Beer gardens, restaurants and taverns in Bavaria are allowed to reopen their outdoor areas after the corona shutdown. Groups can also meet - under clearly defined conditions.
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Munich - Bavaria's Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger (free voters) * has his hands full in the Corona crisis .
After his suggestion of a “mini-Oktoberfest”, there was harsh criticism from the CSU and Prime Minister Markus Söder *, then there was a keen debate about a purchase premium for cars in order to stimulate the auto industry, which was badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, and finally Aiwanger becomes in targeted a satire video by hosts.
Corona crisis in Bavaria: gastronomy, beer gardens open their outdoor areas from May 18
It is precisely these innkeepers who can now look forward to statements from the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs. Because: Aiwanger himself has now explained in which cases and under what conditions, despite corona restrictions, whole groups are allowed to meet in beer gardens, restaurants or taverns.
Finally, from Monday, May 18, restaurateurs are allowed to reopen their outdoor areas until 8 p.m. From May 25, (until 10 p.m.), they can also be served and served in the bars again. There is an extension of the opening times of beer gardens until 10 p.m.
Bavaria's Minister of Economic Affairs: Hubert Aiwanger from the Free Voters.
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"On the question of who I can go to the beer garden or the outdoor catering with: The people with whom you can meet," said Aiwanger on Tuesday (May 12) at a press conference by the Bavarian ministers. Means: With a family friend or the relatives.
Read also: The beer garden opening hours despite Corona in Bavaria could be extended again at the end of May. Nevertheless, there is discussion between the CSU and Hubert Aiwanger.
With friends in the beer garden or the restaurant? Aiwanger names rules
It is even allowed to " sit at the same table with another family in the beer garden (...)", he continued. But: what about friends? Can you meet them too?
At the press round there was a question as to whether “six to eight friends” were allowed to go to the beer garden or the pub together. Aiwanger did not answer this question in the negative - and stated the requirements.
MUNICH Bavaria's Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger: “The complete opening of retail today with around 50 percent of the usual turnover gives confidence. Every euro that the economy earns again in the market does not have to be covered by tax money. ”
- Hubert Aiwanger (@HubertAiwanger) May 11, 2020“If six to eight people, each with his buddy, comes, then of course he can sit down at the table with his buddy, who is his caregiver,” said the Minister of Economy: “And with 1.50 ( meter, red . ) The next buddy sits with his buddy at a distance. But they can't sit six times two at one table because not even the first six are allowed to sit at one table. So I can only sit at the table with one person or family. And you have to keep a distance of 1.50 ( meters, red. )
Corona / Bavaria: Friends can meet in beer gardens and taverns
Ergo: Friends can very well meet as groups in the catering trade , but always have to sit in pairs at separate tables and keep the required distance rules due to the risk of infection with the pathogen Sars-Cov-2 .
That even groups with several people sit at one table, "would only work if the table was 15 meters long and the couples were always sitting opposite each other at a distance of 1.50", the Niederbayer continued - and smiled at the same time.
Groups in beer gardens and restaurants? That should also make the restaurateurs smile, who had to close their bars for weeks because of Corona.
Many students in Bavaria have to learn from home and are not yet able to go to school. A ten-year-old in Ansbach was so frustrated that he chose a drastic way out.
For subliminal criticism from the coalition partner CSU, Aiwanger's crisis management leads, among other things, by ordering 90,000 mops.
The wait of many people comes to an end on Monday (May 18): The beer gardens in Bavaria are allowed to open again. A cult brewery from Munich has now surprised: It allows its businesses. A German prime minister, meanwhile, surprisingly already mentions a possible date for stadium and concert visits.
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