Oliver is celebrating. The Zaragoza neighborhood is holding its main festivities through this Sunday, September 13, with the festival tent and fairground as meeting points for four days of music, children's activities and events for all ages.
Plaza del Pilar will become a major sporting venue this weekend, Saturday, September 12, and Sunday, September 13, for a new edition of Street Sports Day. Organized by Zaragoza City Council, the event will offer free activities for all ages and skill levels, including sports for both regular participants and those looking to discover new disciplines.
The heart of Zaragoza is preparing to become a huge sports venue this weekend with the installation of artificial turf ahead of Street Sports Day, taking place this Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13. The scene is already surprising residents and visitors as preparations advance to fill the square with activity.
A bar is often much more than a place to have a coffee or sit down for a meal. In small villages, it becomes a meeting point, a place for conversation and one of the spaces that help maintain social life throughout the year. That is precisely what happens in Godojos (Calatayud), a small municipality in Zaragoza province with barely 55 residents, where a new person or family is now being sought to take over the Bar del Local Social.
Valdespartera is taking to the streets to oppose the gas stations planned for the neighborhood. The Los Montes de Valdespartera Neighborhood Association and the Parents’ Association of CPI San Jorge have called a rally for Tuesday, September 15, at 5:15 p.m. at Glorieta de la Sabina to show their opposition to the service stations planned in the area. The protest comes after the courts provisionally halted one of them, planned for Viridiana Street.
The kiosk in La Aljafería Park will have a second chance. After no companies entered the first tender and Zaragoza City Council declared it void on June 29, the council has relaunched plans to completely renovate the space. The new tender has a budget of 296,208 euros, including taxes, and companies can submit bids until September 29.
El Arrabal is gearing up for the Pilar Festival with a new edition of the Prepilares 2026 Trade Festival, taking place from September 21 to 27. For one week, the neighborhood’s streets and venues will host cultural, family, sports and music activities, along with events focused on recycling, sustainability and the history of El Arrabal.
The Passion and the sound of drums will once again fill Zaragoza this October, shortly after the city’s Fiestas del Pilar. From October 22 to 25, the Aragonese capital will welcome young members of religious brotherhoods from across Spain for the 13th National Meeting of Young Members of Brotherhoods and Confraternities (JOHC Zaragoza 2026), bringing some of the most recognizable sounds and scenes of Zaragoza’s Holy Week to the streets.
Aragon is home to monuments that tell several centuries of history through their walls. Some are also located a short distance from Zaragoza, making it possible to discover examples of the region’s architectural wealth on a getaway of barely an hour.
Sorellas will open its new store in Zaragoza on Friday, September 18, at 5 p.m. The fashion brand, which specializes in occasion dresses, is arriving in the Aragonese capital with its seventh physical location, at number 13 Calle Pedro María Ric.
A new closure of dental clinics has taken place in Zaragoza. The Vivanta chain has suddenly shut the two clinics it operated in the Aragonese capital, located on Paseo Pamplona and Calle María Zambrano. The news has surprised both patients and employees, who received a notice from the chain informing them of the closure the day before.
Local commerce is taking center stage, this time in Zaragoza’s Vadorrey neighborhood. As part of its September 2026 festival program, the neighborhood is showcasing its businesses through the first Vadorrey Craft Market.
Under the slogan “More Than Fashion,” Aragón Fashion Week returns for its eighth edition. The event will take place from September 21 to 27 and will bring not only fashion shows to Zaragoza, but also talks, round tables and other activities to be announced soon in its program.
Zaragoza Mayor Natalia Chueca concluded her meetings with municipal group leaders on Thursday, with Zaragoza's 2027 budget and tax bylaws as the main issues on the table. She met with the PSOE, Vox and Zaragoza en Común to learn their priorities for the final year of the term and seek agreements to approve the new budget on time. Although she defended her willingness to reach agreements with everyone, she made clear that her main focus remains Vox, the People's Party's budget partner during this term and the previous one.
Some political parties have already begun positioning themselves ahead of the May 2027 municipal elections, and Zaragoza en Común remains open to a new left-wing alliance. Municipal spokesperson Elena Tomás confirmed on Thursday that her group is already talking with other political forces and specifically mentioned Podemos and Chunta Aragonesista as possible partners. The intention, she explained, is to find “the best” formula to run together and face the elections.
Zaragoza Mayor Natalia Chueca has urged the city’s political groups to support an institutional statement opposing the granting of third-degree prison status to Henri Parot, who was convicted for his involvement in multiple murders committed by the ETA terrorist group. She made the appeal during meetings held Thursday with party leaders to discuss, among other issues, the upcoming budgets.
The PSOE in Zaragoza is already looking ahead to the 2027 municipal elections, and Lola Ranera has not ruled out leading the Socialist ticket again. The municipal group spokesperson said her party will hold a primary election process and that she will be "at the party's disposal." "We will assess it when the time comes and, obviously, I am at the party's disposal so that we can have the best candidate to defeat the right and the far right," she said when directly asked whether she would run.
Some places in Zaragoza seem untouched by the passing years. La Fama is one of them. Just a few metres from Plaza del Pilar, this historic churros shop has spent more than seven decades turning something as simple as churros with hot chocolate into a ritual for generations of Zaragoza residents and visitors.
The balance of the Volveremos Back-to-School campaign is nearly exhausted in Zaragoza. The city council expects the available funds to be used up this Friday, September 11, meaning families can still take advantage that day of the incentive worth 20% of their purchases at participating businesses.
Seen from above, it looks like a small refuge nestled among mountains and spectacular rock walls. Yet a visit to Murillo de Gállego reveals much more: a destination where nature, adventure and history coexist in an unforgettable setting. Located between Hoya de Huesca and the Kingdom of the Mallos, this Aragonese village is closely linked to the water and to a landscape that impresses at first sight.
