[vladvasiliu]

I don't know about other locales, but here, in France, people weren't supposed to wander too far away from their homes. Basically, you were only allowed to go to work if you absolutely couldn't work from home – and many people were staying home because their businesses were shut down.

You were not supposed to go visit a friend on the other side of town. "Non-essential" stores were closed, so no reason to go too far away (and if your closest grocery store is far enough to take a scooter, you're probably not living somewhere where they are present).

[libraryatnight]

It would be so rad if I could walk to the grocery - I'd get hit by a car for sure though :(

[soco]

But how long was that restriction in place?

[vladvasiliu]

IIRC there were three "lockdowns" over 1.5 years. The first was around 2 months, the second somewhat shorter (6 weeks IIRC) and the third around a month.

However, in between, business was not always fully back to normal. For example, many bars, restaurants and theaters were still closed or operating under restrictions, like only being able to receive public outside (which, of course, required an outside area) and with "social distancing" (which required a large outside area).