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The eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse visible from Europe since 2006. The path of totality will cross northern Spain, Portugal, Iceland, Greenland and northern Russia. London is expected to see around 90 per cent of the Sun obscured, while shoppers in Paris queued for more than two hours outside a specialist store on Rue de Rivoli.
In Spain, where several areas lie within the path of totality, many distribution points have already sold out. Pharmacies in central Madrid have been selling certified glasses for between €3 and €4 a pair, while prices in France range from €1.50 to €5.95.
In London, one shopkeeper was limiting customers to a single pair as stocks fell to around 100. In Brussels, optician Fouad Mehdaoui was taking orders by phone and adding customers to a waiting list after securing a last-minute restock.
