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• Swedish meatballs for everyone! A snowstorm that dumped about 12 inches in Aalborg, Denmark, on the evening of Dec. 1 forced about 30 people to spend the night in an Ikea store, Pix11-TV reported.
Store manager Peter Elmose said customers and employees slept "in the furniture exhibitions and our showroom on the first floor, where we have beds, mattresses and sofa beds," giving shoppers the chance to "pick the exact bed they have always wanted to try. It's been a good night. All fun." [Pix11, 12/2/2021]
• The Tan Hill Inn in northern England -- Britain's highest-altitude pub -- drew a big crowd on Nov. 26 for the Oasis cover band Noasis.
But when heavy snow and dangerous wind conditions hit the remote pub, more than 60 people were stranded there, with the exits blocked and vehicles buried, NPR reported.
People slept on the floor and mattresses and ate Yorkshire pudding while playing games and watching movies.
Noasis missed their next gig, in Essex, but everyone was able to leave the inn by Nov. 29 with a great story to tell. [NPR, 11/29/2021]