<p>Police in Amsterdam forcibly cleared anti-lockdown demonstrators from the city's Museum Square on Sunday after they ignored instructions to leave amid a ban on public gatherings due to the coronavirus epidemic.</p>.<p>Large numbers of people were out in the city's streets and parks after an abrupt turn in the weather to sunny skies and mild temperatures following a colder spell a week earlier. The Museum Square has become a regular meeting place for people opposed to social distancing and other lockdown rules.</p>.<p>At Sunday's demonstration, some were carrying signs saying "freedom" or held yellow umbrellas, but others appeared simply to have joined the throng of several hundred mostly young people.</p>.<p>Police conducted raids on horseback and a handful of protesters were detained.</p>.<p>The Netherlands saw several days of rioting in January, when an evening curfew was added to other lockdown measures.</p>
<p>Police in Amsterdam forcibly cleared anti-lockdown demonstrators from the city's Museum Square on Sunday after they ignored instructions to leave amid a ban on public gatherings due to the coronavirus epidemic.</p>.<p>Large numbers of people were out in the city's streets and parks after an abrupt turn in the weather to sunny skies and mild temperatures following a colder spell a week earlier. The Museum Square has become a regular meeting place for people opposed to social distancing and other lockdown rules.</p>.<p>At Sunday's demonstration, some were carrying signs saying "freedom" or held yellow umbrellas, but others appeared simply to have joined the throng of several hundred mostly young people.</p>.<p>Police conducted raids on horseback and a handful of protesters were detained.</p>.<p>The Netherlands saw several days of rioting in January, when an evening curfew was added to other lockdown measures.</p>