Whether you’re a couple looking for romance or a night owl in search of a party, we have come up with the potted guide to the New Year’s Eve of your dreams All prices are based on a three-night trip departing on 30 December. For ravers Amsterdam Getting there: BMI (0844 8484 888; flybmi.com ) has flights from London Heathrow from £196. The train takes four hours 16 minutes but the only available tickets for New Year cost £342. Stay: Hotel Toren (00 31 20 622 60 33; thetoren.nl ) occupies a handsome building on a quiet stretch of the Keizersgracht, a short walk from the Anne Frank House and some lively bars and restaurants. The rooms are all different: some airy and modern, others in traditional silks. Doubles from €195. Eat: Don’t waste valuable partying time queuing for a table; get a bite on the run. Raw herring is a speciality, and there are dozens of haringhuis fish stands. The best is Zeebanket van Altena, next to the Rijksmuseum at Jan Luijkenstraat. As the bells strike: After its closure in the 60s, the Westergasfabriek lay dormant until 2003, when it was restored as a cultural hub of galleries and restaurants, with a 3,500-capacity performance space in the old cylindrical gasometer. Local techno promoter Awakenings has been holding all-night New Year’s Eve raves in the gasometer since its reinvention, and this year’s event, dubbed Amsterdam United ( amsterdam-united.nl ; tickets €57.50), will feature an all-Dutch line-up until Dave Clarke in the 4am-6am slot. The morning after: Stroll around the once run-down Jordaan area. Its winding streets are now home to cosy bars and cafes with a relaxed, studenty feel

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