Which landmark hosts the famous New Year's Eve fireworks in Rio de Janeiro?

Copacabana Beach hosts Rio de Janeiro's famous New Year's Eve fireworks celebration.

Known in Brazil as Réveillon, the event draws huge crowds to the waterfront in Rio's Copacabana neighborhood. Fireworks are launched from barges offshore, creating a display visible along the curved beach. Concerts, sound systems, and large public gatherings turn the shoreline into the center of the city's year-end celebration.

Many participants wear white, a color commonly associated with peace and renewal in Brazilian New Year's traditions. Some celebrants also make offerings to Iemanjá, an important sea-related figure in Afro-Brazilian religious practice, by placing flowers or other gifts on the water. These customs coexist with secular concerts and tourism-focused festivities.

Copacabana Beach is sometimes confused with Ipanema Beach, another famous Rio shoreline, or with Sugarloaf Mountain, the city's prominent landmark. The fireworks are associated specifically with the Réveillon celebration on Copacabana's waterfront, although celebrations take place throughout Rio.