Top Cities and Countries Around the World to Watch Iconic Fireworks Displays

 https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/celebrate-new-year-2026-with-spectacular-fireworks-top-cities-and-countries-around-the-world-to-watch-iconic-displays-welcoming-the-new-year/ 

https://www.travelandleisureasia.com/my/destinations/most-iconic-new-year-eve-firework-displays-around-the-world/ 

https://www.globalworkandtravel.com/resources/8-best-spots-around-the-world-to-celebrate-new-years-eve

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/visit/10-countries-with-the-best-new-years-eve-fireworks/where-the-world-welcomes-the-new-year-with-fireworks/slideshow/126203698.cms?from=mdr 

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-places-for-new-years-eve

New Year's Eve celebrations in Edmonton

 https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-free-new-years-eve-celebrations-ice-district-downtown 

The longer that I live in backwards Vancouver, the more glad I am to see that it can't stop other cities from having fireworks...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/here-are-some-ways-to-ring-in-the-new-year-in-edmonton

https://icedistrict.com/event/upcoming/new-years-eve-december-31-2025 

https://www.todocanada.ca/new-years-eve-in-edmonton

New Year's Eve fireworks in and around Calgary

https://curiocity.com/new-years-eve-fireworks-2026-near-calgary-alberta/ 

Just like Vancouver can't stop its surrounding cities & suburbs from setting off fireworks, Vancouver can't stop Calgary, Perth and Seattle...

 https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/new-years-eve-in-calgary-events-and-activities-whats-open-and-closed 

https://www.chatterblock.com/events/427141/new-years-eve-fireworks-calgary/

New Year's Eve fireworks in Seattle

 https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/how-watch-nye-fireworks-seattle 

Despite Seattle being relatively close to backwards Vancouver, BC, no Mind Virus will be thwarting Seattle.

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/events/new-years-eve-fireworks-and-events-around-seattle-to-ring-in-2026 

https://seattlebloggers.com/new-years-eve-in-seattle/

https://www.spaceneedle.com/newyears 

https://www.seattlecenter.com/events/featured-events/new-years-eve

Perth New Year’s Eve Fireworks

 https://soperth.com.au/perthnews/perth-new-years-eve-fireworks-2025-2026-132795

https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/iconic-raffles-hotel-promises-to-be-among-the-places-to-be-this-nye-for-a-great-fireworks-vantage-point-c-21094454 

https://visitperth.com/events/new-years-eve-in-the-city-2025 A nice hot summer in Perth is so much better than a cold, damp depressing winter in Vancouver, BC.

https://www.perth.wa.gov.au/news-and-updates/all-news/double-firework-spectacular-to-ring-in-2026 

The people of Perth and WA in general, are so fortunate that nothing like the Vancouver Mind Virus has ever been accepted there. 

https://www.worksafe.wa.gov.au/schedule-fireworks-events

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Perth+and+Seattle

No fireworks in downtown Vancouver for New Year's Eve or the rest of 2026

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-fireworks-2026-new-years-eve-nye 

While Vancouver hasn't been able to get most other cities across Canada and around the world to stop, ban or cancel their NY Eve fireworks, strange Vancouver will retain this part of its NO FUN CITY mentality and agenda. 

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/fireworks-banned-halloween-vancouver-fire-department-9726922 Why just ban them in October and January, when you can ban them throughout the year? 

https://www.ehnewspaper.ca/articles/third-year-of-vancouvers-fireworks-ban

For some strange reason, backwards Vancouver hasn't been able to get other cities around the world to adopt the same bizarre idiosyncrasies.  

Officially, there isn't supposed to be a Vancouver+Mind+Virus, but the backwards city is so stunted and strange. Other cities in a scenic setting such as Sydney, Auckland, San_Francisco and Seattle are able to have wider bridges in or close to their city centers. 

Despite warm and scenic Honolulu having some very short bridges, they are still wider than what extremely restrictive Vancouver allows. These two short bridges in Honolulu provide 4 lanes each way. Thus, they form an 8 lane crossing and they aren't even part of a freeway.  

There is also a very short 6 lane bridge in Honolulu. In addition to its 6 lanes, there is a turning lane and a one lane wide median, which makes it equivalent to being 8 lanes wide. Plus, there are 2 wide sidewalks, which are wider than the original sidewalks on the Granville Bridge in Vancouver. In other words, no bridge in Vancouver is allowed to be as wide as it. Despite regional population growth, the Granville Bridge was reduced from 8 lanes to 6 lanes. 

