The Paris avenue traditionally associated with New Year’s Eve crowds and views toward the Arc de Triomphe is the Champs-Élysées.
The avenue runs through the 8th arrondissement from the Place de la Concorde toward the Arc de Triomphe. On New Year’s Eve, large crowds have gathered along and around it for the midnight transition, with the monument and nearby avenues forming a major public focal point.
Paris’s contemporary celebrations have also used projections and fireworks around the Arc de Triomphe. The exact format and crowd-control arrangements can change, so the avenue is the stable geographic answer rather than a claim about one particular year’s program.
The name is commonly translated as “Elysian Fields,” referring to the blessed resting place of heroes in Greek mythology. The Champs-Élysées is also famous for shops, theaters, national parades, and its long historical role in Parisian public life.