2019 has already begun on Samoa

apia - The new year has already begun on the other side of the world. Of the 7.5 billion people on earth, the inhabitants of Samoa were the first to usher in in 2019, thirteen hours earlier than in the Netherlands.

As in previous years, the year started with a huge fireworks display over the capital Apia, also for the many tourists who came for the New Year.

In the Pacific there is the unique opportunity to celebrate the new year twice. For that you only need to fly 164 kilometers to the east from Samoa, to American Samoa, where the inhabitants of the world as the very best in the world uncorking the champagne.