Considering how Vancouver has such a narrow road system, one would think that a regional network of bus and bike bridges would be essential. Of course the backwards city and greater urban region is too cheap to fund such infrastructure and rather opted for a congestive transportation approach.

In contrast, The+Helix+Bridge in Singapore is fine example of what backwards Vancouver refuses to build. No lanes had to be removed from the 6 lane Bayfront+Bridge or the 10 lane Benjamin+Sheares+Bridge. Stubborn Vancouver could really benefit from something like the Helix Bridge. 

While Vancouver went backwards after Expo 86, Brisbane really took of after Expo 88. The Kangaroo_Point_Green_Bridge, Goodwill_Bridge, Kurilpa_Bridge, Jack_Pesch_Bridge and the Go_Between_Bridge are all great examples of what strange Vancouver refuses to build. What's really amazing from a backwater Vancouver perspective is that those bike and foot bridges in Brisbane never required any lanes to be removed from the cities road bridges. 

In comparison, Vancouver removed 2 lanes from the Burrard Bridge, 1 lane from the Cambie Bridge and 2 lanes from the Granville Bridge. If urban planning in Vancouver was wise and the city never got rid of its trams or streetcars, perhaps something like the Tilikum_Crossing could have been built across False_Creek.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=fireworks

Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-honda-celebration-of-light-cancelled-9.6993068 

Some people say that there can't be anything like a No Fun Vancouver Mind Virus. Its just that throughout the decades, backwards Vancouver keeps getting sevela things wrong.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/26/vancouvers-honda-celebration-of-light-fireworks-cancelled-indefinitely 

For some strange reason, Vancouver hasn't been able to convince other Canadian cities to give up on their summer fireworks.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouvers-celebration-of-light-cancelled-indefinitely 

Over the years, a lot of people living in the West_End of downtown have gotten very pisst-off with all the beer, pee and excremental antics by the masses of visitors.

https://604now.com/honda-celebration-of-light-vancouver-cancelled/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/celebration-of-light-vancouver-fireworks-2026-cancelled 

https://vancouversun.com/news/could-be-vancouvers-last-celebration-light-producer-warns 

This cancelation make sense, since Vancouver also ended up being the only major Canadian city to no longer bother with NY Day fireworks. Even if Vancouver was some kind of an entity that could pee into a bottle and market it to other cities so that they also would cancel their NY Day fireworks, they just aren't interested in buying that PI$$! 

Vancouver lost its Sea Festival after 2005, but was never able to convince Seattle to give up on its Seafair.  

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sea-festival-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-1.545832

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/sea-vancouvers-assets-to-be-liquidated/article4122853/

This No Fun Vancouver Mind Virus is such B$! It would breakdown other cities if it ever gets contagious.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1p7b06d/honda_celebration_of_light_cancelled_indefinitely/

It's all part of the overall Vancouver Mind Virus.

Where to celebrate Canada Day in the lower mainland with fireworks, because Vancouver’s Canada Day fireworks are scrapped for good

 https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/where-to-celebrate-canada-day-in-the-lower-mainland-with-or-without-fireworks/

https://vancouversbestplaces.com/events-calendar/canada-day-celebrations/canada-day-at-canada-place/

https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/canada-day-2025-events-metro-vancouver

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/heres-whats-open-and-closed-on-canada-day/

Vancouver’s Canada Day fireworks scrapped for good https://globalnews.ca/news/9721790/vancouver-fireworks-canada-day/

Vancouver has become a give up city.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-day-vancouver-fireworks-2024-cancelled

Fortunately, backwards Vancouver wasn't able to get all the other main cities in Canada to also give up on having their 7-1 fireworks.

What the major cities will offer for Canada Day

 https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/26/canada-day-2025-toronto-ontario-celebrations-fireworks/

Imagine if some people from Vancouver tried to prevent all the major cities in Canada from having a fireworks show. Fortunately, backwards Vancouver doesn't have such influence.

https://beachmetro.com/2025/06/26/canada-day-2025-celebrations-in-east-toronto-to-include-fireworks-parade-and-picnics/

https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/canada-day/nighttime/ 

https://harbourfrontcentre.com/series/canada-day-celebration-2025/

It might seem like some kind of a brain_infection or mind virus wanted to shutdown the fun of a fireworks presentation across Canada.

