Fireworks Galore

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Rome, Italy On San Silvestro you’ll find the Romans filling Piazza del Popolo to hear a free concert and see the fireworks display. Those who let off fireworks around their neighborhoods begin what seems to be like a war zone. Always look up since there are older residents who still honor the tradition of throwing their unwanted junk off of their balconies. Stockholm. Sweden The Swedish enjoy celebrating Nyarsafton as crowds gather at Skansen (Open-air museum) where they have been celebrating since 1895. When midnight rings in, a well-known Swede reads Tennyson’s “Ring Out the Wild Bells”. In the city crowds fill the streets, feasting on seafood in restaurants and club hopping. Upon the stroke of midnight the blast of fireworks is accompanied by streamers and party trumpets. Riga, Latvia In Riga residents celebrate Vecgada Vakars. There are full bars, restaurants and clubs with different events sponsored. For those who wish to celebrate under the stars the parks and squares fill up with people. You can find crowds gathering at one of the most popular landmarks The Freedom Monument. When midnight approaches crowds fill up the bridges connecting the Left and Right Banks of Riga across the River Daugava and along the 11 November Embankment to be able to better see the fireworks display going off at the stroke of midnight. Along the embankment are exciting and vibrant concert programs performed by Latvian artists and plenty of bang and boom when the rockets fly. For people who don’t venture out of their houses there are plenty of New Year’s Eve concerts and other programs on TV and at the stroke of midnight the national anthem is played. We live on the Left Bank in the suburbs and don’t enjoy elbowing the crowds. However at midnight we get plenty of fireworks when we go out into the street to see how our neighbors compete with each other. It becomes quite a war zone and all that would be needed to make it a complete spectacular is the sound of some great fireworks music.