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September 2026
- Fines for using a mobile phone at the wheel soar in Catalonia and police prepare six large-scale controls
- El Corte Inglés Diagonal launches table service with products from its own supermarket
- Four-day rave disrupts sleep in Collserola during health alert
- 24 September: what is celebrated today
- Lamine Yamal argues that magic matters more than goals in the Pilota d’Or
- The Sagrada Familia wants a grand staircase and calls for the demolition of a building on Mallorca
- A Lejano Oeste town in Almería is looking for a buyer for 1.6 million euros
- Meta bans advertising for a feminist play at a Barcelona theatre
- The podcast born from a mother's grief in Barcelona
- The Mediterrani returns to Europe with a tough group in the Conference Cup
- Data centres in Catalonia: the digital race meets the electrical reality
- Artificial intelligence doesn't feel, but its creators do enjoy themselves
- 23 September: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona plans affordable public supermarkets inspired by New York
- Foreign investment in Spain is growing but still far from the 2024 record
- Hotel cocktails at neighbourhood prices in Barcelona for one week
- New apartments in Barcelona will have more bike spaces than car spaces
- The youngest castellers debut helmets with face protection in Barcelona
- What to do in Barcelona in a few hours: plans and experiences without staying overnight
- Firefighters of the Generalitat demand real protection against toxins in Barcelona
- 22 September: what is celebrated today
- La Mercè also reaches the balconies: Barcelona gives away free flags
- 21 September: what is celebrated today
- Rosalía features on the new Fontaines D.C. album ahead of their stop in Barcelona
- 20 September: what is celebrated today
- Tropical-level rainfall surprises Barcelona and reignites the climate debate
- L’Aquàrium opens doors that are usually closed: four days of GRATIS visits
- Barcelona bids farewell to summer with open-air books and emerging music
- Barcelona limits the number of parking spaces in new housing based on public transport access
- Barcelona prepares a fund to save historic shops at risk of closure
- The Triangle Friki: manga, comics and video games by Arc de Triomf
- Barcelona knows its pizza: two pizzerias make it into the world's top hundred
- Catalan or Spanish in the consultation? Language can also influence medical care
- Catalonia seeks 300 new firefighters, with 120 positions reserved for women
- An attic with views of the Arc de Triomf is transformed into a vintage treasure market
- Almost two months a year in front of a screen: how children and teenagers in Spain spend their time
- Is your name Mercè? Barcelona is looking for you (and there’s a portrait involved)
- Barcelona wakes up after a stormy night: power cuts and transport problems
- 18 September: what is celebrated today
- A Catalan hospital scans the mystery of a giant 70-million-year-old dinosaur
- Spain chooses La bola negra to represent the country at the Oscars
- Barcelona issues orange alert for torrential rain and risk of hail
- Nou Barris launches Tasta Nou Barris to boost its local gastronomy
- Diagonal Mar goes up for sale and shakes up Barcelona's property market
- Barcelona teenagers reinvent public space with aura battles
- Barcelona experiences a summer with record days of extreme heat in 2026
- Dalí reinvents himself in Barcelona with an exhibition that fuses art and technology
- The Creu Coberta medieval fair turns Barcelona into a journey to the past
- A group of young people revive La bella Helena at the Lliure for its 50th anniversary
- Can Felipa prepares for major renovation: new swimming pool and more sports space in Poblenou
- Barcelona families can apply from today for up to 450 euros for extracurricular activities
- Barcelona launches direct flight to San Salvador: a nonstop weekly connection
- All Guardia Urbana cars will be equipped with bladed weapon detectors
- A €1,000 flat receives 1,800 applications in less than an hour in Barcelona
- The Camp Nou will host the 2029 Champions League final on 2 June
- Catalunya will invest 2.5 billion to climate-control all its public schools
- More than 210 organisations to march through Barcelona against the expansion of El Prat
- 16 September: what is celebrated today
- Agreement on the Sagrada Família that affects the future of around 200 flats stalls
- Barcelona gives land to CCOO y UGT to build 1,500 protected homes
- The old Rodalies app stops working this Tuesday: what's changing
- Oasis returns to Barcelona after 18 years: how to get tickets
- The Sagrada Família opens for free for La Mercè: today the draw for 20,000 tickets begins
- The Glòries works empty terraces and complicate the day-to-day running of businesses
- 15 September: what is celebrated today
- 19 September: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona speeds up video surveillance: 240 cameras authorised in a single year
- Collserola will remain closed for at least three more months due to African swine fever
- Five cable thefts in a week hit Rodalies in Barcelona again
- Barcelona opens its ghost station Gaudí: reservations open this Monday
- 14 September: what is celebrated today
- Last Sunday of open shops in the centre of Barcelona before the end of the ZGAT
- Only 6 of 23 major municipalities effectively applied ZBE fines
- Barcelona swaps clouds for sunshine this weekend: temperatures to reach 29 degrees on Sunday
- Three giant Dalí eggs arrive this Saturday on Passeig de Gràcia
- 13 September: what is celebrated today
- The T4 reconnects Verdaguer y Sant Adrià this Monday after two months of works
- Tourists in Barcelona: how to connect to the internet safely while exploring the city
- 12 September: what is celebrated today
- The Diada will disrupt 22 bus lines in central Barcelona this Friday
- Two days of incidents disrupt Barcelona metro's L1 and L3 lines
- A fire in Montjuïc forces the castle into confinement and closes the cable car
- Mercadona closes, but Aldi and others open: supermarkets in Barcelona this 11 September
- From exhibition hall to court: Montjuïc’s Pabellón 2 becomes Poble-sec’s sports centre
- How to decorate a home with personal photos: ideas for creating a unique space
- 11 September: what is celebrated today
- New iPhones arrive in Madrid and Barcelona on 18 September: prices from 1,469 euros
- Barcelona leaves the storms behind: how the weather will change from this Thursday
- Almost 7,000 passengers affected by a fault on the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed line
- 080 Barcelona Fashion returns to the sea with 26 shows in four days
- Apple presents its new iPhones today: what is expected at 19:00
- 10 September: what is celebrated today
- Five counties near Barcelona suspend classes and limit mobility due to torrential rain
- A test train has been keeping Badalona residents awake for weeks
- Renfe allows electric scooters again, but Rodalies maintains the ban
- Barcelona will change completely this Friday: the streets and transport affected by La Diada
- A hydrogen leak forces the closure of 500 metres of Mas Blau overnight
- Two months after the L9 sinkhole, 70 affected parties file claims against the Generalitat
- The 1858 arcades in Clot Park are finally beginning to emerge from the netting
- Barcelona breaks another theatre record: 3.17 million spectators and 103 million at the box office
- A new 250 m² space opens in Poble-sec with free art and performances
- 9 September: what is celebrated today
- The Indians already have dates: nine days of festivities during La Mercè
- Bus de Barri goes electric: the first minibus is already running through Barcelona
- Barcelona regains two key Metro links today after the summer closures
- Chinese tourism rises 30% in Barcelona and points to a new record
- A €19.25 menu, 15 ice-cream parlours and 28 small dishes: this is how Barcelona eats in September
- One euro for the cup and it does not always come back: Barcelona's festivals reopen the debate
- Who pays for street cats: the protest that reached Sant Jaume this Sunday
- Two marches will cross central Barcelona during the Diada on 11 September
- 8 September: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona will go from 33 to 27 degrees in 24 hours: the weather changes on Wednesday
- Barcelona runs together: running clubs multiply across the city
- 7 September: what is celebrated today
- Summer refuses to leave Barcelona: record heat throughout the weekend
- Catalonia reinforces 13 bus lines amid growing numbers of travellers leaving Rodalies
- Barcelona exceeds in eight months the traffic deaths of all of 2024 and 2025
- 5 September: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona will remove old wooden poles opposite Camp Nou
- Sabadell suffers a new power cut: 2,500 customers affected at midday
- Barcelona has six public holidays until year-end: these are the best long weekends
- From €1 clothes to 120 stalls: Barcelona's vintage markets in September
- 36% of Barcelona residents were born abroad: the challenge of being «un sol poble»
- CE Europa grows in Gràcia with a new shop and offices on Pau Alsina
- Esplugues will host a UB faculty for 3,000 students in 2032
- 4 September: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona opens several of its major museums for free this Sunday, 6 September
- ERC calls for Poblenou 24-hour supermarkets to close for five nights during the festival
- Barcelona already breaks its September heat record and could still rise higher
- Mercat de la Terra returns to Poble-sec this Saturday after the August break
- Barcelona brings together vintage clothing from €1 in Poblenou this weekend
- Doctors prepare an indefinite strike from October in Catalonia too
- The hidden palace in the Laberint d’Horta reopens free visits until 2027
- 3 September: what is celebrated today
- An app brings together 311 local businesses in Barcelona and excludes franchises
- Sabadell allocates 3.2 million to renovate 35 schools and remove fibre cement
- Badalona transforms two Bufalà streets with more pavements and green areas
- Dalí will have a permanent immersive space on Passeig de Gràcia from September
- This is BlueTechPort, Sant Bertran quay's 60-million transformation
- Collserola restaurants will be able to apply for aid over swine fever restrictions
- New Home to occupy 2,000 m² in the historic Miró premises in Sant Antoni
- The 8 September strike remains in place despite 1,830 education reinforcements
August 2026
- 2 September: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona prepares 35 new trains to cut waiting times on the metro
