Pictures Finland Winter. If you search for these three words on the net, you are bound to say Wow! With an open mouth. 😀
What a fantastic feeling it is to look out of the window to see everything being bathed in white. Snow white! Snow!
If you are familiar with this sight and expression then you probably are aware you are in a beautiful place on this earth.
Finland, the Nordic wonderland sandwiched between Sweden and Russia celebrates year 2017 as centenary of its independence with yearlong celebrations. There can’t be a better reason or time than 2017 to visit Finland. In a fun way, you can also learn something about Finland.
Here I show you a slice of winter wonderland called Finland.
Saariselkä
Picture yourself waking up to the sound of wilderness, spending the day crossing the expanse in the dramatic landscapes of Lapland, appeasing your hunger for adventure. Kids waste no time in rushing outside to make their snowmen while adults dig out equipments for their winter sports activities in Lapland.
Finland. I immediately fell in love with the country and its people. The temperature was mostly subzero but the warmth in people’s heart overpowered it. The arrival of the cold, dark, snowy winter doesn’t mean life stops. On the contrary Finns not only survive it, but enjoy it! And we did the same!
Doesn’t matter if Helsinki has little snow, there’s often up to a metre or more on the skiing slopes of Lapland. The snow season in northern Finland begins in November and lasts at least until May.
Saimaa
Helsinki
Winter in Finland varies in duration from three to seven months, depending on the part of the country, but regardless of location, it’s cold, dark and snowy. But these adjectives don’t disrupt life. Finns will get to do their daily chores and go to work or school in the morning, no matter how cold it is or how much snow has fallen. The people of Finland know how to make the most of the winter months.
Porvoo
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Beautiful travelogue
Thank you.
Finland looks stunning! I really want to go to Lapland soon, while my daughter still believes in Santa! I grew up in Poland and their winter looks just like Poland-frozen and everything covered in snow. I now live in a climate where it doesn’t snow and can’t say I miss it, though it is pretty to look at.
That would be a good reason to visit Lapland. 😀
Maggie, right now I am in Poland!! Can understand how you feel about snow.
This was a perfect post to read on a Sunday and recall this lovely visit. Rather amazing to see how we survived in such sub-zero temperatures for so many days…
Btw I do wish we had spent a night at Porvoo…
Absolutely !
Yes, I also think we should have spent a night in Porvoo. What a lovely quaint place !
Finland looks brilliant through your photos.
I’m going travelling in a few months mainly hot countries, might have to stop off in Finland on my way back to cool off!
Ha Ha that would be wonderful. 😀
Where are you now? We are in Serbia. 😀
The beauty of Finland in winter captured beautifully!
Thank you Deepak.
Amazing Finland. Awesome pics.
Thank you Rupam.
Gorgeous frames!
Thanks !
Ah, what a dreamy travelogue and the way you have described your visit to this fairy hinterland! You certainly have given me new wanderlust goals and Finland has to be on top of the bucket list. Reindeer safari, visit to the Helsinki city especially for that cathedral – everything is just gorgeous!
Thank you very much. I’m glad that I could inspire you to visit Finland. Actually I have started liking winter destinations and won’t mind going there again.
Really, very very beautiful!
Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome. I’m glad you liked it. 🙂
Your pics of Finland are brilliant. By seeing the pictures I really wish to visit it. I never had been to such a beautiful pics. A street that leads to the river are eye catching. As you have said Trams run only in Helsinki city. Why not in other cities? I really want to know.
Thank you very much.
Good question. 🙂
Earlier there were several tram networks in Finland but then after world war II, the number of networks had dwindled to just one by 1972. Now only Helsinki has them.
There are proposals to start it in other cities as well.
Beautiful pictures which only add on to the wishlist of travelling. Adding in my bucketlist for sure
Thank you.
Hope you go there soon. 🙂
Wow these photos are stunning! Saariselkä especially. Like Santa’s Christmas village. Definitely adding Finland to my bucket list!
Sure! I can go there again & again ! It’s so beautiful!
Looking at your photos sure brought back some great memories of my trip to Finland earlier this year. I went to Utsjoki in Lapland and love snowmobiling there. can’t believe how bumpy the ride was. Helsinki for me was snowy, windy and miserable but at least there were some good restaurants there to keep warm. 🙂
Coming from Canada, I’m a big fan of winter. I would love to visit Finland and explore their winter culture as well! Lapland especially has been a dream to bring my kids to.
