rio offers multiple options for new year, from very elegant venues and formal parties to family gatherings and the amazing copacabana a réveillon beach party, where two million people dress in white, drink champagne and watch spectacular fireworks.

in zona norte, the less affluent north zone of rio, there are also different neighborhoods and areas hosting big new year celebrations.

since 2008, one of them is piscinão de ramos, or 'big pool of ramos' - a mega pool in the neighborhood of ramos, near the favelas of complexo da maré.