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### The G20 summit is currently being held in my city, Hamburg, Germany. It's a meeting of **20 of the biggest and most influential nations** that come together to discuss difficult topics and world problems. It seems like the whole world is looking at Hamburg right now, so I'll share how this event had an impact on the city and its people! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d94moULHotQ ## The G20 summit in numbers - **19,000 policemen** from all over germany were summoned to work in Hamburg this weekend. There has never been a bigger police operation in hamburg! The German police has been preparing for the G20 summit since **over 1 year**, and every police officer in germany (whether stationed in Hamburg or not) *had* to work on july 7 + 8 and help with the preparations . - Almost **10.000 hotel rooms** have been booked in Hamburg, occupied by the various politicians and their security, press teams, advisors, etc. The saudi-arabian representatives for example have come with a team of several hundred people, and even brought some ***camels*** so that the Sheikh can enjoy fresh camel milk even in Germany. - 15 *Tonnes* of **food** are prepared at the main venue for the summit! - The **retail** industry in Hamburg is expecting losses of € 15 Million, since many shops are closed and hardly anybody will go shopping this weekend. - The ***demonstrations*** against the summit have caused unimaginable chaos, 200 policemen have been injured on july 7 alone, and over 100 protesters have been arrested. ![](http://i.imgur.com/pRFnzyV.jpg) # July 6 - Exceptional circumstances in the streets of hamburg The summit itself happens on july 7 and 8, but the chaos in Hamburg already started on thursday, july 6th. Since thousands of politicans from all over the world arrived in Hamburg, the police ***blocked*** countless roads around the airport and the city center. Like I already mentioned above, over 19.000 policemen from all over the country are stationed in Hamburg, and they took their job very seriously - they blocked roads all around the city center, the summit venue, and the location of the largest hotels. #### Most citizens were already expecting *some* traffic, but no one was prepared for what was about to happen: Almost the complete city stood still, most main roads around the city center were completely blocked off, resulting in an unimaginable traffic jam. People were literally *stuck* in their cars for hours, and many of them ended up just parking their car somewhere along the road and *walking* the rest of their journey. # July 7 - G20 day 1: Brutal demonstrations and vandalism The summit really began yesterday, on july 7. While the politicians and representatives spent the day ***congress center*** in Hamburg, thousands of protesters were getting ready for their anti-G20 demonstrations. The left-radicals were masked and gathered in certain areas around the city - citizens were advised not to leave the house. ### In the evening, the situation escalated completely: The protesters were breaking into countless shops by **crashing** the glass front, they were **pillaging**, lighting up cars and barricades, and attacking the police. They fought back with **water guns** and **tear gas.** The speaker from the Hamburg Police stated that they had *"never seen such an extent of Hate and Violence."* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJXoSXaJn6Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG0krkPVgyI&spfreload=10 ## Today, July 8 is the last day of the G20 summit. Will the situation escalate once again? Many people speculated that ***saturday***, the last day of the summit, will be the worst in terms of protest and violence. We'll see how the situation will evolve!
**When I heard that the G20 was going to be held in Hamburg, I already knew how much chaos it was going to cause.** ### That's why I decided not to be in the country during these eventful days - I'm off to the sun! ![img](https://media.giphy.com/media/l0Iy08Hqy7BtqHfCE/giphy.gif)
### I'd rather be enjoying the sun and this stunning view than being back in Germany where all the chaos is going on.. https://im2.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-2-5c2ba34bfa.gif