Amazing! Ethiopia looks like a place I'd love to go one day! Great job capturing the vibes

Vienna is quite lively for NYE!

Paris during winter holidays is really nice, and they have have a great fireworks for NYE.

I went to Vienna over new year a few years back. Spent midnight at an event at one of the Christmas markets, we even had a bit of snow. Lots of drink stalls and food stalls though they could have done with more loos!

Glasgow was wild.

I've only been to Edinburgh for Hogmanay. It is a blast! There are plenty of events from the 30th - 1st and the buzz is great. Of course, as you know, the weather can definitely be arctic. The year I went, the fireworks were cancelled due to high winds.

Rio de Janeiro

Gold Coast–Tweed Heads, because you can actually do it twice.

So basically in Australia most of our states have daylight savings during the summer. One state that does is NSW and one state that doesn’t in Queensland (but in winter they have the same time zone). They border each other.

You may have heard of the Gold Coast in Queensland as it’s a touristy spot. But just south of that is its smaller twin city called Tweed Heads in NSW.

You can celebrate New Year’s Eve in Tweed Heads then you have an hour to go north of the border to the Gold Coast and celebrate it again. They do fireworks in both cities.

Also they have nice beaches and it’s summer in January here.

Sydney

My deck in the hills of west Austin. My neighbors are insane.

The comfort of my own home, watching it on TV.

Cave um buraco bem grande na praia, entre nele, fique preso e vire notícia no noticiário local. É um hábito comum dos turistas que visitam o Rio

You might enjoy the view of "Dona Marta Lookout". The view is almost the same as the Corcovado's. And it's totally free

The beaches are nice and totally free as well. But I think you already know it

You might enjoy the "Pedra do Sal", or Lapa. They're cool places, full of small bars, clubs, music and people willing to socialize

If you like to meet some popular places (really popular places), you can go to "Feira de São Cristóvão". You'll meet the roots of the Brazilian people, specially those who come from the northeast reagion

You might also enjoy the "Parque Lage", the Botanical Garden, etv

não vem não que ja tem gente pra caralho aqui

Just book your accommodations WAY in advance.

And I would only recommend a tour if you are into historical places and plan to go to the city center and docks area. Then it would be worthy going with a guide who speaks English and can explain to you the historical significance of the places and sights.

What kind of club are you searching for? It really depends on what kind of party you want

You're better off staying home.
Nothing good happens on NYE with all the drinking and driving.
But you do you.

Grape drop at city hall. I rmrbeer going when thy had the band safety orange playing. Good food good music cool grape thing that drop. Grab a hot coffee before hand. Good times

Cj’s at the Lake Elsinore Casino is having a bash.

I have a 3 year old at home and no babysitter, wife and I are just gonna lounge around and play a few games, she will still get some work done on her laptop and I am studying to be a pilot so I got a lot of reading to do.

https://www.visittemeculavalley.com/event/new-years-eve-grape-drop/629/

Grape drop in front of old Town

Times Square can be miserable is you aren't prepared and filled with bridge and tunnel. But you should do at least once in your life as a NYer

Honestly NYE is the absolute worst night to go out. If you really need to go somewhere, maybe your local low key pub or dive bar. I guarantee you’ll have more fun sitting at home watching TV.

They’re doing fireworks along the riverwalk again!

I’m sure it’d be entertaining to stroll, people watch, grab an overpriced drink or two and enjoy the fireworks. No one will think you’re weird.

Have fun with whatever you decide to do and happy new year.

There are dive bars in River North you can go to after watching the fireworks on the river. Try Snickers, Mother Hubbard’s or Mom’s Place. And don’t worry about feeling like a weirdo bc you’re solo - you have to live your life. So many people do things solo.

You can do anything you want alone. Just take the leap.

Just don’t go near the lake alone….

You'd be surprised how many people are open to making friends with strangers. If it can happen on any normal night out, it can definitely happen on NYE.

Unless that's not what you want lol, then in that case, you can do anything alone.

FYI, some bars might have tickets for entry for NYE, so just do your research.

You can see some of the festivities on the Times Square Cam. Then see all the mess that's left over afterwards. 

Yes, it’s probably the worst place to be on the planet other than a hospital room or Ohio.

Native New Yorker here and we all have various opinions on this celebration but this is mine.

It is fun for some but the event has changed over the last 50 years. The early '80s was the last time I would have considered it. So, here are some tidbits to think about:

If you love the cold, or wet-cold, don't mind being in a mosh pit with loud, (potentially) drunken folks shouting in your ear, think it is just fine that you are penned into steel-gated/guarded areas from which you cannot temporarily leave, don't mind wearing a diaper (watch out for the UTI's!) because you can't leave to "go" (Which restaurant or lobby hotel restroom had you planned to crash? Good luck with that.), and are ready to travel by rail (driving on NYD is really nuts in NYC) with similar partiers away from the scene? Go for it.

If you are from out of town, and do want the experience without the crowd issues, you can book a room (for next year) overlooking the festivities at one of the hotels on TS and enjoy the lights and people show. And, you will learn about all the security arrangements (post 9/11) that accompany the celebration.

very crowded I'd imagine

Just pee where you’re standing. That’s what it’s like. Because you can’t move

Not sure where you moved from but it's a real treat to be able to ring in the new year by dancing out in the sun with a few thousand new friends.

There's quite a few Meetups in SF hosting events for NYE. I believe SF Hangouts is doing a bar crawl. https://meetu.ps/e/NL71D/MhLy2/i

What exactly makes a NYE event worthwhile to you, as a single guy?

A couple of casual New Year's Eve parties that I know of:

• A clean-and-sober party at the Castro Country Club from 8 PM until 12:15 AM.
• Free Play Party at The Detour (a friendly pinball/arcade bar) on Market Street.

Most bars will be open, so you could pick a neighborhood and do a bar crawl. If you don't drink alcohol, order soft drinks and mocktails.

For New Year's Day, you could tour the fancy hotels downtown: The Palace (huge Christmas tree), The Fairmont (two-story gingerbread house in the lobby), the InterContinental Mark Hopkins. Also check out Union Square. It'll be the last day of their extravagant displays of Christmas lights and decorations.

Skip New Year’s Eve and go to the best party of the year on New Year’s Day filled with happy beautiful people who want to connect, Breakfast of Champions

Watch the sunset at ocean beach, others will be there to do the same, meet people and hang out or just go home and sleep