Edinburgh is the Scottish city famous for its annual Hogmanay New Year's Eve celebration.
Hogmanay is Scotland's traditional name for New Year's celebrations. Edinburgh's modern festival developed into a large, organized event featuring torchlight processions, concerts, street parties, and fireworks near Edinburgh Castle. The celebration usually spans several days around 31 December and 1 January.
The word Hogmanay has an uncertain origin, with proposed links to French, Norse, Gaelic, and Scots traditions. Scottish New Year customs also include first-footing, in which the first person to enter a home after midnight brings symbolic gifts and good wishes.
Edinburgh is not the only Scottish city with Hogmanay events, but its festival is the one most strongly associated with the name internationally. It is often confused with Scotland's entire New Year tradition, whereas Hogmanay can refer both to the occasion and to particular local festivals.