Police close access to Cannstatter Wasen due to high number of visitors

Because of the large number of visitors, the police have closed several entrances to the Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart. Access to the folk festival is only possible via the entrance on Mercedesstrasse, the police said. Visitors to Wasen are currently not able to access the festival grounds via the underpasses and the Krämermarkt. This is intended to reduce the influx of visitors, as a police spokesman said. However, the capacity limit has not yet been reached.

According to the spokesman, there were a total of almost 80,000 people on the Wasen in the early afternoon, around 60,000 people at the Cannstatter Volksfest and 19,000 at the main agricultural festival.