2547 - Kerava, Uusimaa, Finland

Kerava is a small town of just over 37 000 people. There are a couple of things that are of interest in Kerava.

The Sinebrychoff Brewery is located here and was founded in 1819. As of 1999, it is a subsidiary of Carlsberg Breweries. The Koff brand and lager and porter is produced by Sinebrychoff, as well as the Karhu brand. It also owns the license for Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Bonaqua, Powerade, Schweppes, and Dr. Pepper for Finland. It also produces its own soft drinks - Muumi and Smurffi.

Keravan Vankila is also located here and is an open prison. An open prison is one in which prisoners are trusted to complete sentences with minimal supervision and perimeter security. Prisoners are not locked up in their prison cells. In some cases, prisoners are allowed to take up employment while serving their sentence. Most of the time, these prisoners are considered low risk to the public. The idea here, of course, is to rehabilitate prisoners rather than punish them.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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