Heat Dead: 395 Empty Armchairs in Front of the Federal Chancellery

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With a protest and memorial campaign, the environmental protection organization Greenpeace pointed out the extreme summer of 2026 in front of the Federal Chancellery in Vienna's city centre on Saturday morning and at the same time criticized: with 395 empty armchairs, which stand for those people who "have not survived the first heat wave of this year." The almost 400 empty chairs were each equipped with a mourning candle. They stand for all tho…

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In view of the heat wave, the environmental protection organisation Greenpeace held a protest today in front of the Federal Chancellery. 395 empty chairs – symbolic for every heat dead person – were set up and provided with mourning candles.