5 best spots to see New Year’s fireworks off Seattle’s Space Needle

Some New Year’s traditions are too good to pass up, like watching fireworks shot off from atop the Space Needle as Seattle rings in 2015. But the best spots to watch the show fill up early. Here’s our list of where you should set up your blanket and settle in for the first best show of the year.

Of course, our number one location is from below the Space Needle itself. When the clock strikes midnight and you're bidding adieu to 2014, just look up for the seven-minute show.