Snowed in shoppers spend the night in IKEA
Six IKEA shoppers and two dozen employees have spent the night in an IKEA store in Denmark after being snowed in.
Up to 12 inches of snow fell during the blizzard, trapping everyone inside the Aalborg store on Wednesday night.
Rather than bracing the harsh weather to get back home, the customers and staff had an impromptu sleepover of a lifetime in the store's inviting showroom.
Those trapped inside got to pick from IKEA's extensive range of beds to test out for the night, giving a whole new meaning to 'try before you buy'.
Store manager Peter Elmrose told the local Danish newspaper, "We slept in the furniture exhibitions and our showroom on the first floor, where we have beds, mattresses and sofa beds."
He said customers were able to pick out which bed they were thinking of buying and try it out for real, as everyone spent the night eating and watching TV.
Peter said despite the unusual conditions, the night went "super well" and everyone had "a lot of fun".
Denmark's public broadcaster reported that staff from the neighbouring toy shop also joined in on the impromptu sleepover, as they were also stranded too far from home with the bad weather.
The toy shop manager Michelle Barrett said, "It's much better than sleeping in one's car. It has been nice and warm and we are just happy that they would let us in."
"We just laughed at the situation, because we will probably not experience it again."
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