Showing posts with label winter landscapes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter landscapes. Show all posts

Friday, 25 January 2013

Ice-skating in the Netherlands winter 2013/ Schaatsen op naturrijs in 2013

IceSkating Holland2013
The last 2 weeks in the Netherlands have been extremely white! We had few snowfalls which are still visible due to the (almost all the time) minus temperatures outdoor. Of course with all of this cold the ice-skating fever started too and for around now one week one could skate on several frozen lakes and canals. Most of them are maintained and even cleaned by ice-skating clubs...With good skating buddies I had the pleasure to skate on few of the lakes aroudn the Hague (we went to Vogelplas next to Leitschendam, Rottemeren next to Bleiswijk with some windmills and last but not lest Reeuwijk, having 13 connected with eachother lakes)... As you can see from the pictures every day there were different conditions, sometimes ice like mirro with cloudy weather and freezing wind, sometime sblue sky and sunshines, or sky with white clouds and windmills in the background...Enjoy the winterland tour:-)))
IceSkating Holland2013
IceSkating Holland2013
Snow in Holland2013
And below is how a perfect sunny day ice-skating looks like! Reeuwijk on thursday 24.01.20013...
IceSkating Holland2013

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Winterscapes and snow sculptures from Finland...

JoensuuFinlandSnow
JoensuuFinlandSnow
Today I would like to share some beautiful winter landscapes from North Karelia, Finland. Sun and snow can make lovely combination. Human hand also-those two pictures are from the yearly snow sculptures festival which takes place in Ilomantsi.
SnowSculptures festival Ilomantsi