Today at 15:00 it was clear that the various audience restrictions that have existed in Sweden for a year and a half are just a memory.
On September 29, it's time for full salons.
Something that the cultural world has been waiting for a long time.
One of them is Joppe Pihlgren on Swedish live.
- We are extremely happy and relieved!
We have pushed the issue and taken responsibility for a long, long time and now it is finally happening.
It is also good to prepare for vaccination certificates as an extra safety measure, says Joppe Pihlgren to Kulturnyheterna and looks ahead.
- The uncertainty has been frustrating, there have been different messages back and forth.
But now you know what you can do and then you just have to get started and work.
2022 will surely be a record year because so much has been paused and postponed.
Arranged gigs for almost empty rooms
Carlo Emme runs the rock club Plan B in Malmö.
A club that in the past year has done everything to keep up its business.
Among other things, they have been allowed to arrange gigs for only 40 people and have had to close at 8 pm. Until now.
- It is difficult to find the words.
We have been confined for a year and a half and it became normal for us to pack up and down tables, police around people, have guards who would make people stop dancing.
It became normal for us and that is perhaps the saddest thing.
says Carlo Emme and continues:
- We felt for a long time that they will not open any time soon.
But they did and I'm so happy.
This was truly the dream for us.
Celebrate and look ahead
Inge-Björn Mossige-Norrlander, arena manager for Cirkus in Stockholm, basically cheers on the phone when we call him, and describes the situation almost as Christmas Eve.
- We have worked so hard from press conference to press conference to find ways to move forward, and now that we get the message that all restrictions are lifted ... there is really a party atmosphere here at Cirkus.
In a press release, Sweden's museums also write that they receive the news with open arms, but that they believe that it will continue to be tough financially.
“What we have longed for. This means a lot to the museums. Both for program activities, exhibitions and openings but also for restaurant activities. It will continue to be tough financially for the museums due to large revenue losses during the pandemic, but this is a big step forward. ”