Overview
- Rio Santander holds its official switch-on this evening at 19:30, with Sofía Ellar performing before Mayor Gema Igual leads the countdown to nearly four million LED lights, in a ceremony broadcast live via Cantabria TV and El Diario Montañés.
- Bilbao opens its Christmas market in Doña Casilda Park after relocating from El Arenal, adding up to 35 themed wooden stalls as the city spreads attractions following last year’s successful light-and-sound tunnel.
- Valencia stages a weekly 18:30 piromusical in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento every Saturday through January 3, with an additional show set for January 5, combining music, lights and fireworks by Pirotecnia Valenciana.
- Ski season begins across multiple resorts for the puente: Aramón’s Cerler, Formigal-Panticosa and Valdelinares offer roughly 100 km esquiables, Baqueira plans over 100 km, and Alto Campoo opens today with five pistes and 7 km on powder snow.
- Cities expand festive offerings with detailed market schedules across Murcia, free cultural programming in Madrid that includes belenes and a videomapping at the Real Casa de Correos, and themed lighting such as Palencia’s anti-bullying message with 486,000 micro LEDs.