New Year's Eve 2024

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Ambulance
Health
Slight decline in New Year's fireworks victims, but more young people sent to the ER
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A police raid in Bodegraven led to 236.5 kilograms of illegal fireworks, including nitrate explosives, Cobra-branded powerful firecrackers, and aerial shells. 12 December 2023
CrimePolitics
Many municipalities suffered more damage due to fireworks on New Year's than last year
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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
More violence towards police than usual during last New Year’s Eve
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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.
Business
About 275 New Year’s property damage reports filed with insurers so far
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Fireworks show
Business
Cancelled New Year's fireworks show in Weesp will take place on Friday evening
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Helicopter ambulance
Health
Plastic surgeons treated 62 victims of fireworks in the last year
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Mourners place flowers and balloons near fireworks debris where Jack, 14, died when a Cobra-6 firecracker exploded in his hands on Spanjaardstraat in Rotterdam. 1 Jan. 2025
Health1-1-2
Flowers laid at spot in Rotterdam where a young boy died after firework accident 
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The Fire Department logo on a building in Amsterdam. 4 April 2023
Crime
Record number of car fires on New Year’s Eve, highest total in Rotterdam
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The Rotterdam Eye Hospital on Schiedamse Vest in Rotterdam. Building designed by Adrianus van der Steur. 30 September 2015
Health1-1-2
Eye hospital operates on seven with fireworks injuries, another planned for Thursday
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Dutch garbage collection truck
PoliticsBusiness
The four largest cities close many garbage containers for New Year’s Eve
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Three intercity trains at Groningen Central Station
Business
Nearly no trains will run in the Netherlands from 8 p.m. to 10 a.m. on New Year’s Eve
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A look south towards Scheveningen Pier as the wind whips across the dunes along the North Sea. 24 Nov. 2024
TechNature
New Year’s weather warning issued for wind gusts of up to 100 km/h
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The sun breaks through the clouds as storm force winds sweep past Rotterdam. 6 Dec. 2024
TechNature
Dutch New Year's to bring rotten weather; Only 27 hours of sunshine in gloomy December
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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
Safety measures planned for areas that experienced trouble during New Year’s Eve of 2024
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A Thuisbezorgd deliverer cycles through Maastricht. February 2022
CultureFood
New Year's Day will be the busiest of the year for food couriers with 40% rise in orders