The last card for today comes from Finland and to be more specific from the city of Vaasa. It was sent from my ex penpal Nita sometime in the mid 90's I suppose and you can see a beach of the city , the Vaasa market and Tropiclandia.
Wikipedia's intro about the city :
Wikipedia's intro about the city :
Vaasa (Swedish: Vasa) 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 60,622 (31 August 2012) (approximately 90,000 in the Vaasa sub-region), and is the regional capital of Ostrobothnia (Swedish: Österbotten, Finnish: Pohjanmaa).
The city is bilingual with 69.8% of the population speaking Finnish as their first language and 24.8% speaking Swedish.The city is an important centre for Finland-Swedish culture.
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