Hellish temperatures

Where the asphalt really glows in the summer heat

Parking lots and their access roads are often hot asphalt deserts. (Assembly)(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Christian Lendl, Adobe Photoshop Montage, Krone KREATIV)

The heat of the city is brutal in summer, Rainhard Fendrich once sang. But true brutality in this context is only revealed when you park your car in the parking lot of a shopping center. A lack of shade, sealed surfaces and climate change make for a scorching hot cocktail of hell - in which federal state the situation is particularly bad.

You could fry a fried egg on the hood, the steering wheel is barely touchable with your bare fingers - after a stroll through the air-conditioned shopping center, heat hell awaits in the car. An everyday scenario at the moment. Even more so in Lower Austria.