{"id":44332,"date":"2026-06-22T09:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/44332\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T09:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:48:07","slug":"britons-warned-to-go-easy-on-the-beer-in-the-holiday-heat-as-temperatures-continue-to-rise-across-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/44332\/","title":{"rendered":"Britons warned to go easy on the beer in the holiday heat as temperatures continue to rise across Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the heatwave<\/a> tightens its grip in large parts of Europe from the UK to Southern Spain<\/a> and the Balearics<\/a>, on Sunday, in France several towns had cancelled the annual music festival and the government banned alcohol consumption in public places on health and public order grounds in departments already under the weather red alert.<\/p>\n

Also on Sunday, officials in Madrid cancelled a public screening on a giant screen of Spain\u2019s victory over Saudi Arabia at the World Cup<\/a> because of the extreme heat<\/a> and there is more football to play as temperatures rise, England<\/a> are in action again tomorrow, Tuesday. And, NHS UK has warned UK tourists in Spain \u201cdon\u2019t drink beer<\/a>\u201d ahead of sweltering highs.<\/p>\n

The NHS states:
Heat exhaustion and heatstroke
Heat exhaustion does not usually need emergency medical help if you can cool down within 30 minutes. If it turns into heatstroke, it needs to be treated as an emergency.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of heat exhaustion
The signs of heat exhaustion include: tiredness
dizziness
headache
feeling sick or being sick
excessive sweating and skin becoming pale and clammy or getting a heat rash, but a change in skin colour can be harder to see on brown and black skin
cramps in the arms, legs and stomach
fast breathing or heartbeat
a high temperature
being very thirsty
weakness<\/p>\n

The symptoms of heat exhaustion are often the same in adults and children, although children may become irritable too. If someone is showing signs of heat exhaustion they need to be cooled down and given fluids.<\/p>\n

Things you can do to cool someone down
If someone has heat exhaustion, follow these 4 steps:Move them to a cool place.
Remove all unnecessary clothing like a jacket or socks.
Get them to drink a sports or rehydration drink, or cool water.
Cool their skin \u2013 spray or sponge them with cool water and fan them. Cold packs, wrapped in a cloth and put under the armpits or on the neck are good too.
Stay with them until they\u2019re better.<\/p>\n

They should start to cool down and feel better within 30 minutes. There\u2019s a high risk of heat exhaustion or heatstroke during hot weather or exercise.<\/p>\n

To help prevent heat exhaustion or heatstroke:<\/p>\n

drink more cold drinks, especially if you\u2019re active or exercising
wear light-coloured, loose clothing
avoid the sun between 11am and 3pm
avoid excess alcohol
avoid extreme exercise<\/p>\n

if you\u2019re inside on a very hot day, close curtains, close windows if it\u2019s hotter outside than in your home and turn off electrical equipment and lights that get hot This will also prevent dehydration and help your body keep itself cool. Children, older people and people with long-term health conditions (such as diabetes or heart problems) are more at risk of heat exhaustion or heatstroke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the heatwave tightens its grip in large parts of Europe from the UK to Southern Spain and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1254,15477,15476,1391,2383,20148,7640,4496,10926,598,605,20147,599,600,2217,17,603,369],"class_list":["post-44332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-balearics","tag-beer","tag-booze-tourism","tag-british-tourists","tag-england","tag-health-warning","tag-heat","tag-heatwave","tag-high-temperatures","tag-holiday","tag-latest-headlines","tag-magalluf","tag-majorca","tag-mallorca","tag-scotland","tag-spain","tag-summer","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}