The President of the Regional Government is pleased with the official switching on of this year’s Christmas lights in Funchal and now wants to try to improve the initiative over the next few years, due to the high expectations of locals and visitors to the island. Regarding this year’s lighting,…
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This year, and especially in Funchal, the Christmas lights, which will be turned on on the 1st of December, will make use of technological advances.
Several secondary streets in Funchal's uppermost regions are already undergoing their Christmas light transformation.
Funchal City Hall informed, that due to the tourist cycle tour known as “Christmas Lights Ride”, taking place tomorrow, December 11, at 7 pm, it will be necessary to restrict car traffic to the passage of cyclists. The interruption will start at Praça do Município, Avenida Zarco, Avenida Arriaga, Avenida…
The traditional Christmas lights were switched on last night, and for those who were kept in because of the rain, here is a little drone footage of Funchal's brightly lit streets.
Many will have noticed that the lights around Funchal are already undergoing their testing phase. One of this year's new innovative attractions is a 80 metre video screen, that has been set up on the pier in Funchal. The screen, shaped in the form of a tunnel, contains more than a million pixels which light up as people pass through.
In a press release, LuxStar who are in charge of putting up this year's Christmas lights, have said that work is progressing well, and that they have already started their pre-Christmas testing in certain areas.