I LOVE this picture. I love the way you composed it and I love the colours of it. Beautiful.

Really a very nice one Niklas.

Very beautiful reflection of the trees. By the way, Niklas, when do you usually have the first snowfall in Finland? Two days ago the snaw was falling in Ukraine as well. It is VERY early for our country. But I like snow extremely :-)

Anna, I can give you an ansver.

The time of the first snow depends very much of the part of Finland you are. In parts of Lapland the first proper (snowfall has to form an even layer of lying snow) snow comes many times even during september, but by the southwestern coast (in Helsinki too) it usually comes sometime during november. However in Finland the time of the first snow varies very much from year to year. Helsinki for example can get first proper snow in early october at the earliest and during december at the latest.

In southern Finland especially by the coastal areas it's typical also that the snow melts many times away before it becomes permanent (stays into spring). The time of the permanent snow also varies greatly from year to year. In mildest winters southwestern coast doesn't really have proper permanent lying snow at all. Therefore the white christmas isn't also 100% quaranteed especially in those coastal areas including Helsinki. During other years the permanent snow can last from november to april even in Helsinki.

The not so snowfriendly climate by the coastal areas is due to the warming effect of the sea areas around Finland. It shows many times greatly, when compared to the inland areas. If the temperature is around zero the narrow coastline areas can escape the snow during precipitation, but only few kilometres towards inland areas it can be snowing a lot at the same time. That's many times typical in late autumn and early winter, when the sea areas are yet "warm". During late winter and early spring the case is more even.

Mika, thanks a lot for such a precise answer. I like white winter and I wish the snow fell earlier in my country.