2520 - Novy Urengoy, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Another World Postcard Day card from Russia. This one is from Elena is Novy Urengoy Но́вый Уренго́й. It is a new city founded in 1975 after the discovery of the Urengoy gas field, one of the largest in the Soviet Union. It was granted town status in 1980. Today there are almost 105 000 people living there.

I would have guessed the city would have a KHL hockey team. Instead the big sport in town is volleyball. Fakel Novy Urengoy is a professional volleyball team playing in the Super League since 2004. The closest they have come to the Super League championship was two third place finishes in 2009 and 2019. However, they have won the CEV Challenge Cup twice - 2007 and 2017. The CEV Challenge Cup is an annual European third-tier level competition for men's volleyball.

Zenit Kazan are the Super League powerhouses with 10 championships since 2008-09 (plus two runner ups). Belogorie Belgorod is close behind with 8 championships since 1996-97 (and six runner ups)

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3227 - Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Mölln is a small city of about 20 000 located in northern Germany. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal flows through the town, and there are eight small lakes that surround the city. It was founded in the 12th century and was a part of the Old Salt Route. Salt that was produced in the salt mines of Lower-Saxony was shipped to the Baltic Sea. Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought, is said to have lived in Mölln the last year of his life. He apparently died of the plague in 1350, but his existence has never been proven. Mölln has several monuments dedicated to him.

3322 - Hamburg, Germany

Happy birthday to me! What a lovely handmade card from the sender. Beautiful penmanship. Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main court of the German Open Tennis Championships. The International German Open has been played at the Rothernbaum since 1892, making it Germany's longest running tennis tournament. The current stadium was built in 1999 and can hold 13 200 people.

3232 - Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America

The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light was built in 1882. There were nine keepers of the light until 1897. It was redesigned in 1903 and is 12 meters high. The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was started in 1872 and wasn't opened for large-scale watercraft until 1890. The canal is 2.1 kilometers long that goes from Sturgeon Bay in Lake Michigan to Green Bay. There are no locks on this canal. The canal was sold to the United States government in 1893 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the canal.

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