Spain will light up with more lights in the New Year

Popular with tourists and locals, the Paseo de Gracia street in Barcelona during the Christmas and New Year holidays will glow brighter and longer, the president of the Association “Associació d’Amics de Passeig de Gràcia” L. Sanz told Expansión.

He explained that the city has approved the continuation of the Christmas lighting period.

Sans said the lights will be on this year until 23:00 from Sunday to Wednesday, until 00:00 on Thursday and until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday, when in the past at 21:30 everything was already off. The lights lit up in the street on November 24.

The president of the association noted that people spend longer in restaurants on holidays, so their good mood should be supported when they return home.

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Among the innovations of this year is the use of more powerful LED lamps in the festive illumination. According to calculations, 215 thousand euros will be spent on the work of holiday lanterns, of which 200,000 are the cost of devices, 15 thousand are the cost of developing the project.

According to Sanz, the association expects the participation of businessmen. The minimum quota for participation in the project is 700 euros.