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Zurich New Years Eve 2024

New Years Eve Magic, top fireworks, parties & restaurants for NYE 2023-2024

The main focus in Zurich on new years eve is the New Years Eve Magic party, which brings huge crowds of locals and visitors down to the shores of Lake Zurich for an evening of partying, with live entertainment, plentiful food and drink and new year fireworks display.

Zurich has an ideal setting for a New Years Eve celebration, with Lake Zurich providing an ideal central gathering area, while the nearby mountain peaks of Pfannenstiel, Etzel, Felsenegg, Uetliberg, Kaferberg and Schnebelhorn provide the perfect scenic backdrop for the new year fireworks.

New Years Eve Magic

New Years Eve Magic has been welcoming the new year in Zurich for many years now, and continues to grow in popularity, attracting an attendance of around 150,000 to this incredible NYE festival based around the Lake Zurich basin.

The event gets underway at 8.00pm on the 31st December and occupies a large area around the Lake basin. The party continues until 3am on new years day, with public transport running until 4am to help make sure everyone gets home safely.

There is plenty of food and drink available from numerous vendors throughout the evening, and live entertainment across various stages.

The climax of New Years Eve Magic is of course the spectacular fireworks display, sponsored by Swiss casino Zurich. and although there is a countdown to midnight the actual fireworks somewhat unusually don't start until 20 minutes past, and continue for a full 15 minutes.

For full details and to get your tickets to party in the luxury marquees visit here.

Best Fireworks Viewing

The fireworks are launched from 3 ships on the lake, so can be viewed from pretty much anywhere along the lake shore line. If you prefer a more panoramic view then you can head a little further out to Ziegel-au-Lac, Hafen Enge, Bad Mythenquai, or Church Wollishofen, from where you can see the fireworks from a more elevated poition.

There is even an option to head all the way out to Uetliberg Kulm, which has the added advantage of trains running back down into the city throughout the night.

New Years Eve Lake Cruise

Sail into 2024 in style. With dinner, drinks and midnight champagne toast with views of the fireworks. Tickets here.

New Year Restaurants

There is of course no shortage of top dining options in Zurich, and most will be offering special festive menus.

One top choice is to head to Restaurant Weisses Rossli, Haus zum Ruden, Didi's Frieden or venture to Uto Kulm, overlooking the lake and offering a range of new year gala dinner options.

Get the full event details and reserve your table here.

New Years Eve Hotels

The prime hotel options in Zurich for new year are obviously those that have rooms with a view over the lake so you have the option of watching the fireworks from the comfort of your own room. Options to check out in this category include the Steigenberger, Dolder Grand and Ede au Lac.

For the full range of Zurich new year accommodation, including hotels, guest houses, apartments and chalets, you can boom online at all the most popular Zurich new years eve hotels here.

NYE Live Stream, Webcams

There may well be local TV coverage of the fireworks on new years eve - we'll post any links we find here.

In the meantime, an alternative option is to check out some of the excellent live streaming webcam views in and around the Zurich area:

Zurich webcams

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