The sender mentions that Lahti is especially famous for its winter sports culture. One of the city’s most important annual events is the Lahti Ski Games . First held in 1923, the Ski Games take place over three days and bring together athletes competing in cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic combined. It’s a major highlight of the winter season in Finland and draws both international competitors and visitors. The fireworks during the event are one of the most memorable parts of the celebration, lighting up the winter sky above the city. Visitors who come to Lahti for the games can also experience the city beyond the sporting events, from its lively nightlife to its local Finnish cuisine. In winter, the whole city feels shaped by the season—cold, bright, and full of activity.

On the cover are comb ferns  Schizaeaceae.  They are mainly distributed in the topics, but several are found in temperate regions in North America, South Africa, Australasia, and Northeast Asia.  This card comes from a series of postcards called Botanicum . 

A photo of Sibelius Hall (Sibeliustalo), a concert hall in Lahti. It was named after Jean Sibelius, A Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods. It was completed in 2000 and can seat 1250. It is also home to the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. 

I great card of ski jumping facilities in Lahti. The sender, seeing I was from near Calgary, mentioned he remembered watched the Calgary Olympics in 1988. The Finns had high hopes for ski jumper, Matti  Nykänen.  Nykänen won 4 gold medals, and one silver medals at the Sarajevo (1984) Olympics and Calgary (1988) Olympics. Nykänen was married six times. His first wife was a 'sausage heiress" named Mervi Tapola. They were married in 2001; divorced in 2003; and remarried in 2004 only to finally divorce again in 2010, after Tapola's 15 request for a divorce. The marriage was unhealthy and because they were both famous, in the news.   Nykänen assaulted Tapola in 2000 and he was given a suspended sentence. While on probation he abused her again. He was sent to prison for four months. When he was released, he stabbed a man at a pizza restaurant. On Christmas Day in 2009, he assaulted he wife with a knife and tried to throttle her with a bathrobe belt. He was arrested but the...

Liisa's card is of Puuspiraali (Wooden Spiral) by Richard Leplastrier. It is found in The Wood Architecture Park in Lahti. Leplastrier is an Australian architect and professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia.