Premium Traveller’s top 5 New Year's Eve destinations in Europe

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• Amsterdam: Join the throng at Dam Plaz, the nerve centre of the Dutch capital, where beer and music top the bill for welcoming the new year. You can also sample the local specialty:”oliebollen”, a sort of doughnut without a hole, dusted with powdered sugar. You can always diet in 2015!

• Stockholm: Since 1895 Swedes have gathered at the Skansen open-air museum, which offers activities for all and sundry. Mingle with the locals and don’t forget your trumpet! Blow it to bring in the new year as the fireworks go off at midnight.

• Madrid: Arm yourself with your 12 grapes and a bottle of cava or champagne, and follow the crowd to join the New Year’s Eve party at the Puerta del Sol. As the clock in the Spanish capital’s legendary square announces the beginning of the new year, eat a grape with each chime: according to the tradition, if you can finish all twelve grapes before the last chime ends, 2015 will be your year.

• Rome: Dress up for an evening out in this history-filled city and welcome the new year with a bowl of lentils and “cotechino” (pork sausage) washed down with a fine “spumante” wine. The ancient Romans believed lentils were a symbol of wealth and prosperity, so eat as many as you can!

• Budapest: Braving the cold, everyone takes to the streets to bring in the new year while watching the display of fireworks on the bridges that join the cities of Buda and Pest. Visit a night spot and enjoy a carefree new year’s eve, because the next day you’ll find any number of spas in which to recover and spend the first day of the year.

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