As the snow blanketed Scandinavia on Wednesday night, six clients and 25 workers at an IKEA close to town of Aalborg discovered themselves stranded and compelled to spend the night time on the beds and sofas of the Swedish furnishings superstore.
As as much as 30 centimeters of snow fell exterior, the group was trapped and compelled to hygge it up and go the night time. IKEA’s huge showroom remodeled into the setting for an grownup slumber occasion.
Public broadcaster DR confirmed photos of the stranded Danes consuming beer and occasional and noshing on cinnamon rolls as they watched soccer collectively.
Michelle Barrett informed DR Thursday morning after spending the night time at IKEA, “Everyone was simply so candy, and we really simply laughed at the scenario as a result of we most likely is not going to expertise it once more.”
Store supervisor Peter Elmose informed the Ekstra Bladet tabloid folks received to sleep in “the precise mattress they at all times have needed to strive.”
He added, “It’s been a very good night time. All enjoyable.”
At the airport in Aalborg, 300 had been caught in a single day as properly.
What are circumstances like elsewhere in Denmark?
The snowstorm snarled site visitors on the roads and rails throughout Denmark and there have been short-term energy cuts in some locations.
Elsewhere in Denmark, the tarp on a truck filled with packages ripped aside whereas crossing the Storebält Bridge between the islands of Funen and Zealand in the storm.
A police spokeswoman informed TV2, “The trailer was hanging over the water. I consider that some Christmas presents landed in the water.”
No fatalities as a result of inclement climate had been reported.