Queues for tests, shops and hairdressers: How Austria reacted to the lockdown relaxation
With lockdown rules relaxed, people flooded to shops and testing sites across the country on Monday.
Austria has loosened its lockdown, opening schools, museums, hairdressers, shops, beauticians, art galleries and even zoos.
Long queues began forming early on Friday afternoon outside the testing centre at the Orangerie at Vienna’s Schönnbrunn Palace as people waited to be tested ahead of hairdressers re-opening.
The Schönbrunn Palace tweeted a photograph of the testing centre ahead of opening. Medical professionals are available to carry out tests from 6am to 9pm, both for walk-in appointments and at a nearby drive-in centre. However, booking is essential.
#CoV-Teststraße Schönbrunn ?? Ab heute ist es möglich sich im Arrival Center Schönbrunn (Drive-In beim Busstellplatz, Group Center) sowie der Orangerie (Walk-In) täglich von 06:00 bis 21:00 Uhr testen zu lassen. Eine Anmeldung ist erforderlich: ?https://t.co/Y4VANZnusl #covid pic.twitter.com/AUAFy6rnvN
— Schönbrunn Palace (@schonbrunn) February 4, 2021
Gerhard Paleczny tweeted from inside the building “This is how we test for Covid in Vienna” with the city’s popular hashtag Wienliebe (Vienna love).
This is how we test for Covid in Vienna. #SchönbrunnPalace #wienliebe pic.twitter.com/ecniRECI1f
— Gerhard Paleczny (@GerhardPaleczny) February 7, 2021
ZDF journalist Britta Hilpert tweeted from Vienna’s Mariahilfer Strasse at 9:45am, noting that even 15 minutes before all the stores were open, the queues were are up to two blocks long.
#Lockerungen: In #Wien auf der Mariahilfer sind noch nicht alle Läden auf, aber die Schlangen stehen schon bis zu zwei Häuserblocks lang @ZDFwien @ZDFheute @wc_ulrich pic.twitter.com/G0Ik0p7fIT
— Britta Hilpert (@BBrihil) February 8, 2021
Meanwhile author and blogger Brigitte Winklbauer posted videos and photographs from Vienna’s Schönbrunn zoo of orangutans, a panda and a polar bear.
The zoo reopened today after 97 days of closure with an upper limit for visitors and an FFP2 mask requirement throughout the zoo.
In Salzburg, the tourist information tweeted that Salzburgs Museums would come back to life with its cathedral quarter, airplane museum and zoo open again on Monday, and the Salzburg Museum on Tuesday.
Salzburgs Museen erwachen wieder zum Leben ✨
Wiedereröffnung am 8. Februar 2021:
✅ @DomQuartier
✅ @hangar Flugzeugmuseum
✅ Haus der Natur
✅ @ZooSalzburg
Wiedereröffnung am 9. Februar 2021:
➡️ @MdMSalzburg + Rupertinum
➡️ @SalzburgMuseum + Spielzeugmuseum#visitsalzburg pic.twitter.com/qo1O9dHYvK
— salzburg.info (@salzburg_info) February 8, 2021
Salzburg Museum also tweeted to say it was looking forward to seeing all its Sattler Panorama fans, and all those who want to become one.
Es ist so weit: Das Panorama Museum öffnet wieder seine Türen! Wir freuen uns auf alle Sattler-Panorama-Fans (und alle jene, die es noch werden wollen)! ?
Öffnungszeiten: täglich 9–17 Uhr pic.twitter.com/85Crn8G39v
— Salzburg Museum (@SalzburgMuseum) February 8, 2021
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Austria has loosened its lockdown, opening schools, museums, hairdressers, shops, beauticians, art galleries and even zoos.
Long queues began forming early on Friday afternoon outside the testing centre at the Orangerie at Vienna’s Schönnbrunn Palace as people waited to be tested ahead of hairdressers re-opening.
The Schönbrunn Palace tweeted a photograph of the testing centre ahead of opening. Medical professionals are available to carry out tests from 6am to 9pm, both for walk-in appointments and at a nearby drive-in centre. However, booking is essential.
#CoV-Teststraße Schönbrunn ?? Ab heute ist es möglich sich im Arrival Center Schönbrunn (Drive-In beim Busstellplatz, Group Center) sowie der Orangerie (Walk-In) täglich von 06:00 bis 21:00 Uhr testen zu lassen. Eine Anmeldung ist erforderlich: ?https://t.co/Y4VANZnusl #covid pic.twitter.com/AUAFy6rnvN
Gerhard Paleczny tweeted from inside the building “This is how we test for Covid in Vienna” with the city’s popular hashtag Wienliebe (Vienna love).
This is how we test for Covid in Vienna. #SchönbrunnPalace #wienliebe pic.twitter.com/ecniRECI1f
ZDF journalist Britta Hilpert tweeted from Vienna’s Mariahilfer Strasse at 9:45am, noting that even 15 minutes before all the stores were open, the queues were are up to two blocks long.
#Lockerungen: In #Wien auf der Mariahilfer sind noch nicht alle Läden auf, aber die Schlangen stehen schon bis zu zwei Häuserblocks lang @ZDFwien @ZDFheute @wc_ulrich pic.twitter.com/G0Ik0p7fIT
Meanwhile author and blogger Brigitte Winklbauer posted videos and photographs from Vienna’s Schönbrunn zoo of orangutans, a panda and a polar bear.
The zoo reopened today after 97 days of closure with an upper limit for visitors and an FFP2 mask requirement throughout the zoo.
In Salzburg, the tourist information tweeted that Salzburgs Museums would come back to life with its cathedral quarter, airplane museum and zoo open again on Monday, and the Salzburg Museum on Tuesday.
Salzburgs Museen erwachen wieder zum Leben ✨
Wiedereröffnung am 8. Februar 2021:
✅ @DomQuartier
✅ @hangar Flugzeugmuseum
✅ Haus der Natur
✅ @ZooSalzburg
Wiedereröffnung am 9. Februar 2021:
➡️ @MdMSalzburg + Rupertinum
➡️ @SalzburgMuseum + Spielzeugmuseum#visitsalzburg pic.twitter.com/qo1O9dHYvK
Salzburg Museum also tweeted to say it was looking forward to seeing all its Sattler Panorama fans, and all those who want to become one.
Es ist so weit: Das Panorama Museum öffnet wieder seine Türen! Wir freuen uns auf alle Sattler-Panorama-Fans (und alle jene, die es noch werden wollen)! ?
Öffnungszeiten: täglich 9–17 Uhr pic.twitter.com/85Crn8G39v
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