The frozen Danube in Budapest created a picturesque sceneCredit: EPA
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Temperatures have plummeted in historic Budapest, leading to the river Danube freezing overCredit: EPA
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A polar bear takes the chance to lie down on the freezing snow in Berlin ZooCredit: AP:Associated Press
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People walk during heavy snow at Sariyer district in Istanbul, TurkeyCredit: EPA
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Special forces have been deployed in Turkey during the freak cold weatherCredit: Reuters
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Thousands of flights have been ground across Europe. Ataturk Airport in Istanbul says 10,000 people have had travel plans disruptedCredit: Getty Images
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A newly married couple walk through Sultanahmet square during heavy snowfall in IstanbulCredit: Getty Images
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Roses were planted in the frozen Fountain of the Naiads in central RomeCredit: Getty Images
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Icicles hang from the frozen fountain at Piazza Mazzini square in Rome as temperatures plummeted this weekendCredit: Getty Images
Italy, Poland, Greece, Bulgaria and the Baltics are among the most severely hit by the sub-zero snap.
Temperatures fell as low -26C in parts of Poland, while snow has blanketed the normally mild Greek islands.
In Rome fountains have completely frozen over, while the Pope delivered a message calling on people to pray for the city's rough sleepers.
Two boys cautiously test a frozen lake in the city of Skopje, MacedoniaCredit: EPA
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Childen plunge down a slide near Red Square in MoscowCredit: AP:Associated Press
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A woman walks past a waist-high snow dump at the side of a road in Kiev, UkraineCredit: EPA
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A snowy park banks onto a lake in Warsaw, PolandCredit: AP:Associated Press
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A man takes the opportunity for a snowy selfie beside a sign in the Czech RepublicCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Children play football on the frozen Esca river in the town of Burgui, Navarra in northern SpainCredit: EPA
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Rural areas like Santeramo in Puglia, Italy, have been completely blanketed in snowCredit: Getty Images
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Streets lie deserted as several feet of snow covers cars in Santeramo, ItalyCredit: Getty Images
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A fountain in Piazza Mazzini, Rome begins to freeze over during sub-zero temperaturesCredit: Getty Images
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Eight people are thought to have died in Italy so far as bitter cold snap brings Rome to a haltCredit: AP:Associated Press
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Several fountains have completely frozen over in RomeCredit: AP:Associated Press
Further east, temperatures plummeted to a deadly -30C in the Russian capital Moscow.
The deaths of some 33 people has been blamed on the extreme cold so far, many of which includes homeless people and migrants journeying into Europe.
Italian officials said eight people had died in the country, while Bulgarian police said three people died in the country's mountainous southeastern border.
In Poland, ten people died on Sunday night while there has been 65 cases of hypothermia since November 1.
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A thermometer shows the below freezing temperature in the Czech RepublicCredit: AP:Associated Press
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A car is completely covered in ice as temperatures dropped as low as -34.6CCredit: AP:Associated Press
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A snow storm blankets Istanbul, TurkeyCredit: Reuters
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An ice fisher stands patiently beside a frozen waterfall near the Mirusha waterfalls, KosovoCredit: Getty Images
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A lone emergency worker walks through the snow in the Italian town of Sammichele di BariCredit: Getty Images
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A tractor was deployed to try to clear some snow in SanteramoCredit: Getty Images
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Cold spell across Europe has killed at least 33 peopleCredit: Getty Images
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Stray dogs in Istanbul have been covered in blankets to help them survive cold snapCredit: Getty Images
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A dog lies under a blanket during freezing temperatures in TurkeyCredit: Getty Images
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Snow ploughs try to alleviate travel chaos in the outskirts of Istanbul, TurkeyCredit: EPA
Travel chaos has also been wrought across the continent.
Hundreds of flights have been grounded as far south as Istanbul in Turkey, which has been snowed in for a third day.
Yesterday there were only 292 departure's from the city's Ataturk Airport, which normally sees around 1,500 flights taking off every day.
It is estimated that 10,000 travellers' plans have been disrupted here alone.
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A frozen bridge near the Black Sea town of Varna in Bulgaria where heavy snowfall caused traffic chaos and power failuresCredit: WENN
There people have been pictured wrapping stray dogs in thick blankets to help them survive the unusually cold weather.
In Serbia's capital Belgrade, dozens of migrants sought shelter in disused warehouse to escape from temperatures that reached -15C.
"It's very difficult, especially at night," said Niamat, a 13-year-old Afghan.
"I have been waiting here for three months and I do not know when I will be able to continue my journey".
Ismail, aged 16, added: "Nobody is helping us, it's very cold and I'm worried how we will endure this."
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