The city especially associated with Scotland's Hogmanay New Year's Eve festival is Edinburgh.
Hogmanay is the Scottish name for the final day of the year and the celebrations surrounding it. Edinburgh's modern festival is internationally known for its street party, torchlight events, concerts, and midnight fireworks near Edinburgh Castle. Large organized celebrations developed particularly strongly in the late twentieth century.
The Scottish tradition includes first-footing, in which the first person to enter a home after midnight is believed to influence the household's luck. Traditional gifts can include shortbread, salt, coal, and whisky, symbolizing food, flavor, warmth, and good cheer.
Edinburgh is not the only Scottish city that celebrates Hogmanay. Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, and many smaller communities hold their own events. The name therefore belongs to Scotland generally, while Edinburgh is the city most closely linked with the major international festival.