{"id":320733,"date":"2025-12-17T10:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320733\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:41:07","slug":"worlds-coldest-city-where-shops-dont-need-fridges-drops-to-45c-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320733\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s coldest city where shops ‘don’t need fridges’ drops to -45C | World | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, temperatures in Yakutsk, Siberia dropped to a bone-chilling -45 degrees celsius. The coldest city in the world, in eastern Siberia, Russia,<\/a> can be challenging to live in, though locals have ways of adapting to the conditions.<\/p>\n

When temperatures hit -45 on Monday, residents were seen still carrying on with their usual routines amid frozen vehicles, icy streets and thick winter clothing.<\/p>\n

However, due to the extreme cold, schools reportedly didn’t open on Monday, and children have been taking lessons online over the past few days instead.<\/p>\n

Yakutsk, located on the Lena River, about 450km south of the Arctic Circle, regularly experiences some of the lowest temperatures on Earth during winter, highlighting the severity of Siberia\u2019s climate.<\/p>\n

The population, believed to be around 300,000 people, are said to cope with the weather by wearing appropriate clothing and sipping on hot tea.<\/p>\n

As long as there’s no wind that makes matters worse during the winter season, locals say it’s bearable.<\/p>\n

In the markets, refrigerators aren’t necessary for fish or meat, which freeze in seconds.<\/p>\n

Cooking remains normal indoors however, with common foods listed as meat soups, stews, dumplings, porridge and bread.<\/p>\n

Kiun B, who was born and raised in the city, says “you can easily freeze in minutes” if you don’t dress correctly.<\/p>\n

In a video on her Youtube Channel, she is seen talking viewers through her many layers of clothes just to head to the mall.<\/p>\n

Discussing her bottom half, she began: “I start with leggings. I already have my black ones on and on top of them I add a second pair.<\/p>\n

“Then I put on camel wool knee pads to protect my joints. My knees sometimes hurt because I didn’t wear this when I was younger, so now it’s essential.<\/p>\n

“I also wear camel wool socks for insulation and warmth,” she added.<\/p>\n

Kiun went on to add insulated padded trousers to keep her legs “incredibly warm”.<\/p>\n

As for the top half, the local wears a jumper, followed by a light jacket underneath her thick winter coat “made especially for Arctic winters”.<\/p>\n

To be as warm as possible, she added a woolly hat, scarf and mittens complete with “yakutian fur boots”.<\/p>\n

“Regular boots would freeze in minutes,” she warned.<\/p>\n

Kiun went on to give fans an insight into the outside world of Yakutsk, admitting: “When you step outside, the cold air hits your lungs like a shock.<\/p>\n

“It becomes harder to breathe, your throat feels dry and every breath feels heavy because of the freezing air.”<\/p>\n

She added: “In Yakutsk, our entire infrastructure is built for extreme cold; roads, buildings and utilities are designed to survive temperatures below -70 degrees celsius. Most apartments have 24\/7 central heating just to stay warm.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, temperatures in Yakutsk, Siberia dropped to a bone-chilling -45 degrees celsius. The coldest city in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[154,90,416,56,54,55,132],"class_list":["post-320733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-russia","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}