Madrid16:05Canarias15:05
Thursday 8 October 2026
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Fiestas and Food · Castilla-La Mancha
The 64th Fiesta de la Rosa del Azafrán has its main days from 23 to 25 October, with a crafts fair and the traditional saffron-picking contests.
Fiestas and Food · Aragón
The city expects its usual crowds from 10 to 18 October. New stages, a fourth fireworks show and almost 100,000 people registered for the Flower Offering.
Heritage · Asturias
“Ventanas al Prado” fills the Tabacalera with 29 backlit reproductions of Dürer, El Greco, Rubens, Velázquez and Goya until January 2027.
All of Spain · 14 stories
Science · Andalusia
Ten 25-minute talks on how research meets music, painting and the stage. It is the science network's first event in southern Spain.
Culture · Catalonia
Eleven days, 442 films and a 50th-anniversary tribute to Carrie: the seaside town south of Barcelona becomes Europe's horror capital again.
Culture · Valencian Community
The Valencian broadcaster looks at how the conqueror king built his own story, and why it still shapes the region.
Culture · Spain-wide
The jury praised the 2025 record, made with the London Symphony Orchestra, as “ambitious, innovative and transformative”.
Heritage · Madrid
A €3.1 million renovation puts around 100 works by Titian, Tintoretto, Van der Weyden and Ribera back on view, 21 of them for the first time.
Fiestas and Food · La Rioja
Heat brought picking forward by weeks. The regulator counted 333.8 million kilos at the official close, and late loads have since pushed the total past 358 million.
Heritage · Madrid
The queen's eight Muses take centre stage, with a new installation of Thalia and talks featuring astronauts Sara García and Christer Fuglesang.
Sport · Murcia
The Murcian beat Jiří Lehečka 7‑6(4), 6‑4 in the final of the Japan Open, back on form after a wrist injury kept him out for four and a half months.
Science · Valencian Community
The pad would serve the Miura 5 and the larger Miura 9. The first orbital flight of Miura 5 is now expected in 2027.
Heritage · Catalonia
Miquel Barceló, Cristina Iglesias and Javier Marín are still waiting for a decision. Meanwhile 2,345 pupils have been rewarded for projects about the new Tower of Jesus.
Travel · Spain-wide
INE figures show 70.4 million arrivals in the first eight months of 2026. Andalusia grew fastest among the big regions.
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