Germany returns to normal life disrupted by a pandemic coronavirus. What the Germans think about the abolition of quarantine measures, whether it will save from ruin a local business and that causes the greatest irritation in people who have experienced almost two months of isolation, learned the correspondent of “RIA Novosti” in Berlin, angelina Timofeeva — specially for “Kommersant”.Stores, shops, schools, hairdresser, public sports and playgrounds, museums, exhibition centres, galleries and memorials, as well as Botanical and Zoological gardens re-opened in Germany in early may. Shortly thereafter resumed the work of restaurants and cafes, in some regions once again earned the hotel business.Lifted the control on the borders with Denmark and Luxembourg. The German government hopes to restore pre-crisis order of movement in the Schengen area will be from June 15.Although major public events is prohibited until 31 August, the streets of the German capital come alive. If in shops it is usually performed almost a hundred percent, in public transport the situation is different. For example, the homeless, who are in Berlin, according to official data, about 2 thousand, but unofficial — up to five times more walk around the stations and subway cars, and urban trains, not covering the face. However, they still ask passengers “on a piece of bread.” Although Berliners are usually willing to serve the disadvantaged, especially if they accompany their requests, singing or distribution of free periodicals, today, one can often observe how the passengers are trying to move away from approaching them homeless.Often public transport to see young people, who wears the mask just the mouth, leaving the nose open, or pull the fabric completely under the chin. The mask remains hanging on the ears, but of course, nothing covers. Such people are called “comedytime”, given that they deliberately ignore warnings to protect personal and public health and safety. The motives for such behavior — bravado, a protest against “restrictions on personal freedom.” However, the open indignation of the other passengers are people, as a rule, do not cause.The shops are still forced to limit the number of customers simultaneously present in the room. Given this, in front of the entrances to the outlets almost everywhere queues. They are mostly young people, the long queues near the sports shops, miloslavov, salesrooms network of clothing brands such as Zara and H&M. the Fitting is closed completely or partially — buyers offer to measure things at home and exchange them if the item is not approached. In fact, almost all cash was covered from the beginning of the quarantine restrictions special plasticthe marketing boards, markings near them allows the buyer to approach the store employee, and it gives many owners the reason to allow cashiers to work without masks.Hair salons and nail salons work by appointment. Visitors after almost two-month break is still a lot. Masters in the hall are working strictly in protective masks. On the doors of the salons often hang ads with a request not to go inside yourself, to stay on the street until staff. Visit to the hairdresser, for example, in the Berlin district of Steglitz is as follows: assigned to the visitor, the wizard lets the customer inside, Squirting his hands with a disinfectant. Then the client is invited to remove the protective mask, which he went to the salon and get a brand new mask from the hands of a master. The client is obliged to wear it, and only then proceed to the chair for a haircut.Many Berliners eagerly waiting for the opening of food service establishments. Especially anticipated was the resumption of small pubs and cafes. They brought with them a bottle of beer and drink brought directly to levels favorite places, exchanging experiences of the day.”We lost almost 80% of the turnover. Now three people work instead of six. Support measures that have been taken by the authorities, helped but a little. Although it was all done very quickly,” says the owner of a restaurant in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. According to him, the sale of takeaway food, which is marginally practiced in the restaurant and to the cov that was used during the quarantine widely, but this has not helped to cover the General expenses. While the restaurant has not reached the pre-crisis level of sales, as this “not enough tourists from other regions of Germany and from abroad”.In the capital in recent years there has been a real tourist boom: nearly 14 million people visited Berlin last year. So the vast market of the Berlin catering largely depends on these visitors.A huge hall with wooden panelling, a famous beer restaurant Alt-Berliner in the Wilmersdorf district in the evening nearly empty. Visitors take only the tables placed on the sidewalk at the entrance. Along with the menu the waitress in a protective mask brings the form and a pen. Each visitor is invited to specify the date of the visit, the number of your table, your name, contact phone and email.According to the plan of the authorities, this information must be sent to the Department of health to establish the persons who were in the restaurant, if any of the guests or the employees get sick with coronavirus. However, the majority of visitors, running questionnaires through the eyes and lay them to the side.
