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Is there ANY place you can actually get an air conditioning unit? From secondhand appliances to hiring services (and even international train journeys) - the different ways you can try and snag a cooling gadget as the heatwave scorches on

Daily Mail

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June 26, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Card Stacking
Is there ANY place you can actually get an air conditioning unit? From secondhand appliances to hiring services (and even international train journeys) - the different ways you can try and snag a cooling gadget as the heatwave scorches on
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Metro

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· Jun 23, 2026

The best places with air conditioning to take your baby or toddler in London

The best places with air conditioning to take your baby or toddler in London

DutchNews.nl

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· Jun 22, 2026

One in five homes have air conditioning as heatwaves increase

Around one-fifth of households in the Netherlands has air conditioning installed as people deal with the prospect of warmer summers...

OpIndia

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· Jun 26, 2026

As Europe faces a massive heatwave, read how EU regulations pose hurdles to the purchase of Air Conditioners

With rising temperatures, electricity prices are also increasing. However, the obvious resort to relief in peak summers, Air Conditioners are not that easily available in Europe.

AllSides

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· Jun 27, 2026

Europe's Come-to-AC Moment

In stifling apartments and sweaty row houses in England, Germany, and even Scandinavia, some Europeans are considering a very American idea: They really need an air conditioner. One of their most accessible options, though, might feel unfamiliar to anyone accustomed to central air. Among Europe's commonly used types of air conditioning is a clunky, inefficient unit that stands a few feet high and has a wide exhaust tube meant to go out a window. Such units are typically a panic-buy on a hot weekend, Brian Motherway, the head of energy efficiency at the International Energy Agency, told me. People grab the first machine they see and end up living with it for a decade, he said...

Smithsonian Magazine

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· Jun 26, 2026

Too Hot for Art? Some Paris Museums and Landmarks Close or Reduce Hours Amid a Record Heat Wave in Europe

Meanwhile, other institutions offer their air-conditioned spaces as a way for residents and tourists to beat the heat

The Tribune

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· Jul 4, 2026

Cooling divide emerging as air conditioning deepens climate inequality in the UK, study finds

For decades, people in the UK tended to view air conditioning as something that belonged elsewhere. It was associated with office buildings, hotels and hotter countries rather than their own homes. But as summers become warmer and heatwaves more frequent, that picture is beginning to change. Colleagues and I analysed data from the English Housing []

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Related coverage for "Is there ANY place you can actually get an air conditioning unit? From secondhand appliances to hiring services (and even international train journeys) - the different ways you can try and snag a cooling gadget as the heatwave scorches on": Metro — The best places with air conditioning to take your baby or toddler in London. DutchNews.nl — One in five homes have air conditioning as heatwaves increase. OpIndia — As Europe faces a massive heatwave, read how EU regulations pose hurdles to the purchase of Air Conditioners. AllSides — Europe's Come-to-AC Moment. Smithsonian Magazine — Too Hot for Art? Some Paris Museums and Landmarks Close or Reduce Hours Amid a Record Heat Wave in Europe. The Tribune — Cooling divide emerging as air conditioning deepens climate inequality in the UK, study finds