Bengtskär, Finland

 Hello again , I hope you are still droping by around here as I'm a good girl lately , updating more often than in the past couple of months ;-) Here we go with 2 cards for today . First one was a official one from Finland and shows a wonderful lighthouse situated in the middle of Baltic Sea. It is the tallest lighthouse in Scandinavia (52m ) located in the southernmost part of Finland , the island of Bengtskär. ( more like a rocky islet actually ) 3hours with ferry from the mainland , as the sender kindly informed me . Built in 1906 , serves as a tourist attraction as well . It would be thrilling to see it but I suppose that I wouldn't like to be the keeper :) Nearest village of Rosala is 18 km north

Vaasa , Finland

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 :

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.

Finland

A quite artistic postcard from Finland ( an official one ). Although it doesn't show any specific location , I really love its colors! Blue gives me peace ( maybe it has to do with the fact that my country is surrounded mostly by sea :P ) Kiitos to Elina for her amazing choice !

Finland

Finally I got an official from Finland and in fact it was one of the cards that I had listed as favorites . So one "kiitos" is not enough for Virpi :) So blue and peaceful this card , I relax just by looking at it ...