Province of Utrecht – One more day and the year 2022 is over. In this live blog an overview of the most important New Year’s Eve related events.
6.04 pm Record sales of fireworks sellers
According to the Belangenvereniging Pyrotechniek Nederland (BPN), a record amount of fireworks was sold this year. Fireworks dealers have achieved a turnover of 110 million euros.
The old sales record was 77 million during the turn of the year from 2019 to 2020. The following two years followed a watch ban due to the corona pandemic.
According to a BPN spokesperson, 10 percent of the increased turnover is due to inflation and the higher price of the fireworks. “The rest is really because a lot more has been sold. The enthusiasm for fireworks is very great this year.”
5.18 pm Code yellow in Friesland and North Holland
Still visiting friends or family? Then pay attention if you have to go to North Holland or Friesland (or come back again). The KNMI has given code yellow due to heavy gusts of wind.
2.01 pm Fire department warns of combination of wind and fireworks
1.13 pm Minister warns vandals
People who attack aid workers during the turn of the year will be “severely dealt with”. That says Minister Dilan Yesilgöz (Justice and Security). She warns that New Year’s Eve is seen as an event and that attacks on police, fire and ambulance employees can be punished more severely.
12.37 pm Oliebollenrij in Baarn
Bakery Hendricksen in Baarn also has a large row of oliebollen.
11.36 am UMC fears fireworks victims
11.15 am Sylvestercross in Soest
In Soest today is the annual Sylvestercross, the running event in which many international top athletes participate. Last night was ‘Sylvester by night’: 800 participants walked on an illuminated course. The prominents will start this afternoon at 2 p.m.
Two weeks ago, RTV Utrecht followed a few participants:
11.14 am For a winter feeling you have to be in Mijdrecht this relatively super warm turn of the year
10.21 a.m. Please note that the trains do not run after 8 p.m
10.09 am Oliebollen at the fire brigade
You can buy oliebollen today at the fire brigade in Maarn. And take a ride in the fire engine.
9:18 a.m. Queue in front of the oliebollen stand
In Bunnik, there was already a queue at Bakker Vonk’s oliebollen stand before 09:00 this morning. It is an emotional day for the entrepreneurs, because after today they will stop. They say they can no longer cough up energy and raw material prices. Bakker Vonk is taken over by another bakery entrepreneur.
9:03 a.m. Less banging for animals
Some animals get quite upset by fireworks. Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen makes an urgent appeal: “Please shoot less this year. Or even better not at all.” The zoo will try to bring in as many animals as possible and distract them by turning up the radio loudly.
8.10 am Alcohol-free increasingly popular (among thirty-somethings)
Non-alcoholic drinks are becoming increasingly popular. Liquor stores and the Trimbos Institute, an addiction clinic, also notice this during New Year’s Eve. Especially people in their thirties are drinking it more and more, because they want to live a healthier life.
7:07 a.m. This will change starting tomorrow
Moped riders and people on shared scooters must wear a helmet from 1 January. Selling laughing gas will be banned and women who want an abortion will no longer be required to have a five-day reflection period. An overview of the most important changes in laws and regulations from 2023:
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