The pandemic urged many cities to be creative and to think their streets and public spaces alternatively. In response to social distancing requirements, the City of Munich decided to allow bars, restaurants and cafes to temporarily create or extend outdoor spaces for dining and socialising. From May 2020 onwards ‘parklet’ pub gardens were taking over the streets of Munich, often replacing parking spaces. This resulted in a sort of commercialised extension of sidewalks, narrowing the streets for traffic. By October 2020, over 900 businesses enthusiastically made use of this policy. More than 1100 parking spaces were removed, but still the demand for dining and drinking occasions was more prominent. This exemplifies a positive relation between  rethinking the streets and the economic recovery of a city during the pandemic. Recently, the City announced the policy will stay and bars and restaurants may have parklets for the entire summer periods. These will be mainly situated in the Glockenbachviertel, in Schwabing, in Haidhausen, but also in the Westend. Next to this more commercial form of parklets and in addition to the summer streets, Munich also introduced a more open type of parklets. In contrast to the pub garden parklets, they are not intended to serve any private purpose, but to increase the quality of stay in the public space and in the open air. So they are not owned nor maintained by any business and consumption is not obligated. These parklets have been implemented for the first time already in 2019, by The Green City, but will be tested again after COVID proved the value of having them on the streets.