An evening that is meant to be magical. This Tuesday, December 31, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées will host, like every year, the New Year's Eve festivities. On the program: fireworks; concerts or even… circus shows.
“The New Year celebrations will begin at 7 p.m. on the Champs-Élysées,” indicates the Paris town hall website. The evening is free. The singers Eddy de Pretto, Lio, Franglish and Jean-Louis Aubert will perform on stage. Visitors will also have the opportunity to see a performance by the Moulins Rouge dancers or the Phénix circus company and Gruss Follies. The Republican Guard will also be present, as during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games.
The evening – which will be broadcast live on France 2 – will end with the traditional New Year's fireworks at midnight, accompanied by a 3D video mapping, “which will evoke a Paris with many faces”, projected on the 'triumphal arch.
Several closed axes
But if you want to enjoy the show, a few details are necessary to know. On the occasion of New Year's Eve, the Paris police headquarters is setting up a “reinforced security system” and mobilizing “10,000 police officers and gendarmes (…) in Paris and the inner suburbs”, it indicates. in a press release.
As a result, several roads will be closed for motorists. It will not be possible to access Avenue des Champs Élysée by motorized vehicle from 3 p.m. on December 31. As of December 29, the Plateau de l'Étoile and the top of the Champs-Élysées between Étoile and Tilsitt/Presbourg will also be inaccessible. Certain portions of roads in the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements will also be closed to traffic from December 31, 7 a.m. to January 1, 4 a.m.
Access points open at 6 p.m.
As for public transport, several metro and RER stations will also be closed. Charles de Gaulle – Étoile station will be closed from 3 p.m. on December 31 for the RER A and from midnight for lines 1, 2 and 6. In addition, from 3 p.m. on December 31, line 1 will be closed between Palais Royal – Louvre Museum and Porte Maillot. Passy station, on line 6, and Iéna station, on line 9, will close from 7 p.m. on December 31. Dupleix station, on line 6, will no longer be served from 9 p.m., like Boissières station from 11 p.m. or Ternes (line 2) and Saint-Philippe du Roule (line 9) stations from 7 p.m.
On December 31, 17 metro and RER lines will be free and will run all night, Île-de-France Mobilité reported.
To get to the New Year's Eve festivities on the Champs-Élysées, you will therefore have to use the access points provided by the Paris police headquarters. The latter are respectively located at the intersection of Avenue Georges V and Rue Vernet; Lincoln Street; rue Pierre Charron; Rue Marbeuf; rue de Margnan; avenue de Montaigne; Franklin Roosevelt Avenue (left side); rue de la Boetie; rue du Colisée; Franklin Roosevelt Avenue (right side); avenue Jean Mermoz; avenue Matignon; avenue des Champs-Élysées. “The public will be subject to screening by the police, who will carry out inspections and searches of luggage as well as security pat-downs,” specify the authorities.
The Paris police headquarters recommends “anticipating and planning (THE) travel including the return journey”.
Alcohol prohibited and the presence of young children discouraged
It's an image we have of New Year's Eve on the Champs-Élysées: a glass of champagne in front of the Arc de Triomphe. However, it is prohibited: the consumption of alcohol will be prohibited within the perimeter, indicates the police headquarters. It is also prohibited to transport, let alone use, fireworks and other pyrotechnic items.
“Due to the density of people present on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, it is not recommended to attend the show with young children,” the authorities also warn.
All New Year's festivities take place on the Champs-Élysées. Nothing is planned at the Eiffel Tower.
