To-night, on this special New Year's Eve there will be a large celebration in Maastricht to welcome the euro and it will be on TV. It was in this small city that in 1992 the decision was taken to adopt the euro on 2002 January 1. At exactly 24:00 hours the euro will replace the guilder as the legal currency. But people can still pay with their old currency for some time, in our country till January 28.
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