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New Year

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Family poses with sparklers on New Year’s Day.
TechNature
Cold, windy New Year’s could make way for weekend snow
30 December 2025 - 12:00
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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.
PoliticsBusinessCultureLifestyleEntertainment
Survey: Majority back national fireworks ban as New Year’s approaches
16 December 2025 - 12:50
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The Chinese New Year celebration in front of a Chinese gate in The Hague in 2015
CultureLifestyleEntertainment
Chinese New Year celebrations to take place in The Hague’s Chinatown
1 February 2025 - 10:30
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Oliebollen
CultureFood
Bakers: Dutch eating just as many oliebollen as last year
31 December 2022 - 07:30
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Fireworks in Amsterdam on 31 December 2021
HealthPolitics
Fourteen municipalities ban fireworks ahead of New Year celebrations
5 November 2022 - 09:01
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Train at night
BusinessLifestyle
Train timetables adjusted for the New Year’s Eve & Day
30 December 2020 - 13:03
Crime
New Year: 8,400 incidents, 800 arrests
2 January 2014 - 15:52

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