Paris's Champs-Élysées traditionally hosts the city's main public New Year's Eve gathering in France.
The avenue runs from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe and is one of Paris's best-known public spaces. On New Year's Eve, large crowds have traditionally gathered there to celebrate, watch the countdown, and see illuminated projections or fireworks-related displays around major landmarks.
Celebration formats can change because of security measures, weather, public-health rules, or city planning. The Arc de Triomphe is frequently used as a projection surface, but it is not itself the avenue; the Champs-Élysées is the broad ceremonial thoroughfare where crowds assemble.
The name means “Elysian Fields,” referring to the paradise of Greek mythology. Its modern development began in the seventeenth century, and it later became a major axis for Parisian ceremonies and parades.