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The festival of New Year is observed worldwide with great enthusiasm and excitement. New Year's Eve in Sweden is a grand affair.The most important event that takes place on New Year's Eve in Sweden is that the people of Sweden gather a the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm (capital of Sweden), to witness the recitation of the poem Ring Out, Wide Bells that has been penned by Tennyson (English poet) and this tradition of reciting the poem just before the advent of the New Year goes back to the year 1895. Many concerts and shows are organized in Sweden for the occasion of New Year and the citizens as well as the tourists gather in large numbers to watch these shows or concerts and these shows and concerts are very popular among the people of Sweden. The people of Sweden make a trip to the local sites as well as local areas from where they would be able to catch a glimpse of the fireworks display that holds the attention of the viewers and also to fire of their own rockets.Parties that are accompanied with food, drinks as well a music are an integral part of the New Years Eve in Sweden.
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