Edinburgh hosts the Hogmanay street party often described as one of the world's largest New Year's celebrations.
Edinburgh's central Hogmanay street party takes place around Princes Street and the surrounding city center. It forms part of a wider festival that includes a torchlight procession, concerts, ceilidhs, and fireworks near Edinburgh Castle. The event's setting among Edinburgh's Old Town, New Town, and castle skyline gives it a distinctive visual identity.
The modern festival expanded substantially in the late twentieth century and became an important cultural and tourism event. Attendance figures vary by year and by which festival events are counted, so claims about it being the “largest” should be treated carefully rather than as a fixed annual measurement. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland; Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, and Inverness also hold New Year's events, but the globally famous Hogmanay street party is associated with Edinburgh.