On Wednesday, 31 December, the New Year's Eve celebration organised by the Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB) will be held in the Montjuïc monument area.
The New Year’s Eve celebrations on 31 December will feature a spectacular show with music, fireworks and 500 drones, with the midnight bell chimes as the main event. A crane carrying a glowing light ball will be set up in Plaça Puig i Cadafalch.
The event will conclude after the midnight chimes and fireworks, but ambient music will play for a further 45 minutes to ensure the crowd can exit safely.
Road closures
Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina will be closed to traffic from 7:00 pm on 31 December — or earlier if necessary due to overcrowding. Avinguda Rius i Taulet and Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia will also be closed between Carrer de la Guàrdia Urbana and Carrer de Mèxic.
From 8:00 pm, traffic will be diverted from:
- Vehicles entering the city via Gran Via.
- The side nearest the sea of Gran Via, at Sant Germà.
- Carrer de Mèxic, heading downhill.
- Plaça Espanya, entering from Creu Coberta and Tarragona.
- Avinguda Paral·lel, heading uphill.
- Vilamarí.
From 9pm, traffic will be diverted to: Carrer de Tarragona, Creu Coberta (heading towards Plaça Espanya), Diputació, Gran Via (side nearest the mountain), Entença-Sepúlveda, Entença-Diputació, Entença-Aragó, Vilamarí-Aragó and Tarragona-València.
To ensure attendees can exit safely at the end of the celebration, traffic restrictions will come into effect at around 11:40 pm at the following locations:
- The central lane of Gran Via, from Plaça Cerdà to the tunnel entrance at Plaça Espanya.
- Lleida–Avinguda Rius i Taulet, preventing vehicles from accessing Avinguda Paral·lel.
These restrictions will remain in place until traffic can safely return to normal.
Parking restrictions
From midnight on 31 December 2025 until 2:00 am on 1 January 2026, parking will be prohibited for all vehicles, including motorcycles on sidewalks, on the following roads:
- Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina, from Avinguda Rius i Taulet to Plaça Espanya.
- Avinguda Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia (sea side), from Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina to the entrance of the Mies Van der Rohe Pavilion.
- Avinguda Rius i Taulet, from Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina to Guàrdia Urbana.
- Plaça Carles Buïgas (road 6025).
- Plaça Carles Buïgas (around the Italian Pavilion).
- Plaça Carles Buïgas, (lane nearest the Mies van der Rohe Foundation).
- Guàrdia Urbana, esplanade in front of Segons Jocs Mediterranis (Plaça Viudes).
- Avinguda Montanyans, Besòs side of Palau Nacional, from Mirador del Palau to the rear of the Palau Nacional.
- Avinguda Montanyans, rear of Palau Nacional (mountain side).
- Avinguda Montanyans, Llobregat side of Palau Nacional (terraced parking).
- Mirador del Palau Nacional.
- Plaça Espanya–Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina.
And the parking restriction on Gran Via (mountain side of the mountain lane) beyond the junction with Carretera Bordeta (the motorcycle parking area), will remain in effect until 12:00 pm on 2 January 2026.
Vehicles parked in these areas despite the signage may be towed away by BSM’s service.
Public transport
The following bus routes may be diverted or have their service limited: the X3, 13, 23, 150 and tourist bus (red route). If Plaça Espanya is closed to traffic, this will also affect the D20, H12, H16, X2, 46, 65, 91 and 109.
The recommended option for reaching Avinguda Reina Maria Cristina is by metro: L1/L3 (Espanya), L1 (Rocafort), or L3 (Poble Sec).
Be aware that Espanya (L1/L3), Rocafort (L1), Poble Sec (L3), and Urquinaona (L1/L4) stations are expected to be particularly busy for both arriving at and leaving the event.