Europe awakes from COVID-19 restrictions, embraces new-found freedom

On May 30, Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, one of the world's best museums of fine arts, reopened to the public. After booking tickets online, visitors will see a message saying, "pay as you wish."

This is a promotion campaign allowing visitors to decide for themselves "what a visit to one of the most important and largest art galleries in the world is worth," the museum's spokesperson Nina Auinger told Xinhua.

"Last weekend we had 3,000 to 4,000 visitors and most of them paid the normal entrance fee. They showed us their friendship and support," she added.

A Lithuanian restaurant owner has also put forward a creative idea to seek business opportunities while following social distancing.

At the restaurant Cozy in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius, mannequins wearing fashion pieces by local designers and brands from 19 boutiques are placed to fill the space between dining tables.