FINLAND - Wooden Summer House

Wooden summer house, in old style.  Thanks to Sade for the card.

LITHUANIA - the Montmartre of Lithuania

Thanks to Anrelija for the swap.

SLOVENIA - Pohorje

Thanks so much Karmen for the cards.

HUNGARY - Holloko

Old village of Holloko is an UNESCO WHS since 1987.  Thanks to Judit for the card.

"Hollókő is a Palóc ethnographic village in Hungary and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its name means "Raven-stone" in Hungarian."

ENGLAND - Gloucestershire

Arlington Row in Bibury, Gloucestershire. Sent from Germany,thanks to Chris for the beautiful view card.

ISLE OF WIGHT - Shanklin

"Shanklin is a popular seaside resort and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England, located on the east coast's Sandown Bay. The sandy beach, its Old Village and a wooded ravine, Shanklin Chine, are its main attractions.

The history of the Isle of Wight includes a brief period of time as an independent kingdom in the 15th century. Until 1995, like Jersey and Guernsey, the island had a Governor."

BELGIUM - Typical House from the Belgium coast

"Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal monarchy in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters as well as those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres  and has a population of about 11 million people."

IRELAND - Thatches cottage

Thatches cottage typical of the type to be found along the West coast of Ireland from Donegal to Kerry.

KOREA - Hanok

Hanok refers to Korean traditional architecture.  Hanok can be categorized depending on the building materials; a tile-roofed house, a thatched cottage, a shingle-roofed house, a log cabin, etc.  Regardless its type of the materials, Hanok is nature-friendly architecture.

The  best feature of Hanok is Ondol.  Ondol is a uniquely Korean heating system that can be traced back to the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo (37 B.C. - A.D. 668).  Invented by ancient Koreans, the original system is worked by heating a large stone under a living space; Smoke from a fire just outside the dwelling is forced under the stone and exited on the other side.  This Ondol system has high thermal efficiency and is an economical way to heat the room or establish the facilities, so it has been adjusted to modern housing by spreading pipes under floors and circulating heated water through the pipes.