- UB investigates a cyberattack and guarantees enrolment for the new academic year
- What Bicing lights mean and why some bikes cannot be used
- Verdaguer reopens after eight weeks: the direct link between L4 and L5 returns
- Where to have brunch near the Sagrada Família in Barcelona
- Barcelona school calendar 2026/27: when classes start and when the holidays will be
- A fault cuts the AVE between Barcelona and Girona for ten hours during the return rush
- Barcelona begins September with rising heat: up to 34 °C on Saturday
- A Terrassa block has gone months without electricity: Sareb approved €80,000 to rebuild the installation
- 1 September: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona reaches 9.68 million tourists and spending grows by 12.8%
- The Sagrada Família overtakes the beaches among Barcelona tourists in July
- 31 August: what is celebrated today
- Cable theft reduces the R1 to two trains per hour between L’Hospitalet and Maçanet
- Teatre Balmes brings stage life back to a historic Eixample building
- 30 August: what is celebrated today
- L9 tunnel-boring machine remains stopped eight weeks after the Sant Gervasi sinkhole
- Temporada Alta brings together 91 shows and turns Girona into a performing-arts capital this autumn
- Barcelona connects young people without experience with training and real jobs
- L1 resumes service between Florida and Plaça de Sants this Saturday
- 29 August: what is celebrated today
- Atlético closes the door on Barça over Julián Álvarez and raises tensions
- An Eixample flat becomes an antiques market for three days
- Sants-Montjuïc could have been Barcelona's Hollywood and still preserves its mark
- Diagonal and sea-mountain axes concentrate Barcelona's traffic increase
- 28 August: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona libraries prepare for a September of protests after three months of strike action
- Barcelona will keep the heat until Friday, with more clouds and some possible rain
- Madrid installs AI sensors to monitor birds and bats 24 hours a day
- The historic fairground in Poblenou under threat just weeks before the Fiesta Mayor
- Two minors spray pepper spray in a Diagonal Mar cinema, forcing 60 people to evacuate
- The ‘homotourist’ conquers Barcelona: travelling to rest and ending up exhausted
- Spain produces 457 million litres of ice cream and consumption grows again
- The school year in Barcelona will start on 8 September and have several long weekends
- Barcelona prepares direct card payment on public transport for 2027
- 27 August: what is celebrated today
- A fire in Collserola burns 25 hectares and confines two Barcelona neighbourhoods
- The Guardia Urbana discovers cocaine hidden in a promotional leaflet in Gràcia
- Badalona becomes the European capital of Valorant this weekend
- La Escocesa is reborn in Poblenou with 72 homes, art and innovation
- Horta-Guinardó reorganises its municipal offices in a century-old building
- Barcelona now has 91 second-hand clothing shops and is changing its consumption habits
- One-bedroom flats gain ground in Barcelona’s new-build market
- Can Ruti will grow with a hotel and a residence for students and researchers
- Ronda de Dalt reopens all three lanes after weeks of works in Vall d’Hebron
- 26 August: what is celebrated today
- Barça reports police action against a supporter with an estelada
- Cirque du Soleil leaves Bellvitge after eight years and looks for a new home in Barcelona
- Barcelona is ageing: there are now 160 older people for every 100 children in the metropolitan area
- Canet de Mar returns to 1900 with three days of Modernist fair
- Barcelona will offer up to €800 to buy electric and cargo bikes
- Barcelona transforms La Mar Bella with more greenery, sport and space by the sea
- 25 August: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona launches a circular bus for getting around Les Corts on match days
- Barcelona’s cinemas are reborn with more original-version screenings and new audiences
- Pollution falls by 40% around Barcelona schools
- 24 August: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona starts the weekend with storms before returning to 30 degrees
- 23 August: what is celebrated today
- Festa Major de Sants begins under the threat of rain and storms
- Barcelona sleeps below 25 degrees again after weeks of muggy weather
- Castelldefels and El Prat lead the rise in extreme heat until 2050
- The former Imax reopens with an exhibition dedicated to Iniesta
- Mistakes you must not make when getting to Barcelona Airport
- 22 August: what is celebrated today
- Swine fever gives Collserola a respite, but restrictions remain
- Campamento will leave the barracks behind with 10,700 homes and a new neighbourhood
- Two opposing protests will coincide this Saturday in Plaça Sant Jaume
- Castelldefels and Barcelona’s coastline lead the rise in heatwaves
- Calafell returns to the Middle Ages with three days of market and shows
- L’Hospitalet station gets its café back after two years closed
- The exchange between cryptocurrencies and euros gains ground in Barcelona
- The heat turns metro platforms into one of the worst parts of the journey
- Rovira i Trias provides the surprise and wins Gràcia 2026's decorated spaces
- Finding a room is once again a nightmare for students in Barcelona
- 21 August: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona will see an 81.6% solar eclipse in August 2027
- University of Barcelona, the only Spanish university among the world’s 200 best
- KBr opens free in Barcelona today for World Photography Day
- Barcelona will see an almost red Moon in the 28 August eclipse
- Barcelona renews Guardia Urbana motorcycles with more electric models
- Barcelona will have three opportunities to extend the break this autumn
- L1 faces works between Santa Eulàlia and Mercat Nou to renew the track
- Barceloneta accelerates its transformation with more than €46 million in works
- 20 August: what is celebrated today
- The 2026 Festes de Gràcia fill 23 streets with fantasy and music
- Barcelona pays more for less space: rents hit a record per square metre
- Badalona takes the first step towards building the new Lloreda library
- Heat hits Barcelona care homes: almost half do not air-condition rooms
- Scabies is once again a concern in Barcelona: how it spreads and how to detect it
- Decathlon opens on Consell de Cent with gifts for its first customers
- Madrid nears 39 ºC today, but relief will arrive sooner than expected
- Barcelona raises aid to 256,000 euros to ban tourist flats
- 19 August: what is celebrated today
- Usera puts the finishing touches to its two large Chinese arches for their debut this autumn
- Catalonia loses domestic tourism while foreign spending rises by almost 12%
- Barcelona will continue to hover around 34 ºC until Thursday: relief will arrive on Friday
- Barcelona unveils a large solar pergola that will provide electricity to three municipal facilities
- Sants will close its main entrance in September: how the station will change until 2028
- Barcelona's other summer: almost three in ten Catalans cannot go on holiday
- Catalonia will use AI to detect empty homes and try to return them to the market
- Cancelo lands in Barcelona to sign his return to Barça on a free transfer
- 18 August: what is celebrated today
- 17 August: what is celebrated today
- A Costa Brava town turns into a medieval market for two days
- Collserola fire stabilised after forcing part of Sarrià into confinement
- Rodalies restores the R2 Nord and R11 after the fatal collision in Montcada
- La Salut celebrates ten days of festivities with concerts, correfoc and communal meals
- Barcelona strengthens Collserola against the extreme forest-fire risk
- Renfe apologises for eclipse chaos: 'We do not have any more trains'
- Tourists rate Rodalies: cheap and useful, but old and unreliable
- Green or blue? Barça’s new shirt divides supporters
- Barcelona launches remote-controlled lifebuoys already used in eight rescues
- The Mediterranean charter map: where availability is greatest in high season
- Can I return bottles at Mercadona and get 10 cents back?
- Weekend getaways in August: the best destinations close to home
- 15 August: what is celebrated today
- Vueling reconnects Barcelona and Madrid with flights from 50 euros
- El Prat records its best July ever with 5.87 million passengers
- The eclipse leaves more than 500 people receiving medical attention, most for eye discomfort
- 14 August: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona faces three days of rising heat: Friday will reach 35 degrees
- Barcelona sends 100,000 euros to Colombia and offers firefighters after the earthquake
- Barcelona Metro will run for 67 hours straight during the Gràcia festivities
- Barcelona to test thermal filters on tram windows to combat heat
- El Clot turns shop shutters into an urban-art route
- Electrical failure paralyses El Prat and leaves dozens of flights delayed
- How to manage unforeseen events during a trip
- 13 August: what is celebrated today
- Hiring a car for the Barcelona eclipse can cost €1,300
- The eclipse triggers a major security and mobility operation in Barcelona
- How to find out if you can see the eclipse from your balcony in Barcelona
- Barcelona will see almost all the Sun disappear this Wednesday: time and best areas
- FGC closes the section between Gràcia and Sarrià until 23 August
- Barcelona adds almost 100 cameras in five key areas before the end of the year
- Barcelona keeps more than half its libraries closed in the middle of August
- Barcelona Metro cuts crime by 34% despite the increase in passengers
- Balmes works end with more pedestrian space and 102 new trees
- Girona surpasses 10,000 season ticket holders for the first time and makes history
- 11 August: what is celebrated today
- Returning from holiday brings changes to Barcelona’s LEZ: how they affect you
- A scientific project reveals the surprising biodiversity of Barcelona's coastline
- Barcelona steps up pressure on cannabis clubs with new plan
- 10 August: what is celebrated today
- The heat will keep bearing down on Barcelona throughout the weekend
- This is what Roca City will be like, the new eco-neighbourhood with thousands of homes next to Barcelona
- Barcelona Metro achieves its best June ever with more than 42 million passengers
- Barcelona adds seven new fire engines to reinforce the Bombers
- Beaches in Badalona, Montgat and Sant Adrià closed to swimming because of water pollution
- August will maintain the heat in Barcelona and could bring storms towards the end
- 8 August: what is celebrated today?
