Delbrück is a town of 32 000 people. The first document mentioning  Delbrück dates back to 1219. In 1410, the town was destroyed by fire during a conflict between the Bishop of Paderborn and the Bishop of Cologne.  This is a great advertising card promoting peanuts. The #holapeanuts is for the brand name of Hola Peanuts, handmade peanut butter from Paderborn, Germany. https://holapeanuts.de/

Braunschweig, or Brunswick in English, is the second largest city in Lower Saxony and a major centre of scientific research and development.  The Eurasian Jay is a member of the crow family. Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist, was the first to formally describe the jay and called in Corvus glandarius . Later is was established as Garrulus "chattering," "babbling," or "noisy." Eight racial groups and 33 subspecies were recognized by Steve Madge and Hilary Burn in 1994.  The jay's call is a harsh, rasping screech that is used when they spot predators or as an advertising call. It is also known for mimicry, and can sound like other species, such as bird of prey like the common buzzard or the northern goshawk.  These jays are also consider very intelligent and plan for future needs, take into account of their partner by sharing food with them, or when protecting food items from thieves. 

Riihimäki's name literally translates to "drying hill barn." It is located about 110 km southeast of Tampere, and 70 km north of Helsinki.  Riihimäki is home to the Riihimäki Cocks, who play in the Finnish Handball League (SM-Liiga) and play their games at the Cocks Areena. The Cocks were formed in 1973 and have won the Finnish Handball League title 12 times, have been the runners up four times, and finish with bronze four times. They have also won the Finnish Cup of Handball 10 times and the Baltic Handball League four times.  The card has nothing to do with handball, but how can you not write about the Cocks?

A great touristy postcard of Cathedral of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul ( Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul ). Construction on it began in 1434 and took 457 years to complete in 1891. Even before it was finished it was listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture (1862). 

The sender is from Sacramento, but the card he sent is from Solvang. Solvang is found in Santa Barbara County and has a population of 6100 people. It brands itself as the Danish Capital of America.  In 1804 Mission Santa Inés was founded by the Spanish. A small community grew around the mission, but then was largely abandoned after the American Conquest of California. In 1911, Danish-Americans purchased 3600 hectares. The people wanted to get away from the Midwest winters. The community took on a distinctive Danish look beginning in 1947 and Solvang began calling itself the Danish Capital of America to attract tourists. Today on about 10% of the population is Danish. The town attracts many tourists from Scandinavian countries. The Danish Royal Family has also visited several times, the last being Prince Henrik in 2011. 

 

This is the type of card you would expect from Arizona: desert cactus silhouetted by a desert sundown. The sender lives in Chandler, which is a part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area. Chandler proper has 280 000 people. It is named after Dr. Alexander John Chandler, who was the first veterinarian surgeon the Arizona Territory. By 1900 he had acquired about 73 square kilometers of land and began drawing up plans for a townsite. When the town was incorporated, Dr. Chandler became the first mayor.