Paris hosts the famous New Year's Eve fireworks display associated with the Eiffel Tower.
Paris traditionally welcomes the new year with public celebrations centered on major landmarks, including the Champs-Élysées and the Eiffel Tower. The tower is illuminated for the occasion, and special light or fireworks displays have been staged there in different years.
The exact format is not identical every year. Paris has used projected images, lighting effects, fireworks and other audiovisual elements, so descriptions of the celebration should not assume that a large fireworks display occurs in precisely the same form annually.
The Eiffel Tower itself was completed for the 1889 Exposition Universelle. It became one of the world's most recognizable symbols of Paris and a natural focal point for major public celebrations, including New Year's Eve.