Vigo City Hall will turn on its Christmas lights this Saturday, which will illuminate this year 420 streets throughout the city with 11.5 million LEDs.
It will be from 8:00 p.m. when, once again, the mayor, Abel Knightwill once again be the star of the lighting ceremony which will mark the start of the Christmas season in the Olympic city.
The event will take place at Puerta del Sol and, according to the councilor, it will be “more sober” and “less festive” than on other occasions, as a sign of respect for the people affected by DANA in the Spanish Levant.
Upon power-up, Christmas lights will be on every day from 6 p.m. to midnight.earlier than other years due to energy savings. At the weekend, the lights They will turn off at 2:00 a.m. as reported by Caballero. In addition, on the most important dates, such as Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve or Three Kings’ Eve and its eve, the lighting will stay on longer.
“Christmas begins in Vigo and I want the city to enjoy it. Everyone wants to be Vigo,” he said.
For all this, Vigo’s hotel sector forecasts “very good” occupancy rates during the almost two months that Christmas will last in the city, after the “extraordinary” figures of last year.
In statements to Europa Press, the president of the Hotel Association of Vigo, Iván Sánchez, highlighted that the day of lighting is a “very special” date for the sector, since it is the “coup de departure” of a “high” tourist season, with a lot of “hustle and bustle”.
Christmas in Vigo
The city is now preparing to begin its Christmas, which will begin this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. with an event under the big fir tree in Puerta del Sol, which this year will exceed the 44 meters in height reached during the last holidays.
“It’s going to reach Mars. We’ll beat Elon Musk in the race to whoever gets to Mars first: Vigo’s Christmas tree will get there,” Caballero joked. In addition, in this square there will be a “large Christmas forest”, with more trees about eight meters high.
Some 420 streets in Vigo will be lit this year with 11.5 million LED lamps, of which approximately 1,300 arches and 2,500 illuminated trees.
In addition, on this occasion, for the first time, Elduayen will benefit from special lighting, after its humanization, as well as Marques de Valladares, which will have innovative lighting reducing light pollution by almost 93% and energy consumption. energy by 60%.
