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IN PICS: A week of winter in Spain

Take a look at the most breathtaking pictures of winter in Spain from this past week.

Published: 13 February 2018 17:45 CET
IN PICS: A week of winter in Spain
Barcelona beach with a dusting of snow last Thursday. Photo: AFP

A week of icy temperatures saw much of Spain blanketed in snow. It brought chaos to the roads, forced the cancellation of flights and became the most talked about topic of conversation.

It also saw hundreds of beautiful images of a winter wonderland shared on social media. Here is our selection of some of the best.

1. This shot of Roque de los Muchachos in Spain's Canary Island, La Palma 

2. This stunning picture of the medieval Covadonga village in the heart of Asturias

 

Somewhere only we know ?⛪?

A post shared by Silvia Castro (@silviacdc78) on Feb 11, 2018 at 11:04am PST

3. An aerial view of a snowy Valle de Benasque in the north of Spain

4. A breathtaking shot of El Pris in the Tenerife Island

 

5. The Alcazar de Segovia that inspired Walt Disney’s famous princess castles

 

6. This picture of the Alhambra fortress surrounded by the snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevada 

 

7. Unusual sight of snow on Barcelona's beaches

 

 

8. And finally, Madrileños who know that the best way to spend a snow day is in a museum

 

 

#museoreinasofía #madrid #madridwinter

A post shared by Gabriel Crespo (@gabriel___crespo) on Feb 4, 2018 at 11:14am PST

 

Send us your snowy pictures from around Spain and keep tagging #TheLocalSpain on your posts!

 

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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