In Medinaceli, a hilltop town in north-eastern Spain, spectators arrived hours early with chairs, hats and eclipse glasses to secure a clear view before the event reached totality shortly before sunset.
Getxo, a coastal town just north-west of Bilbao in the Basque Country, also lay within the narrow path of totality. There, the Moon completely covered the Sun for only a few seconds at around 20:27 CEST, with the Sun just 8 degrees above the western horizon.
