Wind Power

Wind power park in Närpes, Finland 

Traveling to Netherlamds for Jaap in Zutphen

 

Netherlands

Friesland is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part.

Sent by Lisa on 7 Feb, 2023 from Münster, Germany

Pink summer bike

Sent by Elza on 29 Jun, 2022 from Ridderkerk, from The Netherlands

 

This and That on Tuesday

Zeeland Windmills

Wendy sent kind regards with this postcard on 13 Mar, 2015 from Assen

Xiangxi, Hunan, China

Sent by zhoufan on 12 Jul, 2014 from China

Keukenhof, Holland

Sent by Petra on 12 Feb, 2014 from Diemen, Netherlands

Tyrannosaurus Rex

MUJA - Museo del Jurasico, Asturias, Spain

Sent by Karla on 17 Mar, 2014  from Pola de Lavana, Spain  

Niagara Falls, Canada

The Floral Clock is very popular attraction in the Niagara area. There are more than 16,000 bedding plants in each design. 

Sent by Marti on 20 Feb, 2014 from Manchester U.S.A. 

Winter in town

Kristinestad winter

Art by  Barbro Poivre

Windmill in winter, Kristinestad, Finland

 

Windmills

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Wood Sawmill De Jager - Woudsend

This sawmill is located in Woudsend and was built around 1715. The mill used to run on wind power. Later, in the thirties of the 20th century, Houtzaagmolen De Jager was electrically powered.

Sent by Janet on 11 Jan, 2020 from Landerd, The Netherlands

Privet swap 

Typical mill

Azores Feel Alive

 

Sent by Mandy on 8 May, 2018 from Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal

 

Week 5. sent postcards

Jalasjärvi, Village museum and windmil

Valentine's Day

Illustration Aila Utriainen, Finnish 

Postcrossing Meetup in Vaasa, Finnland

Mustasaari Church, Finland

 

Windmills

Windmill, Nazare, Portugal

Sent by Rosa Maria in Lisbon

on 28 Sep, 2019

travel time 16 days

distance travelled 3,386 km

Kinderdijk windmills, Netherlands, UNESCO WHS

Sent by Ad in Heeten

 on 21 Sep, 2018

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,476 km

Jalasjärvi Museum, Kurikka, Finland 

From me to Alisha in Hannibal, Missouri, U.S.A

on 9 Aug, 2019

travel time 14 days

distance travelled 7,191 km

Windmills

A unique piece of Dutch history on the River Zaan

The Zaanse Schans., a well-known outdoor attraction, was set up with the intention to preserve the historical heritage. Between 1961 and 1974 many old buildings and mills from the Zaanstreek were transported with low loaders to the Zaance Schans.

From Luise in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

Windmills

Kinderdijk

In 1997, the windmill complex of Kinderdijk was added to the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage list because of its unique character. UNESCO considers the polder area with its dykes, boezems, mills and pumping stations to be proof of human inventiveness in reclaiming and protecting the land. 

Zaanse Schans top row on the right

The Zaanse Schans is one of the popular tourist attractions of the Netherlands and an anchor point of ERIH, the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The neighbourhood attracted approximately 1.6 million visitors in 2014.

Comes from Nicolette, Netherlands
Distance: 1,505 km
Travel time: 4 days

Talvipäiviä - Winter days

 Indianassa -  in Indiana U.S.A.

Suomessa - in Finland

Englannissa in England

Hollannissa in Holland

 Kiinassa in China

Kreetalla in Crete, Greece

Liettuassa in Lithuania

Tsekissä in Czech Republic

listening to tätä kuunnellen

Dalfsen and Ameland

 Mirjam sent a card from the place where she lives.

Dalfsen is a municipality and a town in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel.

Postcard shows an old chocolade atelier from year 1625 and  the Catholic Church in Nes on the island of Ameland. Nicole  lives near this island, it takes about 45 min for to get there.

Nes is the second largest village on the island of Ameland, one of the West Frisian Islands in the northern Netherlands. Nes has  become a popular tourist destination, as the place where the ferry from the mainland arrives.