There's nowhere better for New Year's Eve than Amsterdam. Get away from corporate Dam Square and go to the Niewmarket for 2 hours of insane mayhem as fireworks explode all around you.
Clink glasses with jolly Dutchmen shouting 'Happy New Years'; stay up all night, flitting between bars around the square, singing along to Europop ('Heyyyyy, baby - ooh, ahh'); then wander back across romantic canal bridges.
On New Year's Day, oliebollen for breakfast then people-watching at the glamorous (in a Dutch sort of way) Cafe Luxembourg. Book early though!
Send your feedback or queries to been.there@guardian.co.uk