Are you planning to see this total eclipse in 2026? Where are you going, and how?

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by austai

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  2. I’m tempted to go.

    I’ve never been to Northern Spain and would like to see the region and I was only 4 years old when we had the last eclipse in central Europe and my memory is pretty blurred. So this one is probably my best chance to experience one has an adult.

  3. I’ve watched it yesterday in Vermont US and it was worth it. Just the nature reaction was awesome to observe- birds and frogs become really quiet right before it went completely dark.

    It was a shit show on the roads though. We stopped at our friend’s house and skipped all the traffic returning the next day. Those who decided to drive home right after had 3-4 times longer trip.

  4. Which cities are most suited to the sudden uptick of tourists in the area? I know Valencia, and Barcelona is close-by and afaik the Balearic Islands is well suited to this, but I really don’t know anything about Northern Spain in this regard.

  5. What’s the weather like in Spain in August? Is it rainy/ cloudy or dry?

  6. Some friends and I have been talking about planning something. My partner has family in the Valencian community, so we might roadtrip somewhere in that direction and stop by to see them. Unsure if we’ll end up driving through France or getting a ferry to the north coast though.

    I think there was technically an eclipse in the UK when I was five years old, but only partial outside of the south west (and I believe the totality was obscured by cloud cover unless you were out to sea in the English channel).

  7. I’m planning to go to the 1 on august 2027 in egypt. That’s going to be a 5 min 1. 1 of the longest in my lifetime.

    The heat is probably going to suck.

  10. I’m from Oviedo. I guess it would be nice but who am I kidding, it will be cloudy, as usual

  11. I’ll go to vist family (I’m from Asturias), and then scout for a non-cloudy place (probably around Leon).

  12. Why bro dodging Portugal like that? We want to see the eclipse too. Now I have to drive to Gijón to watch it.

    Edit: Btw, it’s highest point will be over Reykjavík. It’ll be over after going over the Baleares.

    Edit 2: 17:50 in Reykjavík and 18:30 in Galicia.

  13. i didnt even know there was one. now im going for sure, thanks.

  15. Mallorca is the place to be in this photo. Going to be crowded.

  17. I can get absolute shitfaced drunk and watch the eclipse in Malle our own colony? That sounds like a good plan.

  18. I remember seeing the 1999 solar eclipse as a kid (yes, I’m old), but I’m tempted to travel for this once, since it seems to be the only one in Europe in the foreseeable future. I’d probably go to some smaller town in Northern Spain, somewhere that’s not overrun with tourists.

  19. Funny you should bring this up. We just started planning it this week. Our options are Spain (hot) or Iceland (probably cloudy), so I guess it’s going to be Spain. Majorca is also an interesting option of course. Not sure yet where we’ll go, but we’ll probably go.

  23. We just came home from Palma on Sunday. The mountains northwest of there would be perfect.

  24. Yep, just yesterday I was speaking with a colleague in the States about the eclipse (if he had seeing it), and I was telling him I’m considering to go to Spain. As it will be on a Wednesday, I was considering Valencia, working remotely for a week from there (and spending the rest of the time indoors with the ac on, because the summer heat would kill me. I love Spain, but not in summer)

  27. What about Gijon? It looks like it’s coastal, might have clear skies. Palma looks like it’s going to happen by sunset.

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