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Beast from the East blankets Europe in snow - pictures

by The Week team
27 Feb 2018
Go to: ‘Beast from the east’ in photos: UK and Europe under snow
Rome snow Colosseum

Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

Tourists take pictures of the ancient Colosseum during a snowstorm in Rome

Beast from the East

A man walks his dog and pulls his child along in a sledge in the falling snow in the village of Brenchley, in south-east England

greece snow

A man shovels snow outside a tavern in Hortiatis, around 25 miles north of Thessaloniki, as the Siberian cold front hits northern and central Greece 

snow Hamburg

A dusting of snow on the Bismarck monument in the centre of Hamburg, Germany

Beast from the East UK snow

Children play on sledges outside Rochester Castle, Rochester 

Swiss Guard Vatican City snow

A member of the Pope's Swiss Guard stands watch in the snow at St Peter's Square 

Snow France

A family enjoys the snow at the frozen Lac Vert near Soultzeren, eastern France PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images

Beast from the East UK snow

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Snow covers the sand around a statue at Antony Gormley's art installation Another Place, at Crosby Beach, near Liverpool

Snow Bulgaria

A woman with a child walks dogs during a heavy snowfall in Sofia, Bulgaria

Snow Germany

A thick blanket of snow lies over vehicles at a used car dealer in Rehna, northern Germany

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