Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland

 

The Finlandia Hall is a congress and event venue in the centre of Helsinki on the Töölönlahti Bay. The building, which was designed by architect Alvar Aalto, was completed in 1971. Every detail in the building is designed by Aalto. The designs were completed in 1962, with building taking place between 1967-1971. The Congress Wing was designed in 1970 and built in 1973-1975. In 2011, the building was expanded with new exhibition and meeting facilities.

 

Sender: miawest, Sent on: 26 Mar, 2014, Received on: 7 Apr, 2014, Travel time: 12 days

Verla Groundwood and Board Mill, Finland (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/751

The Verla groundwood and board mill and its associated residential area is an outstanding, remarkably well-preserved example of the small-scale rural industrial settlements associated with pulp, paper and board production that flourished in northern Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Only a handful of such settlements survive to the present day.

Sender: soinisi1, Sent on: 20 Feb, 2014, Received on: 24 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 4 days

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago, Finland (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/898

The Kvarken Archipelago (Finland) and the High Coast (Sweden) are situated in the Gulf of Bothnia, a northern extension of the Baltic Sea. The 5,600 islands of the Kvarken Archipelago feature unusual ridged washboard moraines, ‘De Geer moraines’, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet, 10,000 to 24,000 years ago. The Archipelago is continuously rising from the sea in a process of rapid glacio-isostatic uplift, whereby the land, previously weighed down under the weight of a glacier, lifts at rates that are among the highest in the world. As a consequence islands appear and unite, peninsulas expand, and lakes evolve from bays and develop into marshes and peat fens. The High Coast has also been largely shaped by the combined processes of glaciation, glacial retreat and the emergence of new land from the sea. Since the last retreat of the ice from the High Coast 9,600 years ago, the uplift has been in the order of 285 m which is the highest known ''rebound''. The site affords outstanding opportunities for the understanding of the important processes that formed the glaciated and land uplift areas of the Earth''s surface.

Sender: anet_h, Sent on: 9 Jan, 2014, Received on: 14 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 5 days

Old Rauma, Finland (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/582

Situated on the Gulf of Botnia, Rauma is one of the oldest harbours in Finland. Built around a Franciscan monastery, where the mid-15th-century Holy Cross Church still stands, it is an outstanding example of an old Nordic city constructed in wood. Although ravaged by fire in the late 17th century, it has preserved its ancient vernacular architectural heritage.

Sender: Bessie, Sent on: 27 Jan, 2014, Received on: 4 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 8 days

Lapland, Finland

Lapland is the largest and northernmost of the regions of Finland.

Sender: eevaanneli, Sent on: 22 Dec, 2013, Received on: 14 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 23 days

Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki, Finland (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/579

This Bronze Age burial site features more than 30 granite burial cairns, providing a unique insight into the funerary practices and social and religious structures of northern Europe more than three millennia ago.

Sender: Sipi, Sent on: 16 Dec, 2013, Received on: 4 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 19 days

Fortress of Suomenlinna, Finland (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/583

Built in the second half of the 18th century by Sweden on a group of islands located at the entrance of Helsinki's harbour, this fortress is an especially interesting example of European military architecture of the time.

Postcard 1 : The King's Gate

Sender: Luukas,  Sent on: 9 Jun, 2014, Received on: 24 Jun, 2014, Travel time: 15 days

Postcard 2 : Aerial View of Suomenlinna

Sender: Sirje124, Sent on: 21 Apr, 2014, Received on: 8 May, 2014, Travel time: 17 days

Postcard 3 : Aerial View of Suomenlinna

Sender: kotona, Sent on: 8 Mar, 2014, Received on: 14 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 6 days

The Matching Stamp Used

Postcard 4 :

Sender: artlover, Sent on: 1 Dec, 2013, Received on: 13 Dec, 2013, Travel time: 12 days

South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala), Finland

Sender: Dominique69, Sent on: 25 Sep, 2013, Received on: 26 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 62 days

Struve Geodetic Arc, Finland (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1187

The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and over 2,820 km. These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian. This helped to establish the exact size and shape of the planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping. It is an extraordinary example of scientific collaboration among scientists from different countries, and of collaboration between monarchs for a scientific cause. The original arc consisted of 258 main triangles with 265 main station points. The listed site includes 34 of the original station points, with different markings, i.e. a drilled hole in rock, iron cross, cairns, or built obelisks.

Sender: Saint, Sent on: 21 Oct, 2013, Received on: 01 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 10 days

Helsinki Cathedral, Finland

Helsinki Cathedral is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, located in the neighbourhood of Kruununhaka in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. The church was originally built from 1830-1852 as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. It was also known as St Nicholas' Church until the independence of Finland in 1917.

Sender: Minna71, Sent on: 27 Oct, 2013, Received on: 3 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 7 days

Petäjävesi Old Church, Finland (UNESCO WH Site)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/584

 

Petäjävesi Old Church, in central Finland, was built of logs between 1763 and 1765. This Lutheran country church is a typical example of an architectural tradition that is unique to eastern Scandinavia. It combines the Renaissance conception of a centrally planned church with older forms deriving from Gothic groin vaults.

 

Postcard 1 : Interior View

 

 

Sender: ri-tu, Sent on: 28 Mar, 2014, Received on: 10 Apr, 2014, Travel time: 13 days

 

Postcard 2 :

 

Sender: Sonja, Sent on: 5 Aug, 2013, Received on: 15 Aug, 2013, Travel time: 10 days

Helsinki, Finland

Sender: Silja, Sent on: 14 Jun, 2013, Received on: 01 Jul, 2013, Distance: 2,584 km, Travel time: 17 days

Flag of Finland

White with a blue cross extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag); the blue represents the thousands of lakes scattered across the country, while the white is for the snow that covers the land in winter.

Sender: Riutsi, Sent on: 11 Apr, 2013, Received on: 24 May, 2013, Travel time: 43 days

Kajaani, middle of Finland

Sender: marjala, Received on: 8 Jan, 2013, Distance: 2,585 km (1,606 miles), Travel time: 14 days

Mailbox, Helsinki

Sender: Nipsukka (Niina), Received on: 25 Mar, 2013, Distance: 2,179 km, Travel time: 22 days

Migrating bird from the Baltic Sea, Finland

Sender: Heidi_and_Sari, Received on: 2 Dec, 2012, Distance: 2,169 km, Travel time: 12 days