A snow blower clears snow from the airfield at Berlin's Schoenefeld airport on Monday. Arctic weather is gripping much of Europe as the height of Christmas travel season nears, with more snow in prospect.
Passengers wait for their flights, which were disrupted by snow and freezing temperatures, inside Terminal 4 at London's Heathrow Airport, on Monday. Airlines said that Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, was the worst hit by the poor weather - with only a limited number of flights to arrive and depart.
People queue for the Eurostar cross-Channel train as services were affected by snow and freezing temperatures, at Gare du Nord station in Paris on Monday. Snow and freezing temperatures continued to cause holiday travel chaos on Monday for road, rail and air passengers in Europe after a weekend of disruption.
Planes are de-iced at Orly Airport south of Paris on Monday.
Passengers wait for their flights at Orly Airport, south of Paris. Heavy snowfall has let to the shut down of many European airport runways.
A plane is de-iced at Orly Airport south of Paris on Monday. Heavy snow has forced fast trains to slow down and left cars skidding through icy, slushy streets on a weekend where many people were trying to head home for the holidays.
Iced-over trains are parked up in the rail yard at Malmo central station. More than a hundred local commuter trains were cancelled in the Malmo area on Monday because of the weather.
People queue at St. Pancras station in London on Monday, as the Eurostar cross channel train operator said services were being cancelled or severely delayed due to speed restrictions in England and France caused by snow and freezing temperatures.
People queue for the Eurostar cross-Channel train, as an information board announces severe delays to train traffic due to snow and freezing temperatures, at Gare du Nord station in Paris.
Dump trucks carry snow on the runway at Zaventem airport in Brussels. Airports and trains across Europe are attempting get their transport up and running again after several days of severe weather blanketed the region.
Heavy snow affecting the M5 highway in Somerset, southwestern England as the motorway is restricted to one lane northbound and southbound on Monday. Anger is growing that less than 4 inches of snow has paralyzed the nation for more than 48 hours with no sign of respite.