Dazzling Firework Displays Around the World
| July 11, 2018
New Year’s Eve – Reykjavik, Iceland
For 364 days of the year, fireworks are banned in Iceland. Every New Year’s Eve, that ban is lifted for a single evening, and fireworks are set off in huge numbers all around the country to celebrate the new year. Fireworks can be purchased from the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue — they’re the only ones who are licensed by the government to sell fireworks, and all the money goes towards their lifesaving search and rescue efforts.
Even though fireworks are only allowed once a year, the Icelandic government still cautions citizens to clean up after themselves, as to lessen the environmental impact of their night of pyrotechnical fun.
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