Swimming in fountains
Finding refreshment in the sweltering city heat: a kid cools off in a fountain in the western town of Duisburg. Unlike adults, babies and toddlers can’t sweat enough to maintain a healthy temperature, so they should be protected from the sun. 
‘Annelie’ makes you drip
High pressure system “Annelie” is bringing the heat to Germany. It was named after 90-year-old Annelie Dehnert-Hilscher from Lake Constance, Germany. The weather doesn’t really bother her, even though she’s elderly. But they can be particularly affected, especially if they’re sick too. So nursing homes are checking to make sure they drink enough – at least 1.5 liters of water per day. 
Water parade!
Production is in full swing in a bottled water factory in Baden-Württemberg. Germans drink on average 144 liters of mineral water every year. When it’s hot, sales can double or more, says Ulrich Lössl, the manager of this factory in Bad Dürrheim . 
Adrenaline kick
Two young boys jump into a swimming pool in Ilmenau in the eastern state of Thuringia. It’s welcome refreshment. The temperature could go as high as 40 degrees Celsius. On August 8, 2003 the thermometer hit 40.3 degrees in Perl-Nenning, Saarland, according to weather service Meteomedia. 
A refreshing swim in Cologne
The heat wave can make people miserable, and it can also kill animals. The German Association for Animal Welfare advises pet owners to make sure their pets have enough water and shade nearby and to not leave them in the car. 
Bearing the heat at the zoo
Animals indigenous to the North and South Poles can have a really hard time. In Stuttgart’s “Wilhelma” zoo Corinna, the polar bear takes a bath to cool off. But apparently the bears don’t mind the sun’s rays too much, a spokesperson for the “Wilhelma” Zoo said. 
Summer in the city
Summer on the river Rhine with a view of Cologne Cathedral. The parasol can give some respite from the sun, but it doesn’t ward off all dangerous UV rays. Some Parasols only have an SPF of 5. 
I’ll have some cream with that, please
Whether strawberry, chocolate, or vanilla flavor, ice cream makes the heat easier to bear. Like Daria Bianchet’s ice cream from an italian ice cream parlor in the eastern city of Magdeburg. Germans ate an average of 110 scoops of ice cream per person last year, according to the German Confectionery Federation. 
Not bothered
The heat doesn’t bother everybody. Sandra Brauner works for German fish wholesaler “Deutsche See.” She is about the sort fresh fish in a cooling chamber in Munich. Defintely not hot in there! There may well be a few people who would gladly do her job during this heat wave. 
Swimming pool instead of school
When temperatures climb, students are sometimes allowed to go home because of the heat, like these elementary school students in Dresden. But in Nordrhein-Westfalen, schoolchildren are already out for the summer. They can enjoy the weather because the heatwave will at least stay until the weekend, says Germany’s National Meteorological Service. 
