València street saturated - more than usual - and turned into the scene of an out-of-tune concert of horns and engine noise. Balmes street, impassable. Aragó Street, the closest thing to the AP-7 during an operation over the weekend. And the pacified Consell de Cent remembering those times, not too distant, when cars circulated along the main green axis of the Eixample like any other street in the neighborhood.
Motorists have chosen Consell de Cent to avoid traffic, impossible on other roads. But many have had the same idea and have also managed to congest a street that at that time is frequented by hundreds of walkers.
This is the situation that was experienced this afternoon in the city center during the start of the Christmas season, marked by the switching on of the festive lights in Barcelona.
Unlike what has been happening for many years, on this occasion Barcelona City Council has decided to move the beginning of Christmas to the heart of the city, to the final stretch of Passeig de Gràcia, between Gran Via and the square. Catalunya, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the most commercial artery in Barcelona with permission from Portal de l'Àngel. Christmas gifts.
Surely this weekend, coinciding with Black Friday and the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, the most central streets will once again become a mousetrap. Better forget about the car.
