Celebrating 'Nochevieja' in Spain? Here is The Local's guide to ensuring you start 2026 with as much good fortune as possible, from choosing the right underwear to eating the right meal on January 1st.
The Andalusian village of Bérchules will not be celebrating the end of 2023 at the same time as everyone else, instead they will have their countdown and grape-eating in early August. Here's the fascinating reason why.
As midnight approaches on New Year's Eve everyone across Spain will be clutching a very important talisman: 12 grapes to bring luck and fortune throughout the coming year.
Whether you want to party with the masses in the main squares, catch a local firework display, cruise down a river on a boat or say goodbye to 2025 with an epic race, here are the Nochevieja events taking place around Spain.
The world's eight billion people ushered in 2023 on Saturday, bidding farewell to a turbulent 12 months marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi's World Cup glory and the deaths of Queen Elizabeth, Pele and former pope Benedict.
Riot police on Saturday broke up a New Year's Eve rave in an abandoned warehouse near the Spanish city of Barcelona where 300 people had been partying for over 40 hours.
A three-year-old boy has tragically died while taking part in the Spanish tradition of eating twelve grapes at speed as the clock strikes twelve during NYE celebrations.
The metro station at Puerta del Sol, where thousands of people gather every year to welcome in the New Year, will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Andalusia's public television station, Canal Sur, cut to an ad break just as the clocks struck midnight, angering viewers who were ready and waiting for the Spanish tradition of eating 12 grapes at the 12 chimes of midnight.
Stuck in a Spain-sized rut? Need to add some sparkle to your life in 2015? Here The Local offers you ten easy-to-achieve resolutions that will make the coming year in Spain one to remember.
The last day of 2013 is set to be a dreary affair for much of Spain with the Canary Islands and the south-east of the country experiencing the best end-of-year weather.
