Sweden, UNESCO site: Hanseatic Town of Visby;

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Hanseatic Town of Visby

UNESCO site

Date of Insscription: 1995

A former Viking site on the island of Gotland, Visby was the main centre of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic from the 12th to the 14th century. Its 13th-century ramparts and more than 200 warehouses and wealthy merchants' dwellings from the same period make it the best-preserved fortified commercial city in northern Europe..

Source: unesco.org

Sweden, UNESCO site: Laponian Area;

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Laponian Area

UNESCO site
Date of Insscription: 1996

The Arctic Circle region of northern Sweden is the home of the Saami, or Lapp people. It is the largest area in the world (and one of the last) with an ancestral way of life based on the seasonal movement of livestock. Every summer, the Saami lead their huge herds of reindeer towards the mountains through a natural landscape hitherto preserved, but now threatened by the advent of motor vehicles. Historical and ongoing geological processes can be seen in the glacial moraines and changing water courses.

Source: unesco.org

Sweden, UNESCO site: Skogskyrkogården;

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Skogskyrkogården

UNESCO site
Date of Insscription: 1994

This Stockholm cemetery was created between 1917 and 1920 by two young architects, Asplund and Lewerentz, on the site of former gravel pits overgrown with pine trees. The design blends vegetation and architectural elements, taking advantage of irregularities in the site to create a landscape that is finely adapted to its function. It has had a profound influence in many countries of the world..

Source: unesco.org

Cover#129 Sweden cover, Flower and Flag stamps,

I rarely got anything from this beautiful country. 

Sent: 3/9/2015

Arrived: 28/9/2015

Thanks Trung!

Cover#53 Czech

Another letter reach my home today with a lot of stamps from diver countries from my friend in Czech. Yupiiii....

Sent: 12/1/2015

Arrived: 21/1/2015

He sent me also a Hongbao for the Lunar New Year even, Year of the Goat. Traditionaly, in this festival, we give Hongbao with money inside to the child as the don of lucky . Especialy in the north of Vietnam, there are no only the child but also the adult who has not got married given Hongbao as a wish to find his loved one.

Thank you so much Trung!