Edinburgh is the city especially associated with a New Year's Eve Hogmanay celebration featuring a torchlight procession.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay is a large, multi-day New Year festival in Scotland's capital. Its torchlight procession traditionally leads thousands of participants through the city toward a major gathering area, creating a striking river of fire in the winter darkness.
The festival's modern form developed in the late twentieth century, when Edinburgh promoted a coordinated public celebration rather than relying only on smaller local customs. Other events can include concerts, street parties, fireworks and a New Year's Day swim in the River Forth at South Queensferry.
Hogmanay is the Scottish word commonly used for New Year's Eve celebrations, not the name of Edinburgh alone. Glasgow, Aberdeen and many other Scottish communities hold their own events, but Edinburgh's organized torchlight procession has become the internationally recognizable example.