Edinburgh is home to the famous Hogmanay street party held around Princes Street at New Year's Eve.
Hogmanay is the Scots word for the final day of the year and the celebrations associated with it. Edinburgh's modern festival developed into a large organized event featuring concerts, processions, fireworks, and a major street gathering in the city centre.
The surrounding Scottish customs include first-footing, in which the first person to enter a home after midnight brings symbolic gifts such as coal, shortbread, or whisky. Auld Lang Syne is also strongly associated with Scottish New Year celebrations.
Hogmanay is not the name of Edinburgh alone: the word is used across Scotland. Edinburgh's event is distinctive because of its scale, international profile, and setting near Princes Street and Edinburgh Castle.