Nadal 2024

Till next Christmas!

This website will be updated again in November 2025. In the meantime you can still consult the main content and activities of Christmas 2024.

Christmas-tree collection

Did you know that your Christmas tree can be of great service to the city's green areas? Barcelona has dozens of Christmas tree collection points, in service from 7 to 17 January 2025.

The best images of Christmas 2024 Open in a new window

Re-live Christmas 2024 with a collection of the best pictures of the main activities in Barcelona’s neighbourhoods and districts.

Christmas traditions

Discover and enjoy our best-known traditions: the tió, Christmas day, Boxing Day lunch, nativity scenes, the origin of the caganer, performances of the Pastorets and practical jokes made on the Feast of the Holy Innocents.

Christmas recipes

With the festive season fast approaching, keep an eye on this page for a wide range of cooking proposals, ranging from the most traditional Christmas dishes to more innovative and sustainable proposals that are made with local products.

Three Kings' traditions

Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar are the three Kings of the East and they come to Barcelona every 5 January, parading through the city and travelling from house to house by night bearing gifts for children.