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New Year’s Eve is one of the best and busiest holidays in London. Clubs host events all over town (such as the Ibiza Underground and the Bond Ball), friends and family gather in pubs and restaurants in every corner of the city and, of course, there is the exceptional year-end fireworks display held at the London Eye that can be seen across the capital—and is televised throughout the world. With a well-located New York Habitat rental accommodation, you can be in the thick of it all and celebrate the New Year in a way you’ll never forget.

Last year’s London Eye fireworks display was attended by almost one-tenth of all Londoners—so to make like a local, head to the Thames riverbank or to one of many convenient viewing areas set up around town. Because the display can be seen from quite a distance away, spectators can watch the event from any higher ground—like Hampstead Heath, the Strand or the window or balcony of your very own New York Habitat apartment.

Although London is preparing for crowds of about 700,000 visitors, getting around the city is easy thanks to all-night Tube and DLR train service (much of which is free throughout the course of the evening!). Fortunately, London is also a remarkably walk-able city, so you can leave your comfortable New York Habitat rental, hit a few pubs or stop for some hot chocolate and still arrive at your destination with plenty of time left before midnight.

Besides being an enormous draw in itself, New Year’s Eve in London is also a prelude to the New Year’s Day parade, which features thousands of local and international acts performing en route to many of the city’s famous landmarks. The parade is not only fun—it is one of the biggest charity fundraising events in the nation! The beginning of January also kicks off the city’s long-awaited winter sales, so you’ll definitely want to leave your New York Habitat apartment at least for a little while to hit some department stores.

For perfect places to stay in the center of London and celebrate the holiday, consider

• A 1-bedroom vacation rental in Bayswater, Westminster (LN-672), close to all the festivities in Hyde Park. This enormous, spacious apartment comes complete with a library area, a living room with a cozy gas log fireplace, a wall-mounted plasma TV on which to watch New Year’s celebrations from around the globe and a twice weekly cleaning staff.

• A stylish and impeccable 1-bedroom rental accommodation in Bloomsbury, Westminster (LN-663) on the first floor of a period mansion block. This first-floor apartment is near the British Museum and all of the bars, pubs and restaurants in central King’s Cross that are sure to be teeming with celebrations come New Year’s Eve.

• A richly decorated 1-bedroom vacation accommodation in Marble Arch, Westminster (LN-392). This ground-floor apartment is located right off of Hyde Park and is within easy walking distance of Oxford Street, all of the major department stores and the South Bank fireworks display.

Come to London for a world-class New Year’s Eve celebration—and stay in a New York Habitat accommodation to really start the year off right!

Leave us a comment about your favorite place in London to spend New Year’s Eve—and have a happy 2009!

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