Christmas
- Where: 126 kilometres of illuminations around the city
- When: from 22 November to 6 January
- Where: in front of the Cathedral
- When: 28 November to 23 December
- When: Fabra i Coats
- Where: 27 December - 4 January
- Where: Plaça de Catalunya
- When: 20 to 30 December
- Where: Ajuntament de Barcelona
- When: from 13 December to 5 January
- Where: Moll de la Fusta
- When: 28 November to 6 January
- Where: Plaça de Catalunya
- When: from 19 to 30 December (except 25 and 26 December)
Rediscover Barcelona through light. Choose your route and be astonished by the installations that transform the city into a place of creativity, design and innovation.
Enjoy a festive stroll around the traditional Christmas Fairs set up in several of the city's districts this Christmas
In the heart of the Ciutat Vella district, the Santa Llúcia Christmas fair offers everything necessary to decorate the home at Christmas.
Music in a diverse array of styles performed by top quality formations comes to streets, squares and markets all around the city, with a programme of dozens of free concerts.
The heart of Ciutat Vella will be dressed in lights to celebrate the festive season. How to view the tradition and its iconography through contemporary eyes? Come and immerse yourself in it.
Visit the factory and the toy warehouse of the Three Kings to see how the workers helping Their Majesties are working hard to get all the presents ready.
Advance reservation required (the registration period opens on 10 December).
The Christmas Festival is back in Plaça de Catalunya with a programme of events including music, theatre, dance and street circus. There will be shows for all audiences. Don’t miss them!
Christmas is a good time for discovering another, more playful and fun side to museums. See you there!
Christmas is usually a time when people consume a lot, make more journeys and use more energy in their homes. Follow these ten tips for preventing waste!
This year’s nativity scene may transport you to a small village in the Pyrenees, with slate roofs, rivers, valleys and mountains.
The festive season is a great time to visit bookshops and give books on Barcelona as gifts. We recommence the latest releases and most outstanding publications published by Barcelona City Council, and invite you to visit our new book shop in El Born. Museu d’Història de Barcelona.
This festive season, the city’s trade associations, together with the Directorate for Commerce, Restaurants and Food, are once again offering up a feast of cultural, leisure and arts activities so that everyone can enjoy Christmas in the city.
Port Vell fills with light, shows, children’s activities and fairs again this Christmas.
Organisations are back to showcase their products and raise awareness of good practices in responsible and local consumption.
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Christmas Map
This year, you can also check the map that shows all the streets lit up for Christmas.