3266 - Kirkkonummi, Uusimaa, Finland

Jani Hakanpää hails from Kirkkonummi. He is a player for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. Previous NHL stops include Anaheim and Carolina, and he also took a couple of years off from the NHL to play for Oulun Kärpät of the Liiga.

In 2017-18, Hakanpää helped Oulun Kärpät win the
Kanada-malja as the Liiga champions. I hadn't heard of the Kanada-milja before so I was intrigued.

Kanada-malja means "Canada Bowl." It was donated by Canada's Finnish community in 1951 to be awarded to the champion of the Liiga playoffs. Like the NHL's Stanley Cup, the winning players and staff get their names added to the trophy. The current champion is Tappara.

In 1991 a copy of the Kanada-malja was created with the original trophy kept and displayed at Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo, or the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame. The original cup is always presented to the champions, but then is returned to the Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo and a the copy is given to the team for the year.

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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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