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This year Christmas and the bank holidays are close to new year, I had missed the new year fireworks for so many years, I have see few amazing pictures in photographers forum of fireworks against the ski resort background. I am a hobby photographer too I would to try and take some pictures of fireworks. I have been searching for the last few days and trying to write to few resorts and to the region's tourist board. I found that one of the resorts (Ellmau/Soll) have dropped fireworks, Soelden does it but the resort is too dearer, other than that i haven't received any response yet. Checking with Austrian tourist board they sent me 5 hotels which does fireworks, those are not near ski area's + cost of stay i need to win a small lottery to accommodate my family 
Any one have any info which resorts would generally do in Salsburg region or Tyrol, reason i choose these two being there is snow in the villages during Christmas in these regions elsewhere these days the villages are dry and brown just the ski areas are covered with snow. To be more precise Eastern Tyrol (From Soll and further) and further east for snow in the village during Christmas
If you know of the resorts that regularly do fireworks I can write to them to confirm if it is still happening this year. At the moment I am trying to write to every resort I am like to go which is taking time to get their response.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mayrhofen does. or at least, used to do.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@pressi, New Year is generally the most expensive time of the year in Austrian ski resorts, it is a bigger holiday than Christmas in the germanic world. You are going to struggle to find value for money places anywhere that are reliable for snow at New Year. That said there are an awful lot of fireworks let off between 23:30 & 01:00 over New Year (Silvester in German) though some places are beginning to put in restrictions as it can be pretty mad and accidents do happen. In normal times pretty much every resort will have fireworks whether organised by the tourist board or some of the larger hotels in addition to all the private ones. In current circumstances you might find a good few will be cancelled. I would concentrate on trying to find somewhere to stay that suits your budget and assume there will be fireworks
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About 2 or 3 years ago, St Anton swapped from fireworks to a laser light show for their weekly ski show for “environmental” reasons. I don’t know for sure if they also did that for NYE, but I suspect so.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks @Munich_irish, @Corky and @ulmerhutte, for now based on resorts responses Zell am seem to have fireworks and market for my dates but that may change with the covid cases rising again this year  . i am hoping to stay in Saalbach for access to large ski area so i can travel Zell am relatively easier, otherwise as you say most of the resorts are giving up fireworks for environmental reasons, fair enough environment comes first.
I have always stayed the week before new year, the prices were reasonable, just the week between Christmas and new year makes a huge difference. Just noticed, most of the accommodation have gone by now.
How is Zell am/ Saalbach for stay, does it have pretty Austrian village charm village, any ideas, are the ski area connected?
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@ulmerhutte, Yes, its all lazer now in St Anton on environmental grounds. We've done it 3-4 years ago and it's very impressive, music is great too.
We'll be there this year, but tbph it's crazy and a bit manic, folks throwing fireworks around etc, so this year we'll be celebrating down the valley away from the crowds.
@pressi, I'd probably look at smaller resorts perhaps around Salzburg area?
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If you know of the resorts that regularly do fireworks I can write to them to confirm if it is still happening this year. At the moment I am trying to write to every resort I am like to go which is taking time to get their response. |
I know first hand of a few places in Austria right now that were planning fireworks, but are now 'under review' - which basically means whether will be any official 'crowd-gathering' NYE events or not will be made at the last minute depending on corona.
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How is Zell am/ Saalbach for stay, does it have pretty Austrian village charm village, any ideas, are the ski area connected?
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@pressi, yes, they’re connected via piste 168 (not always open) from Saalbach down to the hamlet of Viehhofen, and the Zell am See Xpress gondola from Viehhofen to the Zell am See ski area. If piste 168 isn’t open, the ski bus runs every ten minutes between Saalbach’s Schönleitenbahn gondola lift station and the Zell am See Xpress. The bus ride takes eight minutes.
Saalbach has a very pretty and compact village centre, full of Austrian Alpine charm. Zell am See is much, much bigger - a town, although it still pretty and charming, with narrow, pedestrianised streets and alleyways sloping down to the lake.
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