Montreal https://www.thebeat925.ca/news/707968/here-s-what-to-know-about-the-canada-day-fireworks-in-the-old-port

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/here-is-the-schedule-for-the-montreal-international-fireworks-competition/

Evening program on July 1, 2025: Simple Plan and fireworks https://montreal.ca/en/events/canada-day-pierrefonds-roxboro-30260    

It might very well indeed seem like something from a bazaar Sci-Fi production. 

https://discoverhalifaxns.com/events/canada-day-halifax-2025-guide/

https://downtownhalifax.ca/CanadaDay

Fortunately, the strange Vancouver mentality or inability to have a July 1st fireworks display is of no interest to the rest of Canada.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/what-to-do-on-canada-day-in-winnipeg-and-beyond/ 

https://accesswinnipeg.com/2025/06/list-of-2025-canada-day-celebrations-in-winnipeg/

https://canadadaysaskatoon.ca/

https://globalnews.ca/news/11246660/saskatoons-canada-day-fireworks-display-is-changing-locations-due-to-low-river-water-levels/

https://www.reginacanadaday.ca/?pgid=jx02htlz-7e64822e-5f4c-4a2e-a455-11cfc5a87180

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/canada-day-events-edmonton

https://www.todocanada.ca/where-to-find-2025-canada-day-fireworks-around-edmonton/ 

https://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/schedule_festivals_events/canada-day

https://www.calgary.ca/council/ward-2/articles/celebrate-canada-day--2025.html

https://calgary.citynews.ca/2025/06/27/calgary-canada-day-events-2025/

"There are no fireworks anymore as Vancouver’s annual July 1st pyrotechnic show has been permanently cancelled." https://vancouversbestplaces.com/events-calendar/canada-day-celebrations/canada-day-at-canada-place/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-day-fireworks-metro-vancouver-2025

https://604now.com/7-canada-day-events-fireworks-metro-vancouver-2025

https://www.victoria.ca/city-government/news/your-guide-celebrating-canada-day-victoria

Calls to cap salaries of Metro Vancouver board

Calls to cap the salaries of politicians service on Metro Vancouver's board are growing louder, with both municipal and provincial voices weighing in. https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2025/06/28/calls-to-cap-salaries-of-metro-vancouver-board/

The region is already so far behind with its transportation infrastructure. Its as if a large percentage of the money have been going towards some people & not towards bus-bridges & longer trains. 

https://globalnews.ca/news/11263660/calls-cap-board-metro-vancouver-member-pay

Vancouver has become so backwards, inept, expensive and bloated, that it no longer is able to have a fireworks show on July 1st. Fortunately, Vancouver was unable to get all the other major cities in Canada to give up & cancel their fireworks shows. 

Vancouver used to have a Canada Day fireworks display, but gave up. Vancouver used to have a sea festival, but it got watered down and washed away.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sea-festival-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-1.545832

https://montecristomagazine.com/magazine/winter-2024/in-1980s-vancouver-locals-were-encouraged-to-host-visiting-sailors

While Vancouver's Sea Festival sank, Seattle's Seafair not only remained a float, but has grown stronger over the years. https://www.seafair.org , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafair#Events

Its as if Vancouver is trying to be one of the world's strangest, backwards and inept cities.

Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-entertainment/three-canadian-teams-celebration-of-light-fireworks-vancouver-2025-10634733

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/08/vancouver-honda-celebration-of-lights-canadian-lineup/

https://vancouversun.com/news/vancouver-fireworks-honda-celebration-of-light-2025-dates-tickets-info

https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/celebration-of-light.aspx

https://hondacelebrationoflight.com/

https://www.surreynowleader.com/local-entertainment/all-canadian-fireworks-dates-at-2025-celebration-of-light-in-vancouver-7993672

Vancouver to ring in 2025 without family-friendly events downtown

 https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/12/31/vancouver-2025-new-years-eve-no-events/

Fortunately, most real cities around the world don't take such a watered down approach.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-new-years-eve-fireworks-cancelled-2025

Somehow, many other cities around the world have a better formula for NY Eve celebrations.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/no-fireworks-show-planned-for-vancouver-on-new-years-eve-10014552

Thus, many other cities are actually able to have awesome NY's events.

