High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago, Sweden (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: Merja,  Received on: 13 Jun, 2014

Naval Port of Karlskrona, Sweden (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/871/

 

Karlskrona is an outstanding example of a late-17th-century European planned naval city. The original plan and many of the buildings have survived intact, along with installations that illustrate its subsequent development up to the present day.

1- Karlskrona and the Island of Trossö
2- Mjölnarholmen
3- Koholmen
4- Kungshall (Basareholmen)
5- Godnatt
6- Kurrholmen
7- Ljungskär
8- Crown Mill at Lyckeby (Kronokvarnen)
9- Kungsholms Fort (Kungsholmen)
10- Drottningskärs Citadel (Kastellet)
11- Skärva

 

Postcard 1 : Godnatt

 

 

Sender: Merja, Received on: 29 Apr, 2014

Hanseatic Town of Visby, Sweden (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/731

A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main centre of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic from the 12th to the 14th century. Its 13th-century ramparts and more than 200 warehouses and wealthy merchants' dwellings from the same period make it the best-preserved fortified commercial city in northern Europe.

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

Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå, Sweden (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/762

Gammelstad, at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, is the best-preserved example of a 'church village', a unique kind of village formerly found throughout northern Scandinavia. The 424 wooden houses, huddled round the early 15th-century stone church, were used only on Sundays and at religious festivals to house worshippers from the surrounding countryside who could not return home the same day because of the distance and difficult travelling conditions.

Sender: lazybee, Sent on: 27 Jan, 2014, Received on: 31 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 4 days

It sent from the city of origin, Luleå

Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery), Sweden (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/558

This Stockholm cemetery was created between 1917 and 1920 by two young architects, Asplund and Lewerentz, on the site of former gravel pits overgrown with pine trees. The design blends vegetation and architectural elements, taking advantage of irregularities in the site to create a landscape that is finely adapted to its function. It has had a profound influence in many countries of the world.

Sender: MerJade, Sent on: 27 Oct, 2013, Received on: 1 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 4 days

Flag of Sweden

Blue with a golden yellow 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 colors reflect those of the Swedish coat of arms - three gold crowns on a blue field.

Sender: Carin, Sent on: 28 Jul, 2013, Received on: 12 Aug, 2013, Travel time: 14 days