Pages

Showing posts with label capital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label capital. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Monday, December 15, 2014

Rīga


Latvia, Riga 25-8-2013

New unwritten postcard, i got when i was visiting this beautiful Baltic city.
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia., also  the largest city of the Baltic states and home to more than one third of Latvia's population.
The city lies on the Gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the Daugava.
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.
The city is the European Capital of Culture during 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden.
top leftcorner on postcard is Latvian Academy of Art, to right is House of Blackheads, down left Riga Castle, down right corner Riga city council.


Republic of Latvia
Capital: Riga
Population: 1 990 300(2014)

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Reykjavík - Ísland


NEW COUNTRY



Iceland , Reykyavik 13-11-2014

New country in my collection Iceland a Nordic country between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean.
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland. Its latitude, at 64°08' N, makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state and a popular tourist destination.
Reykjavík is believed to be the location of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which Ingólfur Arnarson is said to have established around AD 870. Until the 18th century, there was no urban development in the city location. The city was founded in 1786 as an official trading town and grew steadily over the next decades, as it transformed into a regional and later national center of commerce, population, and governmental activities. It is among the cleanest, greenest, and safest cities in the world.
Postcard is received as private swap with Lia, thank you for contributing to my collection with nice postcard from awesome country.


Iceland 
Capital: Reykyavik
Population: 325,671 (2014)

Friday, October 17, 2014

Stockholm


Sweden, Stockholm July 2013

One beautiful postcard of Swedish capital city, and also most populous  city in Sweden and Scandinavia. Its new not written or stamped postcard. I had chance to visit this city in summer 2013, and i really like it, very nice city with very awesome archipelago.
From Stockholm's history:
After the Ice Age, at around 8,000 BC, there had already been vast migrations towards the present-day Stockholm area, but as temperatures dropped, inhabitants moved away towards the South. Thousands of years later, as the ground thawed, the climate became tolerable, and the lands became fertile, some life moved back to the North. At the intersection of the Baltic Sea and lake Mälaren is an archipelago site where the Old Town of Stockholm was first occupied in about 1000 AD by Vikings.
Vikings had a positive trade impact on the land because of the trade routes they created.
If you are interested to know more about this great city check wiki's Stockholm page


Kingdom of Sweden
Capital: Stockholm
Motto: (royal) "För Sverige – i tiden"
"For Sweden – With the Times

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Tallinn



Tallinn, Estonia  August 2013

Two psotcards from Esotnian capitol, mint condition. i got them when i visited this beautifull baltci city, and i must admit i really liked it there, 
Here is one more card just this time wrriten and stamped, sent from Tallinn by me to me :) 



Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Copenhagen

Denmark


Copenhagen, Denmark September 2014 


One more nice postcard from Danish capitol

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Bratislava


Bratislava, Slovakia - August 2013

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 460,000, the country's largest city.occupying both banks of the Danube River and the left bank of the Morava River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.

Postcard is new, i got it when i was in Bratislava on my hitch-hiking euro trip from Finland to Bosnia, spent some cool time in this nice city, hope to visit it again sometimes.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Praha - Česká republika

NEW COUNTRY

Photobucket
Czech Republic
Capital: Prague
Motto: Truth prevails

Prague, Czech republic, 04- 2012 

Finaly i got so wanted, postcard from Czech Republic,  didn't knew it will be hard, cause it doesn't look like hard to get country, anyway here it is, new unwritten from Prague.
Prague is capital of  Czech R. and also one of most beautyfull city's in world, 14th largest in EU, on the river Vltava. much more about city here
Oh big thx to MECKA who gave me this postcard. Hvala  Medicu care  

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Manila

NEW COUNTRY 


Manila, Philippines 21-03-2012 


A new country in my collection, Philippines. As you can see is City of Manila, a capitol of Philippines.
Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast, and Pasay to the south. Manila on wiki here
It's a private swap with Anette, thank you very much. I hope u received mine card allready.

and her eis nice stamp on back  A clowntriggerfish  (balistoides conspicillum)


Phillippines flag
Republic of the Phillippines
Capital: Manila
Population: 92,337,852