New Year, big skies & city nights

New Year's Eve in London — contextual destination photograph — Background image for New Year's Eve in London; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: SIMarsden · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

London · United Kingdom

London New Year's Eve fireworks

A Thames-side New Year escape with London to explore beyond the celebration. Pair a city-night experience with time around Westminster and the river, keeping the trip bigger than a single countdown.

Edinburgh · United Kingdom

Edinburgh's Hogmanay

A New Year escape in a city with a Hogmanay identity of its own. Combine the celebration with time to wander Edinburgh's old and new towns.

Stonehaven — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Stonehaven; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Stonehaven · United Kingdom

Stonehaven Fireballs

Stonehaven's fireball tradition offers a smaller-town perspective on New Year. Approach it as a local celebration with its own character, and leave room to explore the surrounding destination.

Sydney · Australia

Sydney New Year's Eve

A harbour-city New Year with Sydney as the wider destination. Let the celebration be the centrepiece of a longer stay, with time around the waterfront and the Opera House.

Melbourne — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Melbourne; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Melbpal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Melbourne · Australia

Melbourne New Year's Eve

A southern-summer New Year city break. Melbourne offers a warm-season contrast to the winter-market collection, with a countdown theme alongside time to discover the city at your own pace.

Sky Tower (Auckland) — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Sky Tower (Auckland); not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Jorge Royan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Auckland · New Zealand

Auckland New Year's Eve

A summer city escape with Auckland's skyline as the New Year backdrop. Give the destination more than one evening, building the celebration into a wider stay.

Times Square Ball; contextual image of the countdown installation. Image: Anthony Quintano · CC BY 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

New York City · United States

Times Square New Year's Eve

A New York countdown with a long-standing identity of its own. Times Square can be the centrepiece of the trip, with the rest of the city providing reasons to stay beyond the celebration.

Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: [www.flickr.com/photos/26912057@N02/ bisonlux] · CC BY 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Rio de Janeiro · Brazil

Copacabana Réveillon

A beach-city New Year escape around Copacabana. Rio's seasonal celebration sits alongside a wider destination of urban life and landscape, best given more than a single night.

Funchal — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Funchal; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Dr. Thomas Liptak · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Funchal · Portugal

Funchal New Year's Eve

An island New Year with Funchal as the city base. Combine the celebration with a slower Madeira stay, giving the island time beyond the year-end spectacle.

Reykjavík — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Reykjavík; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Olga Ernst · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Reykjavík · Iceland

Reykjavík New Year's Eve

A winter city escape for a different New Year atmosphere. Reykjavík offers an urban base for an Iceland journey, with room to enjoy the destination beyond the celebrations.

Taipei — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Taipei; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: 毛貓大少爺 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Taipei · Taiwan

Taipei New Year's Eve

A skyline-led New Year escape with Taipei as the wider destination. Make the city stay about food, neighbourhood exploring and the atmosphere around the celebration, rather than one viewpoint alone.

Marina Bay, Singapore — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Marina Bay, Singapore; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Bijay Chaurasia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Singapore · Singapore

Marina Bay Singapore Countdown

A waterfront countdown theme in Singapore's Marina Bay. Combine a city-night centrepiece with time to explore the destination, from independent wandering to a carefully chosen indulgence.

Victoria Harbour at night; contextual city photograph, not a confirmed New Year display. Image: Benh LIEU SONG ( Flickr ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Hong Kong · China

Hong Kong New Year countdown

A harbour-city New Year escape with Hong Kong to discover beyond the countdown. Build a longer stay around the waterfront and urban neighbourhoods, leaving room for the city between highlights.

Burj Khalifa — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Burj Khalifa; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: imran shahabuddin · CC BY 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Dubai · United Arab Emirates

Downtown Dubai New Year's Eve

A skyline-centred New Year escape at the jetset end of the collection. Downtown Dubai provides the city spectacle, with the rest of the stay shaped around your own interests and budget.

Bangkok — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Bangkok; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland · CC BY 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Bangkok · Thailand

Bangkok New Year countdown

A warm-weather New Year city break in Bangkok. Let the countdown be one part of a longer stay, with space for food, neighbourhood exploring and the everyday city beyond the big night.

Puerta del Sol — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Puerta del Sol; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Matt Joseph · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Madrid · Spain

New Year at Puerta del Sol

A city-square New Year theme in the heart of Madrid. Give the celebration a place within a longer visit, leaving time for streets, food and independent exploring beyond Puerta del Sol.

Champs-Élysées — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Champs-Élysées; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Josh Hallett · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Paris · France

Paris New Year's Eve

A winter Paris escape with a New Year theme. Make room for the city between the celebrations, pairing an evening out with unhurried time around the Seine and surrounding neighbourhoods.

Brandenburg Gate — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Brandenburg Gate; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Thomas Wolf , www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Berlin · Germany

Berlin New Year's Eve

A New Year city break with Berlin's streets and neighbourhoods as the wider attraction. Choose the celebration that suits the trip, then leave time to explore beyond the headline landmarks.

Vienna — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Vienna; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Superbass · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Vienna · Austria

Vienna New Year's Eve Trail

Vienna's New Year's Eve Trail makes the city centre part of the celebration. Pair the festive route with a longer stay exploring the capital's streets and heritage.

Lisbon — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Lisbon; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Lisbon · Portugal

Lisbon New Year's Eve

A waterfront-city New Year escape in Lisbon. Give the celebration a place within a wider stay, leaving time for the city beyond the evening's gathering places.

Porto — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Porto; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Porto · Portugal

Porto New Year's Eve

A New Year stay with Porto's historic city as the lasting attraction. Mix the celebration with time to explore independently, keeping the journey bigger than the countdown.

Amsterdam — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Amsterdam; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Andrés Barrios · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Amsterdam · Netherlands

Amsterdam New Year's Eve

A winter canal-city escape with a New Year theme. Amsterdam offers room for a longer stay, moving between city-night atmosphere and everyday neighbourhood exploring.

Prague — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Prague; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Moyan Brenn from Italy · CC BY 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Prague · Czechia

Prague New Year's Eve

A New Year escape in a historic city on the Vltava. Choose the style of celebration that suits you, then give Prague time beyond the busiest evening streets.

Budapest — contextual destination photograph — Background image for Budapest; not a photograph of a confirmed current event. Image: Visions of Domino · CC BY 2.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Budapest · Hungary

Budapest New Year's Eve

A year-end city break on the Danube. Budapest offers a heritage-rich setting for a New Year stay, with room for independent exploring and a little indulgence beyond the countdown.

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town; contextual city photograph, not a New Year display. Image: Lawrence W.K. Ho · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons. Resized and converted to WebP.

Cape Town · South Africa

Cape Town New Year's Eve

A southern-summer waterfront escape for New Year. Make Cape Town a longer stay, with the celebration sitting alongside time to discover the city rather than becoming the whole itinerary.