跨年夜，奥伯鲍姆桥，柏林，德国 New Year's Eve, Oberbaum Bridge, Berlin, Germany (© spreephoto.de/Getty Images)

柏林，新年之桥 Where Berlin bridges the New Year

跨年夜

三、二、一……等等，先按下暂停键。新年还没到，但柏林的奥伯鲍姆桥仿佛已经提前按下了“庆祝”按钮。今晚，这座桥不再只是河上的通道，而是一条通往新年的跑道：引擎低鸣，烟花预热，人群齐声练习着那句“新年快乐！”

奥伯鲍姆桥，恰好镶嵌在弗里德里希斯海因与克罗伊茨贝格之间，横跨施普雷河，连接着两种截然不同的跨年节奏。弗里德里希斯海因带来俱乐部的电音和街头小吃，克罗伊茨贝格则以慵懒的酒吧和临时举杯迎接新年。而桥上？一切都是即兴：屋顶迸射的烟花，河岸闪烁的光点，还有偶尔让人忍俊不禁的“这烟花是不是飞偏了？”的笑语。红砖塔楼静静守望，它们曾是东西柏林的分界，如今化作团聚的象征。跨入新的一年，就从这里开始：脚步、笑声与烟花，共同点亮柏林的夜空。

New Year's Eve

Three… two… one… wait—hold that countdown. It's not New Year's yet, but the Oberbaum Bridge already feels as if Berlin hit its 'celebrate' button ahead of time. On this night, the bridge transforms from a simple river crossing into a runway where this city taxis toward midnight, engines humming, fireworks warming up, and the crowd collectively practicing its 'Happy New Year!' voice.

Wedged perfectly between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, the bridge sits at the meeting point of two neighborhoods across the River Spree that approach the eve with completely different strategies. Friedrichshain shows up with club beats and street snacks. Kreuzberg brings laid-back bars and last-minute toasts. The Oberbaum Bridge? From here, the scene is pure improvisation—bursts of color from rooftops, random sparkles from the riverbanks, and occasional 'Was that meant to go sideways?' moments. The bridge's iconic red-brick towers watch over it all, steady and unfazed. These towers once marked the divide between East and West Berlin, but tonight they mark something far better: togetherness. Here's to crossing into another year—one step, one cheer, and one firework at a time.

帕那空奇里上空的烟花，碧武里府，泰国 Fireworks over Phra Nakhon Khiri, Phetchaburi, Thailand (© noomcpk/Shutterstock)

明年见! See you next year!

跨年夜快乐!

现在是最后的倒计时！许多国家都在今晚庆祝跨年夜，以送走旧的一年，并期待新的一年的到来。在辞旧迎新的时候，各个国家的传统习俗都很有创意。如果你不在美国观看时代广场的落球仪式，你可能会在丹麦摔盘子，在西班牙往嘴里塞葡萄，或者在希腊把洋葱挂在门外。在泰国，庆祝者可能会去寺庙祈求好运，或者观看照亮帕那空奇里的烟花。“帕那空奇里”在泰语中意为“山中之城”，该地坐落在同名的历史公园内，又名“圣城山”或“拷汪行宫”。无论你在哪里庆祝跨年夜，都要过得愉快。明年见！

Happy New Year's Eve!

It's the final countdown! Tonight is New Year's Eve, time to see out the old year and welcome the new. But how you celebrate depends which country you're in. If you're not in the US watching the Times Square Ball Drop, you might smash crockery in Denmark, eat 12 grapes as the clock strikes midnight in Spain, or hang onions outside your door in Greece. In Thailand, you might watch the fireworks illuminating Phra Nakhon Khiri, or 'holy city hill,' a historical park spread over three peaks overlooking the city of Phetchaburi. Wherever you celebrate, have a great one. See you next year!

跨年夜的篝火晚会，冰岛雷克雅未克 Bonfire to celebrate New Year's Eve in 2014 in Reykjavik, Iceland (© Ragnar Th Sigurdsson/Alamy)

New Year's Eve

The 'land of fire and ice' earns its nickname from the unique landscape of volcanoes and glaciers here, but Iceland's white-hot celebrations in the dead of the Nordic midwinter also evoke the phrase. The tradition of New Year's Eve bonfires in Iceland is said to date from the 18th century, when a group of schoolboys heralded the new year by scrounging up and torching a huge pile of wood scraps. The unruly teenagers' celebration sparked the general public's interest, and annual fires—like this one in Reykjavik—became an internationally noted tradition for Icelanders. Huddle up to the fire and raise a toasty-warm toast to the new year!

除夕夜

“火与冰之地”得名于这里独特的火山和冰川景观，但冰岛在北欧仲冬之夜举行的白热化庆祝活动也唤起了这句话。据说，冰岛的除夕篝火传统可以追溯到18世纪，当时一群小学生捡起并焚烧一大堆木屑来庆祝新年。不守规矩的青少年庆祝活动激发了公众的兴趣，每年雷克雅未克这样的火灾成为冰岛人的国际著名传统。蜷缩在炉火旁，为新年干杯！

巴克南的跨年烟火，德国 Fireworks for New Year's Eve in Backnang, Germany (© Lilly/Alamy)

3, 2, 1 … Happy New Year!

Backnang, the city celebrating the new year in this photo, is in Germany's Baden region. Thanks to the Rhine River on the west, and the Black Forest to the east, the soil in Baden is ideal for vineyards. Among the varieties of wine produced here, Spätburgunder is common, which you may know by its more common French name: Pinot Noir. It seems likely that the people of Backnang would be celebrating with a glass of Pinot or something else this evening. However you choose to celebrate, here's wishing you a very happy and healthy new year!