Wow, your photos are beautiful!!! Finland looks so dreamy with all the snow. That sauna on the frozen lake is truly a blessing to have it there!
I’m doing a 4 day trip in January with a friend. I didn’t make the arrangements and am ‘going with the flow’ but about had a heart attack when I was told we have to rent special clothes for the cold!
Ha Ha that’s true!!
The special clothes, especially for winters, are the only option for you in that cold!
I am sure, you’d be fine.
So beautiful and so very cold!! Would love to visit one day and learn how to ice skate!
Even I do not know ice skating. So we are in the same boat. 🙂
Absolutely stunning. It definitely does look like a fairy land! I have to say, that looks like a great place to spend Christmas in!
Christmas or otherwise, Finland is a perfect destination for winters.
It looks stunning! But sooooo cold!! I’m not good with the cold but would love to get all wrapped up and take a reindeer safari- and visit Santa’s office of course!!
Ha ha If you are wrapped up in layers, then there’s no need to worry. I’m sure Reindeer will take you on a safari. 😀
I’m one of the few people who loves winter, especially for travel. Less crowded and I love the snowy scenes. Finland looks like the perfect destination to visit in the winter!
If you love winter, Finland is a perfect destination. 🙂
I was actually following your live updates when you were doing this trip! I am so glad you had fun and your pictures look even more stunning now. I think you just made me fall in love with Porvoo.
I am so glad you did that! 🙂
ha ha I also fell in love with Porvoo. Wish I had more time to stay there.
These photos of Finland are very beautiful. Makes me want to head to Finland right now.
Also loved Santa’s office 🙂
Santa’s office is everybody’s favourite. 😀
You should head there this winter.
How gorgeous. I’m not a fan of winter but I think I would be willing to brave it for those views. Those gorgeous red houses in Saimaa are such a contrast to the snow.
What a magical looking place! It’s crazy how snow white Finland is. Its admirable that the Finnish just carry on with life with subzero temperature. I bet a sauna on frozen lake Saimaa is hard to pass up too.
I have a club Mahindra membership and they have seven resorts in Finland. I have always been putting off going there as I was unaware of how beautiful it really was. Maybe your post and pics are just the kick I need to get started!
What a beautiful photo essay. Helsinki looks gorgeous and I want to go on a reindeer safari. What kid wouldn’t love Santa’s office too – as you said, a fairy story
I have not been to Finland, and I’m not sure I could endure the cold. I don’t know how they go through up to 7 months of it. Luckily it’s so beautiful – definite fairy land!
We loved Finland, too, but we went in the summer and now I’d love to go visit in the winter! Porvoo is such a beautiful spot and I did some good shopping there. I would love to do a reindeer sleigh ride!
I’ve only been to Finland in Summertime, however it looks beautiful with the snow. Doing a reindeer sleigh ride would be a bucket list experience. Thanks for sharing these lovely photos
I have been to Finland in winter twice now. It’s a magical time to visit. Did you also see the Northern Lights?
Even without the Northern Lights, I love going dog sledding, snowmobiling and reindeer sledding. I’ve also done some unique things there like stay in the snow castle in Kemi and go ice floating in the sea off an icebreaker. Plus, I love Finnish and Lappish food. The creamy reindeer soup is perfect after a cold day out and the Arctic berry wines are really fantastic.
Porvoo looks very charming, what an idyllic winter wonderland. A reindeer safari in Lapland also sounds amazing, did you actually go on one?
Stunning photos, this takes me right back to my very first solo trip, which was Finland in February of 2007. I loved how much of a winter wonderland the whole country was, from the city center in Helsinki to exploring the wilderness – it was just so pristine! Haha I think I actually ate reindeer on pizza though :S! Thanks for the memories!! Merry Christmas!
I love visiting Finland in the winter and I love looking at your photos. I am not a big fan of Helsinki but I do love Lapland. I was there last year and had an amazing time. Right now I am in Svalbard, Norway but its 24 hour darkness, so no magical photos for me right now. (come on Northern Lights, where are you!) 😛
What lovely landscapes, especially with the blanket of snow! I’d love to visit Helsinki and I really want to do the reindeer safari and see a frozen river. My first ever winter trip was to Austria and it was magical, though it was freezing. I know that Finland can get a lot colder and I will definitely struggle with the weather, but the beauty is totally worth it.