Christmas

    Christmas Festival in Plaça de Catalunya
    Christmas Festival in Plaça de Catalunya

    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!

    • Where: Plaça de Catalunya
    • When: 20 to 30 December
    Social and Solidarity Economy Responsible Consumption Fair
    Responsible Consumption and Social and Solidarity Economy Fair

    Organisations are back this year to showcase their products and raise awareness of good practices in responsible and local consumption at the Responsible Consumption and Social and Solidarity Economy Fair in Plaça de Catalunya.

    • Where: Plaça de Catalunya
    • When: from 19 to 30 December (except 25 and 26 December)
    Christmas lights
    Christmas lights
    Christmas at shops and markets

    Shop locally this Christmas and enjoy decorated streets, life at the markets and the recreational and cultural activities prepared by the city’s shops.

    People look at toys at a stand of the Reis fair on Gran Via
    Twelfth Night Fair

    Once again, the traditional Three Kings' Fair will fill the Gran Via to make the work of Their Majesties easier.

    • Where: Gran Via (between Rocafort and Muntaner)
    • When: 18 December - 6 January
    Christmas in Sant Jaume

    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.

    • Where: Plaça de Sant Jaume
    • When: from 22 November to 5 January, from 6.30 pm to 10 pm. 
    Christmas  stall with the Cathedral in the background
    The Santa Llúcia fair

    In the heart of the Ciutat Vella district, the Santa Llúcia Christmas fair offers everything necessary to decorate the home at Christmas.

    • Where: in front of the Cathedral
    • When: 28 November to 23 December
    Sons de Nadal

    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.

    Books on Barcelona published or jointly published by Barcelona City Council
    Books about Barcelona published and co-published by the Barcelona City Council.
    Give Barcelona books as gifts

    The festive season is a great time to visit bookshops and give books on Barcelona as gifts. Here, we recommend the latest and most outstanding publications from the Barcelona City Council.

    Traditional nativity scene in Barcelona
    Traditional nativity scene in Barcelona

    This year’s traditional nativity scene installed in the City Hall becomes a window onto Catalonia’s geography. Maybe it will take you to some village in the Pyrenees, with slate roofs, rivers, valleys and mountains.

    • Where: Cotxeres de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (Pl. Sant Jaume)
    • When: from 13 December to 5 January
    Christmas in the museums

    Christmas is a good time for discovering another, more playful and fun side to museums. See you there!

    Illuminated Old Port
    Illuminated Old Port
    Christmas at the port

    Port Vell fills with light, shows, children’s activities and fairs again this Christmas.

    • Where: Moll de la Fusta
    • When: 28 November to 6 January
    Cyclist riding along a Barcelona street
    Cyclist riding along a Barcelona street
    A sustainable Christmas

    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!

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Christmas Map

BCN LLUMS DE NADAL!

This year, you can also check the map that shows all the streets lit up for Christmas.