New Year's celebrations at Times Square in New York
Dec 18, 2012 —
There’s nothing sadder than ringing in the New Year by watching hordes of people having more fun than you on a televised countdown. So this year, get off the couch and join the action at massive New Year’s Eve events around the world.
Sprawling city squares and plazas invite the whole city to celebrate with age-old traditions, live music, and plenty of fireworks and champagne. In Times Square, living legends take the stage in front of a crowd of thousands that brave the New York winter for a chance to see the annual ball drop. Meanwhile, across the pond firework displays light up the London sky, exploding in time with some of the year’s biggest pop hits.
All over the world, famous citywide New Year’s Eve celebrations feature iconic performers, epic countdowns, and dazzling light shows. So to usher in the New Year with a bustling crowd of thousands, plan on kicking off the future at one of the biggest New Year’s Eve events in the world.
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Holiday Event / Show / Concert / Party
Dec 31, 2012
There’s hardly a shortage of celebratory events that kick off the New Year, but few get as much national coverage as New Year's Eve in Times Square, New York.
A massive annual gathering that dates back to 1904, New Year’s Eve in Times Square is attended by up to a million people every year, many of whom begin to arrive several hours before the sun
New York
Times Square
42nd Street to 50th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
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Festival / Holiday Event / Special Event
Dec 31, 2012 11:59 pm
New Year’s Eve around the world offers partiers the chance to celebrate the coming year with old cultural traditions. While New York features the iconic ball drop, Madrid ushers in the coming year with its own customs. New Year’s Eve at Puerta Del Sol attracts a massive crowd of locals on the Real Casa de Correos.
Locals show travelers
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Dec 31, 2012 12:59 pm
San Francisco’s annual New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show attracts over 200,000 spectators each year who come to see waterfront fireworks and say hello to the New Year.
The fifteen-minute show features a rainbow display of fireworks launched from barges just 1,000 feet south of the Ferry Building.
Best views of the New Year’s Eve Fireworks
San Francisco
Embarcadero Center
2 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
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Dec 31, 2012 10:00 pm
New Year’s Eve in Rome means hundreds of wild celebrations that last all night. But the city’s biggest party is the annual New Year’s Eve celebration at Piazza del Popolo. With fireworks and musical performances by the best local bands, Piazza del Popolo draws a massive crowd numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
New Year’s Eve at Piazza
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Holiday Event / Special Event
Dec 31, 2012 11:59 pm
Since 2000, London has welcomed the New Year with the annual New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display produced by the Mayor of London. The fireworks display is held at the London Eye and lasts anywhere between eight and twelve minutes each year.
Each year, the New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display attracts large crowds of over 250,000 people to
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Throughout the city
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Dec 31, 2012
Amsterdam is notorious for its debauchery and legalized vice, so it’s no surprise that the city hosts some of the craziest New Year’s Eve celebrations in the world. Whether you’re looking to let loose or searching for family-friendly traditions, New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam offers plenty of options to choose from.
All throughout the city,
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Throughout the city
How will you kick off the New Year?