The famous Paris avenue traditionally illuminated and used for New Year's Eve festivities is the Champs-Élysées.
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées runs through central Paris from the Place de la Concorde toward the Arc de Triomphe. On New Year's Eve, crowds have traditionally gathered along the avenue, where festive lighting and projections create a public celebration associated with the French capital.
The avenue's name comes from the Elysian Fields of Greek mythology, a paradise for the blessed dead. Its present urban form developed over centuries from an approach to the Tuileries Garden into one of Paris's major ceremonial and commercial thoroughfares.
A common confusion is to identify the Arc de Triomphe as the avenue itself. The monument stands at the avenue's western end, while the Champs-Élysées is the broad avenue leading toward it. Public arrangements can change from year to year, but the landmark name remains the canonical answer.