The Puerta del Sol twelve-grape New Year's Eve celebration takes place in Madrid.
Puerta del Sol is one of the Spanish capital's best-known public squares. Its clock, mounted on the Real Casa de Correos, supplies the midnight chimes used for the national countdown. Participants attempt to eat twelve grapes in rhythm with the chimes, linking each grape with a month of the coming year.
The celebration is broadcast throughout Spain, making the Madrid ceremony a national reference point even for people who celebrate in their own homes or towns. The custom is also followed in other Spanish-speaking countries, though local timing, fruit, and broadcast traditions can differ.
Barcelona, Seville, and Valencia also hold large New Year's events, which can make city-based questions confusing. They are not the location of the famous Puerta del Sol clock. Madrid is the city and the Community of Madrid is the surrounding autonomous region.