Don't miss traditional events

While on Erasmus in Salamanca, I was able to attend two events emblematic of the city's tradition. Arriving in early September, I directly came across the Salamanca Fair. This festivity, celebrated in traditional clothes, is surrounded by religious events, fireworks, concerts, shows in the streets and venues throughout the city, food stalls, a medieval market, workshops, bullfights and a fair with fluorescent lights, rides, music and food. A celebration in true Spanish style! The casetas (tents) offer excellent tapas and pinchos. Every day there is a tapa of the day served with a caña (small glass of beer) or a glass of wine for only 2 euro. Una delicia! Another event I attended was the Nochevieja universitaria, an event that originated in the 1990s with the aim of being able to share New Year's Eve with university classmates, but in an early way, since at the end of classes everyone would return to their own city to spend Christmas. The celebration takes place on the penultimate Thursday of December, in the city's main square, Plaza Mayor, where at the stroke of midnight the crowd gathers to eat 12 jelly beans instead of the traditional lucky grapes. A tradition not to be missed if you are a student in Salamanca! Arriving in early September, I directly came across the Salamanca Fair. This festivity, celebrated in traditional clothes, is surrounded by religious events, fireworks, concerts, shows in the streets and venues throughout the city, food stalls, a medieval market, workshops, bullfights and a fair with fluorescent lights, rides, music and food. A celebration in true Spanish style! The casetas (tents) offer excellent tapas and pinchos. Every day there is a tapa of the day served with a caña (small glass of beer) or a glass of wine for only 2 euro. Una delicia! Another event I attended was the Nochevieja universitaria, an event that originated in the 1990s with the aim of being able to share New Year's Eve with university classmates, but in an early way, since at the end of classes everyone would return to their own city to spend Christmas. The celebration takes place on the penultimate Thursday of December, in the city's main square, Plaza Mayor, where at the stroke of midnight the crowd gathers to eat 12 jelly beans instead of the traditional lucky grapes. A tradition not to be missed if you are a student in Salamanca!