4027 - Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland

I always like these info cards about a country. It shows a population of 5 503 879 people in Finland. Finland is 338 424 square kilometres. There are over 20 000 Postcrossing members. There are 2.2 million saunas, 188 000 lakes, and 98 000 islands. The Moomins have been translated into 44 languages. Famous Finns include Tove Jansson, Alvar Aalto, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, and Kimi Raikkonen. The first registered Postcrossing association was in Finland in 2015. And in the northern most corner of Finland, the polar night lasts for 51 days.

The sender lives in Oulu, which is in west central Finland. She's a pharmacist and has a very busy and active life. And she loves to sauna!

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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...

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.

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