Several centimetres of snow covered sidewalks, roads, and backyards in Slovenia. Even if you’re not a big fan of cold weather, it’s hard not to love a gorgeous snow-covered landscape.

Winter doesn’t officially begin for another couple of weeks, but here in Slovenia, we’ve already had the first big snowstorm – most of the country got about 15 to 40 centimetres of beautiful powdery white snow.

Enjoy these photos of the first snow of the season in Slovenia.

It’s the beginning of December but the charming small alpine village of Kranjska Gora already has almost half a meter of new snow on the ground. (photo: Ida Kristan)

Amazing aerial photo of the Bled island covered with a white blanket of fresh new snow. (photo: Lara Muhic, imprinti.si)

A majority of the snow fell in northwestern Slovenia. (photo: Niko Turk)