New Year in France 2026 !!!

Posted in Europe, France, Paris

Ok ,this was another year gone for many including us, it has diminished with time and losses of dear ones but we try harder for especially my boys, I like to revive this post this year with new information on Paris for 2026. And of course, the post will be in my black and white series,no pictures with added maps for directions, Therefore, here is my take on New Year’s in France 2026 !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

This is 2026, Happy New Year to all my readers and friends. Just want to write about this celebration in my post as a thank you to all for following my humble blog and wishing you the best for 2026 to you and yours. Mine for the last 23 years have been held in the Paris/Versailles region, and now Pluvigner in the Morbihan breton. Now more than ever alone with my 3 wonderful boys and dear dog Rex as company, Time goes on but never will be the same,

Once again this year, Paris will light up the evening of December 31st: the Arc de Triomphe will be transformed into a giant screen for a monumental projection mapping show, before the traditional fireworks display. At 23h50 or 11:50 pm, the mapping will be projected onto the Arc de Triomphe, accompanied by a musical composition by Ena Eno and André Manoukian. The show will highlight Paris as a city of arts and ideas: a city of workshops, a city of stages, a city of books.

One segment will pay tribute to the 70th anniversary of the twinning between Paris and Rome, to be celebrated in 2026. Sports will also be featured, with a few nods to the historic year just achieved by PSG in football/soccer. Then will come the eagerly awaited countdown to the New Year! At midnight, the fireworks display will begin with a pure white flash, followed by a cascade of gold, silver, and blue lights, illuminating the façade of the Arc de Triomphe. The all-female playlist will highlight current hits, with a nod to Italy. The show will end with John Lennon’s Imagine, to begin the year in a spirit of peace, hope, and brotherhood.

The Champs-Élysées will open to the public at 19h (7 pm), with the main entrance via Place de la Concorde . From the south: Avenue Montaigne and Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt. From the north: Avenue Matignon and Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt , and from the east: Place de la Concorde . It is recommended to arrive early: access opens at 19h Information from the city of Paris.

Parking of any type of vehicle is prohibited from December 30, 2025 at 22h (10 pm) to January 1, 2026 at 04h (4 am) in Paris 8éme, 16éme, and 17éme arrondissements, on the following streets and sections of streets: Place Charles-de-Gaulle; Rue de Tilsitt; Rue de Presbourg; Avenue Marceau, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue Newton; Avenue d’Iéna, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue Newton; Avenue Kléber, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Avenue des Portugais; Avenue Victor Hugo, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue de Presbourg; Avenue Foch, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue de Presbourg; Avenue de la Grande Armée, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue de Tilsitt/Rue de Presbourg; Avenue Carnot, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue de Tilsitt; Avenue Mac-Mahon, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue de Tilsitt; Avenue de Wagram, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue de Tilsitt; Avenue Hoche, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue Beaujon; Avenue de Friedland, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Rue Lord Byron; Avenue des Champs-Élysées, between Place Charles-de-Gaulle and Place de la Concorde; Rue Arsène Houssaye, between Avenue des Champs-Élysées and Rue Lord-Byron; Rue Lord Byron, between Rue Arsène-Houssaye and Rue Balzac; Rue Balzac, between Avenue des Champs-Élysées and Rue de Chateaubriand; Rue de Washington, between the Avenue des Champs-Elysées and Rue de Chateaubriand ; rue de Berri, between the Avenue des Champs-Elysées and rue de Ponthieu; rue de La Boëtie, between the Avenue des Champs-Elysées and rue de Ponthieu; rue de Colisée, between the Avenue des Champs-Elysées and rue de Ponthieu ; Champs-Elysées-Marcel Dassault roundabout; Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue, between the Champs-Elysées-Marcel Dassault roundabout and rue de Ponthieu ; Rue de Jean-Mermoz , between rue de Ponthieu ,and the Champs-Elysées-Marcel Dassault roundabout; Avenue de Matignon between rue de Ponthieu and the Champs-Elysées-Marcel Dassault roundabout; Avenue de Dutuit ; Avenue de Edward-Tuck ; Avenue de Winston Churchill ; Avenue de Charles-Girault ; Place Clemenceau; Avenue du Général-Eisenhower; Avenue de Selves; Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, between the Champs-Elysées-Marcel Dassault roundabout and Rue Jean-Goujon; Avenue Montaigne, between Avenue des Champs-Elysées and Rue François-1er; Rue de Marignan; Rue Marbeuf, between Avenue des Champs-Elysées and Rue François-1er; Rue Pierre Charron, between Avenue des Champs-Elysées and Rue François-1er; Rue Lincoln; Rue Quentin Bauchart, between Avenue des Champs-Elysées and Place Paul-Emile-Victor; Avenue Georges V, between Avenue des Champs-Elysées and Place Paul-Emile-Victor; Rue de Bassano, between Avenue des Champs-Elysées and Rue Magellan; rue Galilée, between avenue des Champs-Elysées and avenue Marceau; rue Vernet; rue Dumont d’Urville, between avenue d’Iéna and rue Jean-Giraudoux; rue La Pérouse, between avenue d’Iéna and rue Jean-Giraudoux.

The trains will run without stopping and connections will not be available at the following stations: From 14h Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Argentine, From 16h Kléber George V Franklin D. Roosevelt Champs-Élysées – Clémenceau Concorde Tuileries Boissière Saint-Philippe du Roule Iéna, From 21h Dupleix Passy, ​​From 24h10 Ternes, The stations Charles de Gaulle – Etoiles, Kléber, Georges V, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Concorde will reopen around 01h.

On the night of December 31st, metro lines 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 14 will run all night, serving the following stations:(see pic)


On the night of December 31st, the following trains, RER and tram lines will run all night, serving the following stations and stops:(see pic)

On the night of December 31st, the following bus lines will run all night, serving the following stops: (see pic)

And again, be careful if you go out, things are not the same anywhere, prudent actions is a must and alcohol to the minimum, Stay safe, better to keep blogging away in 2026 !!!

The Paris tourist office on the New Year festivities : https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/new-year-in-paris-let-s-bring-in-the-new-year-a1007

The Réveillon or New Year Paris site on more events :https://www.newyearseve.paris/en-new-year-2026-in-paris,13.html

There you go folks, a sampler,looking forward to 2026, and hope things will be better for all of us. The period is special and hope it continues to be this year. Best wishes and Happy New Year, Bonne année, Féliz Año Nuevo ,and Feliz Ano Novo for all. Again, hope you have enjoy this post on New Year’s in France 2026 !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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