cross-posted from : https://slrpnk.net/post/39583307
The devastating heat wave has exposed weaknesses in the continent’s infrastructure, much of it built for a cooler climate that no longer exists.
An air-conditioned room in a city hall in Paris became a makeshift cooling center on Thursday.
I feel like maybe there’s a market for climate-controlled Internet cafes in Paris, if people just want to hang out in an air-conditioned environment and mess around on their laptops and phones. Sell snacks or whatever.
What about movie theaters? Those pack in a lot of people too, and I bet that they have air conditioning.
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French heatwave sends audiences to air-conditioned cinemas
Record-breaking high temperatures across France in late June have sent theatrical admissions soaring as local audiences flock to cinemas, among the few places in the country with air conditioning.
Three million admissions or approximately €22.2m ticket sales based on an average price of €7.40, were clocked over the week between June 17 and 23, up 52% compared to the previous week according to figures from Rentrak. That is 54% more than the same week last year when 1.95 million tickets were sold.
“The fact that cinemas are air-conditioned is so ingrained in people’s minds in France now that when the weather gets warmer, going to the movies becomes a natural reflex,” Marti suggested.
The mayor of Paris’ 10th arrondissement has offered free cinema tickets to residents of the central Paris neighbourhood under 25 years old or over age 65, pregnant women and disabled people at three theatres L’Archipel, le Brady and le Louxor. The initiative is called “Ciné-clim” with “clim” being a slang for “climatisation” which means air conditioning in French.
Sounds like they’re already on it.
