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After several months of interruption due to the corona pandemic, Hagenbeck's zoo welcomed visitors for the first time on Wednesday.
In bright sunshine, the first guests came to the opening of the outdoor area in the morning.
There are strict rules for visitors: Those who want to go to the zoo need a time slot ticket booked online that allows entry within the booked hour. It is not possible to buy tickets on site. Visitors have to present a negative corona test. The stay in the zoo is not limited in time. According to the zoo management, the tropical aquarium will remain closed until further notice. A total of 4,000 visitors are allowed to visit the zoo per day.
Press spokeswoman Sabina Bernhardt expressed her joy as follows: "We are relieved that we can finally get started again." The opening was made possible because Hamburg has taken over the so-called corona emergency brake of the federal government.
After that, the outdoor areas of zoos and botanical gardens are allowed to reopen.
The Botanical Garden in Klein Flottbek is also preparing to reopen, but admission regulations will be necessary here too.
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The Hamburger Sportbund is now also demanding a new start from the Senate of the Hanseatic city.
The sports clubs in Hamburg Active City have been supporting the fundamentally necessary restrictions for more than a year in solidarity and in an exemplary manner.
However, the current regulations have brought the barrel to overflowing!
They are an active hindrance to the commitment of sports clubs that try to set up offers under adverse conditions and do justice to their social function, ”says Ralph Lehnert, HSB CEO.
Dwindling membership in the clubs
More outdoor sports, especially by children, should be made possible in a timely manner. “The current regulations, which allow contactless sport without distance regulations for children in groups of five, are unrealistic. The additional requirements with regard to compulsory masking and tests, which trainers have to prove on a daily basis before training outdoors, are an additional hurdle for sport, which is particularly voluntary, and go far beyond regulations for other areas of life, such as at school. " , it says in the letter. It is also not clear why the public sports islands with their fitness equipment can be used, but not the sports equipment on the areas of the clubs. These would meanwhile record membership decreases of more than 20 percent.