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Looking for a white Christmas? Here's how far you'll need to travel for some snow

Are you dreaming of a white Christmas, or just want to look at it from beside a warm fireplace? E...
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19.35 21 Dec 2016


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Looking for a white Christmas?...

Looking for a white Christmas? Here's how far you'll need to travel for some snow

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19.35 21 Dec 2016


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Are you dreaming of a white Christmas, or just want to look at it from beside a warm fireplace?

Either way you will have to travel a little to get a proper blanketing of snow this December 25th.

Akureyri in Iceland - 3,901.6 km from Dublin - is forecasting snow of up to 3.7cms.

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But wrap up well, as temperatures will be falling back to a nice crisp -12.

Mountain tops on way to Akureyri, Iceland | Image: Katja Ogrin EMPICS Entertainment

If Scandinavia is more your thing, the Swedish region of Hemavan and Tarnaby is 3,394.8 km from Dublin.

It will be getting 2.5cms of snow this Christmas, along with a -6 temperature.

Cross-country skiing in Hemavan Tärnaby | Image: hemavantarnaby.se

While Ruka in Finland, 3,815.7 km from Dublin, will be a balmy -1.

It will be seeing 1.1cms of the white stuff this Christmas Day.

Ruka Village in Finland | Image: ski.ruka.fi

Ruka Village in Finland | Image: ski.ruka.fi

In Russia, Kirovsk - 4,112.6 km from Dublin - will have a good covering of up to 10cms of snow and a low temperature of -4.

A bit further east, Igora will see 1.4cms of snow and a low of -2 forecast.

Snowmen will abound...


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