{"id":4129,"date":"2015-12-26T00:12:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T23:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=4129"},"modified":"2017-03-20T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T09:58:03","slug":"start-your-new-year-at-madrids-puerta-del-sol-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/start-your-new-year-at-madrids-puerta-del-sol-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Your New Year at Madrid\u2019s Puerta del Sol Square"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you spending the holidays in Madrid<\/strong><\/a> and don\u2019t know what event to go to for New Year\u2019s Eve<\/strong>? The answer is easy: go to Puerta del Sol square<\/strong>! The absolute epicenter of Madrid\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve celebration, Puerta del Sol Square, is one of the most popular squares in the city\u00a0and one of the busiest places in Madrid.<\/p>\n

Puerta del Sol was one of the original gates of the city of Madrid during the fifteenth-century, becoming an important meeting place between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. ShMadrid<\/strong> will tell you more on Puerta del Sol today, as it has a variety of famous buildings and landmarks, like the statue of Charles II of Spain and te bear and madrone tree statue, by artist Antonio Navarro Santaf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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The most important point in Puerta del Sol square is perhaps the old Post Office building, that serves today as the office of the President of Madrid. This building has a large clock on top which becomes the center of attention at New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people wearing wigs, hats and masks get together, with hands full of confetti and grapes, waiting for the clock to strike midnight. The fact that the square is so spacious are and the fact that it provides an excellent view of the clock have made Puerta del Sol the city\u2019s official place to welcome the\u00a0New Year<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When the clock pointer finally reaches 12, people eat twelve grapes (one grape per month), which supposedly brings them luck for the following year, and toast with\u00a0cava<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Curiously enough, the New Year\u2019s Eve celebration has an official dress rehearsal that happens the night before, on the evening of the 30th<\/sup> of December. The fact is that the New Year\u2019s Eve party at Puerta del Sol<\/strong><\/a> square is the most important New Year\u2019s Eve celebration in the city, so to make sure everything will go according to plan, the city organizes the Pre-Uvas<\/strong><\/a> rehearsal.<\/p>\n

Groups of people get together at Puerta del Sol<\/strong> with cava and their grapes, to perform the exact same ritual that will take place on the following night. though some people take candies like M&Ms to eat at midnight instead of the grapes, because it is supposed to be bad luck to eat the twelve lucky grapes<\/strong> <\/a>before the real New Year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Regardless of you deciding to go to a party at a club<\/strong><\/a> afterwards or someplace else, Puerta del Sol square is definitely the place to be when the clock strikes 12.<\/p>\n

Where will you go next New Year’s Eve?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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