Alte Oper in Frankfurt

Postcard DE-3080344 shows Opernplatz (Opera Square) in front of the Alte Oper (Old Opera), a concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

The original opera house was inaugurated in 1880 with many important operas performed for the first time.
It was destroyed by bombs in 1944 during World War II. It was rebuilt over the time in the 1970s, and re-opened in 1981. With a new Frankfurt Opera and Play House already opened next door to Schauspiel Frankfurt in 1951,  the newly restored building on the site of the original opera house was always intended as a concert hall. It has hosted all sorts of entertainment since.

Hollum Lighthouse in Ameland, the Netherlands

Postcard NL-2072836 arrived today with a view of the Hollum lighthouse, located at the westernmost part of the West Frisian Islands in Ameland, the Netherlands. The lighthouse, 59 m or 194 ft high, was built in the 1880s.

Next to the Ameland is the island of Terschelling where "Oerol", a Frisian summer festival, takes place every year in June. The festival lasts for 10 days and highlights live, public theater as well as music and the visual arts.

You can find many pictures of the Hollum lighthouse at Flickr Hive Mind.