailand

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Vlissingen beach,  Netherlands, Photo Riet Lieferink

Sent by Jeanine on 2 Sep, 2016 from Huist

Pefkari, Thassos, Greece

8 Aug, 1992

Buildings

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Goethe House, Frankfurt, Germany

Sent by Helga on 28 May 2022 from Basel Germany 

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West Indian Goods Sale om Salem Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Sent by"novemberhope" on 31 Jul, 2014 from Offenburg, Germany

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Utrecht, Oudegracht

The Oudegracht, or "old canal", runs through the center of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Warehouses used to line the canal. Today many of these warehouses have been converted into restaurants and cafés.

Sent by Ronald on 19 Sep, 2020 from Kerkrade. 

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Talsi, Latvia

View from the Church Hill. Photo M. Vanaga

Sent by Linda on 26 Oct, 2014 from Riga Latvia

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Mississippi River Road Plantations. Louisiana, U.S.A.

Sent by Nova on 20 Feb, 2014 from  Fort Scott, Kansas

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Driving School

Photo Olga Davletbaeva

Sent by Irena on 20 Jan 2014 from Minsk, Belarus

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

Traditional costumes

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Latvian National Doll

Sent by Linda on 9 Dec, 2016 from Talsi, Latvia

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Bukchon Hanok Village

Seoul, Korea

Woman dressed in traditional costume of South-Korea

Northeastern national costume, Finland

Sent to Han in Kuala Lipis, Malaysia on 8 Jan, 2018

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Ancient dress of Eura, 1020-1050s, Finland

Sent by Maarit on 26 Jul, 2016 from Uusikaupinki, Finland

Croft House Tales. 

Photo by Ingela Nyman (Finnish)

As the days grew longer the hens started to eggs again. Fresh egs marked the beginning of spring at the crof house. Boiled eggd were part of the Easter feast along with gold colored pancakes. Homegrown eggs in granma's basket in Western Finland.

 

Festivals

 

Festival  

The Scarlet Sails, Palace Bridge opening, Saint Petersburg, Russia. 

Received 2001

Sent by my family

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Latvian Festival of Song and Dance 

Received on 10 Jul, 2018

Sent by Ziedonis (Bauska, Latvia)

Riga

Riga old town

Sent by Zanda in Riga, Latvia

Riga Valnu Street - Yesterday and Today

Sent by Aleksandra in Riga 

on 28 Oct, 2014

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 636 km

received on 3 Nov, 2014 

Baltic states

Estonia, Tallinn 

sent by my daughter

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It is on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland in Harju County. From the 13th century until 1918 , the city was known as Reval. Tallinn's Old Town is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Europe and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

Latvia, Riga

travel time 3 days

distance travelled 648 km

sent by Olivia, Riga, Latvia

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the Daugava river. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture

Lithuania,Vilnius

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 908 km

sent by Indrė, Vilnius, Lithuania

Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city. It is in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second largest city in the Baltic states. Vilnius is known for the architecture in its Old Town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.

bicycle time

Consensus bike art by Minna Immonen 

Facebook swap from Airi in Kemi, Finland

Heart bike

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,372 km

sent by Raisa in Groningen, Netherlands

Fox bike  by Roman Urbinskii art, Russia

Direct swap from Dena in Springfield, Illinois. U.S.A.

Sunday morning bike

travel time 3 days

distance travelled 633 km

sent by Valerija in Olaine, Latvia

Handicrafts

Knitted mittens, Latvia 18th c. till the beginning of the 20th c., National History Museum of Latvia

From Inguna, Latvia

Traditional cross stitch patterns from Netherlands

Sent by Annet, Netherlands

Mitten pattern from Estonia

My collection

Suzanne loves cross stitching and wishes a happy day!

Real Photo Postcards

This old postcard was sent by Olga from Latvia. She chose this card for me as I like old photos and postcards.  This family lived somewhere in Latvian countryside and the photo was taken in  their garden in the 1930s.

Distance: 619 km

Travel time: 4 days

Old photo from the city of Rudolfov in  Czech Republic comes from Mirka in Březnice. A group of people standing in front of  an inn -  Hostinec u Listonoše

( Postman's Inn ? )

Rudolfov  is a small town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located next to the city of České Budějovice. It has around 2,400 inhabitants.

Distance: 1,539 km

Travel time: 5 days

This is my entry to Maria's  "Postcards for The Weekend" at "Connections to the World-blog" and the theme for this week is Monochrome

Kirkkoja - Churches



Saint Nicolas Cathedral, Mozhaisk, Russia

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18 Nov, 2013

Katyan kotikaupunki on Orel, joka tarkoittaa kotkaa. Hän lähetti kortin Mozhaiskin Pyhän Nikolain katedraalista. Kortti on  yksi S.M. Prokudin-Gorskin kuvasarjasta "The Russian Empire". 

Mozhaysk is a city located in Moskovskaya oblast, about 110 km to the west of Moscow city. The cathedral was built in 1779-1820 and is one of the main attractions of present day Mozhaisk.

 St. Catherine's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Riga, Latvia

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17 Oct, 2013

Zandra lähetti kauniin kirkkokortin kotikaupungistaan Riiasta. Zandra kerää enkeleitä ja erikoisia kynttilöitä ja hänellä on niitä paljon.

St. Catherine's Lutheran Church аlsо known аs Biķeri оr Biķernieki church fоr іts location in Bikeri Str. in Riga.

The Cathedral of Our Lady.

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15 Oct, 2013

Jo asuu kauniissa Antwerpenissa  ja hänkin lähetti kortin kotikaupunkinsa kuuluisimmasta nähtävyydestä, Neytsyt Marian katedraalista ja Groenplaats-aukiosta. Katedraali on tullut kuuluisaksi myös Peter Paul Rubensin maalauksista. 

The main church in the city of Antwerp is The Cathedral of Our Lady.  The towering Cathedral  is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and the largest church in Benelux. Antwerp Cathedral also shelters four magnificent Rubens altarpieces.

Riga, Latvia

The House of Blackheads in Riga 1925

Received on: 30 Jul, 2013

Distance: 638 km (396 miles)

Travel time: 8 days

Madara from Riga sent this old city view from old town Riga. 

The original building was erected during the first third of the 14th century for the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried German merchants in Riga. Major works were done in the years 1580 and 1886, adding most of the ornaments.  It was destroyed in 1941 and its ruins were completely demolished by the Soviets in 1948, but it finally rose from the ashes in the late 1990s.