PHOTOS: Breathtaking pictures of places blanketed by snow from around the world

A snow plough with snow blower clears a parking lot in Berchtesgaden. Photo: (Photo by Tobias Hase/picture alliance via Getty Images)

In this picture, snow has covered a train parked at the station. The train service in Berchtesgaden was discontinued after it experienced heavy snowfall. (Photo by Tobias Hase/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Cars drive on a road enveloped by snow in Bavaria, Schongu. (Photo by Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/picture alliance via Getty Images)

This image is from China. A herdsman can be seen driving horses at the Shandan Horse Ranch in Zhangye, Gansu Province of China. (Photo by Wang Chao/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

Winter arrived with full might in Germany as well where snowfall has given rise to many picturesque sites. Fresh snow lies on the streets and on the roofs of a house in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria . (Photo by Tobias Hase/picture alliance via Getty Images)

A man is seen trying to walk on a blanket of snow after the heavy snowfall at Varto district of Turkey's eastern Mus province. (Photo by Yahya Sezgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

In this picture a sheep herd is seen trying to walk on a snow after the heavy snowfall at Varto district of Turkey's eastern Mus province. (Photo by Yahya Sezgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)