Due to the low number of visitors, the loss has increased significantly. On the worst days, even seven kilos of Finnish spiny salmon have ended up in the trash instead of the Christmas tables.
The Finnish Christmas market in Dresden, East Germany, has run into unexpected difficulties. The biggest in Germany tells about it daily newspaper Bild.
German Nico Thierbach has in previous years maintained an après-ski-themed restaurant area on Dresden’s Postplatz.
According to Bild, the city of Dresden felt that the events organized by the German entrepreneur in the area were too loud. That’s why a Finnish Christmas market has been operating at the market this year.
Thierbach is not satisfied with the city’s solution. In December, he took the Finnish Christmas market in his teeth and demanded that German actors should be prioritized in the city’s decision-making.
Thierbach has campaigned prominently, for example, on radio and social media. According to the Finns who run the market, one man’s protest has led to a collapse in the number of visitors.
According to Bild, on the worst days, up to seven kilos of Finnish salmon have ended up in the trash instead of the Christmas tables. Frustrated with the situation, however, Finnish fishermen have started donating unsold fish to companies offering food aid.
According to the Finns, the high prices of fish cannot be considered the reason for the collapse of sales. In the city of Leipzig, salmon has sold better this year than ever before.
He was the first to tell about the topic in Finland Helsingin sanomat newspaper.