Irish Examiner view: Customers bed in as snowstorm hits Ikea store

Stranded customers and staff turned the furniture shop in the Jutland region of Denmark into a makeshift hotel sleeping on display beds 

Up to 12 inches of snow fell in the city of Aalborg in the Jutland region trapping the customers and employees when the Ikea store closed on Wednesday. File picture: Matt Morton/PA

It is just as well that Ikea showrooms display products that have been already assembled, unlike the ones the Swedish furniture, lighting, and DIY company sells. 

Otherwise, customers in a showroom in Denmark stranded in a snowstorm would probably have had to rush to the tools section and then spend hours wielding screwdrivers, electric drills, and those dreaded Allen keys in order to get a night’s sleep.