Seeing in the New Year with fizz and bangs
Bergamo
welcomed 2026 in typically civilised style with a sparkling fireworks display and
plenty of bollicine (bubbles)..jpg "Fireworks light up the sky over Porta San Giacomo")
Fireworks light up the sky
over Porta San Giacomo
After dining either at home, or at restaurants in the Città Alta, local revellers and visitors were in a festive mood as they made their way down to the walls near Porta San Giacomo at midnight to watch the fuochi d’artificio being set off in the Città Bassa and many villages in the surrounding territory.
Everyone was
in a happy mood and it was a comfortable environment for children and older
people to be part of. Even though it was a convivial atmosphere, with many people
bringing their choice of fizz with them, there was no need for a police presence.
Some of the
foreign visitors enjoying the occasion might well have thought that they would not
have felt quite so comfortable joining in with outdoor New Year celebrations in their
own home cities and towns.
Un Buon Anno a
tutti, di Best of Bergamo!
Editor’s
note: "When I returned to my hotel, the Excelsior San Marco, with my own family
party, we were immediately wished Buon Anno by the staff on the reception desk and handed
a complimentary glass of Prosecco."
