The sender is a Dutch national living in  Grosshöchstetten. She sends a vintage photograph/card of  Grosshöchstetten (judging by the car) the 1920s.  Grosshöchstetten was first mentioned in 1146. Currently it has a population of about 4200 people. 

Speiz is found on the shores of Lake Thun. It is an old city and was first mentioned in documents c761 as Spiets. There is also evidence of Bronze and Iron age settlements. Bronze Age graves have been found and contained bronze axes, knives, and cloak pins dating back to 1750-1500 BCE.  Today the city has a population of almost 13 000 people - 8.4% of those being foreign nationals. German is the main language. Spiez Castle is one of the main tourist attractions. It was built in 933, and re-built between the 15th and 18 centuries.   

Bern is the de facto capital city of Switzerland: the Swiss call it their "federal city." There are about 144 000 people in Bern founded in the 12th century.  SC Bern, founded in 1931, plays in the National League in Switzerland. It is the top tier of professional hockey in Switzerland. It plays in PostFinance Arena, one of the largest hockey arenas in Europe with just over 17 000 seats. SC Bern averages about 16 000 per game.  SC Bern has won the National League Championship 16 times, the most recent one in 2019. The roster as of March 2020 included two Canadians - Andrew Ebbett and Christian Thomas.  Ebbett, from Vernon, British Columbia, has extensive National Hockey League and American Hockey League experience. His NHL totals include 224 games with 26 goals and 45 assists. He played with Anaheim, Chicago, Minnesota, Phoenix, Vancouver, and Pittsburgh. He also won a bronze medal playing for Canada at the Pyeongchang, South Korea Olympics in 2018. He played five season...