New Year's Eve 2023

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Police sent 156 cases of New Year's violence to prosecutors last week
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High water levels led to some flooded areas in Lathum, Gelderland, which is bordered by the IJssel River. 6 January 2024
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High water peak on the Rhine River is not as bad as predicted
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Ice skating along the windmills in Kinderdijk in 2013
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Many customers at ice skating shops due to expected freezing temperatures
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The emergency room and urgent care entrance at the OLVG West in Amsterdam. 15 March 2022
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Over 150 eye injuries during New Year's; Ophthalmologists want fireworks ban
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The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate seized around 18,000 kilograms of fireworks from a Dutch fireworks importer, December 2023
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More than 1,200 fireworks victims at emergency rooms & urgent care; Many younger than 20
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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.
Crime
Fireworks enthusiasts say they are fed up with rioters, antisocial behavior
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Suspect released in man's New Year's Day death previously tied to argument over dog
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A candle burning in the dark
Crime
Man killed in Leek was beaten up by group who threw fireworks at his dog: Report
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Dutch police station.
Crime
Nijmegen cop suffered broken jaw in New Year's brawl; Recovery will take months
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Rotterdam police, fire fighters, paramedics and emergency services workers discuss their New Year's Eve operational plan during a radio broadcast. 30 December 2023
Crime
Stabbings in Rotterdam, emergency workers pelted and riot police deployed
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Over 10,000 people ran into the North Sea from Scheveningen for the annual New Year's Dive. 1 January 2024
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Record-setting: Over 65,000 join New Year's dives, including 10,000 at Scheveningen
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Fire fighters and police respond to an incident on Pompe van Meerdervoortstraat in Voorburg. 31 December 2023
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Some 3,680 fires reported in the Netherlands during New Year's
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Fireworks usher in the New Year on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. 1 January 2024
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Over 120,000 viewed Rotterdam and Amsterdam fireworks shows; Tilburg event tonight
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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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Police and firefighters assaulted with fireworks around the Netherlands; Dozens hurt
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An active blue light bar on a Swedish police car in 2017
Crime
One shot and killed after argument at New Year's party in Capelle aan den IJssel
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The emergency room and urgent care entrance at the OLVG West in Amsterdam. 15 March 2022
Crime
Rotterdam Eye Hospital treats 18 for fireworks injuries; All emergency rooms kept busy
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Fireworks in a store
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People in the Netherlands spent over 105 million euros on fireworks this year
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Police officer in front of a building on Koninginnestraat in Vlaardingen after an explosion.
Crime
Police preparing themselves for another "heavy" New Year's
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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
CultureEntertainment
Strong wind shouldn't affect New Year's fireworks on Erasmus Bridge or in Amsterdam
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Fireworks above the A'dam Toren in Amsterdam as part of the Sensation - Celebrate Life event in May 2021
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Legal fireworks sales period to start today
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A banner advertising fireworks sales at a shop in Amsterdam. 31 December 2022
Business
Fireworks sales unlikely to match last year's record
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Fireworks set off at the turn of the new year near a police station. 1 January 2023
Business
Inspectorate again rejected over 20 percent of decorative fireworks for consumers
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Fireworks explode in the sky in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel in the Netherlands during the 2019 New Year’s celebration
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Nasty weather possible on New Year's Eve, with strong wind and frequent rain
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Scene from a Rijkswaterstaat promotional video with a "Merry Christmas" message after road workers help rescue Santa Claus during a breakdown. December 2023
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The Netherlands to celebrate a drizzly Christmas