New Year 2022 in Paris and Île-de-France: more on restrictions and measures

This Friday December 31, 2021, many people will celebrate the New Year 2022 in Paris or Île-de-France. Yet, moving to the new year once again happens with the coronavirus epidemic in the background. As new contaminations are exploding, restrictions have been instated to curb risks on New Year’s Eve. Here is more about your December 31, 2021 night in Paris and Île-de-France.

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• In Paris, bars and restaurants must close at 2 a.m.

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Covid: bars and restaurants must close at 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day in Paris
This Wednesday December 29, Paris Police Prefecture announced all bars and restaurants in the city must close at 2 a.m. – at the latest – on Saint Sylvester night. [Read more]

• Gatherings leading to “alcohol-drinking” in the streets are banned in Paris. Drinking alcohol “in some places usually crowded on New Year’s Eve” in Paris is banned as well, including on the Seine riverbanks. 

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New Year’s Eve in Paris: places where gatherings and alcohol-drinking are banned
As France is about to celebrate the New Year 2022, in Paris, the Police Prefecture announced measures and restrictions to supervise alcohol-drinking in the street. Here are places alcohol-drinking is banned. [Read more]

• Some public transit lines will be working all night

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Paris: Full Details of New Year’s 2026 Nighttime Transportation Services
Are you planning to ring in the New Year and celebrate all night from Wednesday, December 31, 2025, to Thursday, January 1, 2026? Good news—many metro, RER, and Transilien lines will stay open throughout the night of December 31! Check out the stations and train stations that will remain accessible all night long for New Year’s Eve 2026 in Paris and Île-de-France. [Read more]

• No New Year’s Eve concerts or firework shows in Paris

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Coronavirus: French government asks for New Year’s Eve firework shows and concerts be cancelled
As France is faced with the swift fifth wave of the coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Jean Castex addressed this Friday December 17, 2021, following the latest health defense council. He announced he asked prefects to ban December 31, 2021’s firework shows and concerts. [Read more]

New Year's Eve 2026 on the Champs-Élysées: fireworks and video mapping at the Arc de Triomphe
For New Year's Eve 2026 in Paris, the Champs-Élysées will be celebrating as it does every December 31. What's on the program? A video mapping show and fireworks that will light up the Arc de Triomphe. [Read more]

New Year's Eve 2024 at Disneyland Paris
Looking for a magical New Year's Eve? We're off to Disneyland Paris to celebrate the New Year in style, with a host of entertainment and festivities on December 31, 2023. [Read more]

• Facemask-wearing is compulsory outdoor again in Paris and the inner suburbs of Paris, in Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne, as well as cities in Val d’Oise and Seine-et-Marne, in agglomerations in Essonne, and city centers in Yvelines.
  
  
• No curfew on New Year’s Eve

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Coronavirus: no curfew on New Year's Eve confirled by Jean Castex
As France is faced with a boost in new coronavirus-related contaminations, the Scientific Committee has recommended the implementation of curfew for New Year's Eve. Will this report be followed by the government to limit the spread of the epidemic? The lead has been eventually ruled out by the government, so has been the extension of school break. [Read more]

• Nightclubs and clubs remain closed

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Covid: Clubs and nightclubs to reopen from February 16
Nightclubs have been closed since December 10, 2021, until January 23, 2022, officially in France. This Thursday January 20, Jean Castex announced nightclubs will be allowed to reopen from February 16. [Read more]

• Dancing is banned in bars and restaurants

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Covid: dancing in bars and restaurants to be allowed from February 16th?
Dancing has been banned in France's bars and restaurants since this past December 8th. But when will it be allowed again to party in these venues? Although Jean Castex did not specified this restriction during the press conference held this January 20, 2022, it is likely it will be lifted at the same time nightclubs reopn, standing shows resume and the end of the ban of eating whilst standing in bars, namely from February 16th. [Read more]