PARIS (AP) — Workers at the Eiffel Tower used a blowtorch to melt the ice collecting on its surfaces and snow was blocking roads and halting trains and school buses Wednesday across northern France.

People enjoy skating at the open air Christmas ice rink on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. Photo Joel Saget/AFP/Getty ...

Paris - Work began on Monday to install an ice-skating rink in the Eiffel Tower as Paris plans to offer six weeks of free skating with a bird's-eye view of the city over the winter period.

Workers at the Eiffel Tower are using a blowtorch to melt the ice collecting on its surfaces, and snow is blocking roads and halting trains and school buses across northern France. Amid a European ...