From mobile jungles to shadow art: how Dutch people try to beat the heat (opens in new tab)

A national heatwave plan has been activated to help people stay cool during the Netherlands’ increasingly hot summersHouseholds in Amsterdam are being urged to hang their curtains outside their windows as health experts recommend simple hacks to moderate the heatwave rolling across the Netherlands, where homes were built for old-fashioned damp and coldish northern European weather.In a last week, Eline Coolen, the heat coordinator at the city’s public health institute, urged sweaty city-dwell...