Posted
Update
Article written by
Friday December 31 in the early evening, some countries have already switched to 2022. Overview of the festivities in Australia, Hong Kong or North Korea.
Sydney was the first megalopolis to swing into the New Year. Australia saw the big picture, with a huge fireworks display over the bay. In Japan, the temples are invested to celebrate the New Year. A lucky charm, but never without the sanitary mask. Hong Kong, for its part, has bet on a spectacular transition to 2022. Here, no restrictions. “Good luck. Here, we don’t have the Covid, but that way we can have fun“, enthuses one inhabitant.
Mainland China is waking up in the colors of the Winter Olympics, hoping that the pandemic does not spoil the party. In North Korea, a crowd of tens of thousands gathered for the celebrations. Finally, on the island of Taiwan, Tower 101 was set ablaze for the new year, with 16,000 rockets, fired on the theme “towards a better future”.