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Athens Opened Its Libraries as Refuges From the Heat

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If your flat has no air conditioning and the night never drops below 30°C, the useful thing a city can give you is a cool room to sit in — and Athens counted 35,000 visits.

35kvisitsVisits to Athens cooling centres in summer 2023
7centresCooling centres recording those visits
2,021yearYear Europe's first chief heat officer was appointed
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