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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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and witness i

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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