Snow, ice and high winds have brought transport chaos to many parts of Europe for a third day, with hundreds of flights cancelled and passengers stranded.
Airports in Paris and Amsterdam are worst affected, with Dutch authorities saying that more than 1,000 travellers were forced to spend the night at Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest hubs.
Seven people have died in weather-related incidents.
Hungary's interior ministry said that a woman was killed after a car skidded on ice and crashed into another vehicle.
Five people have died in France and one in Bosnia since the winter freeze set in on Monday.
With snowfall continuing, skiers and snowboarders enjoyed hurtling down the steep hills of the Montmartre district in Paris.
But the cold snap came as a bitter shock to the French capital's many homeless people.
Boubacar Camara, who is sleeping in a tent on the city's outskirts, said that he had "no choice but to keep on going".
"You just have to stay strong, make sure you don't die, you know," said the 19-year-old.
"We can't do anything about the cold. I'm not used to this at all."
Hundreds of schools were closed for a third day across Scotland, and English authorities warned of a snowstorm across parts of the country in the coming days that will also affect southern areas of Ireland.
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at airports across the continent, including Charles de Gaulle and Orly in Paris, Schiphol in Amsterdam, Brussels and Budapest.
Dublin and Cork airports said that a number of flights to and from Amsterdam and Paris did not operate.
Watch: Passengers react after snow leads to flight cancellations at Charles de Gaulle Airport
Almost half of mainland France is on alert for heavy snow and black ice, and lorries were banned from roads in some areas, forcing truckers to stop work.
"It's better to be here than stuck on the road," said driver Carle Bruno, who managed to get to a service station in the northern port city of Le Havre.
The Hungarian national weather service, HungaroMet, said that Budapest experienced its heaviest snow for 15 years.
Forecasters said that temperatures could fall to -20C in some places in Hungary. In neighbouring Austria, the mercury plummeted even further to -24C in the Alps overnight.
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The UK also experienced plunging temperatures with authorities warning that some rural communities in Scotland could be "cut off" by snow.
The Eurostar rail service connecting London with continental European cities was also disrupted again with passengers facing cancellations and delays.
The Balkans region has been hit by heavy snow and floods in recent days and thousands were without power in Serbia after a snowstorm brought down power lines.
The Albanian port city of Durres was hit by torrential downpours that inundated hundreds of homes and forced around 200 people to move, though officials said conditions were easing.
Nordic countries were also facing snow-related chaos, with officials in eastern Sweden warning that power cuts were "likely" because of heavy snowfall.
Trams were suspended in the western city of Gothenburg, and the authorities in the wider region warned people not to drive and to stay at home if possible.
