3189 - Shanghai, China

Since racing cars are the focus of this cars, let's have a look at the Chinese Grand Prix 中国大奖赛. It was first held in 2004 and is at the Shanghai International Circuit 上海国际赛车场. The circuit is 5.451 km long and racers have to go around it 56 time to complete the 305.066 km race. The race was suspended from 2020-2023 due to Covid-19, but will not start up again on the Formula One World Championship until 2025.

Rubens Barrichello of Brazil won the first race in 2004 driving a Ferrari. He completed the race in a time of 1:34:012. Jenson Button of Great Britain was second, and Kimi Räikkönen of Finland was third.

Lewis Hamilton has the most wins at the Chinese Grand Prix with six wins (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019), and Mercedes constructors have won six as well (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019).

When first built the Shanghai International Circuit cost US$240 million, the most expensive on the Formula One World Championship Tour until 2009 when Abu Dhabi built one at the cost of US$6 billion.

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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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