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Spectacular fireworks and crowded parties will ring in the New Year
for revellers around the world Saturday, as billions mark the end of
2011 with noisy celebrations from Sydney to Stockholm.
From New
York's glittering Times Square, to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate and Hong
Kong's jostling harbour, crowds will gather to usher in 2012 in a blaze
of light, sound and music.
In Australia, more than 1.5 million
people are expected to mass at vantage points along Sydney Harbour to
watch a pyrotechnic spectacular which has the arch of the Sydney Harbour
Bridge as its focal point.
By early afternoon thousands of
revellers were already waiting in the summer heat for the seven tonnes
of explosives which will light up the sky in the colourful midnight
display which attracts global attention.
"Every year we make sure our celebrations are bigger and better than the one before," Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said.
In
London crowds will see in 2012, the year it hosts the Olympic Games,
with fireworks bursting above the River Thames as Big Ben chimes out
midnight in a display watched by more than 250,000 people on the river
banks.
In Paris, tens of thousands are expected to gather on the
illuminated Champs Elysees to mark the celebration known as la Fete de
Saint-Sylvestre while in Stockholm fireworks will be seen across much of
the city.
In Amsterdam, revellers are gearing up for the first
"kiss" between two giant inflatable puppets representing a Dutch boy and
girl in traditional costume which will "walk" towards each other as the
seconds tick down to 2012.
for revellers around the world Saturday, as billions mark the end of
2011 with noisy celebrations from Sydney to Stockholm.
From New
York's glittering Times Square, to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate and Hong
Kong's jostling harbour, crowds will gather to usher in 2012 in a blaze
of light, sound and music.
In Australia, more than 1.5 million
people are expected to mass at vantage points along Sydney Harbour to
watch a pyrotechnic spectacular which has the arch of the Sydney Harbour
Bridge as its focal point.
By early afternoon thousands of
revellers were already waiting in the summer heat for the seven tonnes
of explosives which will light up the sky in the colourful midnight
display which attracts global attention.
"Every year we make sure our celebrations are bigger and better than the one before," Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said.
In
London crowds will see in 2012, the year it hosts the Olympic Games,
with fireworks bursting above the River Thames as Big Ben chimes out
midnight in a display watched by more than 250,000 people on the river
banks.
In Paris, tens of thousands are expected to gather on the
illuminated Champs Elysees to mark the celebration known as la Fete de
Saint-Sylvestre while in Stockholm fireworks will be seen across much of
the city.
In Amsterdam, revellers are gearing up for the first
"kiss" between two giant inflatable puppets representing a Dutch boy and
girl in traditional costume which will "walk" towards each other as the
seconds tick down to 2012.