Cancelled New Year's fireworks show in Weesp will take place on Friday evening

The fireworks show in Weesp that was cancelled on New Year’s Eve because of heavy wind is going to take place on Friday evening, the city reported. The fireworks will be set off at 7 p.m. from a pontoon on the Vecht River.

Within the municipality of Amsterdam, the fireworks shows at Weesp, Sloterplas, IJburg, and the Nelson Mandelapark were cancelled because of the weather. The association Volksfeesten Weesp organized the show in Weesp, and it was financed by the municipality.

The construction had only just begun when the show was ordered to be cancelled ahead of expected stormy weather accompanied by severe gusts of wind. "This made it possible to immediately pack up the purchased fireworks, and they are usable for the show on Friday," according to Weesp.

Weesp was granted city rights in 1355, but it was not an independent municipality until nearly 450 years later. Weesp officially became part of the municipality of Amsterdam in 2022.

The cancelled fireworks shows will not be rescheduled at the other locations within Amsterdam, said a spokesperson. Some fireworks were eventually set off during the New Year's show at the Museumplein.