In decades past, London wasn't regarded as a global "centre" for New Year's celebrations. All of that changed with the creation of the "London Eye". Since its erection, London has generally ranked amongst the "Top 3" New Year's Eve destinations for the quality of its fireworks display. 2012 is of course the year of HM The Queen's Diamond Jubiulee and the 2012 London Summer Olympics; consequently , there can be little surprise that London pulled out all the stops to make this the best New Year's Eve fireworks display of all time. Starting with the awesome sight of the Clock Tower of the Parliament Buildings exploding with each chime of Big Ben, the fireworks display continued for a full 12 minutes, centred on the London Eye. It has been ranked as the world's best fireworks display heralding the start of 2012. You may judge for yourself:
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