![Slide 1 of 28: The new year is just around the corner, and pretty soon 2021 will be just a memory. But where best to go out with the old and in with the new, with the biggest and brightest firework displays? As 2022 knocks on the door, which part of the world will you be celebrating in?Browse this gallery and discover where to celebrate New Year's Eve in the best party cities on the planet.]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS71hJ.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f","size3column":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS71hJ.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f","size2column":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS71hJ.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"} "The coolest destinations in the world to celebrate New Year 2022 - Shutterstock")
![Slide 2 of 28: Sydney is one of the first major cities to welcome in the new year, and its pyrotechnic welcome is one of the most jaw-dropping of them all. (]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AALgSOt.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AALgSOt.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AALgSOt.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Australia - Shutterstock")
![Slide 3 of 28: Bangkok's Central World Square near the riverside is where to gather to watch the Thai capital bring in the new year.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZDa.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZDa.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZDa.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Thailand - iStock")
![Slide 4 of 28: The Thames Embankment is where to admire the biggest New Year's Eve fireworks display in the UK, with the London Eye providing a suitably dramatic backdrop.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757c.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757c.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757c.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "England - iStock")
![Slide 9 of 28: Fireworks cascade over the Acropolis of Athens as the Greek capital greets the new year.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6OJV.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6OJV.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6OJV.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Greece - iStock")
![Slide 10 of 28: The onion domes of Moscow's St. Basil's Cathedral glow under a shimmering pyrotechnic sky.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS71hY.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS71hY.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS71hY.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Russia - iStock")
![Slide 11 of 28: Scotland's Hogmanay ("last day of the year") celebrations actually last for three days until January 2. The party in Edinburgh is especially raucous.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6U52.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6U52.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6U52.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Scotland - Shutterstock")
![Slide 12 of 28: At midnight, fireworks erupt from barges moored in the harbor facing the city of Valparaíso. The 20-minute display is world famous.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6WlA.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6WlA.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6WlA.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Chile - iStock")
![Slide 13 of 28: Fireworks soar upwards to meet the landmark spire of Reykjavik's Hallgrímskirkja church during a New Year's Eve extravaganza.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RSO.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RSO.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RSO.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Iceland - Shutterstock")
![Slide 14 of 28: Bratislava's historic castle lends a spectacular perspective to the city's New Year's Eve fireworks display.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZDO.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZDO.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZDO.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Slovakia - iStock")
![Slide 15 of 28: Crowds throng near Vienna's beautiful late-19th century City Hall as they greet the new year.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RSV.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RSV.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RSV.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Austria - iStock")
![Slide 16 of 28: One of the world's great New Year's Eve celebrations takes place in Dubai, with the 2,723-ft (828-m) Burj Khalifa seemingly sprouting plumes of fire.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS71ia.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS71ia.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS71ia.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "United Arab Emirates - Shutterstock")
![Slide 17 of 28: Where else in Rio de Janeiro than the city's iconic Copacabana Beach to welcome in the new year? Remember to wear white and bring along flowers to toss into the ocean.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZE0.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZE0.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZE0.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Brazil - Shutterstock")
![Slide 18 of 28: Rembrandtplein, Nieuwmarkt, Museumplein, and Dam Square all serve as great party locations. Numerous firework displays can be viewed from the city's picturesque bridges.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757t.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757t.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757t.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Netherlands - Shutterstock")
![Slide 19 of 28: Berlin's hugely symbolic Brandenburg Gate provides a suitably historic location for the city's biggest "Silvester" party.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RT1.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RT1.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RT1.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Germany - Reuters")
![Slide 20 of 28: The Champs-Élysées in Paris groans under the weight of revelers as the entire city, it seems, gathers in front of the Arc de Triomphe for the countdown to midnight.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6OK3.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6OK3.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6OK3.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "France - Shutterstock")
![Slide 21 of 28: No snow, but who cares? Bringing in the new year in this part of the world is hot, noisy, and colorful, and the cocktails flow. Witness the Junkanoo Parade in Nassau and forget about winter.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS5ptO.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS5ptO.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS5ptO.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Bahamas - Shutterstock")
![Slide 22 of 28: Las Vegas is the city that never sleeps, and on New Year's Eve there is no place in town without a party.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RT7.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RT7.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RT7.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "USA - Getty Images")
![Slide 23 of 28: Tokyo's Meiji Shrine is visited by thousands of people during the first three days of January, and many also ring in the new year here. Sake is sold by the glass from colorfully labeled barrels of sake, in what is generally a low-key celebration.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757w.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757w.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757w.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Japan - Shutterstock")
![Slide 24 of 28: Helsinki starts bringing in the new year early on December 31, with many private firework parties lighting up the sky. Midnight sees the city's main display reflected in the icy waters of the harbor.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757y.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757y.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS757y.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Finland - Shutterstock")
![Slide 25 of 28: The skies above St. Petersburg explode in color as the country's cultural city celebrates the new year in impressive style.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RTg.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RTg.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RTg.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Russia - Shutterstock")
![Slide 26 of 28: Melbourne's Paul's Cathedral and Princes Bridge are illuminated by the city's fireworks spectacular as the old year gives way to the new year.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6OK5.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6OK5.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6OK5.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Australia - iStock")
![Slide 27 of 28: Prague's Bohemian splendor is spectacularly illuminated with impromptu firework displays across the city. The "official" fireworks show actually takes place on New Year's Day—except in 2020, with City Hall opting for videomapping instead.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZEs.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZEs.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6ZEs.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "Czech Republic - Shutterstock")
![Slide 28 of 28: In Miami, you can catch a South American new-year vibe without leaving the US. Head for Bayfront Park on Miami Beach.See also: The oddest New Year traditions from around the world.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RTm.img?h=416&w=799&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size3column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RTm.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAS6RTm.img?h=416&w=624&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=f&l=f"}} "USA - Getty Images")
Slide 1 of 28: The new year is just around the corner, and pretty soon 2021 will be just a memory. But where best to go out with the old and in with the new, with the biggest and brightest firework displays? As 2022 knocks on the door, which part of the world will you be celebrating in?Browse this gallery and discover where to celebrate New Year’s Eve in the best party cities on the planet.