Paris Turns Pedestrian for New Year's Eve

A pedestrianization of Paris finally makes sense to allow Parisians to celebrate the New Year freely and facilitate the work of law enforcement.

Every first Sunday of the month, the new car-free day takes place in Paris. The first four arrondissements of the capital are then closed to automobile traffic. This Sunday, December 31, 2023, for the New Year’s Eve celebration 2024, the city center will be entirely pedestrian from 6:00 pm to 12:30 am, including exceptionally the sector of the Champs-Élysées avenue, where the public is invited to come and watch the fireworks launched from the Arc de Triomphe.

Traffic restrictions in the Champs-Élysées sector:

All vehicle traffic is prohibited from December 30, 2023 at 10:00 pm until January 1, 2024 at 4:00 am on the Champs-Élysées avenue, between Presbourg Street and Tilsitt Street and Place Charles de Gaulle.

All vehicle traffic is prohibited from December 31, 2023 at 3:00 pm until January 1, 2024 at 4:00 am within the 16th and 17th districts, in a perimeter defined by the following streets, which will remain closed to traffic: Presbourg Street, Tilsitt Street, Charles de Gaulle Square.

As part of the usual “Paris Respire” operation, vehicle traffic will be prohibited inside the following perimeter:

Place du Châtelet, 1st arrondissement
Quai de la Mégisserie, 1st arrondissement
Quai du Louvre, 1st arrondissement
Quai des Tuileries, 1st arrondissement
Quai François Mitterrand, 1st arrondissement
Place du Carrousel, 1st arrondissement
Rohan Street, 1st arrondissement
Opera Avenue, 1st and 2nd districts
Opéra Square, 2nd and 9th districts
Boulevard des Capucines, 2nd and 9th districts, between Opéra Square and Italianos Boulevard
Italianos Boulevard, 2nd and 9th districts
Montmartre Boulevard, 2nd and 9th districts
Poissonnière Boulevard, 2nd and 9th districts
Bonne Nouvelle Boulevard, 2nd and 10th districts
Saint-Denis Boulevard, 2nd, 3rd, and 10th districts
Saint-Martin Boulevard, 3rd and 10th districts
Republique Square, 3rd, 10th, and 11th districts
Temple Boulevard, 3rd and 11th districts
Filles du Calvaire Boulevard, 3rd and 11th districts
Beaumarchais Boulevard, 3rd, 4th, and 11th districts
Bastille Square, 4th, 11th, and 12th districts
Henri IV Boulevard, 4th district
Sully Bridge, 4th and 5th districts
Tournelle Quay, 5th district
Montebello Quay, 5th district
Petit Pont (Cardinal Lustiger), 4th and 5th districts
Cité Street, 4th district
Notre-Dame Bridge, 4th district
Saint-Martin Street, 4th district, between Gesvres Quay and Victoria Avenue
Victoria Avenue, 4th district, between Saint-Martin Street and Sébastopol Boulevard
Sébastopol Boulevard, 1st and 4th districts, between Victoria Avenue and Rivoli Street