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Is This Madrid or Is This Narnia?

A woman walks along a street covered with snow during heavy snowfall on January 09, 2021 in Alcorcón, near Madrid, Spain.
A woman walks along a street covered with snow during heavy snowfall on January 09, 2021 in Alcorcón, near Madrid, Spain. Photo: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez (Getty Images)

Some remarked that they weren’t sure if they lived in Madrid or in Narnia. Others took out their skis and winter clothes and treated the capital like a giant slope. In the city center, dozens took part in a massive snowball fight that required police interference to break up. The videos of the snowball fights went viral on social media, although some people criticized that some of the participants did not have face masks, did not respect social distancing measures, and were in fact having a snowball fight during a pandemic.