May 5, 2025
People in Spain Turned the Power Blackout Into a Party in the Streets
Embed from Getty Images On April 28, the Iberian Peninsula went dark for about 10 hours. A power blackout affected Spain and Portugal, disrupting telecommunications, transit systems, and virtually every service that relies on electricity. Despite the confusion and challenges it caused, the power outage also gave people a rare opportunity to get creative, detach from their phones, and simply unwind the best they could while they waited for the emergency to be over.
