being amongst the most diverse cities in the world to celebrate new year's eve, rio de janeiro has a plethora of enticing options to enjoy the end of year festivities.

since 2011, one of the newer additions to rio's new year's eve program is the celebration at the igreja da penha, in the penha neighbrohood.

penha is a medium sized, middle class neighborhood in the north of the city, with approximately 80,000 inhabitants