Hva som skjer i Barcelona, Spain gjennom året

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Three Kings parade

• Festival

  Three Kings parade

  5.–6. janJul og nyttårMye folk

  The kings arrive by sea on the evening of 5 January and process through the city throwing sweets, which closes the Christmas season. The 6th is the holiday and the day Catalan children actually get presents. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Calçot season (1. des – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Santa Eulàlia

  12.–15. febKarneval

  The winter festa major: giants, castellers and free concerts through the old town over four days, aimed squarely at residents. In 2026 it lands on the same dates as Carnival, orange-throwing included. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Calçot season (1. des – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Semana Santa

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  29. mar – 6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  Good Friday is a national holiday and every region adds Holy Thursday or Easter Monday. Spain travels in large numbers, so trains, flights and hotels book up at higher rates, and processions of some size close streets in almost every town. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Calçot season (1. des – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Semana Santa

• Festival

  Sant Jordi

  23. aprStor festivalMye folk

  Every street becomes a stall of books and roses and the whole city walks around buying both. The single best day of the year to be here, and it is a working day, not a holiday. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (29. mar – 6. apr), Calçot season (1. des – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Sant Joan

• Sesong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  20. jun – 20. okt · vanligvis

  The Barceloneta water is genuinely cold until late June and at its warmest in September, which is why locals swim well into October and laugh at May bathers.

• Festival

  Sant Joan

  23.–24. junLys og ildMye folkRisiko

  Bonfires, firecrackers and fireworks on the beach from dusk until dawn on the night of the 23rd, followed by a public holiday to sleep it off. Loud in every neighbourhood, not just at the water. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Summer holidays i Spain

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (20. jun – 20. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Festa Major de Gràcia

• Stengt

  The August closures

  1. aug – 5. sep

  Neighbourhood restaurants, bakeries and small shops shut for the holidays from the start of August into the first week of September. The tourist core stays open; the places locals send you to often do not, so check before crossing town. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Festa Major de Gràcia

  15.–21. augStor festivalMye folk

  Gràcia's streets are decorated by their own residents and judged against each other, and the neighbourhood holds a week of concerts under them. Free, packed, and the reason to be in the city in mid-August. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (20. jun – 20. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — La Mercè, Summer holidays i Spain

• Festival

  La Mercè

  23.–27. sepReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The city's own festa major: human towers on Plaça Sant Jaume, the correfoc fire run, and free concerts across several stages. The 24th is a local public holiday. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Wild mushroom season

  20. sep – 30. nov · vanligvisSankesesong

  Rovellons and other bolets come down from the Catalan hills after the first autumn rain and take over the market stalls and the menus for a couple of months.

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (20. jun – 20. okt (vanligvis)), The August closures (1. aug – 5. sep)

Skuldersesong — mellom toppene, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Sea warm enough to swim (20. jun – 20. okt (vanligvis)), Wild mushroom season (20. sep – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Fira de Santa Llúcia

• Festival

  Fira de Santa Llúcia

  26. nov – 23. desJul og nyttårMye folk

  The oldest Christmas market in the city, set up beside the cathedral from the end of November: nativity figures, mistletoe, and the caganer stalls that visitors take a while to understand. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Wild mushroom season (20. sep – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Fira de Santa Llúcia

• Natur

  Calçot season

  1. des – 5. apr · vanligvisSankesesong

  Grilled spring onions eaten with the fingers over romesco, at farm restaurants in the countryside inland. City places do a version, but the calçotada is a day out of Barcelona rather than a dinner in it.

Fortsatt på gang: Fira de Santa Llúcia (26. nov – 23. des)