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Berlin (dpa / bb) - The list of canceled Christmas markets in Berlin is getting longer: There will also be no Christmas markets at Alexanderplatz and the Rotes Rathaus this year and the winter world at Potsdamer Platz will be dismantled again.

That said the operators on Monday the German press agency.

The organizers of the market at Breitscheidplatz meanwhile hope that the Christmas market can take place from December 2nd.

The showman association is now waiting for a decision from politics, said a spokeswoman.

“I expect the lockdown to be extended until December 20th.

And for the remaining days it is no longer worth the Christmas market », said Arnold Bergmann, organizer of the market on Alexanderplatz and Winterwelt.

The latter was only open for three days at the end of October, then the partial lockdown came.

«We don't want to generate any further costs.

A lot of money has already been spent in vain, ”said Hans-Dieter Laubinger, organizer of the market in front of the Red City Hall.

"We have already developed various hygiene plans and, among other things, bought Plexiglas panes," says Laubinger.

He now hopes that his contract for the use of the area will be extended by one year in order to be able to catch up on the failed Christmas market.

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In the past few weeks, various other Christmas market operators have already announced that the markets will be canceled this year, including those at Gendarmenmarkt and in front of Charlottenburg Palace.

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Winter world at Potsdamer Platz

Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz