Poland: Rebellion against coronavirus lockdowns
Increasingly, restaurants, guesthouses and ski resorts in Poland are reopening despite exisiting coronavirus restrictions. Courts say many lockdown rules are illegal.
Poles are showing solidarity with business owners fighting coronavirus restrictions, as here at the Goraleczka restaurant It s nice to eat out again, said one diner. We were very lucky to get a table, said another. This is how guests described on Facebook their visit to the Goraleczka restaurant in the southern Polish town of Zakopane over the weekend.
Restaurant owner Marek Lopata was one of the first restaurant owners in Poland to join the #WeOpenUp (#OtwieraMY) campaign and open his popular ski resort eatery despite coronavirus restrictions. Our income has been at zero since the end of October, he told DW. He said the situation had reached the point where he was forced to think about laying off staff, a move that would break me mentally.