Carlsberg Welcomes Brits Back to Pubs for Their First Long-Awaited, Socially Distant Pints

Agency Fold7 marks the end of the U.K.'s monthslong lockdown

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LONDON—It’s a cliché, but just as with tea, pubs really are central to British culture, and many Brits have been dreaming of a proper pub-poured pint since they closed on March 20 as England went into lockdown.

On Saturday—dubbed by many as “Super Saturday”—the government allowed pubs and bars to reopen for the first time after a three-and-a-half-month hiatus.

With Covid-19 still claiming the lives of hundreds of people each week in the country, not everyone is happy about lockdown being eased.

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