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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay: the street party

25 January 201525 January 2015
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At the Hot Dub Time Machine stage

Edinburgh turns its city center into one gigantic party for New Year’s Eve, a day known in Scots as Hogmanay (pretty much tied with the German Silvester for most adorable thing to call New Year’s Eve).

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Ringing in the New Year in Munich

22 June 20114 January 2011

New Year's fireworks in Munich

Surprisingly, there isn’t an official fireworks display in Munich for New Year’s, even though it was probably the most fireworks I had ever seen on a single occasion. 

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War zone, or Munich at New Year? [VIDEO]

1 January 2011

Happy 2011.

Yet another Swiss holiday celebration tragically close to not happening

10 December 201426 July 2006

For the second time this year, Zurichers are biting their nails wondering whether a holiday celebration will be able to go on as planned. The first time was back in April, when the Böögg’s disappearance threatened to bring Sechseläuten to its knees. This time around it’s not quite as exciting as a political kidnapping, but … Read more

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