The picture on the card is that of The Market Square in
Helsinki at the South Harbour. The market is internationally famous. The booths
here sell traditional market foods and treats, as well as handicrafts and
souvenirs. There is also a heated café tent where you can comfortably sip
steaming hot coffee even on the coldest days in winter.
South Harbour is a bay and harbour area immediately
next to the centre of the city of Helsinki, Finland. It is the largest
passenger harbour in Finland, and 5.4 million passengers travel through it
every year. Most of the harbour's traffic is to Stockholm, Sweden and Tallinn,
Estonia, and for cruises.
Ella sent me this card essentially as it was World Postal or Stamp Day on 9.10.2014. The
stamp is a personalised one by the Post Office in Helsinki. The stamp shows an
illuminated water front in Helsinki. The postmark is peculiar to Helsinki only
on this day.
I had featured a maxi card about Philately Day in Helsinki in 2013
(see my post dated 3.11.2013).
