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Rome, December 19, 2020 – The crowded shopping streets, with meetings throughout Italy prior to entry in the red zone of Christmas, announced yesterday from first story. The fear of contagion has not counted on the frenzy gift hunt Christmas, and wanting to ‘rub’ in the center, although it is not recommended. Thus from Milan to Rome the streets were full of people and the traffic was congested as on a weekend before the Covid.
In Milan In Corso Buenos Aires, the traditional shopping street, we move slowly, slowed down by the large number of people present. Disciplined lines of masked people have formed outside some stores, patiently waiting their turn. And many, however, arrived there in the piled-up subway cars, especially those at the Duomo stop. (Turnstiles closed 300 times – video) The wagons were so crowded that some passengers, given the crowd, preferred to exit the subway and reach their destination on foot to run less risk of contagion.
Crowd downtown too smell for Christmas shopping, so much so that via del Corso is temporarily closed to pedestrian traffic in Largo Goldoni, via dei Pontefici and via del Parliament. The Spagna and Flaminio metro stations also closed. Blocks and turnouts also for cars in via Ferdinando di Savoia and piazza Augusto Imperatore. Local police patrolled the bridges of Lungotevere.
Starting this morning the chaos in the mountainous district of Vomero, which has always been a place for shopping. the Neapolitans. Confusion, blasting horns, blocked roads and searching for parking. A human river has invaded the Scarlatti-Giordano pedestrian zone for the last shopping before the Christmas holidays, before returning to the red light district starting on December 24. The Antignano market and the Via De Bustis market, where physical distancing was impossible, were attacked. Head out from the shops to the bars to enjoy a coffee, even if it’s to go, with friends and family. The streets between via Toledo, piazza dei Martiri, the promenade, as well as the narrow streets of the old town are also full of people.
In turin the music was no different: long lines even before the stores opened on the streets dedicated to Christmas shopping. In the historic center the largest influx of people was registered in via Garibaldi. The very central Via Roma and some adjacent streets, which have become pedestrian, nevertheless presented the dreaded criticisms: congested traffic and lines of cars. Queues in front of fashion and toy stores. The bar dehors are also full.
Even the historic center of Bologna, “where not a child is lost” as Lucio Dalla sang, it was full for the last Saturday of shopping, despite the controls. In via Indipendenza, via Rizzoli, via Farini, the streets around piazza Maggiore, many people took the opportunity to shop and search for gifts. Many lines formed in front of the most popular stores and, until 6pm, the bars were full of customers.
In bergamo the entrances in via XX Settembre, in the entrances of piazza Matteotti and piazza Pontida have been limited. However, there were gatherings, such as last weekend, both in the center and in the Upper City, where it was decided to limit the friction and purchases before Christmas with the control at the entrances of the local police. Anti-Covid rules in cable transmission to Bari instead of classical Christmas music to keep shoppers on their toes. The speaker also recalled the additional measures envisaged.
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