‘Like New Year’s Eve’: Polish Bars Celebrate Midnight Reopening

‘Like New Year’s Eve’: Polish Bars Celebrate Midnight Reopening
People wearing protecting masks walk in front of the Zlote Tarasy shopping mall in the centre of the city as the government eased COVID-19 restrictions, in Warsaw, Poland, on May 4, 2021. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
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WARSAW—Champagne corks popped at the stroke of midnight on Friday as bars and restaurants in Poland opened their outdoor terraces for the first time in over six months and many Poles went out to celebrate.

Bars and restaurants can now offer outdoor service, with indoor service due to reopen with limited capacity on May 28. Since October, they have been able to serve only take-away food.