No legal consumer fireworks display is planned in Volendam around New Year’s because no local association applied for an exemption before the 1 November deadline. A fireworks display will nevertheless take place during the Sinterklaas procession on the Volendam dike next Sunday, according to Johan Bond of the Volendam Sinterklaas Committee and the municipality of Edam-Volendam. The display requires an exemption, with the IJmond environmental service overseeing compliance with the rules.

The consumer fireworks ban in the Netherlands has been in force since 1 August, while municipalities may allow associations to organise displays around the year change under strict conditions. Bond is organising the procession for the 51st time and said the display would go ahead as planned.