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Think of the biggest outdoor place you’ve ever been. And try to imagine an even bigger one. Useless effort, because even then you will not approach us: no club can compete with an entire city. It sounds crazy, but in reality the plan they have in mind in Vilnius makes sense, as The Guardian says. After all, many large cities try to rethink their coronaviruses (for example, by increasing bike lanes, as in Milan).
Like many other European states, Lithuania is also starting the first timid reopening of stores this week. Provided, of course, the measures that we all know now are respected: the obligation to wear a mask and gloves, disinfect the rooms and social distancing. This last point is the concern of many restaurateurs, since the internal spaces are often limited and thatThe Ministry of Health has imposed that the tables be placed two meters away.. Some places also have an outdoor space, but often insufficient to accommodate more than a handful of tables, especially in the more touristy part of town, Senamiestis, made of alleys and narrow streets. To remedy the problem, here is the idea announced by the mayor: grant restaurants and bars many public spaces owned by the municipality. Free and for the entire season.
An initiative welcomed with joy by both restaurateurs and residents. There are currently eighteen areas in question, which will increase in the coming days, including the iconic Cathedral Square, making Vilnius a unique and spacious open-air café.
An initiative that also nods to tourism, a sector in which the Lithuanian capital is not new to courageous initiatives, as CNN recalls. Last year, toying with the fact that it is not one of the most popular tourist destinations, an advertising campaign for minors was banned. The posters showed a woman lying down, with her eyes closed and an ecstatic expression, in the act of grabbing the sheet under her. A map of Europe was printed on the sheet. and the narrow point of the model was, of course, that of the Lithuanian capital. Below the photo, the slogan: Vilnius, the European G-spot: nobody knows where it is, but once it is extraordinary. Visitors from Germany and the United Kingdom, the two countries where the campaign was most massive, increased by 37.8% and 20.5% respectively in one year.
This article was published in the Corriere press review from May 1: you can find it here
May 1, 2020 (change May 1, 2020 | 4:33 pm)
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