Arch of the General Staff building, St. Petersburg

The General Staff building is one of the tourist destination in St. Petersburg.

The architectural was designed by K.I. Rossi between 1819-1829. 

The building consist of two separate wings and united by a tripartite triumphal arch to commemorating the Russian victory over Napoleon in 1812 war.

The front side of this postcard show the arch of the General Staff building

Thanks Xenia

View of Berlin

Berlin, the capital city of Germany have many famous sights, and this is a few of it

Potsdamer Platz, is the new center of Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Berlin Cathedral (with 368 m high TV tower in the background),

Charlottenburg Palace, the largest and the most beautiful royal palace. It used to be the summer residence of Sophie Carlotte, the first queen of Prussia.

Friedrichwerdersche Kirche, a new gothic masterpiece by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It used to be a church and now become a museum. It has a magnificent beauty of colorful glass windows;

Brandenburg gate, is a famous landmark. It's a former symbol of divided city of Berlin (West Berlin and East Berlin) and now is a symbol of peace and unity;


Plastik Berlin, a broken chain monument;


Oberbaum bridge with Metro; a double deck bridge crossing river Spree;

UNESCO Bode Museum on museum island, a home for sculpture collection;

Nikolaiviertel is the historical old town of Berlin

 Thanks Antje & Nadja

The Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw

Warsaw is a boomtown growing new skycrapers and the oldest skycrapers, the Palace of Culture and Science still remains the highest building.

It was built in the early 1950s as a present from Stalin.
Some people don't like the building and would like it demolished, considering it was a symbol of Russian domination and others especially the young generation, the Palace is simply a symbol of the Warsaw.

Thanks Hark

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey founded at 960 and became the coronation church and the final resting place of British monarchs

 Thanks Jacqui

View of Szeged, Hungary

Szeged is one of the largerst city in Hungary.

It is known as university town and tourist destination.

This is the view of Szeged city
* Top left: Klauzal Square - Well of Kings Statue
* Below left: Votive Church - Szeged Cathedral
* Center top: Szeged Bridge on Tisza river
* Top right: King Bela IV equestrian statue with the Town Hall background
* Bellow right: a girl and a dog statue
* Center bellow: University of Szeged 
 

Thanks to Gabriella

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the large port in the Europe, located in South Netherlands.

The city is known for its Erasmus University, cultural life and maritime heritage.

This postcard show us the maritime district. 

Postcard from Germany

I got postcard from Germany and look at the beautiful colorful building with the church behind

In the back of the postcard the sender told me that in Germany there are a traditional dish, name Maultasche. Maultasche consists of smoke meat and vegetable, similar to Italian Ravioli. Do you want to try? I do. 

Thanks Thomas

Moika Palace

I got postcard from St. Petersburg, Russia

The sender said that Saint Petersburg is a very beautiful city with many museums, theaters and palaces.

This postcard shows Moika Palace, the residence of the wealthy Yusupof family and perhaps as the scene of the assassination of Grigory Rasputin

The stamps is beautiful, too

Thanks Elena

Rumah Gadang, Minangkabau

Indonesia have many traditional house, one of them is Rumah Gadang from Minangkabau, located in the West Sumatra.

The house have curved roof and reflecting the buffalo horns.
 

 

Vimanmek Mansion, Bangkok, Thailand

Vimanmek Mansion is a former royal palace in Bangkok, Thailand.

It was constructed in 1900 and finished in 1901. It was used as a royal palace by King Rama V.

In 1982, Queen Sirikit asked permission of King Rama IX to renovate the Vimanmek Palace for use as a museum to commemorate King Rama V.

It is now a major tourist attraction and the world's largest golden teak-wood mansion.

If you visit this mansion don't use the unappropriated dress such as T-Shirt, shorts or ripped jeans because it is forbidden to enter the mansion with it.

When you visit Thailand, don't forget to try the famous local food likes Pad Thai and Som Tam.

Thanks to Ying

Moscow

This postcard came from Moscow, Russia.

This is the view of the New Arbat St., the Hotel Ukraine and skycrapers Moscow city

Thanks to Olga

Chrysler & United Nations Building

This postcard came from New York with the view of Chrysler & United Nations Buildings

Thanks Daniel

Old City Hall, Toronto

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, was built in 1793

This postcard is showing Toronto's Old City Hall which was home to its city council from 1899 to 1966 and remains one of the city's most prominent structures.

At the corner of Queen and Bay Streets, east of the new City Hall in the center of downtown Toronto, the Old City Hall has a distinctive clock tower which can be seen the length of Bay Street from Front St. to Queen.

Roma, Italy

Roma, the capital city of Italy.

Brussels landmark

The Grand Place in Brussels have lots of nice architecture an and old heritage town.

There are 4 beautiful architecture in this postcard,

top left is The Town Hall
top right is The King's House / The Maison du Roi
bellow left is Le Pigeon and La Maison des Boulangers
bellow right is Maison des Ducs de Brabant

Dordrecht, Netherland

Dordrecht is an old heritage town, lots of nice architecture sample of the old glory of the Netherlands in the past. 

This PC shows Grote kerk (Great Church) or sometimes called The Onze Lieve Vroewe Kerk (Our Dear Lady Chrucrh)

Thanks Kay.

Darmstadt, Germany

Darmstadt is a city in Germany and known as city of science, because the numerous things that change our daily lives was born here. likes internet (German internet was born here).

This postcard shows the central marketplace and palace in Darmstadt

Thanks to Jasmin

Votive Church, Vienna

I got another PC from Austria.

This PC shows the Votive Church in Vienna. 

Tongkonan, Toraja House

Indonesia have many traditional houses, one of them is Tongkonan, the traditional Toraja house at South Sulawasi.

The house have a unique shape likes a boat, this is the PC

Pontianak

Pontianak is the capital city of West Kalimantan (Borneo). 

Pontianak is special city because this is the city where equator crossed by

This is one of the worship place in Pontianak, The Kwan In Temple