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Hello stranger, nice to meet you!

My name is Sander, 48 years old, and I live in the beautiful city of Groningen, Netherlands. In daily life I work at the university. In my free time I enjoy many things, like books, movies, concerts, travelling and playing chess.
Groningen is a typical student city, with a young population, very dynamic and lively. Most people move around by bike, Groningen has been called 'bicycling capital of the world'! To get an idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-w3W3p-cs

Feel free to write anything you want. But if you want a suggestion: I love books and movies, maybe you can recommend me your favourites. Sharing a secret, that would be interesting too. Or maybe some travel suggestions. Please do write more than just 'Happy Postcrossing'.

Of course each card will be very much appreciated, but here are a few themes that I especially like (in random order):

✪✪ psychology, neuroscience, the human brain, therapy, Freud, Rorschach etc.
✪✪ create your own card about the human brain, would be great!
✪✪ parodies of famous paintings (I collect Munch's 'The Scream' parodies)
✪✪ artist self-portraits (painting, photo, drawing, etc.)
✪✪ cards related to COVID-19, coronavirus
✪✪ The Great Wave off Kanagawa, by Hokusai, also parodies or variations
✪ movies, movie festivals
✪ people under water (but no diving gear)
✪ mermaids
✪ chess
✪ beautiful women, pin-ups, tasteful female erotica
✪ spiral staircases
✪ artistic Black & White photography, cards with some special effect, cards by famous photographers (so please not just an old card!)
✪ Eadweard Muybridge motion studies cards
✪ subway/metro/underground maps
✪ aurora borealis, northern light
✪ artists that I like:
* M.C. Escher
* Jackson Pollock
* Edward Hopper
* Edvard Munch
* Yoshitomo Nara
* Rene Magritte
* Joost Swarte
* Arcimboldo
✪ USA state maps (still need DC, MD, ND, NV, VT, WY), but different cards from states that I already have are great too!
✪ book shelves, cards with lots of books on them, book covers
✪ optical illusions
✪ strange, weird, bizarre, politically incorrect cards, dark humor
✪ close-up of human eyes
✪ Bunny suicides
✪ crowds of people (like a real-life Where's Waldo)
✪ modern passenger airplanes, airports
✪ U-boats
✪ Hong Kong city & street views
✪ cards that make me go "Wow!"
✪ world maps

You can check my favourites to see which cards I like a lot. They are a mix of cards sent to me and cards sent to other postcrossers. Of course I would be very happy to receive one of these 'cards-sent-to-other-postcrossers'. Nice stamps are appreciated!

Please no envelope. And please no Xmas, new year, animals, Kaj Stenvall, flowers or religion cards. Ad cards are welcome.

My collection, sorted by topic, please take a look to avoid sending duplicate cards:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/150337598@N06/albums
(Please take a look, it is somewhat disappointing to keep receiving duplicates that easily could have been prevented. Thank you!)