Snow in Helsinki

[Piru]

Winter is a dark and rainy time in Helsinki (southern finland). Or at least it was until recently. Last couple of years have been totally different: The whole city has been literally drowning in snow. Currently we have more than 54cm (23 in) of it.

I decided to take some photos, and here they are:
http://picasaweb.google.com/105070339462562147829/SnowInHelsinki#

Amazingly for example public transport works, though with small delays. Personally I prefer this proper winter over the darkness and rain.

[Karlos]

Winter is a dark and rainy time in Helsinki (southern finland). Or at least it was until recently. Last couple of years have been totally different: The whole city has been literally drowning in snow. Currently we have more than 54cm (23 in) of it.

I decided to take some photos, and here they are:
http://picasaweb.google.com/105070339462562147829/SnowInHelsinki#

Amazingly for example public transport works, though with small delays. Personally I prefer this proper winter over the darkness and rain.

Substitute "Helsinki" with "Manchester" and you have the same story. Except our snow lasted a week and now it's all gone again

[Karlos]

Oh, and as for darkness and rain, that's Manchester for most of the year :lol:

[Piru]

Found some stats:

Last time Helsinki had almost as much snow was in 1965 (52 cm).
The all time record of 70cm (27.5 in) is from 1915.

[adz]

Don't think those cars are going anywhere anytime soon...

[kickstart]

Oh, and as for darkness and rain, that's Manchester for most of the year :lol:

But snow and ice is some familiar in finland anyway.

[whabang]

Yeah, the global warming is shutting down the north-atlantic current, allowing Siberian winds to swoop down over the Nordic countries. What will YOU do the day after tomorrow?

[KThunder]

My youngest brother lives in western NY right in the lake-effects snow belt they have hit 36" already. I got about 8" or so here in  south-east NY. I don't think I'd mind darkness and rain as much as snow.

[Xanxi]

Oh my!
Paris have been totaly paralyzed a week ago by less than half of this.
And it's starting again tonight...

[espskog]

We got about 20 cm snow the other day....nothing special. It's just a matter of stepping harder on the pedal to get from A to B.

Location: Norway

[GadgetMaster]

A heavy downfall of snow in Manchester tonight.

[Karlos]

A heavy downfall of snow in Manchester tonight.

*checks window*

Where did that come from?

[GadgetMaster]

*checks window*

Where did that come from?

Dunno. Everything suddenly just turned white.

[persia]

Snow in Helsinki?  Isn't that like coal in Newcastle?

[Karlos]

Snow in Helsinki?  Isn't that like coal in Newcastle?

If you mean Newcastle upon Tyne here in the UK, then not necessarily. That industry is pretty much dead.

Of course, I guess you might mean it's namesake in NSW...