Continuing with the theme of the previous post, RTVE published a documentary where they interviewed 12 Spanish families resident in Germany, Poland and Finland and asked them of their experiences in what has been described as the coldest winter in northern Europe in years. Funnily enough, one of the families they chose are good friends of mine.
You can watch it (in Spanish) in their website here.
The current winter in Finland is the continuously coldest, snowiest I have ever experienced after 9 years here. With temperatures averaging -10 (but reaching -27, without the windchill) and an amount of snowfall that is reaching a metre, the place looks and feels decidedly wintry. I mean, there’s more snow here than in Lapland!
Cross-country skiing is possible in almost any sidewalk now, even after they clean them.
There's a car somewhere under that pile of snow
Icicles in a cave
Snowboarding slope in downtown
Ski tracks on the snow over a frozen bay.
Panorama of the bay between snowstorms
Colours of dusk in winter
The same spot as before, but in a snowstorm
Found at the main entrance of the headquarters of a famous multinational corporation after yesterday’s snowfall. Whoever said Finns don’t have a sense of humour hasn’t spent long enough with them.
Taken with a Nokia N97.
9:58 p.m.
10:17 p.m.
11.37 p.m.
Slowly but surely spring is coming to Finland. It did rain twice over the weekend, and the difference is readily apparent. You can almost see the leaves grow right in front of you.
