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Is it cold Finland, does it snow? Are there loads of mountains?

Now it's really cold, becouse it's winter. Especially last two weeks were very cold (-20'C, dunno what it's in Fahrenheits). We don't have so much snow here southern Finland, just some 20 centimeters, but in Lapland (north, veeeery up there) they usually have much more. I don't no how this should be said, but maybe one meter high?

In here summer is very warm, almost hot (from +20'C up to over +30'C). So we do not live in iglus or something, and you can wear T-shirts and shorts.

Maybe I can show you something? (Almost every photo I have taken includes dogs and I don't have much landscape-pictures, but maybe you get the point from these. I hope. )

Let's start with the winter.

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These are from Kerava (that's the city where I live.) First one is from this winter, second one from last year. My dog is a Standard Schnauzer, so with that information, you can take a look and see how much we have snow here.

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This one is from this Christmas, 25.12.2005. (From Kerava, also.)

Just couple of weeks ago I took this:
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It's from Baltic Sea, which is covered by ice every winter. Same place looks like this in summer:
i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/ninalle/SD/balticsea_summer.jpg

And now, let's head to the summer.

i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/ninalle/SD/midsummer.jpg
i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/ninalle/SD/flowers_field.jpg
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i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/ninalle/SD/summer_field.jpg

It's bright and sunny.

And the mountains.. In Finland, we don't have those. We have these.. fjelds? (Does anyone have a better word for that?)
They are just like wery big hills. Most famous one is Korvatunturi, that's the place were Santa Claus lives.

i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/ninalle/SD/finnish_fjeld.jpg

But up there, at the borderline (Norway-Finland-Sweden), they have some mountains. Or, if I may say, Norwegians have.

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This one is from the borderline.

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And these are from Norway.

In Lapland, there lives some nice animals, too.
i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/ninalle/SD/reindeer_lapland.jpg

Now I don't have any pictures left (as if ), so my lecture is over. But ask for more! I'm sure the others have something to say.

(And I'm sure this post is fulled with typing errors. )

Yeah, really nice. My post was so long and SD decided to sign me out. And that come out two times. Argh! Boksu? Will you delete the second one, please?

(Now I can't even go and make my typos to vanish..)

EDIT// Becouse, gosh. It's because, you stupid. *mumbles to herself*
EDIT2// Oh, I should have read that text trough again. Oh my..

Hey, and if you guys don't know where Finland is, I can show you.

i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/ninalle/SD/finland.jpg
Find the red circle.

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Find Finland-Suomi. (Suomi is Finland in finnish.)

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Close-up.

There you go. ^_^

-20C is around -4F.
20C about 68F
30C about 86

It's in the latter part of winter here and it hit 25C To give a comparison LOL

Worckaholicaz those pictures are -stunning-!!! Very nice!

~Morgan

25C? Hey, that's unfair.

Some months ago (maybe, time goes too fast for me to remember ;D) there was over -30C in Lapland. I don't envy those guys.

Thank you, it's nice you liked them.

Wow! Thanks every1 4 the photos. Finland looks lovely.

Your Photographs are Gorgeous! My Dad was hired in the Netherlands(Around Finland and Area, I think??) But he decided not to take the job after. Too far

Thanks,

Emma