- More than 40 construction projects transform Barcelona this August: these are the most affected areas
- Badalona to install 615 cameras to strengthen security in all neighbourhoods
- Barcelona Metro's least-used station records only 40,000 passengers a year
- How Barcelona Metro works affect your journeys this August
- Barcelona will pay €600 for replacing your petrol scooter with an electric one
- This is the new 22-storey hotel redefining the entrance to Barcelona
- Barcelona looks to the sky: heat, mugginess and the possibility of storms
- 7 August: what is celebrated today?
- Copper theft leaves the entire R3 Rodalies line without service in the middle of the afternoon
- The new Barça de Sekulic bets on speed, physicality and youth
- Sant Adrià shifts scale with Alcampo’s move and Inditex’s arrival
- Catalunya deploys mobile antennas to restore coverage in emergencies
- Hivernacle de la Ciutadella opens free visits this August
- Poblenou bids farewell to Cruixent, one of its most beloved artisan bakeries
- Barcelona no longer rests: nighttime heat worsens insomnia and fatigue
- The 23 official places to watch the total eclipse in Catalonia
- The Catedral de Barcelona opens a shop inspired by its history
- Barcelona distributes 200 AI translators to police and public services
- 6 August: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona fills with vintage markets and second-hand clothing this August
- Access to the Flora Tristán gardens reopens with benches and more light
- The closure of Collserola sparks protests after months of restrictions
- The Senet fire forces route closures and warns hikers
- Barcelona regulates home care with more rights and oversight
- Ter Stegen changes destination and Barça reshuffles its goalkeeping options
- A XVI-century relief stolen in Navarra turns up at a Barcelona auction
- The law to limit speculative buying remains up in the air in Catalonia
- 5 August: what is celebrated today
- Flick asks for a new ‘9’ while Ferran Torres decides his future
- Catalonia accelerates digitalisation and eliminates hundreds of administrative procedures
- An indefinite ground-staff strike puts El Prat to the test
- Five bus routes change course because of Alfons XIII works in Badalona
- Measuring every stage of sleep can end up making it harder to rest
- Barcelona expects a warm August after breaking records in July
- 3 August: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona faces another heatwave with a metro system pushed to its limits by the stifling heat
- Barcelona will have a hot, rain-free first weekend of August
July 2026
- 2 August: what is celebrated today
- Sant Adrià will turn a Telefónica building into flats for older people
- This website tells you which Barcelona terraces are in the sun or shade
- Italy suspends free movement with Spain over the Ceuta crisis
- The new European regulation makes it easier to repair devices out of warranty
- 12 August: what is celebrated today
- 1 August: what is celebrated today
- Athletics and football agree on how to share the Can Dragó facilities
- Catalonia faces the heat with hundreds of outstanding fire-prevention plans
- Palau Marcet begins its transformation into the Museu Carmen Thyssen
- La Boqueria falls to 11 million visitors between January and June
- The Grec reaches record figures and opens the debate on heat
- 31 July: what is celebrated today
- Teachers at subsidised private schools gain improved working conditions until 2031
- Congrés sports centre sparks a neighbourhood battle over noise and traffic
- Sant Celoni recovers its municipal swimming pool twenty years later
- Normal service restored on the Madrid–Barcelona AVE after a fire
- The strike will leave Rodalies running at 33% outside peak hours
- What you need for a holiday in nature
- 30 July: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona will take architecture models to shop windows in its neighbourhoods
- Badalona to install 615 cameras to boost security in all neighbourhoods
- L1 reopens after fire that left 39 passengers in hospital
- La Mercè 2026 commits to diversity with 109 concerts
- Barcelona will approach total darkness during the 12 August eclipse
- Catalonia keeps the rent cap and expands the list of municipalities
- Viu Montjuïc returns with more activities and the Lliure in the spotlight
- Montjuïc gets a new look as several Fira pavilions are demolished
- More interviews and job openings at the new edition of the Saló de l’Ocupació
- Nine football fields in Sabadell get new awnings to beat the heat
- 29 July: what is celebrated today
- A fire closes the L1 and forces passengers to evacuate through the tunnel
- The Gòtic becomes a laboratory for experimental photography
- FGC closure between Gràcia and Sarrià will force route changes in August
- La Mercè 2026 will bring 109 concerts to 16 stages in Barcelona
- Montjuïc Castle extends its hours for Barcelona's solar eclipse
- Rodalies reopens the Vallbona section, but problems continue
- Summer 2026 in Barcelona: all the works, closures and mobility restrictions you need to know about
- 28 July: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona more exposed to storms after atmospheric change
- Parc del Clot will recover its façades after years of deterioration
- 27 July: what is celebrated today
- More climate shelters and air-conditioning aid for Barcelona families
- 26 July: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona expands its free water-play areas to 18
- A plan proposes aid to combat extreme heat in Barcelona
- The Generalitat gives away 150,000 glasses to see the great solar eclipse
- What to do in Barcelona this weekend without leaving the city
- 25 July: what is celebrated today
- The thermometer reaches 36 degrees in Madrid this Thursday
- Barcelona shifts its focus against anti-social behaviour and issues more fines for littering
- Bus stops on the Diagonal change to reduce daily chaos
- Barcelona unveils the first names and changes for La Mercè 2026
- Barcelona's rental prices fall while other cities rise
- The new Ronda de Dalt cover starts to take shape
- Tarragona nuclear plants generate half of Catalan electricity
- Barcelona debates how to curb rents that drive out local businesses
- 24 July: what is celebrated today
- The new Poblenou leaves some of its long-standing residents behind
- La Mercè 2026 unveils venues and takes the Piromusical to Bogatell
- The Ayuntamiento wants to protect iconic shops with a fund
- Ferran Torres mural appears vandalised in Plaça Joanic
- Parc de Joan Miró faces a refurbishment with more vegetation
- Catalonia slows its energy transition despite the advance of solar power
- A cloud of Saharan dust leaves hazy skies in Barcelona
- Overnight closures on the Ronda de Dalt due to road-covering works
- Over 140,000 people take to the streets of Barcelona for Pride 2026
- 23 July: what is celebrated today
- Pedralbes cloister opens at night with a free experience
- Renfe expands travel with dogs of up to 40 kilos on its trains
- Serielizados Fest returns to Barcelona with premieres and Steven Moffat
- The Government expands smoke-free spaces and toughens fines
- Adapt One Idea to Multiple Formats Through Seedance 2.5
- Future judges will temporarily train at the Ciutat de la Justícia
- Museu Tàpies will close from 29 September for refurbishment
- Wind catches Greater Barcelona by surprise: fallen trees and alert on the streets
- 22 July: what is celebrated today
- El Prat records 529 complaints against “pirate taxis” in six months
- More than 400 cultural facilities in Barcelona will be refurbished
- Pride Barcelona brings 140,000 people to the city centre
- Spain’s victory fills the Fòrum and central Barcelona
- Regular rentals shrink in Barcelona after price caps
- Barcelona enjoys a massive, peaceful World Cup celebration
- Barcelona launches free AI and cybersecurity courses this summer
- Barcelona promotes Catalan courses for newly arrived young people
- Ferran Torres’s goal made even the seismographs tremble
- 21 July: what is celebrated today
- 20 July: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona will experience a weekend of intense heat and sultriness
- 19 July: what is celebrated today
- Festigàbal 2026 fills Gràcia with free concerts and surprises
- The World Cup final sparks Argentine fever in Castelldefels
- Barcelona keeps its office market alive despite delays
- A giant banner in Moncloa calls for nuclear plants to close
- Barcelona fills with pride, music and football this weekend
- Barcelona reinvents its summer camps because of the heatwave
- La Modelo resonates with a musical tribute to its prisoners
- El Retiro closes because of heat while Barcelona opens green shelters
- 18 July: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona faces a summer of closures on several metro lines
- Barcelona without luggage: the definitive guide to travelling light in Barcelona
- The croissant master now winning over Barcelona with ice cream
- The Eixample faces the greatest pressure from tourist flats in Barcelona
- Sant Andreu transforms its gardens and restores a 17th-century jewel
- The best costume ideas for a hen or stag party in Spain
- Maximum alert for violent storms in the Catalan Pyrenees
- 17 July: what is celebrated today
- L1 leaves three stations without service until the end of August
- Barcelona will bring the World Cup final to a giant screen in Les Corts
- Fewer than half of Barcelona offers rents below €1,000
- Guide to affordable, quality accommodation near Barcelona: campsites on the Costa Brava and Costa Dorada
- CE Europa stays at Can Dragó and leaves athletics in limbo
- Barcelona reaches 35 degrees in the middle of a heatwave this Wednesday
- Plaça de Sants works will disrupt neighbourhood mobility
- Collserola dries out and faces an extreme risk from the heatwave
- 16 July: what is celebrated today
- Spain beat France and reach the 2026 World Cup final
- Barcelona changes the venue for the Piromusical and New Year's Eve
