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IN PICS: Madrid shrouded in fog as rare pea-souper descends on Spain’s capital

It’s not often Madrid sees such a phenomenon but on Tuesday night Spain’s capital was shrouded in dense fog giving the streets and iconic buildings a haunting atmosphere.

Published: 18 November 2020 10:21 CET
IN PICS: Madrid shrouded in fog as rare pea-souper descends on Spain's capital
Photo: Fiona Govan

Madrileños shared their dramatic images of the pea-souper night on social media.

Here’s a selection of the best:

The Almudena Cathedral and Real Palace looked hauntingly beautiful in the diffused light.


Photo by @SecretosenMadrid.

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

A post shared by JavR (@jrubio16)

Spain's parliament building: 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

A post shared by Carmen Baños (@cbanos)

A foggy walk in the Retiro park:


Photo: AFP

Puerta del Sol:

Looking up the Gran Via from a rooftop on Plaza de España provided a view more reminiscent of London than Madrid.

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

A post shared by Tomek (@tomaszsm)

The view from Madrid's four towers was quite spectacular:

The fog, known as 'niebla' in Spanish, gave a spookiness to the streets of La Latina.

 

If you have some great photos to share, use #thelocalSpain on Instagram or send them to [email protected] 

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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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