And we push on through to 2008. It was litted again in Oosterheem, Zoetermeer.

"New Year's Eve is the only time in the Netherlands when the Dutch don't care how much they spend and abandon the moral high ground," Annette Birschel, a German journalist and author of a book on Dutch society, told AFP. To try and rein in the Dutch enthusiasm for fireworks, the authorities have restricted sales to a three day period of 29, 30 and 31 December and "only" 10 kilos (22 pounds) of fireworks per person. ~ Mywire / AFP

Midnight finally arrives, with a million fireworks blowing the black sky to smithereens. And the Dutch don’t sing Auld Lang Syne, in fact they don’t sing anything at all. Instead, someone simply tosses another fire-cracker into the crowd and we all lose another ear-drum. ~ National Student / Double Dutch


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