- Summer sounds like jazz in Barcelona with essential concerts
- Barcelona transforms the Mercedes into an eco-neighbourhood with 1,300 homes
- Where to watch Spain-France on a giant screen near Barcelona
- Barça will have a frenetic start to the league because of the World Cup
- Where can you get free Wi-Fi in Barcelona? The best places you should know
- The Govern considers compensating residents and businesses after the L9 sinkhole in Barcelona
- Outdoor screens to watch the España-Francia match near Barcelona today
- AMB guides pedestrians along cooler streets and climate shelters
- Barcelona questions whether its taxes are matched by public services
- 15 July: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona braces for tropical nights and highs of 40º in the middle of a heatwave
- CN Montjuïc’s Olympic pool returns to Barcelona renewed
- El Coll gains pedestrian space and improves access beside Park Güell
- Barcelona will renew its buses with more sustainable vehicles
- La Rambla to unveil a unique design for its terraces
- Eating out in Barcelona costs increasingly more at weekends
- 14 July: what is celebrated today
- Barça Bàsquet changes era with an almost entirely new squad
- 13 July: what is celebrated today
- Eastpak brings a pop-up travel agency to Barceloneta
- 12 July: what is celebrated today
- 75% of Barcelona residents support removing tourist-flat licences
- Barcelona strengthens control of night-time noise in Born
- 11 July: what is celebrated today
- Extreme heat exposes the social gap in access to air conditioning
- Six forest fires stabilised after a critical night in Catalonia
- Barcelona approves the Born ZARE and reopens the dispute over noise
- Half of Catalan schools will have a nurse next academic year
- Parents in Sant Adrià call for urgent action against classroom heat
- 10 July: what is celebrated today
- Viladecans to get 146 new affordable rental flats
- Full closure on Rodalies R3: travellers between La Garriga and Puigcerdà affected
- The Gavà fire triggers alerts and confines thousands of people
- Barcelona libraries remain on strike over working improvements
- Barcelona warns vulnerable residents by SMS about extreme heat
- Barcelona will open a major emergency centre at Tres Xemeneies in 2028
- Two sculptures stolen from galleries in Barcelona recovered
- 65% of Barcelona lives where buying a flat is no longer affordable
- Cruïlla 2026 puts Catalan music at the centre of the festival
- PAU Mathematics exam prompts a surge in appeals
- Barcelona's Christmas adds design, neighbourhoods and local shopping
- Barcelona hands over 42 affordable flats on Carrer de Badajos
- Ibiza Festival Calendar
- 9 July: what is celebrated today
- TMB launches ‘Cerca de todo’ to connect with its users
- FGC seeks drivers for Barcelona’s future R-Aeroport
- Barcelona will move its emergency centre to Les Tres Xemeneies
- El Raval and Nou Barris shape a different musical week in Barcelona
- 8 July: what is celebrated today
- The La Bisbal fire remains under surveillance because of heat and wind
- Barcelona doubles its children’s water-play areas this summer
- Night-time heat disrupts sleep and makes rest difficult in Barcelona
- The Rodalies crisis drives up intercity bus use in Barcelona
- Amapolas en Octubre closes and Chueca loses another refuge for readers
- Barcelona will invest more than 100 million in renewing its markets
- Isaac del Toro shakes up the Tour with a victory at Montjuïc
- The secret archive beneath the Sagrada Família that reveals its history
- Tarragona experiences a historic day with the Tour's start
- 7 July: what is celebrated today
- Museu del Rock reinvents itself on Portaferrissa with legendary guitars
- The Grec opens its 50th anniversary with a night of culture, heat and fans
- Barcelona experiences a historic day with the start of the Tour de France
- The Tour de France makes Granollers a historic starting point towards Les Angles
- 6 July: what is celebrated today
- The fountains at Plaça Catalunya work again on their summer timetable
- Barcelona will experience a weekend of intense heat and tropical nights
- 5 July: what is celebrated today
- The second heatwave of the summer will hit Madrid and Barcelona
- Badalona adapts 30 educational centres to rising heat
- Películas Inmundas wins the Premi Pepón Coromina for its free, self-managed cinema
- Travelling to the Balearics by ferry: a different way to start a holiday
- Spain thrash Austria and set up a last-16 meeting with Portugal
- 4 July: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona closes the World Congress of Architects with a clear message on housing
- L’Hospitalet prepares a biomedical hub to transform its economy
- Verdaguer L4 station will close for two months for accessibility works
- Barcelona promotes the full transformation of the Jardins Oriol Martorell
- Casino l’Aliança prepares a new cinema session on Rambla del Poblenou
- The Ayuntamiento honours Atlètic-Barceloneta's historic season
- Badalona reorganises its centre with more pedestrian space and fewer cars
- The Festa d’Estiu del Cinema Català can be followed live for the first time
- Where to watch Spain-Austria today: TV, online and fan zones
- Barcelona kicks off the Tour de Francia amid road closures, barriers and crowds
- Barcelona launches an office to promote sustainable procurement
- Pride Barcelona 2026 takes over the centre with concerts and a march
- 3 July: what is celebrated today
- What temperature must Barcelona reach to speak of a heatwave
- Barcelona confirms its cocktail dominance with six bars among Europe’s best
- Barcelona launches a citizen commitment to improve coexistence
- What rights do workers have in extreme heat?
- The Tour de France arrives in Barcelona with traffic closures and restrictions
- Barcelona opens the Tour de France press centre at Palau Sant Jordi
- Barcelona tests three paints to reduce heat in buildings
June 2026
- 2 July: what is celebrated today
- Extreme heat leaves 370 associated deaths in Barcelona in one year
- TMB reinforces metro and buses with 358 professionals this summer
- FGC advertises 42 train-driver posts for the airport line
- Catalonia wants to double Rodalies users and reach one million a day
- Extreme heat returns this week with tropical nights and up to 40 degrees
- Barcelona celebrates the Tour de France with events and road closures
- Barcelona prepares traffic closures for the Tour Grand Départ
- MACBA opens free for three evenings a week this summer
- Palau de Pedralbes begins a 28-million-euro renovation
- How to survive extreme heat in Barcelona and Madrid: a practical guide for people and animals
- 1 July: what is celebrated today
- Vilanova refurbishes its bus station with changes to stops and access
- Palau de Pedralbes to become the Generalitat's second headquarters
- Catalonia publishes the first university allocation on 10 July
- The Pabellón Mies van der Rohe hosts open-air cinema this summer
- Barcelona will renew Tenor Masini with more space for pedestrians
- Barcelona prepares for the UIA 2026 International Architecture Congress
- Hospital de la Santa Creu begins key renovation in the heart of Raval
- Barcelona backs night-time mediators to improve coexistence
- Sant Adrià guarantees the future of the tennis club before creating a riverside park
- Badalona gives initial green light to the expansion of the Can Ruti campus
- 30 June: what is celebrated today
- 29 June: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona faces the weekend with intense heat and mugginess
- 28 June: what is celebrated today
- The AP-7 introduces a system that detects violations without stopping vehicles
- Eixample fills with free shows through Festival Tangent
- A fire in Tiana forces the closure of the swimming pool and restrictions at the sports centre
- 27 June: what is celebrated today
- Vilanova uses the Tour to boost cycling in the city
- Only one in four people in sports management is a woman
- Barcelona faces another day of intense heat and mugginess
- Sant Joan leaves more than 1,400 Bombers call-outs in Barcelona
- Barça opens the period to renew Camp Nou season tickets
- Barcelona competes with Bangkok to host WorldPride 2030
- Barcelona wonders whether it can still curb gentrification
- TMB opens 400 positions to strengthen Barcelona Metro
- 26 June: what is celebrated today
- Fire in Granollers halts the R3 and disrupts mobility in Sant Joan
- Barcelona breaks hotel record in May and anticipates an intense summer
- Traffic authorities set the minimum age for using electric scooters at 15
- The Tour de France will pass through Vic in its historic 2026 Catalan stage
- A car falls onto the tracks and forces the Rodalies R4 to close
- Barcelona wakes to more polluted air after the Sant Joan night
- Barcelona faces summer after a sharp rise in heat-related deaths
- 5 campervan getaways from Barcelona to unwind for a weekend
- The future museo Gaudí at the Teresianas sparks controversy among local residents and the school community
- Supermarkets and shops open today in Barcelona for Sant Joan
- Salmonella alert in two batches of fuet sold in Spain
- Barcelona unveiled new cameras in Barceloneta during Sant Joan
- 25 June: what is celebrated today
- Montjuïc strengthens its electricity grid before taking on new uses
- Barcelona Nord sees a boom in international coach travellers
- Badalona will repair the road at Barca Maria beach after Storm Harry
- Barcelona fortifies Sant Joan against extreme heat and fire risk
- Barcelona tests an app that simplifies texts for public decision-making
- The L8 extension progresses with the transfer of the tunnel-boring machine
- 24 June: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona strengthens security on beaches and transport for Sant Joan
- Barcelona strengthens its groundwater network to protect parks and gardens
- Castelldefels strengthens Sant Joan security and limits fireworks
- Until what time are supermarkets open in Barcelona before Sant Joan?
- How much does moving house in Barcelona cost?