"It's no secret that, compared to other world-class cities, Vancouver is rather boring, and it's on New Year's Eve that this reality comes crashing down on those who turned a blind eye to the lack of fun for the past 364 days.

As residents of Sydney, Taipei, Cape+Town, London, Rio+de+Janeiro, New York, and even Seattle ring in the new year with elaborate, family-friendly parties, Vancouverites are left yet again wondering what to do.

While there may not be any public events downtown, those hoping to end 2024 on a high note can cross the Burrard Inlet to the north shore, where festivities — and fireworks — are planned atop two of the three ski hills." https://www.westernstandard.news/news/looking-for-something-fun-to-do-in-vancouver-on-new-years-eve-head-for-the-hills/60816?utm_source=website&utm_medium=related-stories

Vancouver vs. Seattle

 https://versus.com/en/seattle-vs-vancouver Seattle never imposed the harsh level of restrictions that Vancouver has.

https://www.postalley.org/2024/02/05/tale-of-two-cities-why-vancouver-and-seattle-downtowns-look-so-different/

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/new-years-eve-fireworks

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article297812518.html

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Seattle

Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Centre_(Vancouver)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Wall_Centre

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/wall-centre-tower-fireworks-downtown-vancouver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver

Seattle's Seafair 4th of July celebration

 https://www.komonews.com/news/local/seattle-seafair-4th-fourth-of-july-celebration-7000-pounds-fireworks-festivities-festival-firework-show-20-minutes-when-do-gates-open-start-summer-score-lake-union-space-needle-park-washington-where-to-go

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafair

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/how-to-watch-seafair-summer-fourth-of-july-fireworks/281-0be0ef47-4f76-4570-b8f8-8a9c6b13ca72

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafair#Events

https://www.seafair.org/

https://visitseattle.org/events/seafair-weekend-festival/

No fireworks in Vancouver for New Year's Eve 2023

 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/events-and-entertainment/no-fireworks-in-vancouver-for-new-years-eve-2023-8043481 Another fine example of the backward, watered down citie's mentality. Just because Vancouver gets a lot of rain, that shouldn't mean Vancouver has to water almost everything down, but it does. Throughout its existence, Vancouver has had a force or momentum to keep it as a provincial backwater. All through the decades & generations, Vancouver & BC keep adding red tape & so many regulations, which continue to stunt or truncate the place.

The City of Seattle unlike Vancouver, started to have a big city mindset in the early 1900s, especially by 1915. The Seattle_metropolitan_area is the largest in the Pacific_Northwest.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Seattle+space+needle+on+new+years+eve

While the Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District is the most populous in Western_Canada, the City of Calgary is still the largest in Western_Canada. Like Seattle, Calgary has a proper big city mentality. That mentality started to kick in during the 1960s.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Calgary+tower+on+new+years+eve

Unfortunatly, the No Fun Vancouver mind virus still occasionally reemerges. 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=New+Year's+Eve

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=BC , https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Canada

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

new-years-eve-vancouver-fireworks-cancelled

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/new-years-eve-vancouver-fireworks-cancelled-december-31

Vancouver, BC

The Honda Celebration of Light is not only Vancouver's biggest event, but it's also the largest offshore fireworks competition in the world and attracts up to 400,000 spectators along English Bay each evening. Owned by the Not For Profit Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society, 2014 marks the 24th consecutive year of the event, which contributes in excess of $39 million in incremental tourism and hospitality spending each year. 
http://hondacelebrationoflight.com/p/about

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/23/vancouver-fireworks-celebration-of-light_n_5614350.html

http://604now.com/2014/07/best-places-to-watch-the-vancouver-celebration-of-light

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/watch-celebration-light-fireworks-vancouver

http://vancouver.about.com/od/vancouverevents/p/fireworks.htm

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/tourism-growth-vancouver-surges-banner-years-expected-2014-2015
http://604now.com/2014/07/top-10-summer-attractions-for-tourists-in-vancouver,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/06/canada-day-fireworks-vancouver-2014,
http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/opinion-pne-playland-need-a-makeover

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/11/red-algae-burrard-inlet-english-bay_n_5577899.html

Old Van
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKHVHG2VhZc