{"id":10112,"date":"2024-08-02T21:19:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T21:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/5-freezing-cold-places-in-europe-id-love-to-be-in-right-now\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:19:20","slug":"5-freezing-cold-places-in-europe-id-love-to-be-in-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/5-freezing-cold-places-in-europe-id-love-to-be-in-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Cold Places In Europe I&#8217;d Love To Be In Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite an unseasonably warm start, winter has finally hit and even though I&#8217;m all for sunshine, t-shirt weather and cocktails by the beach, when the cold sets in, there&#8217;s nothing I like more than to lean into the frostiness that winter brings with it.<\/p>\n<p>I am a huge believer of making the most of what you have and so when it gets cold, my mind turns towards the most amazing cold places I&#8217;d love to be in right now.<\/p>\n<p>N.B.: London doesn&#8217;t really do cold. What we do here is rain&#8230; and lots of it too! If it snows, even just a little bit here, everything shuts down! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Our &#8216;snow day&#8217; threshold is a lot lower than a lot of other places in Europe (and we&#8217;re happy about that) \ud83d\ude42 but I digress&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here are 5 freezing cold places I&#8217;d love to be in right now.<\/p>\n<p>1.) <strong>Iceland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/handluggageonly\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8882 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8882\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0686.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Seljalandsfoss and Sk\u00f3gafoss Waterfalls in Iceland plus Icelandic Lamb and rainbows (2)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0686.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0686.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0686.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_0686.jpg?resize=940%2C1410&amp;ssl=1 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty open to going anywhere in Iceland. It&#8217;s one of <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2015\/01\/12\/8-cities-across-world-love-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the places where I could very happily call home<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/tag\/Iceland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our trips to Iceland<\/a> have done nothing but cement that feeling even further.<\/p>\n<p>2.) <strong>Lofoten, Norway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2017\/12\/24\/15-beautiful-places-norway-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48546\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-12-2.jpg?resize=1000%2C674&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"15 Beautiful Places In Norway You Have To Visit (20)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-12-2.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-12-2.jpg?resize=360%2C243&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-12-2.jpg?resize=680%2C458&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-12-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another long time love of mine, <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2015\/11\/20\/10-reasons-why-you-need-to-visit-the-lofoten-islands-in-norway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Lofoten islands<\/a> are not only beautiful around this time of the year but they&#8217;re also a great place to see the Northern Lights!<\/p>\n<p>3.) <strong>Lapland (Sweden\/Finland)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1000\" data-carousel-extra='null' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" >\n<div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1000px; height: 748px;\" data-original-width=\"1000\" data-original-height=\"748\" >\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 748px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"748\" >\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"496\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"744\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"70890\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,2400\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"The First 24 Hours In Lapland, Finland (12)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg?fit=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg?fit=853%2C1280&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg?w=496&#038;h=744&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg?resize=333%2C500&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg?resize=853%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 853w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg?resize=680%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A6976.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w\" width=\"496\" height=\"744\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"496\" data-original-height=\"744\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"The First 24 Hours In Lapland, Finland (12)\" alt=\"The First 24 Hours In Lapland, Finland (12)\" style=\"width: 496px; height: 744px;\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- close group --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 748px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"748\" >\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"496\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"744\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"70975\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,2400\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-title=\"The Northern Lights Village And Star Arctic&amp;#8230; In Lapland, Finland (23)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg?fit=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg?fit=853%2C1280&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg?w=496&#038;h=744&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg?resize=333%2C500&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg?resize=853%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 853w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg?resize=680%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7442.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w\" width=\"496\" height=\"744\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"496\" data-original-height=\"744\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"The Northern Lights Village And Star Arctic... In Lapland, Finland (23)\" alt=\"The Northern Lights Village And Star Arctic... In Lapland, Finland (23)\" style=\"width: 496px; height: 744px;\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- close group --> <\/div>\n<p> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Swedish Lapland, Finnish Lapland &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t matter &#8211; I&#8217;d happily go to one or the other or perhaps even both! I&#8217;ve never really seen Lapland as a place you&#8217;re only strictly meant to visit at Christmas or during winter for that matter but I have to admit, there&#8217;s something really special about the idea of being holed up in a warm and toasty cabin watching the snowfall outside.<\/p>\n<p>4.) <strong>Svalbard, Norway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2018\/06\/12\/the-14-best-hikes-in-norway-you-have-to-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48538\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-4-2.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"15 Beautiful Places In Norway You Have To Visit (28)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-4-2.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-4-2.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-4-2.jpg?resize=680%2C453&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Hand-Luggage-Only-4-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I. Can&#8217;t. Even! Like seriously, this is one extreme place in Europe I&#8217;ve wanted to visit for quite a while now. Just look at that dramatic landscape and ALL OF THAT SNOW!<\/p>\n<p>5.) <strong>Greenland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2018\/06\/10\/16-of-the-best-islands-in-europe-you-absolutely-have-to-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71059\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7612.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Huskies, Reindeers And The Night The Northern Lights Came Out To Play! (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7612.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7612.jpg?resize=333%2C500&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7612.jpg?resize=853%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 853w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7612.jpg?resize=680%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7612.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6I9A7612.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greenland is like Iceland&#8217;s larger (yet less populous sister) and although Iceland is definitely the more popular destination to visit, trips to Iceland have only served to pique my curiosity about what Greenland must be like.<\/p>\n<p>As with Iceland, I&#8217;m not too fussed about where in Greenland I visit, I just want to see it all!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5MWtd8gGo2\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2018\/06\/10\/16-of-the-best-islands-in-europe-you-absolutely-have-to-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">16 Best Islands In Europe To Visit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;16 Best Islands In Europe To Visit&#8221; &#8212; Hand Luggage Only\" src=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2018\/06\/10\/16-of-the-best-islands-in-europe-you-absolutely-have-to-visit\/embed\/#?secret=5MWtd8gGo2\" data-secret=\"5MWtd8gGo2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite an unseasonably warm start, winter has finally hit and even though I&#8217;m all for sunshine, t-shirt weather and cocktails by the beach, when the cold sets in, there&#8217;s nothing I like more than to lean into the frostiness that winter brings with it. I am a huge believer of making the most of what &hellip; Continue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,526],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","category-travel-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}