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Well, isn't that interesting. Eight million people, eh? That is a very large city.
In truth, the city you are describing does not exist. You've described your country as being "across the pond" (presumably Europe), very north, and very cold. If the snow lingers until May, I must assume that it is an arctic climate, or very close to it. Yet, even the "major" cities in the European arctic are well bellow 100,000 in population.
The bottom line is that I cannot find evidence to support the city you are describing, which leads me to believe that you're not who you say you are.
http://www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm
The city itself is as of 4.8M the surrounding areas bring that up to the 8M total.