WATCH LIVE: New Year celebrations around the world

The live feeds have ended. See you next year!

Replays

• New Zealand:
  – Fireworks at the Sky Tower in Auckland (multiple views)
  – Light show at the Auckland Harbour Bridge (with music)
• Australia:
  – Sydney, with one of the biggest firework displays in the world
• Hong Kong:
  – 12-minute firework musical over Victoria Harbour
• Taiwan:
  – Fireworks display at the Taipei 101 skyscraper
• Bangkok:
  – CentralWorld countdown show
  – Amazing Thailand countdown show
• UAE:
  – Firework, light and laser show at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai
• Netherlands:
  – Electric Fireworks show at Museumplein in Amsterdam
• UK:
  – Big Ben strikes midnight, setting off a spectacular fireworks display in London
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• Brazil:
  – Rio de Janeiro
• U.S.:
  – Watch the ball drop in Times Square in New York

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Schedule of major events

All times in ET (New York)

• 5 am: Kiribati’s Christmas Island is the first place in the world to welcome the new year. (No live feed)
• 6 am: New Zealand. Fireworks display at the Sky Tower in Auckland.
• 8 am: Sydney welcomes the new year with one of the biggest firework displays in the world.
• 10 am: Tokyo, Seoul, and Pyongyang. Events in Seoul have been canceled due to national mourning after Sunday’s plane crash.
• 11 am: Hong Kong will usher in the new year with a 12-minute firework musical over Victoria Harbour. This year’s theme is “The Symphony of Happiness.” Meanwhile, Taiwan will ring in the new year with a fireworks display at the Taipei 101 skyscraper. Both will be live on this page.
• 12 pm: Bangkok, Thailand.
• 1:30 pm: India, including Mumbai and New Delhi.
• 3 pm: Dubai. A firework, light and laser show will take place at the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.
• 4 pm: Russia. Putin will deliver his New Year’s address shortly before midnight, followed by a firework display in Moscow.
• 6 pm: Large parts of Europe welcome the new year, including Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam.
• 7 pm: Big Ben strikes midnight, setting off a spectacular fireworks display in London.
• 10 pm: Rio de Janeiro is one of the first major cities in the Americas to welcome 2025.
• 12 am: Watch the ball drop in Times Square as New York rings in the new year.
• 1 am: A fireworks and LED light show at the Reunion Tower in Dallas, Texas.
• 3 am: Midnight in Los Angeles, Seattle and Las Vegas. Multiple live feeds expected.
• 7 am: Baker Island and Howland Island are the last places in the world to enter the new year. Both are uninhabited (no live feed)

Would you rather go back in time and usher in the millennium? A YouTube channel has a real-time replay of the 1999/2000 New Year’s special on Dutch TV, which includes footage, fireworks and music from around the world. Click here to watch.