B&W

Sent by Marcus, a postcrosser from Espoo

Travelling time : 7 days
Travelling distance : 8,990 km

Cloudberries

Cloudberries from Hessu, a postcrosser from Huittinen.

Travelling time : 8 days
Travelling distance : 9,113 km

Great Finnish statemen

Sent by Esa, a postcrosser from Vihti.

These are two great Finnish men, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757 - 1814) and Aleksanteri (1777 - 1825).

Travelling time : 7 days
Travelling distance : 9,012 km

Fish with lemon slices

Yummy. Sent by Joona Oskar, a boy from Turku.

Travelling time : 9 days
Travelling distance : 9,125 km

Moonlit Polar Nights

Sent by Kirsti, a postcrosser from Finland.

Travelling time : 10 days
Travelling distance : 8,965 km

Cat & Dog

Sent by Jenna, a postcrosser from Finland who has two cats, Rico & Remy :)

Travelling time : 20 days
Travelling distance : 8,781 km

Suomi Finland

Arrived today without a postcard ID :(

Reflection

Beautiful reflection of clouds on the lake.

Travelling time : 10 days

Travelling distance : 9,022 km

Santa at Korvatunturi

From Wiki,

Korvatunturi is a fell in Urho Kekkonen National Park, Lapland, on the border of Finland (in the municipality of Savukoski) and Russia. Its height is 486 metres (roughly 1594 feet) from sea level. It has three peaks. The border is drawn through the middle peak. The name translates to "Ear Fell".

Korvatunturi is the place where Father Christmas (or Joulupukki in Finnish) lives. This legend comes from a children's radio show calledMarkus-sedän lastentunti ("Children's hour with Uncle Markus") hosted by Markus Rautio and broadcast by the Finnish Broadcasting Company between years 1927 and 1956. Uncle Markus told children that from this "Ear Fell" Father Christmas can hear what all the children are saying so he can find out if the children behave and obey their parents (and therefore may receive gifts next Christmas).

More stories on Christmas in Santa Claus’ home at Korvatunturi mountain here (http://www.santaclaus.fi/?deptid=8320)

Thanks Karen.

Travelling time : 7 days

Travelling distance : 9,104 km

Suomi

From Anne.

Travelling time : 8 days

Travelling distance : 8,892 km

Aurora

Sent by Anne. Finnish word for Aurora is 'Revontulet', which translated directly as 'foxfires'. According to old Finnish folklore, Northern Lights were created by the fox running in the snow on cold winter nights and its tail striking fire to the sky. Interesting!

The truth about aurora is here, according to Wiki ;

Auroras, also known as northern and southern (polar) lights or aurorae (singular: aurora), are natural light displays in the sky, particularly in the polar regions, and usually observed at night. They typically occur in the ionosphere. They are also referred to as polar auroras. This is a misnomer however, because they are commonly visible between 65 to 72 degrees north and south latitudes, which place them a ring just within the Arctic and Antarctic circles. Aurorae do occur deeper inside the polar regions, but these are infrequent and often invisible to the naked eye.

In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis, named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.The aurora borealis is also called the northern polar lights, as it is only visible in the sky from the Northern Hemisphere, with the chance of visibility increasing with proximity to the North Magnetic Pole. (The North Magnetic Poleis currently in the arctic islands of northern Canada.) Auroras seen near the magnetic pole may be high overhead, but from farther away, they illuminate the northern horizon as a greenish glow or sometimes a faint red, as if the Sun were rising from an unusual direction. The aurora borealis most often occurs near the equinoxes. The northern lights have had a number of names throughout history. The Cree call this phenomenon the "Dance of the Spirits." In Europe, in the Middle Ages, the auroras were commonly believed a sign from God (see Wilfried Schröder, Das Phänomen des Polarlichts, Darmstadt 1984).

Travelling time : 11 days

Travelling distance : 9,077 km

Mapcard of Suomi

My first mapcard! Yeay! Thank you Helena.

Travelling time : 9 days

Travelling distance : 8,781 km

More of Helsinki

A wide postcard from Jatta.

Travelling time : 10 days

Travelling distance : 8,974 km

Helsinki Square Card

A square card with multiview of Helsinki.

Travelling time : 11 days

Travelling distance : 8,974km

Aulanko-Hameenlinna

Aulanko is a nature reserve as well as leisure and recreation area in Hameenlinna town. Thanks Jan.

Travelling time : 12 days

Travelling distance : 9,063 km

Walt Disney

Yummy

A yummy postcard from Helena arrived today. A coffee bread made of sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and wheat.

Travelling time : 18 days

Travelling distance : 9,132 km

Helsinki

Postcard showing the official residence of the President of Finland.

Travelling time : 8 days

Travelling distance : 8,969 km

A Child's Paint

  Travelling time : 9 days

Travelling distance : 9,125 km

A one day old raindeer calf

Thanks Inkeri.

Travelling time : 10 days
Travelling distance : 9,072 km