A supermarket chain in Finland invited 100 customers to spend the night at its air-conditioned store in Helsinki as Europe suffers a record-breaking heatwave
05.03.2023A supermarket chain in Finland invited 100 customers to spend the night at its air-conditioned store in Helsinki as Europe suffers a record-breaking heatwave.
K-Supermarket said on Facebook that patrons needing to cool down could stay overnight at the store also get supper and breakfast on request.
Apartments and homes in the Nordic country are equipped to deal with the extreme cold and damp, but few have air conditioning.
People in Helsinki, Finland took K-Supermarket up on their offer to allow customers to sleep in the aisles of their store which was furnished with cool refrigerators and air conditioning
Two women set up their sleeping arrangement near the vegetable racks after the grocer in Helsinki opened up its doors to over 100 customers to sleep inside
K-Supermarket manager Marika Lindfors said the idea came from joking customers: ‘We always try to respond to client feedback, so why not here, too?’
Operations manager Marika Lindfors said the idea came from customers who ‘told me half-jokingly that it’d be a great thing to be able to sleep at a cool supermarket.’
‘We always try to respond to client feedback, so why not here, too?‘ Lindfors added.
The Spanish city of Cordoba reached 108F (42C) yesterday as the heatwave which has already killed three people continues to blast the continent.
Spain has issued health warnings in 41 of the country’s 50 provinces and eight locations in Portugal have already broken local temperature records thanks to the Iberian Plume.
A middle-aged man in Barcelona was found collapsed on a street on Friday and taken to hospital where he later died of heatstroke, bringing the heatwave’s death toll to three this week.
Children cool off in a public fountain in Barcelona, Spain where swarms of families and tourists have been finding ways to relax in the stifling heat
People climbed rocks along in the Valle Verzasca valley in Lavertezzo, Switzerland to dive off into the river
Visitors cool down in foam at the open-air aquapark ‘Dreamland’ in Minsk, Belarus where temperatures reached over 30°C
A man cools off in a fountain in front of the Berlin Cathedral as the heatwave in Europe continues
Beachgoers walk into the water at Wannsee on the outskirts of Berlin as temperatures reached 91F (33C) on Saturday
People crowd the beach in Rostock, northern Germany, on Saturday as the heatwave in Europe continues
A Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter is used to collect water from a lake to fight forest fires near Straelen, western Germany
Forecasts indicate that the hot air from Africa, which turned parts of the sky a dark yellow hue because of the dust it carried, will not abate until early next week.
The man, who was discovered in Berlin Street near Sants Train Station and was thought to be homeless, has not been named.
Around the same time a 78-year-old man was rushed unconscious to hospital in Murcia in south-east Spain after collapsing in his orchard.
Two other men — a roadworker in his 40s and a 78-year-old pensioner tending to his vegetable garden — also died from heatstroke this week.
The World Meteorological Organization says continental Europe’s record is 118.4F (48C) in Greece in 1977.
Cordoba, which had the highest European temperature on Saturday, is expected to reach around 108F (42C) on Sunday.
Youngsters play with water at the Vatican as the heatwave continues to blast the continent on Saturday
People at a beach on the shores of lake Silbersee in western Germany as the heatwave over central Europe continues
A Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter is used to collect water from a lake to fight forest fires near Straelen, Germany
Holidaymakers enjoy the warm temperatures and bright sunshine at a beach in the Lake Solina resort of Polanczyk, south-eastern Poland
Visitors enjoy a ride at the open-air aquapark ‘Dreamland’ in Minsk, Belarus, as the hot weather continues in Europe
People enjoy the sun and the sea at La Barceloneta beach during their holidays in Barcelona on Saturday
Fire fighters tackle forest fires near Straelen, western Germany on Saturday
Reinhold Herre from the Ostalb Fishing Club fishes dead fish from the Roetlen reservoir in Germany.When temperatures remain hot, many lakes are threatened by fish mortality
The small Budakeszi game reserve outside the Hungarian capital Budapest said it was helping its animals cope with the heat with iced fruit.
In another sign of drought, water levels in the Danube River that runs through Budapest are about to fall to a level that will expose a small outcrop called Dearth Rock that is almost always underwater, the National Water Management Authority said.
Meanwhile in Vienna, police dogs due to patrol a beach volleyball tournament were fitted with special shoes.
The extreme weather, caused by an influx of hot air from Africa, is also carrying loads of dust from the Sahara Desert across some parts of the continent.
An Iberian plume is a weather pattern where warm air moves from the Iberian plateau or the Sahara into Europe and the UK.
It is caused by high pressure air formed in the Iberian Peninsula, which then pushes and the heat up.Unlike a Spanish plume, this type of plume is much more stable and often doesn’t cause thunderstorms.
The Spanish region of Extremadura — which borders Portugal and included the provinces of Caceres and Badadoz and is always one of the country’s hottest places at this time of the year — registered nine of the top ten midnight temperatures.
At midnight on Friday in Zorita, a 55-minute drive south east of the beautiful Roman-founded city of Caceres, temperatures were a staggering 94.8F (34.9C).
Daytime temperatures in the hottest part of the region have been near the 111.2F (44C) mark.
A man dances in Vatican City in Italy as the heatwave continues to sweep across Europe today
A woman cools off as a temperature soars throughout the country at the Vatican, Rome on Saturday
Two children wearing football shirts cool off at a fountain in the Vatican as temperatures soar throughout Europe
People cool off in the water as temperatures reach a peak in Benidorm, Spain, amid the European heatwave on Saturday
People cool off in the water as temperatures soar in Benidorm, Spain, amid the ongoing European heatwave
An aerial view shows people at a beach on the shores of lake Silbersee in Haltern, Germany, yesterday
People enjoy the beach on the bassin d’Arcachon in southwestern France amid the European heatwave on Saturday
People stand in a spray water to cool off as a summer heatwave with high temperatures continues in Paris, France
People enjoy warm weather on the banks of the river Seine during the ‘Paris Plages’ event on Saturday
Thousands of people take to the beach in Brighton and Hove as hot and sunny weather returns to the seaside resort
Spain has hit 108F (42C) with the southern city of Córdoba reaching the highest temperature in Europe as the continent continues to face the killer Spanish heatwave
In Portugal, where the heatwave was expected to reach its peak on Saturday, a forest fire raged on two fronts, aided by ‘a temperature of 46C (115C) degrees but a real feel of 122F (50C)’, officials said, and very little humidity in the air.
In Lisbon, authorities have closed playgrounds and called on people to avoid picnics and outdoor activities.
Across the Iberian Peninsula in Barcelona, where the stifling air barely stirred during the night, Spaniards took to the beach with families and Wholesale hotel towels friends, along with swarms of sweating tourists.
Those who could not make it to the sea had cold drinks under large umbrellas in city squares.Others doused their faces and necks in public water fountains, or simply pulled down the shutters and stayed at home.
Health officials issued reminders about the dangers that extreme heat can pose, especially for the elderly and the young.
The rest of Spain, including the normally wet and temperate northwestern region of Galicia, was also punished by the sun and heat.
Splashing around: Energetic children play with the water bursting from the ground in a fountain in Muzeon Park in Moscow
Feeling the heat: Riders and their horses cool down during hot weather in Lake Constance near Guettingen, Switzerland
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Cautions ignored: People sunbathe at the Santo Amaro beach in Oeiras, despite warnings from the Civil Protection to the population, in Oeiras, near Lisbon, Portugal
Enjoying the weather: People enjoy a hot summer evening at a former river Danube side arm in Vienna, Austria
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