New Year’s Eve fireworks in the Nordkette mountain range, Austria
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New Year’s Eve fireworks in the Nordkette mountain range, Austria
When midnight strikes on New Year’s Eve in the Austrian resort town of Innsbruck, locals know to gaze up to the Nordkette mountain range to watch the fireworks. Intrepid revelers can head up the slopes of the Nordkette to see the midnight display right there at the launch spot. Music is played inside a temporary igloo-like ballroom on the mountaintop, and waltzing to ‘The Blue Danube’ is strongly encouraged.
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