Up and down all of Catalonia, thousands of people are taking to the streets on Wednesday to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy Sant Jordi, browsing the hundreds of stalls selling books and roses that have set up in towns and cities.
"It was quite a surprise because we didn't really know anything about Sant Jordi. We just found out about it two days ago," three Italian tourists in Barcelona told Catalan News.
Edita walks down La Rambla boulevard in Barcelona smiling, holding the book ‘Cómo mandar a la mierda de forma educada’ (‘How to tell people to go to hell politely,’ in English) by Alba Cardalda. She found it at a bookstand and decided to buy it for her husband, partially as a joke.
“I think it’s a good way of approaching things,” she says.
She is one of the millions of Catalans walking down Catalonia carrying a book and a rose on Catalonia's Day of Love.
A rose stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
People walk around Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A rose stall in Igualada on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Mar Martí
A rose stall in La Seu d'Urgell on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Albert L. Cobo
A man carries three roses on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A couple kisses in Tarragona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Eloi Tost
A flower store in Sabadell with several roses on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Albert Segura
Two women take photos in Tortosa on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Anna Ferràs
A woman carries two roses coinciding with Sant Jordi in Barcelona on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A rose stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A book stall with authors signing books in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A couple with a rose on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A man checks a book on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 in Sant Feliu de Llobregat / Àlex Recolons
A rose stall in Esplugues de Llobregat on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Àlex Recolons
A book stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
Roc Casagran signs books on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 on Barcelona's Passeig de Gràcia boulevard / Eli Don
A couple on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 in Barcelona / Jordi Borràs
A rose stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A girl with a rose in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A couple on Sant Jordi in Barcelona / Jordi Borràs
Several people take photos of Barcelona's Antoni Gaudí Casa Batlló building on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A couple on Sant Jordi in Barcelona on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A rose stall in Girona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Marina López
A book stall in Girona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Marina López
A rose stall in Tortosa on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Anna Ferràs
A rose and the cathedral of Girona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Marina López
A book stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A book stall in Tarragona's Rambla Nova on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Eloi Tost
A red rose, one of the symbols of Sant Jordi / Nia Escolà
Author Marta Orriols signs books in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Aina Martí
A book stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A couple kissing on Sant Jordi in Girona on April 23, 2025 / Marina López
A couple kissing in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
The streets of Tortosa filled up with people walking around on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Anna Ferràs
A book stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A book stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A rose stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A rose stall in Manresa on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Nia Escolà
People on the streets in Sabadell on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Albert Segura
Miriam reads a book to his son Biel on Sant Jordi in Sabadell on April 23, 2025 / Albert Segura
A rose stall in Barcelona on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 / Jordi Borràs
A girl with three roses on Sant Jordi on April 23, 2025 in Barcelona / Jordi Borràs
