A happier New Year's Eve thanks to a ban on fireworks, says VNG

There will be no more fireworks on Föhr – neither New Year's Eve, nor at the fair. The Office Committee has now decided to ban it. These are the details.

The approaching ban on consumer fireworks will lead to less violence against emergency workers, the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG) expects. Mayor Gerdo van Grootheest of Oosterhout in Brabant, who deals with fireworks for the VNG, also expects "a pleasant, safer New Year's Eve, less damage to buildings and the environment".