In pictures: Europe under ice

A cold snap continues to freeze parts of Europe, with heavy snow in Turkey and the Balkans, and icy conditions stretching from Germany to Russia.

Schoolboys near the eastern Turkish city of Bingol make their way to school by sleigh

Fishermen break holes in the ice of Haklovsky Stary lake in the Czech Republic

In Moscow fishermen pitched their tents outside the Nikolo-Perervovsky monastery

The owner of this Trabant car in central Budapest faces a major defrosting job

Teenagers venture out on the mirror-like ice of Lake Chiemsee near Seebruck, southern Germany

A water mill in the Black Forest, southwestern Germany, is frozen solid

Sarajevans enjoy the snow on the former 1984 Winter Olympic mountain of Bjelasnica

A man shovels snow from his driveway outside his home in Agios Stephanos, north of Athens

It's rare for snow chains to be called for in Athens