New Year Fireworks Netherlands

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New year fireworks netherlands. New year s eve in the netherlands is traditionally celebrated with fireworks with people pouring out of their homes around midnight to ignite rockets and firecrackers and major cities hosting. No bonfires allowed but there will probably still be bonfires. And coronavirus wil make it even more so.

Every year consumer fireworks around new year s cause hundreds of injuries in the netherlands. New year is always a very busy time for the emergency services grapperhaus said. That is why the government has agreed to a firework ban this year last year some 1 300 people were treated by family doctors and in hospital for firework related injuries during the end of year celebrations.

New year s eve in the netherlands. The fireworks in rotterdam are so famous that they are always broadcast live on rtl. The dutch fondness for fireworks turns streets to battlefields.

Some major cities also host large scale shows attracting a huge crowd. A year overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic will not go out with the usual bang in the netherlands after the dutch government announced that it is banning the sale and use of most fireworks in 2020. Last year 1 300 people went to a hospital or doctor with firework related injuries linked to new year s eve celebrations.

The fireworks are part of the netherlands new year s celebrations for centuries. The tradition of setting fires on new year s eve is firstly very weird but secondly pretty dangerous as we found out last year when the massive scheveningen bonfire collapsed. Adding fireworks and related injuries on top of that would be too much.

Fireworks explode at bloemgracht during new year celebrations in the centre of amsterdam. The netherlands announced friday that it s banning fireworks in upcoming new year s celebrations the associated press reported. The dutch 2020 new year s eve firework ban aims to ease the burdens on hospitals that are already swamped with covid 19 patients.