From mobile jungles to shadow art: how Dutch people try to beat the heat
Researchers in Utrecht working next to a pergola covered with greenery. Photograph: Elzemieke BrouwerView image in fullscreenResearchers in Utrecht working next to a pergola covered with greenery. The climate adaptation of individual buildings is important but still today, many are built with large, glazed facades that generate a lot of heat.”View image in fullscreenPeople cool off in the water in Amsterdam’s city centre.
- ▪Researchers in Utrecht working next to a pergola covered with greenery.
- ▪Photograph: Elzemieke BrouwerView image in fullscreenResearchers in Utrecht working next to a pergola covered with greenery.
- ▪The climate adaptation of individual buildings is important but still today, many are built with large, glazed facades that generate a lot of heat.”View image in fullscreenPeople cool off in the water in Amsterdam’s city centre.
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Researchers in Utrecht working next to a pergola covered with greenery. Photograph: Elzemieke BrouwerView image in fullscreenResearchers in Utrecht working next to a pergola covered with greenery. Photograph: Elzemieke BrouwerNetherlandsFrom mobile jungles to shadow art: how Dutch people try to beat the heatA national heatwave plan has been activated to help people stay cool during the Netherlands’ increasingly hot summersSenay Boztas in AmsterdamMon 22 Jun 2026 00.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleHouseholds 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 viral social…
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