The violence broke out after a group of revellers in Veen doused a car wreck in fuel and set fire to it in the street 鈥� a New Year鈥檚 tradition in the town.
鈥淲e have arrested around 100 young people, men and women, mainly between the ages of 18 and 25 after they pelted firefighters trying to put out a burning car wreck,鈥� police spokesman Jeroen Steenmeyer told AFP.
鈥淲hen the fire department came to put out the fire they were pelted with bottles and heavy fireworks and that鈥檚 when the police took action,鈥� Steenmeyer said.
The revellers ran into a cafe, where they were arrested before being taken to the local police station, a police statement added. They will spend New Year behind bars.
New Year celebrations in the Netherlands are often riotous, with thousands of fireworks set off in streets around the country.
The tiny town of Veen, population 2,500, is particularly notorious 鈥� last year the government deployed an unmanned drone to monitor the celebrations, news agency ANP reported.
In 2003, Veen鈥檚 youths set 17 cars on fire, resulting in hundreds-of-thousands of euros in damage.
A year later, when the town鈥檚 mayor tried to halt the festivities, his own car went up in flames.
Rumors of people in the town having bought a military tank for the festivities that year however proved unfounded.