Mid-afternoon, mid-city, the middle of the Summer holidays.
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I've just realised that I never mentioned the temperature in the toot or in the Alt Text. I didn't think to specify why there are so few people around. I took it for granted. I think I have normalised the scorching heat.
So what was the temperature? And where is the place?
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@CiaraNi wow I’ve never seen this street like this O.O
@pms I'm not sure which was more startling - to see Guldsmedsgade near-deserted or to see the natural heatwave-choreography as people walked almost in single file in the thin line of shadow.
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I've just realised that I never mentioned the temperature in the toot or in the Alt Text. I didn't think to specify why there are so few people around. I took it for granted. I think I have normalised the scorching heat.
@CiaraNi
Same here for 50 %
Trains for the airport are full, most for holidays to "hot" places. -
Mid-afternoon, mid-city, the middle of the Summer holidays. This is usually one of the most bustling streets in the city centre. Always lots of people walking around, parking bikes, waiting to meet someone, cycling by, window-shopping, standing while doing something on their phone, hanging out, going in and out of the busy supermarket. Unsettling to see it almost deserted, the few people around all walking in the thin line of shadow on one side of the street.
@CiaraNi I'm getting COVID-19 vibes off of this. It was like 28 Days Later that time except the streets were mostly clean
It's like a gmod server when it's midnight
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So what was the temperature? And where is the place?
@johnb48 Aarhus - I tagged the place. I think the high was 30 yesterday. Scorching, whatever degree it officially was.
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@CiaraNi
Same here for 50 %
Trains for the airport are full, most for holidays to "hot" places.@hanktank61 Flying flying flying, then complaining about the heat on their holiday after they fly fly fly home
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Mid-afternoon, mid-city, the middle of the Summer holidays. This is usually one of the most bustling streets in the city centre. Always lots of people walking around, parking bikes, waiting to meet someone, cycling by, window-shopping, standing while doing something on their phone, hanging out, going in and out of the busy supermarket. Unsettling to see it almost deserted, the few people around all walking in the thin line of shadow on one side of the street.
@CiaraNi Your point is undoubtedly valid, but I would note, however, that it is not unusual for normally busy streets of Aarhus to be way less ‘bustling’ in the middle of the school holidays, even when there is no heatwave.
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@CiaraNi I'm getting COVID-19 vibes off of this. It was like 28 Days Later that time except the streets were mostly clean
It's like a gmod server when it's midnight
@altlazybear Snap! I thought something similar just yesterday, when a few of us made room for each other to pass in and out of an area of shade where two streets met. We all gave other that little smile I remember from when people passed each other at a slight distance on lockdown walks.
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@CiaraNi Your point is undoubtedly valid, but I would note, however, that it is not unusual for normally busy streets of Aarhus to be way less ‘bustling’ in the middle of the school holidays, even when there is no heatwave.
@mikill I am well aware. This is not the same. People away on holidays does not result in deserted Guldsmedgade. It's a busy place with lots of local residents. And there are visitors all over. When you turn a corner into a neighbouring street with shadow, there are people.
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@mikill I am well aware. This is not the same. People away on holidays does not result in deserted Guldsmedgade. It's a busy place with lots of local residents. And there are visitors all over. When you turn a corner into a neighbouring street with shadow, there are people.
@CiaraNi As I already said, my intention wasn't to contradict your point, however, I wanted to add the nuance that the life of the streets in Aarhus also depends on the season, especially the summer holiday. People are (of course) avoiding the direct sun / hot streets these days but as a local myself I wouldn't say that this street always filled with people. Sure, it often is but I could take a similar picture during different times on a normal (no heatwave) weekday with few people in sight.
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Mid-afternoon, mid-city, the middle of the Summer holidays. This is usually one of the most bustling streets in the city centre. Always lots of people walking around, parking bikes, waiting to meet someone, cycling by, window-shopping, standing while doing something on their phone, hanging out, going in and out of the busy supermarket. Unsettling to see it almost deserted, the few people around all walking in the thin line of shadow on one side of the street.
@CiaraNi Cannot be too long before people start to migrate to Nordic countries.
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Mid-afternoon, mid-city, the middle of the Summer holidays. This is usually one of the most bustling streets in the city centre. Always lots of people walking around, parking bikes, waiting to meet someone, cycling by, window-shopping, standing while doing something on their phone, hanging out, going in and out of the busy supermarket. Unsettling to see it almost deserted, the few people around all walking in the thin line of shadow on one side of the street.
@CiaraNi 🥺
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Mid-afternoon, mid-city, the middle of the Summer holidays. This is usually one of the most bustling streets in the city centre. Always lots of people walking around, parking bikes, waiting to meet someone, cycling by, window-shopping, standing while doing something on their phone, hanging out, going in and out of the busy supermarket. Unsettling to see it almost deserted, the few people around all walking in the thin line of shadow on one side of the street.
@CiaraNi So, not Aarhus in the middle of the street? Madness.
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@CiaraNi So, not Aarhus in the middle of the street? Madness.
@woe2you Haha - no
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@CiaraNi Cannot be too long before people start to migrate to Nordic countries.
@NicelyManifest I wonder if people from Southern Europe are already coming here for so-called 'coolcations'. If so, I hope they are not coming by plane.
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Mid-afternoon, mid-city, the middle of the Summer holidays. This is usually one of the most bustling streets in the city centre. Always lots of people walking around, parking bikes, waiting to meet someone, cycling by, window-shopping, standing while doing something on their phone, hanging out, going in and out of the busy supermarket. Unsettling to see it almost deserted, the few people around all walking in the thin line of shadow on one side of the street.
@CiaraNi needs a couple of trees
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@johnb48 Aarhus - I tagged the place. I think the high was 30 yesterday. Scorching, whatever degree it officially was.
Ahhh... Looks like a great place to live. I'd missed the tag. Sure understand heat. It's the time when we normally have 38c or higher. But all of our houses and cars are built with air conditioning.
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@Tooden Yes. Ameliorating measures like that are going to be seen more and more, no doubt. It is only going to get hotter from here.
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@NicelyManifest I wonder if people from Southern Europe are already coming here for so-called 'coolcations'. If so, I hope they are not coming by plane.
@CiaraNi The presumption of many that the availability of planes going everywhere makes the taking of a journey free from environmental consideration.
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@CiaraNi needs a couple of trees
@peterbrown Yes, such a relief every time we can walk under trees. To be fair to both the council and the city, we're fairly okay in Aarhus - a fair amount of shady green spaces and street trees, including public benches with tree shade. This is just a snapshot of one particular stretch of sreet with not many. I hope we get more.
