Saturday, December 31, 2016

Holland ushers in the new year in, restless in some cities – NU.nl

In Amsterdam, Utrecht, Den Haag and Leiden are firefighters and cops with fireworks pelted. The firefighters and policemen continued for as far as known, unharmed.

In Amersfoort had the Mobile Unit (ME) pluck up after the riots outbreaks. About 30 youths are held for violating public order. Already before midnight, the police called because a car was set on fire. Then it became more and more restless and there were brawls and vandalism in the vicinity of the street, the Sextant, to the north of the city center.

In Amsterdam are two of the people held fireworks, threw to the police. In different places had the fire department pull up for burn. In Nootdorp took a sports hall flame, reports Omroep West.

in a shooting rampage in Rotterdam hit a 13-year-old boy injured. The shooting happened around 1.30 am Sunday morning on the Terbregsehof in the City. Immediately after the incident, the criminal investigation department opened an investigation.

Fireworks

Thousands of people gathered Saturday in the largest display of fireworks at the Erasmus bridge, reports RTV Rijnmond. the Visitors were free with the metro to the event.

There were a lot of visible security measures taken around the bridge. Thus, access roads, blocked with lorries and containers. This is done after attacks in Nice and Berlin, where two terrorists during events with trucks on the public inreden.

Fog

Around the bridge was hung on Saturday a thick layer of fog that the visibility severely limited, even on television, it was the fireworks difficult to see.

The KNMI warns in the night from Saturday to Sunday for ‘vuurwerkmist’ in the whole country that is co-produced by the dust from the fireworks that is chipped.

Maritime museum

In Amsterdam found a great fireworks display held at the Maritime museum. This event was broadcast on NPO 1. In The Hague, it was the turn of the year celebrated with two large bonfires on the beach at Scheveningen.

a total of 77 Dutch municipalities during the turn of the year multiple vuurwerkvrije zones is set. Most municipalities implement the ban near homes and reception centres for animals.

Miljoenenprijs

The main prize of the oudejaarstrekking of the state Lottery is cases in the province of Zeeland and Gelderland. The price of 30 million euros fell on two half lottery tickets, so two winners in the two provinces during the turn of the year multi-millionaire have become. They each receive 15 million euro tax-free.

In 2015, fell to the first prize of the oudejaarstrekking well, two half lottery tickets, and then into North-Holland and Overijssel.

looking ahead to 2017

By: NU.nl/ANP

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