LIFE IN THE SNOW - HELSINKI, FINLAND Sticker

HELSINKI... In winter, the atmosphere around Helsinki is just as magical as in summer. The long Nordic days of summer become very short, as the sun rises above the horizon only for a few hours each day. The sew freezes over and this opens up many unique opportunities. You can walk on "water", cut holes in the ICE and FISH. After a very hot finnish sauna, you can swim in the sea where the ice has been cut to form a "swimming pool". The 2 metres of snow are a novelty for many of us and we look in amazement at normal life that carries on in the cold and dark. Transport works efficiently and cars plug into special heating points around the city to stop them freezing. The problems come when the thaw starts and the white snow in no mo...