The Dutch city of Venlo is expected that the ascension day is a rush of German shopping tourists and has called because of the Corona to the discipline.

For a fun family outing, it is still too early. Visitors should come alone, specifically shopping and definitely keep their distance, said a spokesman for the city on Wednesday.

"Buy you so very much, and you just come ALONE," it said in a call to the city. Also the Dutch border town of Roermond has been announced for Thursday, tighter controls and rules mentioned.

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the fine can go shopping

groups that did not belong to a family and without distance on the way to be, the threat of a fine in the amount of 390 Euro, it was in Venlo. It should be in spite of the appeal to the full, will close the city Parking lots and Parking garages or driveway seal the road, said spokesman Robert Bouten: "If necessary, roads can be temporarily locked so that no new visitors can enter."

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Venlo and Roermond: shops on holiday

open for Roermond draws this step, if necessary, in consideration of the speaker Remco said high occurred. But the city does not expect that there are going to be full.

On Sundays and Christ assumption the shops are open in the Netherlands. The ascension belongs, according to information from Venlo to the peak days, where many Germans go shopping in Venlo.

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shopping without a mask in Venlo

Venlo, reacts with his actions on the experiences of last Sunday, Many Germans had obviously come because they could be shopping in the Netherlands without a protective mask, said speaker Bouten. The important rule in the Netherlands against the spread of the Coronavirus, the distance of one and a half meters was. The town was last Sunday, but to full.

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visitors should go in both cities, the shopping streets, as far as possible on the right side, preferably with a card or phone to pay and stay with a cold and prefer to very home. Visitors should not feel a false sense of security just because you would have to carry across the border, no mask: "You have to understand that here, too, the Corona," said Bouten.

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Date Of Update: 21 May 2020, 20:28