4394 - Kuopio, North Savo, Finland

The sender is a hockey fan who is especially passionate about KalPa (Kalevan Pallo). The team competes in the Liiga and plays its home games at Olvi Areena.

KalPa was founded in 1929 as Sortavalan Palloseura in Sortavala and relocated to Kuopio in 1945 after the area was annexed by the Soviet Union. Originally, the club focused on sports such as football, bandy, and Pesäpallo. Ice hockey was introduced later, with the team beginning competition in 1947.

Former National Hockey League players Sami Kapanen (50.5%) and Kimmo Timonen (8%) are majority owners, with Scott Hartnell holding a 5% stake.

KalPa won the Liiga championship (the Kanada-malja) in the 2024–25 season. They were runners-up in 1990–91 and 2016–17, and finished third in 2008–09. The club also won the Mestis (Finland’s second-highest professional league) in 2003–04 and 2004–05, and captured the Spengler Cup in 2018. Their U20 team has also found success, winning the Liiga A-juniors championship in 2007–08 and 2017–18.

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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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