An eyewitness account of the heatwave’s impact.

The light blue dot in the middle indicates where my day started.

It is 2 a.m. and I can’t sleep. The room is hot, I’m sweating on a Spanish bed that is not made to fit a tall Dutchman. I know about the importance of cooling down at night and I open the small window. I had kept it closed when I went to sleep since outside was even warmer than in the hous…