High winds prompt early bonfires and cancellations across the Netherlands

The annual bonfires on the beaches of Scheveningen and Duindorp in The Hague will be lit Monday night at 11 p.m., a day earlier than planned, due to high wind forecasts. The KNMI predicts wind speeds of force 6 or 7 along the coast on New Year’s Eve, conditions deemed unsafe, according to the municipality. A similar bonfire in The Hague’s Laak district will also take place Monday night.