- Barcelona will see a summer of key works on streets and public transport
- Barcelona launches more than a thousand summer activities for children and young people
- Xavier Benguerel Library reopens amid celebration and protest
- 23 June: what is celebrated today
- UE Horta remain in División de Honor after a nail-biting match
- Barcelona prepares for a summer with 24 works projects and closures on key routes
- Solar energy is already changing how businesses and households consume energy in Spain
- Montigalà football ground gets an upgrade with new stands and state-of-the-art turf
- 22 June: what is celebrated today
- Spain play their second World Cup match tomorrow: time and where to watch
- Barcelona faces a very hot weekend with tropical nights
- 21 June: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona strengthens public transport for Sant Joan eve
- The Zoo de Barcelona seeks photos and videos of Copito de Nieve for a documentary
- Barcelona ranks among the world’s five best cities for eating
- Barcelona will celebrate Pride 2026 with almost a month of activities
- Barcelona will host Oxford Quantum Circuits’ major European centre
- The Área Metropolitana de Barcelona marks 15 years amid challenges in mobility and funding
- Barceloneta and Poblenou call for urgent measures in response to tourism pressure
- Barcelona recognises Iris Tió, Primavera Sound and the Pau Casals Foundation
- 20 June: what is celebrated today
- The Madrid–Barcelona AVE is brought to a halt by a fire in L’Albi
- T-Mobilitat will require validation when getting off interurban buses too
- The new Restaurant Guide highlights 55 key tables in Barcelona
- Barcelona brings together more than 500 key works of European architecture for free
- The Gòtic’s most controversial terrace is installed in the street again
- 19 June: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona activates more than 500 climate refuges for this summer
- Collserola will use smart cameras to detect fires in 30 seconds
- Strike at El Prat could delay flights this summer
- 66,000 fake football shirts seized ahead of the Mundial
- Barcelona will add 75 new shaded spaces against the heat
- Barcelona reinforces playgrounds and play areas with 75 new shaded spaces
- Barcelona debates whether Mercadona microwaves compete with bars
- Barcelona speeds up climate control in schools with tourism funds
- 18 June: what is celebrated today
- The Sagrada Família neighbourhood calls for urgent measures against overcrowding
- Barcelona strengthens its climate shelters ahead of a more extreme summer
- Barcelona faces days of intense heat before the weekend peak
- Barcelona prepares changes so that culture has its own rules
- La Salut will gain a new open garden next to Park Güell
- Barcelona wants to speed up building permits with artificial intelligence
- More than 500 climate shelters will protect Barcelona this summer
- The Grec celebrates 50 years with Estrella Morente and Maria del Mar Bonet
- Barcelona will host Routes World in 2027, the trade fair that decides new air routes
- Three historic pieces by Antoni Gaudí and the Sagrada Família go up for auction in Barcelona
- How to choose a hotel near Barcelona airport: a guide for travellers in transit
- How to attend art presentations in Barcelona without missing what matters
- Why neighbourhood events matter more than they seem
- FIFA World Cup 2026: fixtures, results and everything you need to know if you follow Spain
- 17 June: what is celebrated today
- Sagrada Família reopens the controversy over buildings that could be demolished
- Spain stumble against Cape Verde and begin the World Cup with a draw
- The Tour de France will close key Barcelona streets in July
- R4 services resume following a fire between Cerdanyola and Sabadell Sud
- Barcelona faces three days of major closures for the Tour de France
- DondeGo wins the Technology-Driven Project Award for its commitment to technology
- Where to watch today’s Spain-Cape Verde match at the 2026 World Cup
- Cursa dels 150 Anys filled El Prat with sport and festive atmosphere
- Barcelona launches a clearer housing website with online procedures
- Ilia Topuria loses his unbeaten record to Justin Gaethje on a historic night
- 16 June: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona secures Formula 1 until 2032 with a new format
- Heat transforms Barcelona’s landscape and speeds up the spread of brown
- Barcelona launches a website to make it easier to access protected housing
- 15 June: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona faces a weekend of sun, heat and a summer atmosphere
- 14 June: what is celebrated today
- A rollover in the Glòries tunnel brings traffic to a standstill in the middle of the night
- The new Catalan education pact is signed without photos or public celebrations
- Barcelona awards the most innovative ideas for a sustainable city
- Meat & Fire fills Barcelona with embers, international chefs and music
- 13 June: what is celebrated today
- Collserola and sections of the Llobregat will remain restricted this summer
- “Marmingo” puts the risks of partying without rest in the spotlight
- Pantalla BDC fills Barcelona with free open-air cinema this summer
- Circorts turns Les Corts into a large stage for free circus
- A study challenges the daily weight of cruise ships in Barcelona tourism
- Bless Barcelona strengthens the luxury offering beside Passeig de Gràcia
- The most original experiences to enjoy in Barcelona
- Sagrada Família’s Tower of Jesus now shines after the papal blessing
- MACBA begins a new stage with Valentín Roma at the helm
- CN Sant Andreu loses on penalties and bids farewell to its European dream
- 12 June: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona sweeps the Premios ARQUITECTURA 2026 with three projects
- Barça handball seek a clean sweep of titles at the Final Four in Cologne
- The best Catalan villages to see the total eclipse in August
- Thousands fill Montjuïc to see Pope Leo XIV amid flags and security checks
- The change in leadership at MACBA sparks a crisis of confidence
- El Mercat de les Flors heads out into the city as it prepares for renovations
- Mossos monitor the papal visit with more than 250 live cameras
- 11 June: what is celebrated today
- Historic train and bus discounts open up the young summer
- Rodalies suffers two stoppages in Catalonia during the Pope’s visit
- A Level flight between Barcelona and Los Angeles makes an emergency return to El Prat
- MWC breaks an economic record in Barcelona with 588 million in impact
- More than 45,800 students take the Selectividad in Catalunya
- Barcelona turns its neighbourhoods into music stages this week
- The Catalan Government considers paying up to 200 euros a month for returning to the office
- Catalonia backs wine tourism to reactivate the wine sector
- The end of tourist flats puts pressure on Barcelona’s tourism model
- Biel Mesquida receives the Premi d’Honor de les Lletres Catalanes at the Palau de la Música
- The Sagrada Família unveils its tallest tower with a visit from Leo XIV
- Renfe refunds a ticket for an AVE without air conditioning in summer
- Almodóvar makes his novel debut with 'The Man Who Wrote Only on Aeroplanes'
- 10 June: what is celebrated today
- Leo XIV will sleep in Barcelona’s historic Palau Episcopal
- Port Vell consolidates itself as a cultural epicentre with Blaumarí Music
- Barcelona will open a Gaudí museum at the Teresianas in 2028
- Govern recommends working from home for the Pope's visit to Barcelona
- Barcelona Social streamlines aid procedures and appointments from your mobile
- Barcelona holds sessions to protect the city from extreme heat
- The “silent” zumba classes in Parc de les Glòries that are a hit in Barcelona
- 9 June: what is celebrated today
- The saving from buying a home outside Barcelona shrinks every year
- The Caterina Albert gardens will be renewed with more shade and greenery
- Barcelona expands spaces for walking dogs off-lead
- Montjuïc Castle opens two rooms on memory, war and the working world
- Primavera Sound overcomes the storm and draws 287,000 attendees
- 8 June: what is celebrated today
- Jove Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona will play before Pope Lleó XIV at Estadi Olímpic
- 7 June: what is celebrated today
- Sant Andreu travels to Malta to defend its European water polo crown
- Barcelona breaks heat record after a historic spring
- Eixample will have 16 free shows with Festival Tangent
- Barcelona wants to make short cruise stopovers more expensive from 2027
- Barcelona wakes up watching for the effects of the rainfall alert
- Primavera Sound interrupts concerts because of rain in Barcelona
- 6 June: what is celebrated today
- Works on the Barcelona metro will force route changes from June
- Barcelona allocates €1.3 million of the tourist tax to Christmas lights
- El Prat opens a 61-space Bicibox to connect bikes with public transport
- Nou Barris approves a key redevelopment in the Aiguablava triangle
- Clàssica a la Platja: two nights of free concerts come to Barcelona's sand
- A blown-glass sculpture revives the memory of the Gothic Quarter's washhouses
- The Pope's visit disrupts the routine of residents and shops in el Raval
- 5 June: what is celebrated today
- Primavera Sound 2026 opens its concerts free on streaming
- Clàssica a la Platja turns Barceloneta into a unique stage
- World Bicycle Day puts the spotlight on how Barcelona gets around
- Renfe compensates passenger for travelling without air conditioning in the middle of July
- Barcelona will install two giant screens to follow the Pope’s visit without going near La Sagrada Família
- Barcelona studies a third Rodalies tunnel beneath Diagonal to ease rail congestion
- Sant Andreu finish one goal short of their first women’s water polo league title
- 4 June: what is celebrated today
- An exhibition at the Mirador de Colón reinvents the Barcelona souvenir
- Barcelona will celebrate the new Rambla with a major public festival in 2027
- Queens League takes Passeig de Gràcia with an immersive exhibition
- Catalonia maps out the future of rail with 63 measures to transform mobility
- Barcelona Nord reopens refurbished and changes the experience of coach travel
- Lexington opens premium offices on Passeig de Gràcia and reinforces its commitment to Barcelona
