Tourists in Lisbon found creative ways to cope with soaring temperatures on Wednesday (May 27), as an early heatwave gripped Portugal, sending visitors and locals in search of shade and cold drinks.

In the city centre, holidaymakers posed for photos by Lisbon’s landmarks while stopping for refreshments, with some sipping piña coladas despite the early hour.

“It’s so hot, it’s absolutely boiling. It’s uncharacteristic at this time of year,” said one English tourist, adding that a piña colada at 11 a.m. felt like a welcome way to cool down.

Climate concerns also featured among visitors, with some pointing to increasingly frequent heatwaves across the Iberian Peninsula.

Parts of Europe are sweltering under an unseasonably fierce heat wave that has shattered temperature records in Britain and France and left scientists warning of increasingly hot summers.

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VIDEO SHOWS: TOURISTS IN PORTUGAL'S LISBON HAVING PIÑA COLADA AND POSING FOR PICTURES / TOURISTS AT BARS' TERRACES / COMMENTS BY TOURISTS

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SHOWS: LISBON, PORTUGAL (MAY 27, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF TOURISTS TAKING PICTURES OF THE LISBON SIGN

2. VARIOUS OF TOURISTS BUYING PIÑA COLADA

3. TOURISTS TAKING PICTURE OF PIÑA COLADA

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLISH TOURIST, CHRIS TROUGH, SAYING:

“It's so hot, it's absolutely boiling. So, no, it's uncharacteristic at this time of year.”

JOURNALIST ASKING: "You are enjoying the piña colada, don’t you?"

“Very nice at 11 o'clock in the morning, yes.”

5. TOURISTS TAKING PICTURE OF PIÑA COLADA

6. TOURISTS TAKING PICTURES OF BRIDGE APRIL 25

7. TOURIST WEARING HAT AND STANDING NEXT TO A BOTTLE OF WATER

8. TOURISTS

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CUBAN TOURIST, IENE GARCIA, SAYING:

"Well, I think global warming is real and it is affecting us. I think it's going to get worse and that we have to do something."

10. MAN SELLING HATS ON STREET

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPANISH TOURIST, SARA GOMEZ, SAYING:

"Well, it's obvious that we are suffering the consequences of climate change, which, no matter how much some people insist otherwise, is undeniable. For years now, in Spain, on the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal, we have been experiencing summers with extreme temperatures, and summer starts much, much earlier than it used to."

12. TOURISTS NEXT TO PIÑA COLADA

13. VARIOUS OF TOURISTS HAVING BEER AT TERRACE

14. WAITER WORKING AT TERRACE

15. VARIOUS OF TOURISTS