New Year’s Eve 2020 in Venice

New Year’s Eve 2020 in Venice will be illuminated by fireworks.
At the stroke of midnight the Basin of St. Mark’s will shine thanks to the fireworks show, designed to welcome the most eagerly awaited night of the year in an exciting and evocative setting.
New Year’s Eve 2020 will be celebrated with fireworks that will reflect on St. Mark’s Basin, with plays of light on the water, forming the backdrop for the midnight chimes that will welcome this new decade from the Clock Tower.

The best view to enjoy the New Year’s Eve show is near the Actv Arsenale stop (the fireworks are not visible from St. Mark’s Square and Piazzetta San Marco).
Starting at 11.30 p.m. some single fireworks will be launched to facilitate the positioning of the public along the shores.

Security

In order to guarantee everyone a New Year’s Eve in serenity and without accidents that could compromise the safety of citizens, precautionary safety measures have been taken.
For the New Year’s Eve 2020 in Venice, the bans on the sale of drinks in glass bottles are confirmed.
For New Year’s Eve 2020 in Venice, from 7 p.m. on 31 December 2019 until 6 a.m. the following morning, 1 January 2020, the use and possession of “Oleoresin Capsicum spray”, i.e. pepper spray or similar, are also prohibited.
Likewise, for New Year’s Eve, citizens and visitors will not be able ‘to take and transport drinks of any kind, including spirits and spirits, in glass containers in the public street’.

Enhanced public transport

For New Year’s Eve 2020 in Venice there are special trains leaving from Santa Lucia Station in all directions.

At the end of the New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Venice, special ACTV waterbuses will run in the direction of Tronchetto-Piazzale Roma and Lido. From Piazzale Roma there will be special bus services to the mainland. The People Mover will remain open until 3.00 am (last run at 2.50 am).