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Spain’s Major Cities Switch On 2025 Christmas Lights With Huge Crowds

Massive turnouts underscore city strategies to fuse design-led lighting with holiday commerce.

Overview

  • Barcelona launched its campaign on Passeig de Gràcia with a curated show and 126 kilometers of lights budgeted at €3.8 million, drawing about 46,000 people and prompting metro access closures and bus diversions.
  • Madrid lit roughly 13 million LED bulbs at Plaza de Cibeles, where Carlos Sainz activated the switch before an estimated 150,000 attendees following videomapping and a performance by singer Pablo López.
  • Badalona unveiled a 43‑meter walk‑through Christmas tree with more than 100,000 LEDs in Plaça President Tarradellas, offering daily light-and-sound shows throughout the season.
  • Valencia scheduled weekly three‑minute pyromusical displays in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento at 18:30 each Saturday through January 3, with a finale on January 5 led by Pirotecnia Valenciana.
  • Murcia opened its lights with cathedral‑façade projections, fireworks and tenor Martin Savi in Plaza de Belluga, and local reporting notes an announced appearance by actor Richard Gere on November 28.