Reopening – Chaos: People faint

On Saturday at 16.00, the starting shot was fired for Norway’s reopening. As of Saturday afternoon, there was an end to demands for table service and admission stops at nightclubs. There are also no restrictions on how many people can be together at events, and you no longer have to keep a meter distance to other people.

Across the country, long queues and queue chaos are reported on Saturday night. In Trondheim, several have fainted outside the nightclubs, reports Adresseavisen.

– It is complete chaos here, with an estimated 2500 people in the street outside Downtown. The police, fire brigade and health are in place with many emergency vehicles, which are in shuttle traffic. The atmosphere is amp, says photographer Joakim Halvorsen to Dagbladet.

Long queues for the nightclubs

On Saturday night, already in the 20s, long queues were reported outside the nightclub Justisen in central Oslo.

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Ida Bergersen (29) is one of those in the queue. She was amazed at the sight that met her.

– I did not think there would be such a long queue, so early, she says to Dagbladet. She says that the queue reached several meters down the street.

Bergersen stood approx. 30 minutes in line, before she and her friends finally let in.

– There is a very good atmosphere here. People are sick happy. Many are expectant and you can see the over-ignition in their eyes, she says.

Outside the popular nightclub Heidi’s Bier Bar by the City Hall in Oslo, the atmosphere is crazy, says our reporter on site, Kaja Storrøsten.

The big voice says that the queue outside is very long, and that several police cars have lined up outside the City Hall.

Outside the nightclub Lavvo in Universitetsgata in Oslo, it seems chaotic, says Storrøsten. Lavvo has now closed its doors for entry.

At the nightclub Last Train, the bartender even called the police because the situation was completely chaotic. Dagbladet’s reporter testified that a person spit on the window of the nightclub.

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– Almost can not breathe

There are also reports of bustling crowds in the streets in several other places in the country.

In Bergen, the streets are full of people rejoicing over the reopening.

Adresseavisen has been in contact with the task leader in the police, Håkon Jørgensen, who says that they were asked to assist the guards at Solsiden in Trondheim on Saturday.

– There is a bit of a mess there, so we are going there to assist, he says to the newspaper.

Adresseavisen also reports that several have fainted in the chaos outside the nightclubs in Trondheim.

Mona Storvik is one of those who are waiting for the nightclubs in Trondheim to open.

– People can hardly breathe, and it is still three quarters of an hour until the nightclub opens, she says.

Operations manager in Trøndelag police district, Solfrid Legdheim, confirms to Dagbladet that they have received reports of several people who have fainted.

– All available patrols have been sent out, ready to intervene if needed. We have received messages from celebrities that they have never before seen so many people out on the town in Trondheim, Legdheim says.

The police in Trøndelag write on Twitter that there are a lot of people in Trondheim city center on Saturday night, and that there is congestion in the queues at the nightclubs.

The police in Sør-Vest have posted a picture from Stavanger on Twitter, where they report a good atmosphere in connection with the reopening party.

Ida Bergersen has previously worked for Dagbladet.

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