To the nature

 Bicycle Parking Prohibited

Sent by Ilona in Harderwijk, Holland

 on 28 Mar, 2020

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 1,500 km

received on 8 Apr, 2020 

Morning on Metzisweiler Weiher The Allgäu, Germany

Sent by Archie in  King's Lynn, England

 on 28 Mar, 2020

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 1,677 km

received on 6 Apr, 2020 

Česká krajina Vysočina - Czech landscape - Vysočina

Sent by Martina in Prague, Czech Republic

on 25 Mar, 2020

travel time 14 days

distance travelled 1,473 km

 received on 8 Apr, 2020

Sky and Ocean

Sent by Inka in Langenhagen, Germany
 on 13 Apr, 2020
travel time 16 days
distance travelled 1,347 km
received on  29 Apr, 2020 

Landscapes

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Landscape view of green terraced rice field in Thailand on sunset time.

travel time 25 days

distance travelled 7,897 km

sent by "03043356",  China

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Evening was coming on....

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 644 km

sent by Linda, Kløfta, Norway

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Autumn magic, Schwellenburg, Germany

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,237 km

sent by Yvonne, Berlin, Germany

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 Springtime in Hudson River Valley

travel time 9 days

distance travelled 6,262 km

sent by Delia,  New York.

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Donautal - Danube Valley

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,737 km

sent by Tobias, Germany

Vineyards

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
This beautiful view came from Edith in Lausanne.
Distance: 2,039 km
Travel time: 8 days

The steep slopes and terraced vineyards of Lavaux on the northern shores of Lake Geneva form one of the best-known wine producing regions of Switzerland. The Lavaux appellation area is 830 hectare and spread over 23 communities between Lausanne and Chateau de Chillon past Montreux in Villeneuve. Visitors can enjoy fantastic views of the vineyards, Lake Geneva, and the Alps.
Terraces have been protected by UNESCO since 2007.

Lavaux on viininviljelyalue Sveitsissä Vaud’n kantonissa, Genevejärven pohjoisrannalla. Alueeseen kuuluu 830 hehtaaria pengerrettyjä viljelmiä, jotka benediktiini- ja sisterssiläismunkit rakensivat noin 800 vuotta sitten. Pengerrys ja järvestä heijastuva säteily ovat luoneet lähes Välimeren seutua muistuttavan suotuisan mikroilmaston ja aluetta kutsutaankin  oikeutetusti Sveitsin Rivieraksi. Täällä myös Freddie Mercury, Charlie Chaplin ja Mannerheim nauttivat elämästä vanhemmilla vuosillaan.. Alue on Unescon maailmanperintökohde.

Ilmen Nature Reserve, Russia

Direct swap from Nikolai, St. Petersburg

Ilmen Nature Reserve  that was created by decree of Vladimir Lenin, in 1920 as a mineralogical nature reserve. It is the site of deposits of many rare-earth minerals - 16 minerals were first discovered here, including Ilmenite (named for the site), Monazite, Cancrinite, and Samarskite. There have been over 400 mines in the area over the years. The Reserve's geological museum is one of the largest in Russia. The forest cover is pine and larch forest on low hills of the Ilmen mountains and foothill ridges on east side of the south Ural Mountains. The reserve is situated just north and east of the city of Miass, in the Chebarkulsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast.

The Ilmensky Mountains. UNESCO tentative, Date of Submission: 11/08/2008

Karijoki, Finland

Greetings from Karijoki.
Karijoki is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Karijoki is 1,363 (March 31, 2016) and the municipality covers an area of 185.77 km2 (71.73 sq mi) of which 0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi) is inland water.  The population density is 7.34/km2 (19.0/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. 

Karijoki Lutheran church was built in 1812, is is also called Helena's church. According to the legend a girl named Helena extinguished the fire in the church during the Finnish War. The enemy had put the fire under the sacristy. 

The Wolf Cave (Susiluola) is Karijoki’s main attraction for tourists and locals. This is a geological result after million years of climate changes. It consists on a wide horizontal fissure of the rock and it is named after its location on Wolf Mountain (Susivuori). This has a very important impact on the Scandinavian prehistory studies because investigators are convinced that the Neanderthal men habitated this cave.

Peurajärvi

Country life

New Zealand

Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

The church of the Good Shepard, built in 1935, glows in the late afternoon sun against the glacial waters of Lake Tekapo. Thank you Lyn! Such an awesome and beautiful scenery of your country,  a perfect place for a church, so peaceful.

Colorado Plateau

Colorado National Monument preserves one of the grand landscapes of American West. Sheerwalled canyons, towering monoliths, colorful formations, desert bighorn sheep,soaring eagles and a spectacular road reflect the environment and history of the plateau-and-canyon country.

Photo: Larry Ulrich  

Surprise received from Annick in Vire, France :) :)

Landscape of Belarus

Landscape of Belarus. Berezovsky district, Brest region

Tyypillinen maalaismaisema Valko-Venäjältä

Isäntä ja emäntä vievät aamuvarhaisella karjaa niitylle.

Typical village life in Belarus.

Man and wife are leading cows to pasture at four o'clock in the morning.

From Nikita, Brest, Belarus