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Someone put up a tent on their balcony to escape their heat-trapping apartment during the night.
(discuss.tchncs.de)
Third extended heat wave within 6 weeks.
The previous one exceeded 40°C, and the buildings not yet had time to completely cool down from that one before the third wave hit.
I was considering putting up a tent in my garden myself, but as I own a ground floor flat, the indoor temperatures did, with the help of some additional cooling measures, thankfully not exceeded 27°C.
I think it might be some kind of minimal beach camping tent, like this one:
https://www.ironsnow.com/products/ironrain-camping-tent-beach-play-tents-2-person-waterproof
Had to probably do with a tiny one, as it would be the only one to still fit the limited space.
The opening would be directed at the balcony door.
So no ventilation issue, but you might have do deal with some mosquitos (but those thankfully haven't been much of a problem here this year as it has been also exceptionally dry so far...)
Nope, not even that fancy. It doesn't have separate poles, they're just permanently integrated. The whole thing folds up into a circle. And without real ventilation, even with that circle door, they get hot inside.
You can see the separate poles
Gah, you're right. I have not had enough coffee yet.
I have slept in one of those children's tents before. I was going backpacking, and a friend offered me his "backpacking tent" that was much lighter than mine.
It turns out it was lighter because it was a children's tent that was about 80% the length of my body, so I had to sleep with my knees up. We got snowed on, and luckily it held up.