Tarazona’s III Soapbox Derby, scheduled for October 4, will have to wait. The Tarazona City Council announced Tuesday that the event has been "suspended and postponed until a new date" because the minimum number of teams established in the rules had not been reached.
Twenty years ago, Aragón Digital was already reporting the stories shaping current affairs in Aragon. On September 22, 2006, more than 60 young people gathered outside the Zaragoza Museum to protest the relocation of the Arts School from the city center to the Actur district.
Five years ago, Aragón Digital was already reporting the stories shaping current affairs in Aragon. On September 22, 2021, Zaragoza City Council's Board of Spokespersons agreed to begin the proceedings to award the city's distinctions, with CEOE Aragón president Ricardo Mur proposed to receive the Gold Medal.
Neighborhoods are also filling up with culture. And in Santa Isabel, this coming weekend, they will do so with guitars, punk and rap. Plaza de la Libertad will once again become an open-air stage on Saturday, September 26, for the third edition of Santa Rocks, an event born in the neighborhood that will bring together four musical acts between 6:30 and 11:00 p.m.
Zaragoza neighborhood giant-headed figure groups will once again be able to request appearances during the 2026 Pilar festivities after Monday's meeting with the City Council. The council will review the applications according to four specific criteria, a decision that has led the groups to call off the gathering they had planned for September 26 in Plaza del Pilar. The meeting, the first in which the City Council brought representatives of the different groups together, was attended by 25 members of these organizations, as well as representatives of the Municipal Comparsa.
Opposition to Microsoft's planned data center near Puerto Venecia will take to the streets of the Aragonese capital once again. The Salvemos los Pinares de Venecia platform has called a demonstration for this Sunday, September 27, to show its opposition to the project and the new roads planned around the Pinares. The protest will begin at 12:00 p.m. in Plaza de las Canteras.
The scars of the Civil War remain part of the landscape and memory of Azuara (Campo de Belchite, Zaragoza). Nearly nine decades after the bombings, evacuations and fighting that marked the town and its residents, the municipality will revisit this chapter of its history through research and archaeology this weekend.
Zaragoza's Calle Mayor is one of the streets that preserves the spirit of the Historic District. It connects Don Jaime with Coso Bajo and, beyond being a thoroughfare, has become a corner where traditional bars, new-generation vermouth bars and small, distinctive establishments coexist. Although it is often overshadowed by busy areas such as El Tubo and La Magdalena, it hides some of the city's most authentic bars.
Beneath the current Zaragoza Hostel in the historic center, an old vaulted cellar preserves an overlooked part of the city’s history at 70 Predicadores Street.
The Huerva River regeneration works will cost an additional €2.17 million due to several unforeseen issues that arose during construction. Zaragoza City Council has approved two contract amendments to address, among other matters, unstable ground discovered on Manuel Lasala Street, damage caused by a rise in the river and the discovery of archaeological remains. The second section of the works has also been given an extended deadline, although it must be completed by December 31, 2026.
Works on Valencia Avenue are already "several weeks behind schedule". Zaragoza's municipal councillor for Urban Planning, Víctor Serrano, acknowledged this on Monday during a city council committee meeting, where he admitted that the project is one of his main concerns because of its impact on mobility. "We are working with the contractor to see how these figures can be improved," he said.
Zaragoza City Council does not plan to carry out the third phase of the Avenida de Cataluña redevelopment during its current term. The project is still being drafted and, according to Urban Planning Councillor Víctor Serrano, should be completed between the end of this year and early 2027. Only after that will the council consider launching the work, which remains part of the municipal government’s plans but is not viewed as a short-term priority.
It is one of the traditions passed down from parents to children and part of devotion to Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza. It is also, without a doubt, one of those photographs that many families keep and treasure. This is the traditional presentation of children under the Virgin's mantle, a deeply symbolic ceremony that continues to be held at the Basilica del Pilar and that, generation after generation, brings together numerous families.
Traveling by bus between Zaragoza and its airport will become easier from this Monday, September 21. Route 505 will introduce direct payment by bank card and mobile device, allowing passengers to buy the €4.65 single ticket when boarding without purchasing it in advance.
Madison has taken Zaragoza to the top of Spain’s smash burger scene. The burger joint born in the Almozara district won The Champions Burger final this Sunday, earning the title of Spain’s Best Smash Burger after a year of competing across Spain and Europe and winning 14 medals.
For much of the 20th century, Zaragoza was full of neighborhood wine cellars selling wine in bulk. Residents brought bottles or jugs to fill directly from the vats. Over the years, most of these businesses disappeared. Antigua Casa Paricio is one of the few bars in Zaragoza that still preserves part of that tradition in the city’s historic center (Coso No. 188).
Food and fashion come together for the first time in Zaragoza's El Tubo in a route showcasing the talent of five designers at some of the best-known establishments in this iconic area of the Aragonese capital. The initiative features La Ceci, El Federal, El Meli del Tubo, El Balcón del Tubo and Mestiso, with each designer presenting an original creation.
The urban future of Torre Outlet, the shopping complex built on the former Pikolín site, once again pitted Zaragoza’s municipal groups against each other on Monday at the City Council’s Urban Planning Commission. Zaragoza en Común and the PSOE called on Natalia Chueca’s government to halt the granting of new permits following a series of court rulings against the project, while Urban Planning Councillor Víctor Serrano maintained that the City Council still has legal grounds to continue processing them.
The future of a possible second tram line has reopened a debate in the Aragonese capital. The San José Neighborhood Association has called on Zaragoza City Council to fully integrate the district into the project rather than reducing it to a secondary branch. The request comes after the council announced a technical study commissioned from the University of Zaragoza to examine various high-capacity public transport alternatives, including an east-west corridor between Delicias and San José.
Valdespartera residents are not satisfied with the City Council's assurances and will continue their campaign against the two gas stations planned for the neighborhood. The neighborhood association, the parents' association and the homeowners' association have announced that they will take their opposition to the next city council plenary session, despite the council having opened the door to studying the revocation of the permits. The group is calling for these intentions to be turned into concrete action and administrative guarantees as soon as possible.
