SWEDEN POSTCARDS COLLECTION

STOCKHOLM (Old Town) Capital City

Stockholm, SWEDEN

Thanks to Merja Deb of Sweden

Received: Aug. 06, 2016

     Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries.

     Stockholm’s Old Town is in the intersection of the Baltic Sea and lake Mälaren, it was first built from about 1000 CE by Vikings. Now, the present Old Town (Gamla Stan) was built on the central island next to Helgeandsholmen from the mid 13th century onward.

     Stockholm Palace is also a part of Old Town it is the official residence and principal workplace of the Swedish monarch.

     Stockholm is the seat of the Swedish government and most of its agencies, including the highest courts in the judiciary and the official residencies of the Swedish monarch and the Prime Minister.

ESTONIA POSTCARD COLLECTION

ESTONIA POSTCARD COLLECTION

ESTONIA POSTCARD COLLECTION

SOUTH AFRICA POSTCARDS COLLECTION

PRETORIA CITY

Gauteng Province, South Africa

Pretoria is the executive (administrative) capital of South Africa

Capital City

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Pretoria the  capital city of South Africa, at dusk, when the sun's rays gild the skyline from Church Square, along Church Street to the distant Union Buildings on Meintjieskop

Sender: 

Thank you Angelique Venter of South Africa

Date Received: Feb. 17, 2012

SLOVENIA POSTCARDS COLLECTION

SLOVENIA 

Ljubljana: City View Ljubljana (Lə-yoob—Lə-YAnah), is the capital and largest city of Slovenia.

ESTONIA: Tallinn - City View

ESTONIA

Tallinn: City View

 

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) with a population of 418,107.[1] It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, 80 km (50 mi) south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg.
Tallinn is the oldest capital city in Northern Europe.