The festive light and pyrotechnic show, which traditionally takes place in the upper part of the Champs Elysees on the Arc de Triomphe, gathered 400 thousand on New Year's Eve. viewers. This was reported on Wednesday by the BFM channel, citing data from the Parisian police prefecture.

This is noticeably more than last year, when they came to see the traditional performance from 250 thousand. up to 300 thousand. human.

Police and gendarmes began blocking access to the main shopping avenue of the French capital from 19:00 local time. For the passage, special inspection points were organized, where they checked the presence of prohibited items and various attributes such as automobile reflective vests: the prefecture had warned in advance that, unlike last year, the protesters of the "

Many spectators began to come to the avenue by 9 p.m.

local time, at the beginning of the music program, for which DJs Mr Bonus and Mlle Caro were responsible.. The greatest tension at the checkpoints arose already at 23:00, 20 minutes before the start of the demonstration of light projections on the Arc de Triomphe, telling various facts about the French capital.

The main action began after 23:40, when the historical monument began to play with colors and began to " After the performance, accompanied by music tracks, festive fireworks were waiting for the audience.