Sure, there’s nothing wrong with spending New Year’s Eve at your local pub; where you’re guaranteed to run into questionable dancing and that aunt you don’t really like, but you have to admit there are more exciting places in the world to watch the clock tick into a brand new year.
From street parties in Amsterdam to romantic evenings in Yangon, here are the stories behind our social media followers’ best ever New Year’s adventures on the road. Perhaps these tales of memorable midnight countdowns and pulsating parties will inspire you to wake up next 1 January somewhere new.
![An aerial view of the Singapore NYE firework display. With a series of bright fireworks lighting up the sky above the city's skyscrapers.](https://lp-cms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/public/image_browser/GettyImages-486206991.jpg?w=1920&auto=format&q=75)
1. Gatecrashing in Singapore
2. Dancing in the street in Costa Rica
3. Sliding home from the pub in Dublin
![A boat in the middle of a blue lake fires colourful fireworks into the night sky. On the surrounding shores a number of houses are visible amongst greenery.](https://lp-cms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/public/image_browser/fireworks_over_lake_thun_G.jpg?w=1920&auto=format&q=75)
4. Champagne on the lake in Switzerland
5. A romantic evening in Yangon
6. Childhood memories from up high
![The sun sets on Playa Maderas beach, Nicaragua. A group of people walk across the sand towards the sea, one of which carries a surfboard under his arm.](https://lp-cms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/public/image_browser/Nicaragua_beach_S.jpg?w=1920&auto=format&q=75)
7. Escaping the ‘millenium bug’ in Nicaragua
8. Seeing snow in Ukraine
9. Seeing in the first* sunrise of the New Year
*Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati may have something to say about that, Callum.
![A cluster of blue-roofed buildings that make up the small town of Phakding, a stop on the trekking route to Everest Base Camp. A lovely blue river sweeps around the town, while the surrounding hills are covered in forest.](https://lp-cms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/public/image_browser/Phakding_Nepal_G.jpg?w=1920&auto=format&q=75)