There will be no New Yearโs light show with fireworks in 2020 in Prague, Mayor Zdenฤk Hลib announced in August.
This is the result of the Czech capitalโs commitment to protecting animals and the environment from noise and pollution.
Moreover, the City of Prague has banned the use of pyrotechnics in selected places (such as parks, protected areas, around watercourses, islands, dams, or dikes, at the Prague Zoo) on New Yearโs Eve (December 31) and New Yearโs celebrations on January 1st.
โNew Yearโs Eve celebrations will be different than in previous years. If next year the cityโs finances allow it, we will be happy to return to video mapping show. But I personally would prefer a drone show,โ said Prague Mayor Zdenฤk Hลib.
Last year, Shangai organized a spectacular drone display to mark the start of the new year (even if the company behind the display, Yihang Bailu, admitted that the show was filmed a few days earlier, on 28 December).
The stunning show was filled with nearly 2,000 drones โโ all of them forming to make firework designs, a running man and planet figures, 2020, a countdown clock, and Chinese characters.
Prague will not even organize any New Yearโs light shows or fireworks this year. โAs we explained last year, we want to retreat from fireworks and pyrotechnics as many other modern metropolises do. The aim is to protect animals and the environment from noise, dangerous explosions, and pollution. Entertainment should not cause hardship and harm to othersโ continued Hลib.
By doing this, the municipality will save about CZK 2 million in its crisis-laden budget.
Several German cities, such as Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich introduced legislation restricting the use of fireworks last year. Similar motivation led to the fireworks show to be banned in the centre of Amsterdam in 2019.
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