According to the municipality, this has to do with the available deployment of police and other emergency services. If there are thousands of people on the Grote Markt, you have to be able to guarantee the safety of people, says a spokesperson. December is a very busy month with all the public holidays and the turn of the year, in which the police and emergency services are heavily involved.
World Cup in Qatar: no big screen on Grote Markt in Groningen
