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Depending on the time zone, the new year 2024 will start earlier for some people. First the island of Kiritimati celebrates.
The South Seas are more than half a day ahead of Switzerland. This is how the population of the island started Kiritimatiwhich is part of the Kiribati archipelago, starts the New Year 2024 at 11 a.m. Swiss time. With every hour that passes, more people can toast the turn of the year.
Those belonging to New Zealand followed just 15 minutes later Chatham Islands. They are located about 800 kilometers east of New Zealand and have their own time zone – only around 700 residents live on two of the ten islands in the archipelago.
An hour after Kiritimati we celebrated New Zealand as well as the island states Samoa and Tonga the turn of the year into 2024.
Against the world-famous backdrop of the Harbor Bridge and the Opera House Australian Sydney The sky was already flickering at 9 p.m. local time for the spectacular New Year’s Eve celebration: According to the organizers, over 13,500 fireworks will be set off with all sorts of special effects in the harbor district alone. And for the first time, light projections generated by artificial intelligence captivate around a million onlookers – without any air or noise pollution.
Legend:
The magnificent New Year’s fireworks in Sydney. Around a billion people around the world traditionally watch on screens.
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While Sydney is one of the first major cities in the world to welcome the New Year with music and dance, around 2,000 additional police officers are ensuring security.
Gigantic light spectacles are also planned in many Asian cities, including Singapore, where numerous onlookers are expected to watch the fireworks at Marina Bay with a view of the skyline. In Bangkok The mighty Chao Phraya River is once again at the center of the celebrations, in which the lights of the mega fireworks are traditionally reflected. Many wanted to party on party boats to experience the show up close. Thailand, which follows the Buddhist calendar, starts in the year 2567.
American Samoalocated just 220 kilometers east of Samoa on the other side of the International Date Line, will be the last country to ring in 2024 – twelve hours after Switzerland.