Sometimes, I think being from the UK makes the rest of the world seem a much more dramatic place. People start to moan when the weather even gets near to 0 and when it goes a couple of degrees below, certain newspapers start trumpeting about an”arctic vortex”, when really, it is just a bit cold.
In Finland by contrast, no one mentions the weather until it gets to about -15 degrees or so. A Finnish friend asked me why I thought it was strange to ride a bicycle in the snow – it was perfectly normal to her.
If the whole cold thing interests you, I recommend visiting the Culture Museum in Helsinki. I particularly enjoyed reading about Kai Donner’s adventures in northern Finland, where it gets really cold.
Anyway, when I took this picture, it must have only been about -10. And it wasn’t windy. So no macho points for me.
But it was very quiet and still, possibly silent.
Hello.
Thank you visiting Finland. Did you visit its old town?
Stay healthy!
Not sure. It was a while ago. My main memories are, the cold and the frozen sea. I wanted to visit in the summer.