No New Year's Eve fireworks can compete with this - the play of colors of the Northern Lights is a unique sight. Especially from the bird's nest-like construction of the "Arctic Bath" in Swedish Lapland.

A different way to turn the year: seven ideas for an extraordinary silvester escape

Caroline Metzger, 20.12.2023

New Year's Eve doesn't always have to mean crowded city centers, colorful fireworks and lots of noise. The old year can also be bid farewell in peace with highlights that will live long in the memory. Seven ideas for an extraordinary New Year's Eve escape.

The inhabitants of Samoa are the first. When preparations for the big evening are just starting in Central Europe at around 11 a.m. on December 31, the champagne corks are already popping in the beautiful island state on the other side of the world. But this has only been the case since the late 16th century; since the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, the new year begins on January 1st.

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A different way to turn the year: seven ideas for an extraordinary silvester escape