Europe is full of beautiful places, but come winter there are a host of towns and national parks that transform into real-life winter wonderlands. We're talking the stuff of storybooks with snow-dusted forests, night skies lit up by the Northern Lights , epic glaciers, ski resorts and plenty of festive cheer, including some of the world's best Christmas markets . There are some popular locations such as Lapland in Finland or Tromso in Norway, but also lesser-known hotspots in the likes of