Lots of frenzied revelry at first, although some young people again tried to confront the police and stones and fireworks were thrown, reports our reporter on site in central Brussels. Police deployed tear gas and water cannons. He was especially restless around Lemonnier and South.
However, the volunteers had once again made a human chain to avoid riots. The Brussels police had also closed access to Winter Wonders for fans. “At first it was a big party. People then quietly started going home and then there was a little hard core who started throwing things in the streets,” says VRT reporter Gitte Van Hoyweghen. Around 20, calm seems to have returned.
