Stuttgart pulls the emergency brake: Because of a feared rush of visitors due to the cancellation of other Christmas markets, those responsible in the city no longer consider it justifiable to hold their own.
Stuttgart - No more booth magic and mulled wine: Baden-Württemberg's state capital Stuttgart canceled its Christmas market on Monday evening.
“We tried everything to make the Christmas market possible.
After other large Christmas markets in the region, especially the baroque Christmas market in Ludwigsburg and the medieval Christmas market in Esslingen, were canceled today, we are pulling the emergency brake, ”said Mayor Frank Nopper (CDU).
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After the cancellation of the markets in Ludwigsburg and Esslingen, an enormous number of visitors would inevitably be in Stuttgart.
This would probably no longer be controllable and manageable under corona conditions.
Nopper appealed to the federal and state levels to support the restaurateurs and showmen who are affected by the cancellations of the Christmas markets with corona relief measures.
"The majority of these are small family businesses whose existence is threatened as a result of the pandemic, and this winter is now even worse than before." The Christmas market in Stuttgart should open on November 24th and last until December 30th.
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