Rain covered most of the country during the New Year festivities, leading to fewer arrests and incidents requiring police intervention.

In Amsterdam there were a number of break-ins, fights and arrests for vandalism and public drunkenness. Police also broke up two large illegal parties, a spokeswoman told ANP.
In total, 180 people were arrested in Amsterdam, compared with 201 the previous year. The fire brigade were called out to deal with around 270 incidents in the capital.
The traditional count-down in Amsterdam, organised by the state lottery organisation, attracted some 3,500 people at its new location in the eastern docks.
When the event was held on the Dam, it attracted 20,000 people, news agency ANP reported. ‘The location may explain why it was quiet: you are less likely to walk there,’ a police spokesman told the news agency.
Utrecht
In Utrecht there were also fewer problems than usual, police said. One person in Bunschoten lost a hand after lighting fireworks and in Amersfoort another person was seriously injured after a rocket hit them in the face.
Police in The Hague said the festivities were ‘calm’ and the effect of banning orders on known troublemakers had a positive effect. Three people were arrested after a stabbing incident and a number of people were injured by fireworks.
Rotterdam
Fears that the Rotterdam firework show on the Erasmus bridge would be cancelled because of the strong winds proved unfounded.
Council health and safety officials gave the final go-ahead to the event, which attracts tens of thousands of people, shortly before midnight.
Police in Rotterdam said the celebrations were ‘notably less troublesome than last year’ and there were no major incidents, partly due to the bad weather. Some 24 people were treated for eye injuries, down over 50% on a year ago, RTL news reported.
‘People wanted to go inside as soon as they could,’ a spokesman said. Nevertheless, riot police were called out to deal with one incident where the fire brigade were being stopped from putting out burning Christmas trees. There were some 116 arrests in Rotterdam.
Provinces
Police also broke up an illegal party in Dordrecht where some 250 people had gathered without a permit.
In the provinces, police made arrests for arson and the railway station in Heeze was seriously damaged by fireworks in the late afternoon.
A firework bomb in Roosendaal damaged five houses and brought down the ceiling of a bicycle shop, and a school in Arnhem was destroyed by fire, RTL news said in its round-up of the evening.

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