Xi Sħana: 7 Things Everyone Can Relate To During A Heatwave
If you’ve muttered “xi sħana!” more times than you’ve blinked today… welcome to Maltese summer.
The heatwave is officially here, and we’re all just sweaty survivors trying to make it through with minimal thigh chafing and maximum ice cubes.
Here are 7 painfully relatable things every person in Malta knows too well when the islands start to sizzle.
1. Car-sauna syndrome
You open the car door and suddenly you’re in a 90°C oven. Bonus points if your seatbelt buckle brands your thigh like cattle.
2. Shower, sweat, repeat
You towel off and somehow you’re already dripping again. Who needs moisturiser when you’re perpetually moist?
3. Balcony? More like Hell-cony
Opening a window is not ventilation — it’s summoning a hot gust of pure Sahara. Close it before someone’s tan starts peeling indoors.
4. Flip-flop fatalities
You either melt into the pavement or walk weirdly to avoid scorching your soles. It’s lava, but make it local.
5. Power cut panic
Because nothing says “Mediterranean summer” like your ac dying mid-nap and your fridge starting to cry.
6. Meltdown at the festa
You wanted to enjoy the festa… but your thighs stuck together, the pastizz made you sweat more, and someone’s holding fireworks in 38°C. Prosit ħafna.
7. Ice cubes in EVERYTHING
Coffee? Add ice. Soup? Add ice. Shower water? Add ice. If it doesn’t clink, we don’t want it.
Bonus: The office fight
Cause the only logical argument in this heat wave is whether the ac in the office should be at 16°C or 17°C right?
From car-saunas to festa meltdowns, one thing’s for sure – summer in Malta hits differently. And by “differently,” we mean like a flaming brick to the face.
What’s missing from the list? Got your own xi sħana horror story to share?