State of emergency at the excavation ponds. Long queues were already forming an hour before the opening last Saturday. At almost 40 degrees, the parking spaces were full around midday and the conditions in the blazing sun became increasingly difficult for those waiting. The capacity limit of around 3,000 visitors was reached between 2 and 3 p.m. There has never been such a rush since the area was taken over in 2020, says Ramon Hemmer, director of the “Erliefnis Baggerweier” in Remerschen.
