{"id":620467,"date":"2025-12-08T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/620467\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:16:16","slug":"security-beefed-up-to-protect-german-christmas-markets-dw-12-08-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/620467\/","title":{"rendered":"Security beefed up to protect German Christmas markets \u2013 DW \u2013 12\/08\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Striezelmarkt in <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/dresden\/t-19110721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dresden<\/a>, Germany\u2019s oldest <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christmas-market\/t-63916789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas market<\/a>, attracts 2.5 million visitors annually, with nearly half a million staying overnight \u2014 making it a key economic driver. To ensure safety after <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/terrorism\/t-41956871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">past attacks<\/a>, the city has invested more than 2 million euros in security measures like steel bollards, access barriers\u00a0and concrete blocks, though future funding remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Smaller markets face rising costs and logistical challenges, threatening their survival. Traders warn that higher expenses could lead to price hikes and reduced sales. Despite these concerns, visitors continue to enjoy festive traditions\u00a0alongside seasonal food and drinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Striezelmarkt in Dresden, Germany\u2019s oldest Christmas market, attracts 2.5 million visitors annually, with nearly half a million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-620467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115685083293366968","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}