November Moods 4.

Reflection

Photo by Ritva Reinilä, Finnish

 

Handel: Menuett in G Minor, HWV 434/4 (Arr. by Wilhelm Kempff)

Reflections

Kreuzberg, Germany

Sent by Silvia on 3 Oct, 2028 from Oranienburgamarante, Portugal

Amarante, Portugal

Sent by Sandra on 17 Mar, 2023 From Amarante

 

Sunday Church

Merry Christmas from Ontario, Canada

Central Presbyterian Church Cambridge, Ontario

Sent by Michelle on Dec 8, 2022 from CambridgeOntarii 

 

Singapore skyline

A scenic view of Singapore's city skyline at the waterfront.

PH-133766

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 9,033 km

sent by Michael in Manila, Philippines

Greetings from Germany

Greetings from beautiful Magdeburg, 

View over the Elbe river

Sent by Julia on 27 May 2018 from Magdeburg

Greetings from Kassel

Sent by Ralf on 8 Jan, 2018 from Kassel

Greetings from Cologne 

Cologne Cathedral

Sent by Harald on 5 Jan 2014 from Cologne 

Reflections

Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord, by Adolph Tidemand and Hans Gude. 1848

Travel time 16 days

Distance travelled 796 km

Received on 17 May, 2017 

Sent by Sissel in Tromso, Norway

Adolph Tidemand ( 1814 – 1876) was a noted Norwegian romantic nationalism painter. Among his best known paintings are The Haugeans, 1852 and The Bridal Procession in Hardanger,1848.

Hans Fredrik Gude (1825 – 1903) was also a Norwegian romanticist painter is considered  to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters. He has been called a mainstay of Norwegian National Romanticism.  Tidemand and Gude collaborated on several other paintings, all of which featured people in boats and Norwegian nature.

Cesar Buenaventura.  (1922-1983) Nipa Hut, 1940, UST Museum Manila

Travel time 27 days

Distance travelled 8,998 km

Received on 25 Aug, 2017

Sent by Kirsten, Philippines

Cesar Buenaventura was a Filipino painter known throughout his home country for his vibrantly colorful and thickly painted depictions of landscapes and people of the Philippines. Buenaventura often depicted farmers plowing fields or fisherman coming back from the sea, focusing on quiet scenes of everyday domestic and agrarian life. 

The Nipa hut is a type of stilt house indigenous to the vast majority of lowland Austronesian cultures of the Philippines. It often serves as an icon of Philippine culture or, more specifically, Filipino rural culture.

For more postcards, check Maria's  Postcards for the weekend 60: Reflections

Fall Scenes

Ukraine,  Transcarpathia

 Russia,  Dombai (Western Caucasus,  UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Finland, Swan lake

Postcards for the weekend 54

Lighthouses

 Strömmingsbådan lighthouse,  Södra Vallgrund, Finland

The iron lighthouse was built in 1885 and it is 12m high.

Art by Marléne Ström

.Norrskär lighthouse, Södra Vallgrund, Kvarken

Art by 

 Utgrynnan lighthouse Södra Vallgrund

Art by Margareta Hjerpe,

Södra Vallgrund

Sunsets

The beautiful and historically significant Helsinki Cathedral is an Evangelic Lutheran church, and for many it is the symbol of Helsinki. The church was designed by architect Carl Ludwig Engel in the 19th century as part of the Empire-style-downtown Helsinki area. The cathedral was completed in 1852.

Häme Castle in Hämeenlinna is one of Finland's medieval royal castles. It is believed to have been built at the end of the 13th century.

Kristiinankaupunki / Kristinestad  was named by the Queen Kristina of Sweden.

Advent Calendar Day 6.- Blue and White

 Happy 99th Birthday Finland! 

Stockholm

 The Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm Sweden

The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the Swedish royal family.  In 1991 Drottningholm was the first Swedish attraction put on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites.

The City Hall, Stockholm and  M/S Diana  from Linköping

Stockholm by night
These cards came from my mother-in-law to our children in the 80's.

This is my entry for Maria's "Postcards for the Weekend" on her "Connections to the World-blog" and the theme for this week is "Reflections on the water". 

Berlin

Berlin – Oberbaum Bridge

From Marion in Berlin, Germany 

Distance: 1,242 km

Travel time: 6 days

The Oberbaum Bridge is a double-deck bridge crossing Berlin's River Spree, considered one of the city's landmarks. It links Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, former boroughs that were divided by the Berlin Wall, and has become an important symbol of Berlin’s unity.

The Victory Column with Victoria, the Goddess of Victory in the centre of the Tiergarten is one of Berlin's most famous landmarks and a popular tourist spot.

Sebt by Kerstin in Nuremberg, Germany

Distance: 1,620 km

Travel time: 21 days

Cologne on Rhine

Hohenzollern Bridge by night, Cologne Cathedral, Colonius TV-tower.  

From Corinna in Schleiden, Germeny 

Distance: 1,650 km

Travel time: 3 days

"Zu Fuß nach Kölle jon" (Walk to Cologne)

From Anne in Cologne

Distance: 1,597 km

Travel time: 12 days

Dresden and The Elbe

View of the old town of Dresden over river Elbe, Germany

From Thomas in Dresden

Distance: 1,353 km

Travel time: 6 days

Dresden on The Elbe

From Anni in Duisburg, Germany
Distance: 1,555 km
Travel time: 8 days

Dresden is a city of magnificent monuments, museums and galleries. Many historical and beautiful Baroque buildings are unique in all of Germany. During World War II, most of the buildings destroyed. Fortunately, these magnificent buildings were significantly restored after WW2.

Reflections

 Piran, the dream city

Sent by Maruša in Begunje, Slovenia

Distance: 1,936 km

Travel time: 18 days

Piran is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. The town has much medieval architecture, with narrow streets and compact houses. Piran is the administrative centre of the local area and one of Slovenia's major tourist attractions.

 Vitsebsk. St. Assumption Cathedral on the  mouth of river Vitba

Sent by Olesia in Navapolatsk, Belarus

Distance: 879 km

Travel time: 9 days

Vitebsk or Vitsebsk is a city in Belarus and the capital of the Vitebsk Region. Artist Marc Chagall was born in Vitsebsk in 1887.

Amsterdam Canals

Sent by Kin&John in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Distance: 1,525 km

Travel time: 5 days

Amsterdam has more than one hundred kilometers of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges.  Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010 contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North"

Peaceful Waters

Gorgeous mountain scenery of the Julian Alps, Slovenia

Came from Tina in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Distance: 1,908 km

Travel time: 7 days

 Austria. Alpine lake Almsee near Grünau

Private swap from Mandy

Finland, Olaf's Castle, Savonlinna

From my granddaughter on her vacation.

Crete, Rethymnon

Rethymnon is one of the most well-preserved Venetian old towns on the island of Crete. Its 16th-century buildings are stunning examples of ancient architecture.