New Year's

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Angled shot showing Amsterdam Airport Schiphol's logo and an air traffic control tower
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Storm Anna: Strong winds causing some issues at Schiphol Airport
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Crime scene tape with a police car in the background
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One child, one adult dead in separate traffic accidents; Four others injured
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Family poses with sparklers on New Year’s Day.
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Cold, windy New Year’s could make way for weekend snow
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Handcuffs, radio Dutch Police Car
Crime
Tilburg youths arrested for targeting emergency workers, police with fireworks
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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Survey: Majority back national fireworks ban as New Year’s approaches
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Lottery winners.
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Two winners split €30 million New Year’s lottery jackpot
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People cross in front of a police tactical van and a riot police unit van in Amsterdam-Oost, December 31, 2024.
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Over 200 arrested on New Year’s “full of destruction and violence,” says police chief
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Stormy Dutch coast.
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First New Year’s storm in 30 years hits Vlieland, wind reaches force 9
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Police officers
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Overnight explosions hit Apeldoorn family crisis center, homes in Rotterdam & Zwijndrecht
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Police officers in the Netherlands look out at a group of people on the street as fireworks explode over their head just after midnight on New Year's Day.
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KNMI extends weather warnings; multiple New Year's events canceled
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Police officer checks in on elderly man
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At least seven overnight explosions in Amsterdam, mostly in West district
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A passenger walking though Schiphol Airport during the Christmas 2023 holiday period
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Schiphol expecting peak in winter holiday departures on Friday
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A look south towards Scheveningen Pier as the wind whips across the dunes along the North Sea. 24 Nov. 2024
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National New Year’s Dive confirmed for Scheveningen Beach
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A Koninklijke Marechaussee officer
Crime
Soldier arrested for shooting fireworks at enforcers in Katwijk over New Year's
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Police officer with police cars in the background
Crime
Woman walking with grandchild hurt by firework thrown out of car on New Year's
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Packing the car for vacation
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More and more single people going on holiday for New Year's
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Fireworks explode over Enschede at the start of 2014
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Growing number of cities favor national fireworks ban
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Artist rendering of the light- and fireworks show Amsterdam is planning on Museumplein for New Year's
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Multiple fireworks shows in Amsterdam over New Year’s
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Fireworks in a store
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Sixteen Dutch municipalities banning consumer fireworks this New Year's
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Fireworks in a store
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The Hague bans New Year's fireworks in six neighborhoods
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The National Fireworks show at Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam marking the end of 2019 and the beginning of the new year. 1 January 2020
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Rotterdam mayor pledges to keep lobbying for national fireworks ban
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Fireworks in Amsterdam on 31 December 2021
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Less fireworks damage in Dutch municipalities than last year
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One of the cocaine shipments intercepted at Rotterdam port
Crime
€354 million in cocaine found at Rotterdam port; 34 arrested
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The National Fireworks show at Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam marking the end of 2019 and the beginning of the new year. 1 January 2020
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New record: With 15,4 degrees the hottest New Year's in the Netherlands