Maassluis takes no risk and has the whole route is lined with hundreds of agents and fences. Visitors can’t escape the critical gaze of one of the dienders at the many entreeplekken. All for them the town of running agents in a row on the access roads to each vehicle to check.
Security measures
Large trucks screens off the route for any doodrijders with evil in the sense. At the Port and the Market, where santa Claus for a moment on his chair and will sit the audience by a sluisje, and additional checks. A police helicopter and many cameras, keep the place extra in the holes.
At the railway station were the passengers all watched and a few are checked and questioned. There are an estimated 25,000 visitors expected. In the specially designated boxes are already some pro-zwartepietdemonstranten signaled.
'That this is the case'
Still, the atmosphere perfect, the inhabitants of Maassluis. It is really since all of yesterday was built up cosy here. We have a good night’s sleep , everything was already protected," says Marry along the route lives. That this is the case that the whole city is full of agents state calls them sad. ,,But the children get nothing from me, fortunately."
Joanne and Remco from Maassluis to walk round and view all the safety measures . ,,It puts Bacup on the map with beautiful images will soon be on tv. But with all the fuss surrounding it was for us not necessary. Although our oldest two children love all the police."
emergency decree
the municipality is an emergency ordinance of strength due to expected protests. Maassluis is designated as veiligheidsrisicogebied. The police can – if necessary – visitors preventative searches.
The port and the quays along the inner harbour and the Stadhuiskade, as well as the quays in the city centre, with gates to close. The Saint comes in around noon with his steamer expected in the South Holland place.
Possible demonstrations
The opponents, united in the action group Kick Out Zwarte Piet, have also announced that they are coming, but they have not officially reported to the municipality. By the measures Maassluis prevent the protesters themselves between the audience mix.
All the measures brought national chief of police Erik Akerboom Saturday, to tweet: “Despite the emergency decree, demonstratievak and detectiepoortje, welcome #santa Claus with a result, a lot of fun for the children, the success of colleagues.” Prime minister Mark Rutte called on Friday in a response to the security measures on “with each other just as normal to do.”
Entry on television
The entry is directly appear on television during an extra-long episode of the Sinterklaasjournaal on NPO Zapp. In the program, I went into this week various color helpers.
Reporter Lieke Jongbloed is the entry in Maassluis and twitters about it.
Tweets by @ljongbloed
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