The Champs-Élysées is the Paris avenue famous for major public New Year's Eve gatherings and midnight celebrations.
The avenue runs from the Place de la Concorde toward the Arc de Triomphe and forms part of Paris's historic east-west axis. Its broad layout and monumental surroundings have made it a natural setting for national ceremonies, civic gatherings, parades, and holiday crowds.
On New Year's Eve, celebrants have traditionally gathered along the avenue to count down to midnight, while the Arc de Triomphe and nearby landmarks are used for large-scale light or projection displays. Paris's official program can change from year to year, so descriptions of fireworks should not be treated as a permanent feature of every celebration.
The avenue's name comes from the Elysian Fields of Greek mythology, a paradise associated with the blessed dead. The Champs-Élysées was developed as part of the city's grand urban planning and is one of the best-known ceremonial thoroughfares in the world.