In the middle of the corona lockdown: Gastronom is causing a stir with a bizarre Christmas market campaign

Because of the corona lockdown, the Christmas market is falling in many places this year.

But a restaurateur from Dorfen is now causing a stir with a creative alternative.

• The gastronomy is currently still in corona lockdown.

• A landlord from Dorfen has now shown creativity - and opened a corona-compliant Christmas market.

• Incidentally, the Christmas market campaign is not his first unusual idea during Corona.

Landshut / Dorfen

- In the car through the

.

It does not work?

Go then!

Namely in the

by restaurateur Patrick Schmidt and his wife Steffi in Landshut.

The 30-year-old, who will be the host of the Dorfener Volksfest next year, is defying the

with unusual actions

.

Corona lockdown: landlord transforms beer garden into bizarre Christmas market

Patrick Schmidt has transformed the beer garden of his restaurant Zollhaus with over 100 Christmas trees, 1000 lights and an artificial snow cannon into a

.

Visitors can drive through the

and

enjoy

hot chestnuts, sausages, Kaiserschmarrn and other Christmas market delicacies while listening to music.

There is also mulled wine from the thermos.

Everything is only to take away, however, according to the

nothing

may be consumed

at the drive-in Christmas market.

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"A dog is he scho", say those who know Patrick Schmidt appreciatively.

The Landshut restaurateur and next year’s Dorfen festival host always knows what to do when the need arises.

Schmidt and his Steffi, a native Wasentegernbacher, got

the first

+

Patrick Schmidt will entertain the guests of the village festival in 2021.

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Because the Landshut Spring

, at which Schmidt operates a tent, was not allowed to take place, the restaurateur set up a

.

Around 600 cars drove through Schmidt's Dult tent every day, enjoying the white and blue attitude to life with roast chicken, sausages, cheese and beer.

The idea also attracted

The New York Times, US News and Forbes Magazine reported on how the people in Bavaria do not let the corona virus rob them of their joie de vivre.

The

is also the focus of the drive-in Christmas market.

"We hit a sore point with the people again," says Steffi Schmidt, who

is overwhelmed

by the success of the

.

Many German newspapers reported on their action, and television broadcasters turned the door handle into their own hands.

Dorfen: The drive-in Christmas market focuses on the joy of life

But the most important thing: “The

”

says

the mother of three happily.

And the visitors come from far away, from Regensburg, Mühldorf and even Bremen.

“The people are sad that nothing is like usual this year. We give them a bit of a Christmassy feeling,” says Steffi Schmidt.

One question arises: What can the people of Dorfen expect at the folk festival next year?

Steffi Schmidt laughs: "We always have crazy ideas, we will definitely come up with something so that the Dorfener Volksfest is special."

Opening hours.

The drive-in Christmas market is open from Thursday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. until December 20.

Address: Äußere Münchener Str. 83;

Information at www.zollhaus-landshut.de

The Corona lockdown also hits Therme Erding hard.

It had to close on November 2nd.

Instead of bathers, workers and craftsmen now run around in the largest wellness facility in the world.