How to say HAPPY NEW YEAR wherever you are in Europe!

If you’re travelling in Europe this New Year, be sure to find out how to wish a Happy New Year to the locals! It is a holiday celebrated everywhere, and in some cases more important than Christmas Day, so it is sure to be appreciated. We’ve organised them by European regions, and then alphabetically, to make them easy for you to find!

Western Europe (7 languages, 12 greetings)

Breton (Brittany, France)

Bloavezh mat

Dutch

Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

French 

bonne année

German (4)

Schönes

Gutes neues Jahr

Guten Rutsch

Frohes Neues Jahr

Luxembourgish (2)

Glécklecht neit Joer 

Alles Guddes am neie Joer

Romansh (Switzerland)

bun di bun onn

Walloon (Wallonia, Belgium) (2)

ene boune anéye

ene boune sintéye

Eastern Europe (9 languages, 12 greetings)

Belarussian

З Новым годам

Bulgarian

Честита Нова Година

Czech

Šťastný nový rok

Hungarian 

Boldog új évet

Polish

Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku

Romanian (2)

Un An Nou fericit

La mulți ani (general phrase)

Russian 

С Новым годом

Slovak

Šťastný nový rok

Ukrainian 

З Новим роком

Northern Europe (17 languages, 23 greetings)

Cornish (Cornwall, England)

bledhen nowedh da

Danish

Godt nytår

Estonian

Head uut aastat

English 

Happy new year

Faroese

gott nýggjár

Finnish (2)

Hyvää uutta vuotta

Onnellista uutta vuotta

Icelandic (2)

Farsælt 

Gleðilegt followed by komandi or nýtt ár

Irish Gaelic (Ireland)

Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit

Latvian

Laimīgu jauno gadu

Lithuanian 

Laimingų naujųjų metų

North-Sami (North Scandinavia)

Buore ođđajagi

Norwegian

Godt nytt år

Scottish Gaelic (Scotland)

Bliadhna mhath ùr

Swedish

Gott nytt år

Welsh

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Southern Europe (16 languages, 19 greetings)

Albanian

Gëzuar Vitin e Ri

Basque (Basque Country, Spain)

urte berri on

Castillian (Spain) 

Feliz Año Nuevo

Catalan (Catalonia, Balearic Islands, and Valencia, Spain)

Feliç/Bon any (nou)

Croatian

Sretna Nova godina

Galician (Galicia, Spain)

Feliz aninovo

Greek

Καλή χρονιά

Italian (2)

Felice anno nuovo

Buon anno

Maltese

Is-Sena t-Tajba

Montenegrin 

sretna nova godina

Portuguese

Feliz ano novo

Sardinian (Sardinia, Italy)

Bon’annu nou

Sicilian (Sicily and Calabria, Italy)

Filici annu novu 

Bon’annu novu

Slovenian

Srečno novo leto

Turkish

Mutlu yıllar