The Champs-Élysées is the traditional major gathering place for Paris revelers on New Year’s Eve.
The avenue runs from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe and is one of the best-known streets in Paris. On New Year’s Eve, crowds have traditionally gathered there to celebrate, watch projections or illuminations, and welcome the coming year.
The avenue’s name comes from the Elysian Fields of Greek mythology, a paradise for heroes and the virtuous dead. Its modern design was developed from the seventeenth century onward, particularly through work associated with landscape designer André Le Nôtre.
The Arc de Triomphe stands at the western end and is often central to the city’s official visual program. Celebrations and crowd-control arrangements can change from year to year, so the avenue is a traditional location rather than a guarantee of identical programming.