I had a cat that used to sleep UNDER the wood burning stove. She stayed until she got too warm, at which point she would head for the lineoleum-covered concrete kitchen floor and splay herself out to dissipate the heat before heading back under the stove again.
I'm in the U.S. with a different sort of question. I don't have a wood burning stove, but my fireplace is old enough to have been built with a blower and a hot air chamber under the ember bed. I moved in here six months ago so have not until now had occasion to remember that the fan doesn't work. Anyone know of an outlet source for parts for a "Heatalator" or similar devices? I wasn't able to find much on the web last time I searched.