Sant Jordi 2025 in Barcelona
On Wednesday 23 April, Barcelona celebrated once again Sant Jordi. Like last year, there was a pedestrians area at the heart of the city, delimited by Diagonal, Gran Via and the streets of Balmes and Pau Claris. This area extended along the whole of La Rambla and Gran de Gràcia again this year. Furthermore, there also was reserved areas for selling books and roses in each city district, and shops could set up stalls in the street from 22 April onwards.
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See you next Sant Jordi / St George’s Day!This website will be updated again for Sant Jordi / St George’s Day 2026. In the meantime, you can check out the main content and activities from this Sant Jordi 2025.
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The legend of Sant JordiThe dragon, the princess, the knight and the rose are at the centre of the legend of Sant Jordi, which dates back to the Middle Ages and is set in the town of Montblanc. The story was strongly revived during the Renaissance.
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The traditionSant Jordi / St George’s Day is culture, flowers and love. And by the same token Barcelona is Sant Jordi. Few popular celebrations unite so many Barcelonians with their city as this day does. Discover its tradition!
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Poster for Sant Jordi 2025Download the poster for Sant Jordi 2025, created by Bakoom Studio. The poster very graphically represents the two essential elements of this celebration: the rose and the book. You can also pick up a copy of the poster from the Sala Ciutat or the Palau de la Virreina, with one copy per person while stocks last.
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Stalls with books and rosesBarcelona celebrated this year’s Sant Jordi with a large pedestrians block in the city centre closed and extending along the whole of La Rambla. Booksellers and florists also had their own areas in the various districts.
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Dialogues for Sant JordiIn the lead up to Sant Jordi's Day [St. George], Barcelona Libraries organized six conversation sessions between writers from all over the world, based on affinities in their latest works.
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Opening Speech on Reading 2025Author Cristina Rivera Garza gave the opening speech for the Sant Jordi festival of reading and talked to Anna Guitart about her work and the role that reading and libraries have played in her life. Watch it again here.
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Open day at City HallAs has become a tradition, there was an open day at Barcelona City Hall to celebrate the Sant Jordi holiday.
Community mural for Sant Jordi’s Day
On 23 April, a collective Sant Jordi mural was created at the City Council booth in Plaça de Catalunya, featuring the stories of all the participants.
Recommendations from Barcelona’s libraries
Més informacioBiblioteques de Barcelona is creating a selection of recommended books for Sant Jordi 2025, linked to the Dialogues for Sant Jordi, the literary conversations with writers from all over the world based on affinities in their latest works.
García Puig, Mar
Això tan tenebrós is a plea in favour of monsters, ghosts and the power of their metaphors; a manual for cheating life through literature.
Francesca Bonnemaison Library
New from Barcelona Llibres
Més informacioHere are the latest recommendations and news about books jointly published by Barcelona City Council, which you could find on Sant Jordi's Day at our bookstall in Passeig de Gràcia (between Provença and Rosselló).
El rebombori del pa. Barcelona 1789
Isabel Segura Soriano
Discover one of the least-known uprisings in Barcelona’s history, led by women and sparked by the price of bread.
Atles MUHBA d'història de Barcelona
Joan Roca Albert (editor) and various authors
This is the first historical atlas of the city, an original, innovative, and essential work for history enthusiasts and lovers of Barcelona.
Barcelona. Retrat d'una ciutat
Various authors
A visual tribute to the city, spanning more than a century of history through photography.
