If you want to score a carton of firecrackers, a decorative pot or a load of screaming kitchen maids before the turn of the year, there are far fewer places to go in Drenthe than before.
The Algemeen Dagblad reports that fireworks sellers are stopping en masse. As a result, fireworks are for sale in fewer and fewer places in the Netherlands. Particularly in the north of the Netherlands, shopkeepers all seem to be giving up, even though the demand for fireworks has increased.
With the exception of Friesland (-40 percent) and Groningen (-36 percent), relatively speaking, most shopkeepers stopped in Drenthe. 32% of the fireworks dealers in Drenthe are ‘sold out’.
Where fireworks enthusiasts could still go to 1,387 points of sale three years ago, there are still over a thousand of them this year. A decrease of 24%. The breaking point seems to be the corona measures. As a result, after 2019, no fireworks were sold for two years in a row. This year it is possible again for the first time, but many entrepreneurs choose not to start it anymore.
