Prague New Year’s fireworks display set for Vítkov this year

Prague’s municipal New Year’s Day fireworks show will this year take place at the city’s Vítkov Hill. In recent years the display, which draws tens of thousands of spectators, had been held on Letná Plain. The fireworks show will get underway at 6 PM and is set to last around 10 minutes. Overlooking the Žižkov district, Vítkov is home to a National Monument built in the 1930s in honour of Czechoslovak legionnaires. Access to the site will be closed on January 1, a police spokesperson said.

Author: Ian Willoughby