Spaniards angry with having the eurozone's highest unemployment rate refused to go to work in protest at further crushing austerity measures being brought in by the new centre-right Popular Party government.
In Madrid more than 1,000 members of the National Police's mobile anti-disturbance units patrolled the streets on foot and in armoured personnel carriers.
Blaze: Firemen try to extinguish burning waste containers after clashes during the national strike in Barcelona
Running battle: Firefighters fought back the flames in Barcelona after protesters set fire to rubbish bins in the city
Protest: Tyres were burnt in Burgos as boisterous picket lines formed across the country
In Barcelona there were several incidents, the worst being an attack on a bingo hall in the early hours in which troublemakers used the strike as a cover to loot €2,250 from the cash register. Bins were set on fire as small groups battled police.
At the city's El Prat international airport there were angry scenes when travellers who checked last night that their flights would not be affected arrived to find they had been cancelled early in the morning.
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