Rotterdam’s Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb has closed shops early due to overcrowding in the city center. That was done in the evening in consultation with the shop owners, reported the Dutch news agency ANP. Because of the “Black Friday” sales campaign, many people came to shop. Appeals not to go to the center of the Dutch port metropolis would not have helped. As the broadcaster NOS reported, under the Corona regulations, shops are generally allowed to open until 8 p.m. The Dutch government cautiously relaxed the measures to contain the corona pandemic in the middle of the month. A partial lockdown has been in effect since mid-October.