People all over the world welcomed the New Year with lots of fireworks. And still do. It won’t be 2024 everywhere until 1 p.m. German time.
Kiritimati is the first to celebrate New Year’s Eve
The residents of the South Sea atoll Kiritimati were the first in the world to start the new year. An hour later, New Zealand celebrated the New Year. After Central European time at 2 p.m. the time had come in Australian cities like Melbourne. In Sydney, a mega light show lit up the sky against the world-famous backdrop of the Harbor Bridge and Opera House. By the German evening it was already 2024 in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and China.
In total, it takes 26 hours for the entire globe to enter the New Year. American Samoa, located just 220 kilometers east of Samoa on the other side of the International Date Line, will be the last country – twelve hours after Germany.
See impressions from New Year’s Eve 2023/2024