Åland Islands

From: Finland
Category: collection
Date: August 2017

Åland

From: Finland
Category: collection
Date: August 2017

The Åland Islands or Åland is an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It is autonomous, demilitarised and is the only monolingually Swedish-speaking region in Finland. It is the smallest region of Finland, constituting 0.49% of its land area and 0.50% of its population.

Greetings from... Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: swap
Date: May 2016

Vantaa

Received from: Finland

Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date:  November 2015
Distance: 404 km
Time of travelling: 11 days

Vantaa  is a city and municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With its population of 212,473 (30 June 201), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city of Finland.

Porvoo

From: Finland
Category: collection
Date: May 2015

Porvoo is a city and a municipality situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately 50 kilometres east of Helsinki. Porvoo is one of the six medieval towns in Finland, first mentioned as a city in texts from 14th century. Porvoo is the seat of the Swedish-speaking Diocese of Borgå of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014
Distance: 462 km
Time of travelling: 10 days

After Finland in snow in the previous post, the sunny one right now :)

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014
Distance: 728 km
Time of travelling: 3 days

Tampere

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014
Distance: 395 km
Time of travelling: 5 days

Tampere is located between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. Since the two lakes differ in level by 18 metres (59 ft), the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity. Tampere is dubbed the "Manchester of Finland" for its industrial past as the former center of Finnish industry, and this has given rise to its Finnish nickname "Manse" and terms such as "Manserock".

Vaasa

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014
Distance: 459 km
Time of travelling: 7 days

Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa. Today, Vaasa has a population of 67,034 (30 November 2014) (approximately 90,000 in the Vaasa sub-region), and is the regional capital of Ostrobothnia.

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2014
Distance: 993 km
Time of travelling: 12 days

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2013
Distance: 1355 km
Time of travelling: 18 days

Velisurmaaja is a legend from Finnish folklore and also the main character of this legend. The tale contains uncommon apocalyptic descriptions.

Turku

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: May 2013
Distance: 951 km
Time of travelling: 10 days

Turku Castle is a medieval building in the city of Turku in Finland. Together with Turku Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland. Turku Castle is the largest surviving medieval building in Finland. It was founded in the late 13th century and stands on the banks of the Aura River.

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Poland-rest of the world tag
Date: April 2013

Imatra

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2013
Distance: 1099 km
Time of travelling: 9 days

Imatra is a town and municipality in eastern Finland, founded in 1948 around three industrial settlements near the Finnish–Russian border. In the course of the last 50 years, this amorphous group of settlements has grown into a modern industrial town dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and the border. It gained its municipal charter in 1971.

Helsinki

Received from: Finland

Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: January 2013
Distance: 1114 km
Time of travelling: 5 days

 

Helsinki is Finland's major political, educational, financial, cultural and research centre as well as one of northern Europe's major cities. Approximately 70% of foreign companies operating in Finland have settled in the Helsinki region. The nearby municipality of Vantaa is the location of Helsinki Airport, with frequent service to various destinations in Europe and Asia.

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2012
Distance: 1149 km
Time of travelling: 9 days

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: September 2012
Distance: 1606 km
Time of travelling: 9 days

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: May 2012
Distance: 1332 km
Time of travelling: 12 days

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Choose a country RR
Date: May 2012

Finland

Received from: Finland
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2012
Distance: 1399 km
Time of travelling: 6 days

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.