Venice, Tokyo, Strasbourg: Watch out for alcohol bans on New Year’s Eve in these cities
Cities have additionally restricted the sale of fireworks and closed off crowded areas.
Venice has launched a ban on alcohol consumption on New Yr’s Eve as a security measure.
It joins different cities all over the world which have trialled crackdowns on carrying or consuming drinks in public locations.
The canal metropolis has additionally restricted the sale of alcohol in outlets and bars.
Right here’s what travellers must know concerning the guidelines round ingesting throughout end-of-year celebrations.
Venice bans alcohol on New Yr’s Eve
Venice has introduced in a ban on carrying or consuming drinks in glass containers – each alcoholic and never – in public locations over the New Yr.
The restriction is in place from 7pm on 31 December to 6am on 1 January.
The sale of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks in glass bottles, closed cans, or capped plastic bottles has additionally been prohibited over the identical interval. This consists of bars and eating places – even these with outside terraces.
Persons are additionally forbidden from carrying pepper spray. These discovered violating the principles face fines of between €25 and €500.
Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro has cited security and public order considerations as his causes for bringing within the ordinance.
Tokyo’s Shibuya district bans alcohol and cancels New Yr celebrations
Shibuya and Shinjuku, two of Tokyo’s busiest nightlife districts, launched restrictions on large gatherings and public ingesting over Halloween.
Now, Shibuya has prolonged the ban on ingesting in public locations all yr spherical – together with over the festive interval – from 6pm to 5am.
The crackdown goals to curb rowdy behaviour within the widespread celebration zone.
The district has additionally introduced that its famend New Yr’s Eve celebrations are cancelled.
Since 2020, the long-lasting countdown at Shibuya’s Scramble Crossing has been suspended over considerations that the crowds – which numbered some 120,000 in 2018 – may turn into a security concern.
There will even be momentary limitations erected across the statue of Hachiko – a canine remembered for his loyalty to his proprietor – from 31 December to 1am on 1 January.
Gross sales of alcohol in outlets have additionally been suspended briefly over the New Yr.
Strasbourg bans alcohol and introduces curfew for New Yr
The French metropolis of Strasbourg has banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in public streets from 12pm on 31 December to 12pm on 1 January.
There’s additionally a curfew for these beneath the age of 16 not accompanied by a ‘mum or dad or consultant of parental authority’ between 10pm on 31 December and 6am on 1 January.
Lyon bans alcohol and fireworks on New Yr’s Eve
Lyon has additionally restricted the consumption of alcohol in public streets from 5pm on 31 December to 11am on 1 January.
The sale of alcohol is banned between 8pm on 31 December and 9am on 1 January.
The sale, buy, possession and transportation of fireworks is prohibited from 6am on 30 December to 6am on 3 January.
