Apple's Only Store In Vienna Is The First In Europe To Reopen By Tomorrow

Apple is expected to open its only store in Vienna, Austria tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. local time, mark the second store that was reopened outsi...

Apple is expected to open its only store in Vienna, Austria tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. local time, mark the second store that was reopened outside of Greater China, reports German-language publication Heute.

An Apple spokesperson confirming the new arrangements via Heute:

We are looking forward to welcoming visitors to Apple Kärntnerstrasse again on Tuesday, May 5th. We missed our customers and look forward to offering our support.

The Vienna Apple Store will reopen with additional security measures, including social distance and adjusted opening hours, to ensure that customers and employees stay healthy, this will result in "walk-in customers may experience a delay in entering the store."

In March, Apple announced that all Apple stores outside Greater China will be closed starting March 14 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, on April 16, the company reopened its only store in South Korea, located in the Gangnam district of Seoul.

Last Thursday, at the earnings call covering the second fiscal quarter of 2020, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple is preparing to reopen stores in Austria and Australia within one to two weeks, which should mean that more and more Apple Stores would start to welcome customers soon in the future.

Cook also said that "just a few" stores will be reopened in the United States beginning in May. Until reopening stores, Apple will "look at the data" and make decisions on "city by city, county by county" while deciding whether to reopen stores.