Hackers' Pub

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Mark McCaughrean @markmccaughrean@mastodon.social

1/1/2026, 11:22:11 AM

Public

There’s a lot I miss about living in The Netherlands, but not their wilfully irresponsible attitude to New Year’s Eve fireworks.

The destruction of the Vondelkerk in Amsterdam, other fires, two deaths, & violence last night are consequences of that.

A legal ban on the general public buying anything beyond sparklers & indoor fireworks will likely be in place this time next year.

But the carnage will probably continue with fireworks smuggled in from Germany 🙄

https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0101/1551088-amsterdam-fire/

Blaze at Amsterdam church amid 'unsettled' Dutch New Year

A huge inferno gutted a 19th century Amsterdam church during a New Year's Eve which saw two dead from fireworks and "unprecedented" violence against police.

www.rte.ie · RTE.ie

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