A total solar eclipse has crossed parts of Europe for the first time in nearly thirty years, drawing millions of spectators from Greenland and Iceland to Spain. The eclipse’s path of totality initially crossed remote Arctic and North Atlantic areas before reaching Iceland and northern Spain, where observers experienced darkness as the Moon completely covered the Sun. Totality generally lasted around a minute and a half, producing a striking ring of sunlight around the Moon’s edge. The UK remained outside the path of totality but experienced a substantial partial eclipse, with around 95% of the sun obscured in Cornwall and about 91% in London. Crowds gathered on beaches and in cities, taking care to use protective glasses or other measures to watch safely. The eclipse concluded over Majorca and Menorca before the Moon’s shadow disappeared into the Mediterranean at sunset. Europe’s next total solar eclipse will occur in August 2027.