- DondeGo launches its new app to discover what to do today in Barcelona and Madrid
- Prices of up to €900 to see the Pope from Barcelona balconies
- 3 June: what is celebrated today
- Montjuïc's new Punt Verd opens in La Marina with more space and services
- Barcelona seeks more direct flights to Asia and the US after the Middle East crisis
- Balconies at 900 euros to watch the Pope pass by the Sagrada Família
- Inspired in Barcelona Creative Days connects local talent with iconic places
- Five creative summer camps for children in Barcelona
- The Cure, the xx and Gorillaz lead a Primavera Sound with no passes left
- The most viral magical and secret fountain: once beer, now red wine flows
- Swimming-pool season opens with 15 outdoor venues in Barcelona
- Barcelona seeks to shield its green corridors after years of legal battles
May 2026
- 2 June: what is celebrated today
- More than 700 young people will sing at the Palau for 15 years of Palau Vincles
- Self-employed workers and taxi drivers bring their tax grievances to central Barcelona
- 1 June: what is celebrated today
- The best Michelin-starred dishes for €6: Tast a La Rambla
- 31 May: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona accelerates and almost matches Madrid as Spain's engine of innovation
- Sleeping in the heat is already a health and housing problem in Barcelona
- TMB will reinforce metro, buses and funicular for the Pope's visit to Barcelona
- Tast a la Rambla defies the heat and fills plaça de Catalunya with fine cuisine
- Barcelona adds a new quantum computer connected to MareNostrum 5
- Most semi-enclosed terraces in Barcelona breach anti-smoking law
- 6 ways to celebrate Pride as a couple this June (beyond the floats)
- La Model revisits the Jornades Catalanes de la Dona 50 years later
- Estrella Damm celebrates its 150 years with 45 concerts in venues across the territory
- The Sagrada Família will be sealed off during Leo XIV's visit
- 30 May: what is celebrated today
- Young Catalans will have exclusive access to the pitch during Pope Leo XIV’s visit
- Restaurants with counter seating and Michelin stars revolutionise the Barcelona experience
- Palau Robert will close in 2028 to become a major exhibition centre
- Tast a la Rambla turns Plaça de Catalunya into a large gastronomic bar
- Barcelona nears a historic record with an almost tropical May night
- El Prat expansion rekindles neighbourhood and environmental protest in Barcelona
- Gaudí, between admiration and questions: why Sagrada Família continues to make people uncomfortable
- Catalonia breaks night-time heat records in the middle of May
- 26 degrees?: climate shelters in Barcelona where you can endure the heat
- 29 May: what is celebrated today
- i2CAT opens its headquarters at Tech Barcelona to speed up research into 6G, AI and cybersecurity
- Trinitat Vella regains its Centre de Vida Comunitària after months of closure
- Museu Marítim shows how urban plans have shaped present-day Barcelona
- Park Güell marks its centenary with activities created by residents and schools
- The university entrance-score calculator helps you find out whether your grade is enough for the degree you want
- Pilar Calvo enters Junts's primaries and shakes up the race for Barcelona
- Retirees will be able to return to work as self-employed people and receive up to 25% of their pension
- Alexia Putellas will leave Barça after 14 years and an unrepeatable era
- Collserola will remain closed this summer due to swine fever and the risk of fires
- 28 May: what is celebrated today
- The R2 Sud could ease its congestion with a key expansion towards Barcelona
- Camp Nou moves closer to hosting the 2029 Champions final
- Informe Fènix reopens the debate on immigration, wages and welfare in Catalonia
- Residents and technicians will jointly decide the priorities for refurbishing the Trinitat Vella neighbourhood
- The Passeig de Gràcia Apple Store reopens with a new design after more than three months of works
- Universities and research already generate more than €10.6 billion in Barcelona
- Barcelona will invest €1.6 million to restore the former Hospital de la Santa Creu
- 27 May: what is celebrated today
- Tropical nights arrive early in Barcelona and break records in 2026
- Salvador Illa surprises with a selfie alongside Bad Bunny at Sagrada Família
- Barceloneta celebrates Petit Mercat de Mercats with food, music and local produce
- The Los40 Music Awards will return to Barcelona on 20 November
- The brunch spot where Bad Bunny had breakfast during his visit to Barcelona: the most viral one
- Barcelona’s terraces approach 7,000 licences and continue to grow
- Pope Leo XIV's visit takes Barcelona to the brink of full hotel occupancy
- Children and teenagers will be able to contact their families from libraries and community centres
- Barcelona starts the week with summer heat and increasingly difficult nights
- 26 May: what is celebrated today
- Los Javis win Cannes Best Director award for La bola negra
- 25 May: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona fills the weekend with markets, exhibitions and outdoor plans
- 24 May: what is celebrated today
- La bola negra receives one of Cannes' great ovations and reinforces Spanish cinema's strong year
- Vall d’Hebron detects nine cases of a rare skin infection in Barcelona
- Three-day weekend in Barcelona: where Monday 25 May is a public holiday
- Parcs en concert 2026: free music in nature near Barcelona
- Experts call for an end to the easy sale of knives in Barcelona
- Mostra de Films de Dones opens an edition marked by feminist memory and queer cinema
- A map shows which Barcelona terraces have sun or shade each hour
- DondeGo launches its public API discovery layer for events, places and news in Barcelona and Madrid
- 23 May: what is celebrated today
- Casa Vicens opens its garden for Santa Rita with charity roses in Gràcia
- Sagrada Família will welcome the Pope with 8,000 guests and the blessing of its tallest tower
- The Diagonal Race will close key Barcelona streets this Sunday
- Maria Eugènia Gay's open microphone fuels tension over municipal strikes
- Barça Women contest a Champions League and a multi-million-euro economic boost in Oslo
- A little-known Gaudí mosaic awaits urgent protection in Sant Andreu
- Firefighters step up campaign in Barcelona's major green lungs
- The restaurant where Barça celebrated the end of their season: sea views and a pool
- Barcelona consolidates its position as one of Europe's favourite cities to create a start-up
- Catalonia raises fines for graffitiing trains to up to €900,000
- FGC will buy 38 new trains to renew the Llobregat-Anoia line
- Cooperative housing gains ground in Barcelona as an alternative to impossible rents
- Bad Bunny is already in Barcelona and his fans have found him on Passeig de Gràcia
- 22 May: what is celebrated today
- The education strike enters a key week and the 27 May protest could still erupt in Catalonia
- Targeta Rosa allows free or discounted travel across the Barcelona metropolitan area
- Espanyol reach the final matchday with a minimal but real chance of reaching Europe
- Spain falls below the European average for young people neither studying nor working for the first time
- Barcelona cinemas seek to fill seats before summer with a new Fiesta del Cine
- Ciutat Vella's new plan of permitted uses reopens the debate on tourism in Barcelona
- Miró's mural at Barcelona Airport is now a Cultural Heritage Asset
- Barcelona faces warmer, more stable days after the latest rain
- 21 May: what is celebrated today
- Almodóvar returns to Cannes with his most personal and self-aware film
- Catalonia revives the orbital line to connect cities without passing through Barcelona
- Gaudí's best-kept secret revealed: at Casa Batlló and as an events space
- What to consider when choosing a beach club with a pool in Marbella for a full day
- Everything awaiting you at the 2026 Festa Major del Casc Antic in Barcelona
- A tree falls in the heart of Eixample and leaves a motorcyclist injured
- Sant Felip Neri unveils its organ and strengthens the cultural pulse of the Gòtic
- 20 May: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona is under strain again from mass tourism as residents' discontent grows
- A lorry accident closes the A-2 towards Barcelona and forces traffic diversions
- The new Swatch launch overwhelms shops and forces police intervention in Barcelona
- The courts force the Tax Agency to return more than €60 million to Shakira
- Viladecans to open a new cycle and pedestrian route alongside the C-31
- The sun will not take centre stage again in Barcelona until midweek
- Barcelona fills with aromas during a week devoted to perfume and artistic perfumery
- Attendance record at La Nit dels Museus: Barcelona thrives with 125,000 visitors
- 30,000 people celebrate 150 years of Estrella Damm by the sea in Barcelona
- Lewandowski bids farewell to Barça amid ovations and emotion at Camp Nou
- Barcelona will install a giant screen in Glòries for the women’s Champions League final
- 19 May: what is celebrated today
- Rodalies faces new strike days at the end of May and the beginning of June
- The future of public pensions in Spain: uncertainty and proposals for change
- Ayuntamiento plans to remove inactive driveways in the Eixample to plant more trees
- A fault between Clot and Arc de Triomf disrupts Rodalies this Sunday
- 18 May: what is celebrated today
- 17 May: what is celebrated today
- FGC will renew lifts and escalators at key stations in Barcelona
- Catalonia faces a heated end of term: strikes in education, healthcare, and Rodalies
- The ‘Pope effect’ and festivals push hotel occupancy to 97% in Barcelona
- The hidden Barcelona palace where the kings stay in Barcelona that you did not know about
- Training in the city: how to find a good gym in Barcelona without giving up your routine
- Comic Barcelona, Matsuri and Nit dels Museus transform the city this weekend
- Scepticism grows in Barcelona after promise to reduce stopover cruises
- A Catalan university student claims more than €9,000 over the daily chaos on Rodalies
- The weather in Barcelona will remain changeable throughout the weekend
- 16 May: what is celebrated today
- Education strikes continue in Catalonia after the meeting with Educació fails
