2020 has been a bleak year for many \u2013 and there are many indications that the end of the year will not be very festive either. In several places in the country, official New Year's celebrations are being canceled to avoid crowds and hopefully slow the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But at Skansen, the tradition is kept alive \u2013 at least for the television audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the open-air museum Skansen, which has been hit hard financially by declining visitor numbers in the wake of the corona pandemic, they have now decided, after some hesitation, to celebrate the stroke of midnight in the same way as every New Year since 1977. Although not quite as traditionally as they had wished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 There will be musical entertainment with an orchestra from Solliden and \u201dRing, bell, ring\u201d just as usual. But unfortunately this year it will have to take place without an audience in place, says Yvonne Nordlind, Marketing and Communications Manager at Skansen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a \u201dnormal\u201d New Year\u2019s Eve, crowds of New Year\u2019s Eve celebrants crowd in front of the Solliden stage to ring in the new year together. This year, it will probably only be staff who are involved in the television broadcast in various ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 The program, as well as who will read Tennyson's poem "The New Year's Clock", will be revealed later this fall, says SVT's producer Haida Jamshidi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the TV images of the fireworks over Stockholm risk being somewhat less spectacular than usual, as the official festivities in the capital have been cancelled. The midnight celebrations in V\u00e4ster\u00e5s, Varberg and Eskilstuna have also been cancelled, according to Sveriges Radio P4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There has been no official celebration of the stroke of midnight in Gothenburg since 2017, when the one that used to be held at G\u00f6taplatsen was canceled due to drunkenness and uncontrolled rocket firing. There is much evidence that the fireworks display that G\u00f6teborgsposten usually sets off over the G\u00f6ta River at 5 p.m., and which usually attracts large crowds, will also be canceled this year. The decision was reportedly made after consultation with the V\u00e4stra G\u00f6taland Health Department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The city of Malm\u00f6, which in 2019 greeted the new year with fireworks at both Nyhamnen and Stortorget, has not yet decided what it will be like this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unless the spread of the infection stops, private New Year's celebrations will not be able to take place as usual when 2021 is welcomed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is what the Public Health Agency's unit head Sara Byfors says about the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 You have to aim for it to be in a smaller group. The general advice that applies to the entire country, to refrain from social gatherings, will definitely apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: svt.se<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2020 har f\u00f6r m\u00e5nga varit dystert \u2013 och mycket talar f\u00f6r att avslutningen p\u00e5 \u00e5ret inte heller blir s\u00e5 v\u00e4rst festlig. P\u00e5 flera orter i landet st\u00e4lls officiella ny\u00e5rsfiranden in f\u00f6r att undvika folksamlingar och f\u00f6rhoppningsvis bromsa smittspridningen. Men p\u00e5 Skansen h\u00e5ller man traditionen vid liv \u2013 \u00e5tminstone f\u00f6r tv-publiken. P\u00e5 friluftsmuseet Skansen, som drabbats […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3299,64],"class_list":["post-237286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-report","tag-nyar","tag-skansen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n