London is a large and crowded city, and London event managers know what people want, especially at New Year: a good ambiance, plenty of drinks, and a memorable and happy start to what will hopefully be a much better year than the last two! Here are some of the most popular spots where you can get away from the daily grind to enjoy a spectacular New Year celebration!
1.Big Ben Fireworks
A sight familiar to many inhabitants of the UK, if not the world, the televised countdown and ensuing fireworks show that marks Britain’s celebration of the arrival of the New Year is always a fantastic spectacle, with the fireworks show lasting anywhere from fifteen to twenty minutes. Before and after the event, there is often a celebrity announcer, popping into the crowd to talk to people and often there is music, whether live or broadcast. The ambiance amongst the usually fairly taciturn Londoners is friendly and sociable, with diverse people from all over the world linking arms with locals for Auld Lange Syne. Being there is a great way to forget all your troubles and focus on the moment.
2. Go Ice Skating at the Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum lays out an outdoor ice-skating rink when weather conditions allow, and this is a great – and memorable – way to see in the New Year, whirling around the ice, while the stars twinkle overhead. If that sounds too strenuous, you can always pop into the museum and see the animatronic dinosaur who is currently wearing his custom-made and fitted Christmas jumper! Very fetching!
3. New Year’s Eve Comedy at Wimbledon
If you need a good laugh to restore both your spirits and your serotonin levels, why not enjoy the great line up of funny people who have been booked to pass the hours before the New Year countdown in hilarious style?
4. Drink the Night Away
If ice-skating and comedy won’t do it for you, you can hit the hard stuff at the Cocktail Club in Old Street, Soho. Take a moment to adore that fabulous – and so typically London – street address – it seems like something a rather more risqué character than is usually found in a Dickens novel would attend with great salacious delight! To make sure you can make it home after raucously seeing in the New Year, make sure you are staying in the heart of the city. Look for apart hotels in London here, and get the best of both worlds: the privacy and quiet of your own place teamed with the exquisitely solicitous care of hotel housekeeping all in one place!
Whatever you choose to do in London this New Year, you are sure to meet fascinating people, enjoy world class services, and enjoy the best that this ancient, yet up-to-date city has to offer, whether that is music or art, raves or cocktails: there is always something for everyone in London.
