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
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
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
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)
Republic of the Phillippines
Capital: Manila
Population: 92,337,852
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