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First of all, the New Year will be greeted in Switzerland as coldly as Corona’s last year felt: unfriendly, cold, heartless.
In Switzerland, restaurants and bars are closed and important events are prohibited. Private fireworks in the garden are still allowed, unlike in Germany or the Netherlands, where there are not only alcohol restrictions but also fireworks bans.
26 hour New Years slide
It will take 26 hours again between 11 a.m. CET on December 31 and 1 p.m. CET on January 1 for everyone to slide into the new year. It begins in the island state of Samoa, passes through Australia, Asia to Europe, South America, the east coast of the United States, California, Hawaii to the uninhabited islets of Baker Island and Howland Island again in the Pacific.
Many parties and fireworks have been canceled around the world, for example in Rio, São Paulo, Amsterdam and London. There is a large fireworks display in Sydney, but spectators are not allowed into the harbor. In New York, the “Ball Drop” in Times Square, a sparkling crystal ball falling onto a pole, is said to take place in front of a few people instead of the usual thousands.
Virtual party in Paris
There is also a curfew in Paris on New Year’s Eve. But there is an online concert of Jean-Michel Jarre (72) as an avatar on the virtual backdrop of the Notre-Dame Cathedral and a pre-recorded donation live broadcast with star DJ David Guetta (53) in front of the pyramid. of the Louvre.
Celebrate in China
Despite the Corona curfew, there should be a huge fireworks display in the Kremlin starting at 11pm local time (9pm CET). Nearly crown-free Taiwan traditionally plans pyrotechnics at the “Taipei 101” skyscraper in Taipei. In the United Arab Emirates, the tallest building in the world, the 828-meter-high Burj Khalifa in Dubai, re-plans a spectacular fireworks display, including a light and laser show.
Events are also planned in China, where the really big celebrations don’t take place until Chinese New Year in February. Among other things, there should be fireworks in Wuhan, at the site of the corona virus outbreak.
“Irritated” Trump Spends New Year’s Eve in Washington
US President-elect Donald Trump (74) and First Lady Melania (50) surprisingly spend New Year’s Eve in Washington. The two should leave Florida on Thursday morning (local time) and, therefore, ahead of schedule, according to the daily schedule published by the White House. Trump will not be present at the New Year’s party at his Mar-a-Lago resort club, although guests would have expected this, US media reported. The White House gave no reason for the early departure.
The television station CNN reported that Trump had been in “an irritable mood” since arriving in Florida a week ago, not only because of losing the presidential election, but also because of the renovations in Mar-a-Lago, which his wife made. to a large degree. supervised.
Blick TV broadcasts live from Hallenstadion
“We are united” – we are united: Under the motto “Let’s celebrate the end of 2020 together”, Blick TV will broadcast a spectacular DJ broadcast live from the Hallenstadion in Zurich on New Year’s Eve from 11 pm to 2 am.
Also there: DJ EDX (44), Felix Kröcher (37) and selected international surprise guests. (kes / SDA)
