Cologne takes hard measures: Brussels Square sealed off at night!

Cologne takes hard measures: Brussels Square sealed off at night!

Brüsseler Platz, 50674 Köln, Deutschland - in Cologne will be removed from February 1, 2025, a popular meeting point for night owls, with a strict lingering from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. This step follows a year -long dispute over the dramatic noise pollution, which residents often find unbearable and hazardous to health. The city reacts to a judgment that has been obliged to enforce the night's rest, after numerous earlier measures had not shown the desired success, as stadt-koeln.de reported.

decision against nightly noise

The new regulations not only provide for the prohibition of resolution, but also the closure of the outer gastronomy on weekends and public holidays from 10 p.m. The city administration emphasizes that this is only a temporary solution and that further measures to reduce noise are already being planned in order to also secure the gastronomy economically. Critics, such as the Cologne IG Gastro, see these measures, however, a one -sided blame and predict that the ban could only tighten the problem by celebrating celebrations uncontrollably into the side streets and parks, which would lead to more noise and conflicts, such as merkur.de reported.

All of these measures are an attempt by the city to make urban space again for residents and gastronomy alike livable and to minimize health risks. It remains to be seen whether these hard cuts will ensure calm at Brusselser Platz.