On August 1, 2026, the Netherlands enacted a nationwide ban on consumer fireworks — with limited exceptions such as F1 fireworks and club exemptions — ending a famously chaotic tradition that injured thousands each New Year's Eve.

The Dutch are famous for their wild, anything-goes New Year's fireworks — but that era is officially over. DutchReview reports that a nationwide ban on buying, selling, or setting off consumer fireworks took effect across the Netherlands on August 1, 2026, with limited exceptions such as F1 fireworks and club exemptions. It's the first time the Dutch central government has taken a unified national stance, having previously left it to individual municipalities. Existing stockpiles must be surrendered, and violations are now illegal everywhere in the country. Source in first comment.