Siberia has come to Europe
18 ImagesSince last Friday, Europe has been locked in a Siberian weather pattern that has pummeled the Continent with snow, freezing rain and brutal wind chills, paralysing cities unaccustomed to more than a thin wet film of snow.
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Hikers stand on a bridge above a frozen waterfall in a park in Kassel, Germany.Photo: AP
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In this picture taken with a drone people cross a bridge by the frozen shore of the Lake of Neuchatel, in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.Photo: AP
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The icy Alfred Escher fountain is pictured in Zurich, Switzerland.Photo: AP
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Snow-covered cars are parked in a street in Flensburg, Germany.Photo: AP
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People walk in a snow-coated St. Mark's Square, in Venice, northern Italy.Photo: AP
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Children play in the snow on the Curragh in Co Kildare, Ireland.Photo: AP
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A person puts snow chains on his truck during heavy snowfalls, in Lausanne, Switzerland.Photo: AP
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Andrea Geile skies past a mural along Princes Street in Edinburgh.Photo: AP
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A frozen centrepiece in Fountain Gardens, Paisley, Scotland.Photo: AP
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A man cycles past the Leaning Tower of Pisa and its cathedral in Piazza dei Miracoli square, during a snowfall, in Pisa, Italy.Photo: AP
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Sylvain rides his snowboard on a snow-covered street in Lausanne, Switzerland.Photo: AP
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The fire brigade of Airport Security Services (SSA) rides a snowplow removing snow on the runway during at the Geneva Airport, in Geneva, Switzerland.Photo: AP
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Icicles form on seafront railings at Penzance in south west England.Photo: AP
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An aerial photograph shows snow-covered jetties on the shore of the frozen Lake Pecs at Orfu, 200 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary.Photo: AP
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Commuters make their way across London Bridge in the snow in London.Photo: Bloomberg
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A cyclist rides past buses in the snow during the morning rush hour in London, U.K.Photo: Bloomberg
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In this aerial image taken the Santa Maria della Salute Basilica (Saint Mary of Health) on the Grand Canal in Venice, northern Italy, is covered by a blanket of snow as freezing weather from a Siberian cold snap persists in large part of the country.Photo: AP
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A man climbs up an artificial ice wall in Liberec, Czech Republic.Photo: PETR DAVID JOSEK
