Due to the bad weather, the fireworks and drone show at the A’DAM Tower in Amsterdam-Noord has been cancelled, the organization reports after consultation with, among others, the municipality. The organization is looking at whether the show can be moved to another time.
Shows were scheduled in Hilversum at 7:30 PM and at midnight. The rest of the New Year’s Eve program in the municipality will also be cancelled.
National Fireworks uncertain
The weather services take into account heavy gusts of wind during the turn of the year. Many cities today decide, sometimes at the last minute, whether or not to continue fireworks shows. Rotterdam, where the National Fireworks are lit, also does that.
If the wind is stronger than wind force 5, the fireworks may not go ahead. “One time we go over it and the other time we are under it. Now it could be,” says organizer Mark Rouwenhorst. “It’s terribly frustrating. At some point we’re going to have to communicate something.”
View the current wind force here:
Hilversum mayor Gerhard van der Top is disappointed, but sees no other choice. He thinks the risk under the bad weather conditions is too great. “Safety comes first.”
In The Hague, the traditional bonfires (Scheveningen and Duindorp) were already lit last night as a precaution. View the images here:
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