10°C Tenants in Bucharest turn off the central heating, Romanians start planting flowers.

5°C Romanians are sunbathing.

2°C Italian cars won’t start.

0°C Pure water freezes.

-1°C Your breath becomes visible, time to start planning the vacation to the Mediterranean. Romanians are eating icecream and drinking cold beer.

-4°C The cat tries crawling under your bedsheets.

-10°C Time to start planning a vacation to Africa. Romanians go for a swim in the lake.

-15°C American cars won’t start.

-18°C Romanians switch on the central heating.

-22°C French cars won’t start. Too cold for proper iceskating.

-23°C Politicians start pitying the homeless.

-24°C German cars won’t start.

-26°C Your breath can now be cut directly into building blocks for an igloo.

-29°C The cat tries crawling under your pyjamas.

-30°C No proper car will start. The Romanian dude kicks the tires and drives off in his Lada.

-31°C Too cold for kissing as the lips will freeze together. The Romanian national scoccer team enters the spring training season.

-35°C Time to start planning a vacation in the hot tub. Romanians are shoveling the snow off their roofs.

-39°C Too cold for thinking. Mercury freezes. Romanians button up their shirts.

-40°C The car tries crawling under your bedsheets. Romanians are thinking about putting on a coat.

-44°C Romanians ponder on closing the windows.

-50°C Sea lions evacuate Greenland.

-64°C Time to start planning a vacation on Venus. Romanians are going skiing.

-70°C The ice bears are evacuating the North Pole. At the university of Bucharest, the traditional annual cross country tournament is being held.

-75°C Santa Claus is evacuating the North Pole, leaving frozen, dead elves in his trail. Romanians put on their hats.

-80°C The sea lions try crawling under your bedsheets. Your cat is acting a little tense.

-90°C Santa Claus attempts to join the sea lions.

-111°C French cars won’t burn properly anymore.

-120°C Alcohol freezes. As a result, Romanians are now acting a little tense, too.

-270°C Hell freezes over.

-273,15°C Absolute zero. Absolute absence of molecular movement. Romanians reluctantly admit that, “Yes, it might be a bit chilly. Now, would you please be so kind and pass me another glass of vodka?”