- Barcelona Half Marathon 2027 opens registration and targets another historic record
- Sónar 2026 breaks with its historic format and completely transforms the festival
- Diagonal Mar opens every Sunday and public holiday this summer in Barcelona
- La Marina faces its biggest urban transformation with 12,000 homes and new services
- Clot interchange unveils new lifts and improves the connection between L1 and L2
- Leo Messi buys a Barcelona building and transforms the city's upper area
- 10 free plans in Barcelona this weekend: museums at night, festivals and markets
- Sala Apolo will launch an open-air cinema with DJs and music documentaries this summer
- A chain of fires burns out 14 cars near the Sagrada Família and alarms the neighbourhood
- 15 May: what is celebrated today
- Nit dels Museus 2026: how to hack reservations and enjoy the night free in Barcelona
- Barcelona opens new aid of up to 1,350 euros for families with underage children
- Elite Models seeks new faces at Arenas de Barcelona with no height or age limits
- Fewer cars and more pedestrian space: this is how Alfons XIII will change in Badalona
- Barcelona studies a quick solution to reduce queues for Diagonal buses
- Demolition of Modernist buildings beside Glòries begins to extend the park
- Barcelona turned out for Barça: 750,000 people filled the title parade
- Messi buys the former Wagner galleries and steps up his property investment in Barcelona
- The CCCB wants to teach children to look at screens differently
- Tuesday brought hail and storms to Barcelona and the weather will remain unsettled
- 14 May: what is celebrated today
- University pre-enrolment in Cataluña begins on 2 June: dates and key information for securing a place
- Catalonia reactivates the Orbital Train to connect the metropolitan area without passing through Barcelona
- FGC to take over Rodalies de Lleida and promises more trains and renovated stations
- Inexplicable: Manu Llari's close-up magic
- Barcelona International Poetry Festival: when verse converses with music and art
- Hansi Flick will stay at Barça until 2028 after a verbal agreement with the club
- MNAC will turn the Sala Oval into a Gregorian chant and techno party during Nit dels Museus
- Teachers’ strike clogs key access routes and complicates travel in Barcelona
- 13 May: what is celebrated today
- Ayuntamiento and Generalitat double investment to teach Catalan in Barcelona
- Casa Batlló recovers its last original home after three years of restoration
- Sant Antoni will transform its streets with a new large pedestrian area in 2026
- Eric Clapton returns to Barcelona and moves Palau Sant Jordi 22 years later
- The fight against illegal apartments is starting to change neighbourhoods in Barcelona
- More than 30 bus lines diverted because of Barça's celebration in Barcelona
- The Cursa de El Corte Inglés breaks records and transforms central Barcelona
- The blaugrana celebration will take over central Barcelona this Monday from 17:00
- Barcelona win the League in the Clásico and unleash a party at Camp Nou
- 12 May: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona transforms with neighbourhood festivals, poetry and craft markets
- Olivia Rodrigo sparks chaos in Montjuïc with her secret concert at El Grec
- Flick highlights the unity of the Barça dressing room ahead of the decisive clásico
- Espanyol let a key match slip away and survival is in danger
- Cruise ship with 150 passengers evacuated in Tenerife because of a hantavirus outbreak
- Xavi Torres defies adversity and keeps feeling the thrill of football in Barcelona
- Barcelona prepares for a week of polar cold and unexpected rain
- 11 May: what is celebrated today
- Madrid authorises the isolation of MV Hondius's Spanish passengers at Gómez Ulla
- Barcelona will replace thousands of plane trees to cope with the heat and provide more shade in the city
- Abnormal heat triggers climate alerts in Barcelona and brings a new El Niño episode closer
- The best weekend plans in Barcelona: festivals, flowers, gastronomy and popular festivities
- Strike at Barcelona's libraries threatens the Selectividad
- Barcelona will erect monuments to Cerdà, Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé
- 10 May: what is celebrated today
- Europa surprise all Barcelona and are three matches away from fighting for promotion to Segunda
- The corridor between L1 and L3 at Plaça Catalunya closes for two months and will alter thousands of daily journeys
- The full agenda for Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Barcelona (and free tickets to see him)
- Nou Barris athletics rises up against the neglect of Can Dragó
- El Besòs i el Maresme faces the largest housing renovation in its history
- 9 May: what is celebrated today
- The debate over taxis and VTCs in Barcelona is complicated by an avalanche of speakers
- Chaos on the L2: Barcelona wakes to closures between Clot and Sant Martí and route changes
- The 2026 eclipse already has key places in Barcelona for not missing the peak moment
- Sant Jordi confirms the reading boom: young people and comics drive sales in Catalonia
- The 2026 Tour avoids Collserola and redraws its route through the metropolitan area
- Catalonia focuses on prisons after several deaths and thousands of mechanical restraints
- What is known about the hantavirus detected on a cruise ship and why Europe urges calm
- Gaudí will finally receive his long-pending tribute at Sagrada Família after more than a century
- The new Rambla is already taking shape: theatres, digital art and housing to transform the promenade
- Pope Leo XVI will bring a major vigil to the Olympic Stadium, sparking debate in Barcelona
- 8 May: what is celebrated today
- Les Corts’ new ice rink is now open and changes sports leisure in Barcelona
- The new LEZs arrive in Baix Llobregat, but many residents will not pay fines until 2030
- These 101 beaches and 24 ports in Catalonia will fly the Blue Flag in 2026
- Original ideas for a different kind of hen party in Barcelona
- The K-pop phenomenon lands in Barcelona with a concert by the group Twice
- The start-ups transforming Barcelona: from health to mobility and local commerce
- The commercial icon of Portal de l’Àngel returns: this is how the street will change with new shops and offices
- Run with your dog in Besòs: the charity plan gaining strength in Barcelona
- Police officers without uniforms in classrooms: the measure dividing secondary schools in Catalonia
- Drought leaves Barcelona streets without trees and now there are too few to replant
- Barcelona will change its streets: fewer plane trees and more diversity in the coming years
- 7 May: what is celebrated today
- The cleaning strike fills Girona with rubbish and threatens the start of Temps de Flors
- New call in Barcelona: funding and real-world trials to innovate in housing until 5 June
- Barcelona launches a major local-commerce fair in Glòries from 8 to 10 May
- Drinks containing prescription-free viagra detected in neighbourhood shops in Barcelona
- Barcelona will close the centre for Cursa El Corte Inglés, with 50,000 runners and 40 buses affected
- Da Igual arrives in Barcelona with its wildest live show and covers nobody expects
- The Can Cuiàs aqueduct will be a pedestrian crossing linking two neighbourhoods
- Barcelona turns blue and launches more than 40 plans for Europe Day
- More than 30 Guardia Urbana candidates at risk due to traffic exam backlog
- Barcelona’s new health plan may fail to reach many women due to lack of time
- 6 May: what is celebrated today
- The Tour officially changes its Tarragona–Barcelona stage to avoid Collserola
- Barça basketball faces the play-offs with five key injuries
- The hidden past of Campus Mundet: from concentration camp to university space
- Rent falls in Barcelona while rising in the rest of Spain
- Rodalies recovers key Barcelona routes and ends free passes on 8 May
- Walker Evans. Now and then exhibition: discover the work of one of photography’s greats
- Balloon Story Barcelona exhibition: the universe of balloons that leaves everyone open-mouthed
- How to make your event stand out in Barcelona
- Ideas for organising corporate events in Barcelona with more atmosphere and participation
- Tren Granota runs again in Barcelona with historic journeys until December
- Barcelona attracts global talent with 100 new scientific grants from the “la Caixa” Foundation
- Matchmaking agencies make a comeback in Barcelona despite the boom in dating apps
- Possible “Superniño” threatens more heat and intense rain in Barcelona this year
- House prices soar by almost 10% in Barcelona as the economy loses pace in 2025
- Barcelona will refurbish Carrer de la Jota to improve accessibility, lighting and green areas in Nou Barris
- 5 May: what is celebrated today
- Cinema under the stars returns to Montjuïc with 16 nights of films, concerts and gastronomy
- Fira del Disc brings together 170 exhibitors in Barcelona and confirms vinyl's rise among young people
- Plaça Catalunya fountains will be switched off for two months because of urgent works after leaks are detected
- Park Güell will renew its lighting with 6 million to strengthen security and change the visit
- 4 May: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona celebrates DAMM's 150th anniversary with a night of star chefs, the Boquería and the Liceu
- Nou Barris to renovate calle de la Jota to resolve accessibility issues near the Meridiana
- Barcelona’s Feria de Abril considers charging for entry again to avoid putting its future at risk
- Barcelona weather this weekend: sunshine, mild temperatures and slight instability late on Sunday
- 3 May: what is celebrated today
- Fundació Joan Miró presents Kapwani Kiwanga's largest exhibition
- What to do in Barcelona this weekend: festivals, markets, gastronomy and family plans beyond 1 May
- CNB's historic diving pool is reborn in Barcelona after being closed for 23 years
- Catalunya delays intercity bus reform until 2034: users will continue with decades-old routes
- Protest in Nou Barris over Can Dragó tracks: athletes denounce loss of space and halted activity
- What to do for free in Madrid this May holiday: historical festivals, folklore, concerts and outdoor plans
- Barcelona sends labour sanctions soaring: almost 600 fines and hospitality ..
