Thousands of people occupy been welcoming in 2019 in street parties across Switzerland. The highlight: the traditional firework displays. More than 150000 people turned up in Zurich for a New Year’s Party that included 20 minutes of fireworks over Lake Zurich. Since final year the fireworks occupy not been sent up fairly so high into the sky to avoid the display being covered by cloud and fog – nevertheless a few rockets were sent up to 350 metres. Geneva also saw a big public event at the lakeside, with more than 40000 visitors. There was music for most of the night and fireworks to see in the New Year. Bells were a feature of the celebrations in Bern and Basel. Thousands gathered on the Münsterplatz in the capital armed with bubbly to toast in the New Year to the chimes of the cathedral bells. People also came together in front of Basel’s cathedral to hear the largest bell count down to 2019. There were also fireworks over the river Rhine. Some impressions of the fireworks in ...
Source: swissinfo.ch