🇩🇪🔴"The reality of Christmas markets in 2025"
Anti-terror security measures are costing the German Christmas market in the city of Bremen "an impressive €3 million."
This includes increased video surveillance, concrete blocks, bollards, special barriers, and patrols.
However, one German media report has a security expert claiming "old white-haired men" are a bigger threat than a terror attack.
It is interesting that old white-haired men always existed in Germany, but Christmas markets are only now turning into fortified police states. This development follows 👳 participating in deadly vehicle ramming attacks in 2016 and 2024 — not to mention a number of foiled terror attacks in recent years.
All these measures are also putting a serious damper on the "festive mood" for many visitors.
The result?
"Two-thirds of Germans have reservations about visiting Christmas markets this year."
The cost of running a Christmas market has also jumped 44% in just 3 years.
