So you guys have no postcard calendars at all? 
I have never seen them here at all, despite pop-up calendar shops this time of year with 100s of choices. There is a Victoriana calendar that always throws in a few for free
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Wow! Itās my first time seeing these. They are absolutely gorgeousā¦
I personally only send related views but if I ever bought any Iād definitely trade them/use them unofficially
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Today I received an envelope full of Harenberg cards from @EvchenE. They are beautiful. I am surprise many people donāt like them 
There also is a recent one themed Canada. Itās available in all German bookstores - but the postage will be high (on hugendubel.de it would be 15ā¬) and you have to be prepared to pay tax before being able to collect it anywhere.
Sorry, I donāt like to receive these cards, even donāt scan and upload them. Of course I donāt say anything about it to the senders. It is even difficult to explain the reason. I can mention the uneven edge and often the āwrongā country. Please please my unknown future senders choose something else if you happen to have.
Reverse conclusion: So, if the edges are smoothed and the card is from the senderās own country it will be ok?
No, I just donāt like them at all. These were only some ideas about the reasons. I thought about adding āwouldāt like themā to my profile but finished without it. I noticed some people send only this type of cards and it would be not fun for them to read it in a drawn profile. Luckily I receive others types of postcards too.
Today I received a beautiful Harenburg owl. It was affordable for the sender and perfect for my profile.
My two most favorited sent cards are from a 2008 calendar of doors Door 1, Door 2. Iāve been searching for postcard calendars ever since. I trimmed the rough edges off. I havenāt seen a Harenberg postcard but if it had a nice message on the back I am sure I would like it.
Received beautiful Harenberg card today
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And the āHinterseeā is a nice spot. I spent a lot of time there when I was a child.
Good to know most people like them! I have two calendars, so can safely send the images then!
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Filing is a great idea @_Hawkwind_ ! I will try that too.
@LadyQQQ perhaps you can mention it in your profile: for German postcrossersā¦
I only send out postcards from my city or a city Iām currently visiting so I wouldnāt send out any Harenberg calendar cards. I also prefer to receive cards from places that the sender has visited. But other than that I wouldnāt mind receiving Harenberg postcards, maybe the sender has visited all those places!
All the ones in this topic so far look beautiful. I woulāt not mind receiving them at all.
I wouldnāt say they are good quality.
Rather, below average quality. They are thinner, sometimes I see the handwriting from the other side (but this happens with other thin cards too). The images are often lovely, but the print quality is a little weird, like some consist of dots, like old newspaper images, or have minimal tiny white dots. I donāt know how to describe it. I didnāt know they are from a calendar, I thought they were from old postcard books, or from a magazine, like from 1980ās.
But of course, as they are almost free, they are handy for the sender, and the message part is a little bigger than normal, so if someone likes to write more, itās good. If there were a calendar with postcards of my hometown such cheaply, I would probably buy it. Postcards from Oulu are not good quality either, even though some of them are thicker.
But, if I would order them by looking the images from my screen, I would be disappointed to the true quality when Iād get them. That is one of the reasons why I prefer to shop in person.
For me the size is ok and I donāt mind the tear edge.
Also, I like the idea that when the week is over, I would send that card 
Thank you for sharing examples of those calendar cards - I donāt think that Iāve received any of cards from Harenberg calendars, but I am a fan of the idea of the card calendars - twice I was in Bavaria, and both times I brought home calendars for the next year where each page contained a calendar part and a postcard but there were only 12 cards per calendar - and I am not sure that I am ready to cut out those cards and send them)
I donāt mind receiving cards from calendars as long as they show the senderās country. But I hate, when someone sends me such a card and writes " Iāve just visitedā¦ and picked this card for you". One should always stay honest.
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Ah, who knows who is honest and who not? I got a calendar card from someone who said oh, I am sending you this card of such and so a place. I visited there myself once and blah blah blah. Maybe they did, maybe they didnāt but I donāt really care, I think it is nice that they tried to say something that would resonate with me and leave it at that.
I could send you cards showing bits and pieces of Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, Lisbon, Porto and I could tell you something about those bits and pieces bacause I was there and saw them. If you think that Iām lying and a show-off than go for it.