The most festive time of the year is here. You may have suspected it: Christmas news is already filling the media and in no time we will have the candle lights illuminating the Christmas concerts, and the Christmas lights filling the sky of our streets.
As every year, the novelties of the 2024 Christmas lights are multiplying. From the Christmas lights switch-on ceremony on Paseo de Gracia to the rides on the Bus Turístic of the Barcelona Christmas Tour to see the street lights up close, including the new luminous star in Plaça Sant Jaume.
So, we explain everything you need to know about Christmas lights in the city.
When will the Christmas lights be switched on in Barcelona: this is how the lights will be switched on in Passeig de Gràcia.
Barcelona turned on the Christmas lights on November 28 at 18:00 hours from the stage of Paseo de Gracia with Casp street.
Simultaneously, as last year, also the Christmas lighting in all the streets and squares of the city.
This year, the show Solivern will celebrate the lighting of lights in Paseo de Gracia with a show on 5 stages with 28 performers. We explain all the details of the lights switch-on in Passeig de Gràcia in our article.
Lights until 2 a.m. and special routes: the novelties of Christmas lights
This year the Christmas lights in Barcelona have presented several new features that seek to turn the city into a true benchmark of Christmas lights in Barcelona.
And is that this Christmas, Barcelona will shine more than ever, as there are many new features in terms of lighting: extended hours (until 2am), new Christmas figures and colorful routes through emblematic buildings of the city. This way the city will be more beautiful than ever, because who doesn’t like to walk through the colorful streets when it gets dark so early?
We tell you all the news you need to know (including the light routes you can do) about this year’s Christmas lights in this article.
Barcelona Christmas Tour, the tourist bus of Christmas lights.
It debuted in 2019 and has been a hit ever since. The Barcelona Night Tour Christmas Lights, the tourist bus that takes us on a tour of Barcelona’ s Christmas lights, is back this holiday season for a pretty spectacular tour.
The bus, an adapted Bus Turístic, travels through the main streets and avenues of the city, as well as the most emblematic buildings of the city decorated especially for the holidays, such as Passeig de Gràcia, Sagrada Família, Arc de Triomf or Passeig Sant Joan, illuminated for the first time this year with lights with manga motifs.
We tell you everything you need to know about the Barcelona Christmas Tour in this article.
A giant luminous star: the new nativity scene in Plaça Sant Jaume
Barcelona is saying goodbye to the traditional nativity scene in Plaça Sant Jaume this year, and in its place will be installed an impressive giant luminous star. This new installation, which will occupy the space of the old nativity scene, will be designed to illuminate the square and attract everyone’s attention during the festivities.
The star, called “Origen”, will have a diameter of 9 meters, weigh 2.5 tons and will have 20 points that will project light onto the façades of the City Hall and the Generalitat. The installation not only promises to be a visual spectacle, but also aims to become the new Christmas symbol of Barcelona, creating a magical and festive atmosphere in the heart of the city.
Torre Baró lights dedicated to “El 47”.
Torre Baró has taken center stage. After years forgotten, the neighborhood of “El 47” recovers its place, and the neighbors thank the gesture to the film that explains the story of its activist, Manolo Vital,dedicating the Christmas lighting, which represents scenes and characters from the film. You have all the information here.