Your pictures of a winter wonderland in Europe

horses dancing in Flevoland nature area © Alex Verweij

Alex Verweij's photo of a pair of horses dancing in the snowy Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve in Flevoland in the Netherlands begins this gallery of European winter scenes.

snowy landscape in Soini, Finland © Joni Niemelä

This mystical view was captured by Joni Niemelä in Soini, western Finland.

And this photograph was taken by Petey From in Sweden and is entitled Cold Day.

snowy trees in front of a yellow building © Rob Plasschaert

A snowy Haarlem street scene in the Netherlands as seen by Rob Plasschaert.

Heidecksburg castle © Martin Krätzschmar

Here is the castle of Heidecksburg in Rudolstadt, Germany, as captured by Martin Krätzschmar.

A magical dreamy photo from Gloucestershire in the UK. Jenny Stone put her camera on self-timer and lay down on the freezing snow.

This one comes from Italy. Giulio Licciardi captured this scene of ice in grass in Crema in the north of the country.

Stephen Walsh's photograph shows sheep grazing below the snowcapped Tipperary mountains in the Irish Republic.

This frosty scene was captured by Inga Mirra Ísfeld Arnardóttir at Illugastaðir in northern Iceland. "It was around -20° but so beautiful," she explained.

Entitled Delicate in Winter, this was taken by Antje Larsen near the village of Bresegard bei Picher in northern Germany.

And Olle Benjamin Lammers captured this scene between the Circuit of Spa Francorchamps and the village of Spa in Belgium. "It was a beautiful sight," he said.