New Year's Eve 2023, all the ordinances against midnight explosions

Everything is ready for the most anticipated countdown of the year. There are just a few hours left until midnight New Year 2023 which will allow us to officially enter the new year and the cities are preparing to best manage the celebrations ready to explode in the squares and streets of Italy. Like every year, the mayors, from North to South, have signed various ordinances to ensure that the celebrations can take place in the safest way possible.

Large deployment also of law enforcement, starting from Rome, where the traditional concert in Circo Massimo will take place and for the occasion there will be 1200 local police officers ready to manage the flows of the most awaited night of the year. They are in the capital Barrels and fireworks are prohibited from 00.01 on 31 December 2023 to midnight on 6 January 2024. For those caught in non-compliance with the ordinance (number 145 of 29 December 2023), there are fines from 25 to 500 euros in addition to the seizure of materials. Same ban also on Naples (pepper spray is also prohibited here), Bologna, Florence, Bari, Verona, Mantua, Palermo. In Milan, however, it is not possible for the Municipality to ban barrels, given the TAR ruling last September in favor of traders who had opposed the environmental measures envisaged as early as 2021. From the afternoon of 31st to 6am on 1st January, however, the sale of alcohol within the trolleybus circle. We toast inside the premises.

There are also restrictions for toasting with glass bottles and glasses on the street. TO Venice Fireworks are planned in the Piazza San Marco basin but domestic fireworks, the throwing of firecrackers and the use of glass glasses and bottles are prohibited, even in the external areas of the premises. Crotone will host the Rai New Year's Eve «The Year to Come». Parking lots, shuttles and giant screens have been set up to make reaching the event easier.