April 2026
- 2 May: what is celebrated today
- The Tres Xemeneies on Paral·lel begin their transformation into offices and will open in 2027 with 22,500 m²
- Barcelona Poesia 2026 transforms the city into a stage for verse and music
- 331 new affordable rental flats promoted with public support in Barcelona
- Barcelona Marathon 2027 opens registration after breaking historic records
- Pope Leo XIV surprises with his visit to the Church of Saint Augustine in the Raval
- Barcelona already grants its first permits to migrants: a Venezuelan nurse will be able to work in just 15 days
- The key Rodalies project in Baix Llobregat restarts after contract suspension
- Nou Barris becomes the main stage for architecture in Barcelona this May
- An hour from Barcelona: the Montseny villa that charms with its views and impeccable refurbishment
- El Prat loses the Mercat del Remolar after more than 40 years and is left with only one municipal market
- Barcelona records its warmest April ever with May-like temperatures
- Día del Trabajador disrupts mobility in Barcelona: three marches and diversions on more than 20 bus routes
- A massive blackout leaves thousands of homes without power in Barcelona
- ACUSTICAT 2026 brings together 400 experts in Barcelona to address the impact of noise on health
- With the peineta and flamenco dress: all set at Parc del Fòrum for Barcelona’s April Fair
- 1 May: what is celebrated today
- The world's 50 best beaches in 2026 include two Spanish destinations among the summer essentials
- Barcelona will invest €12 million to refurbish 20 key interurban bus stops between 2026 and 2028
- The Cursa Antirracista will run through Montjuïc on 13 June, starting next to Font Màgica
- Albert Adrià brings an ice-cream parlour to Passeig de Gràcia where ice cream is finished like a signature dish
- Nit dels Museus opens 94 sites free in Barcelona and the metropolitan area for one unique night
- A Saharan cloud covers Barcelona with mild conditions and reduced visibility
- New direct line will connect La Marina and the Port with central Barcelona
- A guide for urban parents: how to conquer the city with your baby
- Barcelona Metropolitan Area will ban B-label cars in 2028 and expand the Low Emission Zone
- 30 April: what is celebrated today
- Steve McCurry arrives in Barcelona with his major exhibition at Palau Martorell
- Madrid Metro will allow payment by bank card and mobile from June across the entire network
- Barcelona City Council seeks to attract scientific talent with grants 2026–2027
- Revolut to open its first physical location in Barcelona near Plaça de Catalunya
- Technology, AI and innovation: the foundations of the new Advanced Factories 2026
- The immersive show that will change how you see theatre: The Jury Experience: Crimen en Alta Mar: El naufragio de una amistad
- The blockage of the new taxi law in Barcelona delays regulation of Uber, Bolt and Cabify
- Barcelona will activate the maximum anti-terrorist level for Pope Leo XIV's visit in June
- UE Sant Andreu will play at home after agreement with the City Council to adapt Narcís Sala
- The new V5 bus route removes two stops in La Marina de Port and sparks neighbourhood protests
- The blackout that paralysed Spain and Portugal turns one: causes, impact and changes to the grid
- Stable Tuesday in Barcelona: sun, no rain and mild temperatures, with changes forecast for the end of the week
- Palau Güell displays 150 Antoni Gaudí windows and reveals his use of light until October
- Laporta’s plan to expand the Johan Cruyff clashes with the municipal limit
- 29 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona Metro will install generators against blackouts
- Teatre del Raval reopens with new life and a focus on local culture
- The secrets of Gaudí’s work: Casa Batlló Street Escape, ‘Gaudí and the Hidden Treasure’
- The Castell de Montjuïc reopens with an expanded historical tour
- The V5 line extends its route and improves connections to La Marina
- The Liceu hosts the grand celebration of Damm’s 150th anniversary
- Montjuïc saves eight century-old plane trees before the Fira works
- Casa Hurtado begins its restoration in Les Corts to be reborn as a new cultural and community centre
- 28 April: what is celebrated today
- Erika Torregrossa drives a new corporate diplomacy between companies and institutions from Barcelona
- Mataró has three public holidays before summer and an option for an extra-long break at Sant Joan
- Barcelona sets a record with Seafood and exceeds 35,500 professionals
- Sant Martí revives medieval magic and extends Sant Jordi until Sunday
- 27 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona opens its historical archive online with more than 60,000 free photos
- Queues for regularisation again overwhelm the OAC Monumental
- Matsuri Barcelona returns to Port Vell with martial arts, gastronomy and Japanese culture by the sea
- The weekend brings clouds and possible rain in Barcelona
- 26 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona opens an outdoor Jardín Geológico in Les Corts to explore the history of the Earth
- Barcelona breaks its all-time Sant Jordi metro record with more than 2 million journeys in one day
- Mossos enter secondary schools and reopen the controversy
- Barcelona protects five new singular trees and raises its protected green heritage to 213
- Eixample unlocks the relocation of the fire station and the future Escola Entença
- ‘Temps de Gràcia’ rediscovers the neighbourhood through urban drawing
- Sant Jordi is complicated by plane-tree dust in Barcelona
- Raquel Lacuesta reveals Gaudí's playful and creative side in Barcelona
- 25 April: what is celebrated today
- Park Güell features in Nutella's new limited edition
- Lamine Yamal misses the end of the league season with Barça but will be at the World Cup
- Alexia Putellas matches Messi with 10 league titles and makes history at Barça
- Signings, queues and emotion: how Sant Jordi is experienced with writers in Barcelona
- Why giving a book and a rose defines Barcelona's most special day
- Through a female lens: Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona
- Art Photo Bcn: all about contemporary photography at Disseny Hub Barcelona
- Changeover at MACBA, Picasso and Miró: how Barcelona’s cultural direction is changing
- 26 homes affected by an unauthorised illegal-rental network in Barcelona
- Rubí tunnel partially reopens and eases the logistics crisis in Barcelona
- New feline shelter in Badalona to protect local biodiversity
- The R1 could double its track between Arenys and Blanes to reduce delays
- Barcelona fills Passeig de Gràcia with 10 hours of free jazz on 26 April
- 24 April: what is celebrated today
- Goodbye to the paper ticket: Barcelona’s metro is now T-Mobilitat only
- El Piset: art in a private flat you can only visit by appointment
- Barcelona and the ‘cashless’ revolution: how the city leads digital payments in Europe
- El Clásico arrives with retro fashion: historic shirts from €30 in Barcelona
- The future of neighbourhood football in Barcelona at risk from lack of funding
- Vueling hides discounts in Barcelona for Sant Jordi and gives away books at Palau Robert
- Summer camps in Barcelona: how to enrol your children and pay less
- Sala Montjuïc returns to Montjuïc Castle with 16 nights of cinema and live music this summer
- Karol G announces a Barcelona concert after eight years without performing in the city
- Casa Batlló is covered in roses and becomes the epicentre of Sant Jordi in Barcelona
- 23 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona residents call for support to curb tourist flats in their buildings
- 246 sachets of a banned product removed in Barcelona over health risk
- Barcelona boosts the metro like never before for Sant Jordi: more trains and changes to buses
- New trains arrive in Madrid sooner while Barcelona keeps waiting
- Barcelona delivers 42 social housing units in Poblenou after 7 years: rents from €428
- This was Rosalía’s concert in Barcelona: diva spectacle, Bad Gyal and contact with the audience
- The international ICORN network holds its assembly in Barcelona with writers and activists
- New bus lanes and stations: how Barcelona wants to change entry into the city
- Barça can win La Liga before the clásico and there is already debate over the celebration
- Barcelona plans more social housing at Tres Xemeneies with smaller homes
- 22 April: what is celebrated today
- Barça are within reach of the Liga, but there will be no celebration at Canaletes this year
- The link between L1 and L5 at Plaça de Sants closes for almost a year from 27 April
- Strike at Barcelona libraries during Sant Jordi week: possible closures
- Barcelona now has Catalonia's best tea biscuit, and it looks like a sweet tribute to Sagrada Família
- More space and safety for bicycles on a key road in Barcelona
- Park Güell will replace its paving in 2027 with more sustainable materials
- Green light for the redevelopment of Sant Adrià y Otger: less traffic, more neighbourhood
- Thousands of travellers affected by the R3 closure after a copper theft
- Fire on Montjuïc causes alarm and mobilises firefighters in Barcelona
- 21 April: what is celebrated today
- 24-hour supermarkets reopen the commercial debate in Barcelona
- Up to 19 Catalan federations could compete outside Spain
- 20 April: what is celebrated today
- Barceloneta will gain a new 500-metre neighbourhood space on Joan de Borbó, with works until 2027
- Barcelona pays tribute to Montserrat Torrent on her 100th birthday with a concert, exhibition and plaque at the Museu de la Música
- Barcelona fills with plans: cinema, electronic music and cocktails before Sant Jordi
- 19 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona hosts the first Spain-Brazil Summit with Sánchez and Lula and a dozen strategic agreements
- Mercat de Santa Caterina fears losing customers because of the Via Laietana refurbishment
- Barcelona and Colombia unite at Biblioteca García Márquez with an unpublished portrait of the Nobel laureate and Petro's visit
- Police and medical services activate a special plan for the cup final in Madrid
- Barcelona opens the Jardín Geológico with free entry
- New trees in Barcelona promote green spaces and healthy habits
- More than 80 brands drive Barcelona International Boat Show 2026
- What to do in Barcelona before Sant Jordi 2026: festivals, fairs and plans to make the most of the week
- Santa Caterina launches an unbeatable aperitif: vermouth and gilda for €1.50 on the first Saturday of every month
- How to get free tickets for Primavera Sound 2026 concerts in Barcelona
- Barcelona brings together international leaders for a key institutional event
- Barcelona seeks European funds to curb the housing crisis
- Migrants overwhelm service points after regularisation announcement in Barcelona
- Messi acquires a Catalan club and changes his off-pitch career
- 18 April: what is celebrated today
- Digital auctions drive up art’s value with record sales
- The EU's new border system causes long waits at airports
- Showing your DNI on a mobile phone now has legal validity in Barcelona
- Sant Jordi grows in Barcelona without La Rambla and with a record number of stalls
- Bizum arrives in Barcelona physical shops with mobile payments
- Barcelona will pay up to 70,000 euros to open balconies, windows or gardens in party walls
- Casa de l’Aigua opens a permanent exhibition in Barcelona on water, climate and the city
- Cornellà turns plaça de la Església into the great heart of Sant Jordi with books, roses and shows
- Sant Jordi 2026 will fill Barcelona with almost four kilometres of stalls and a La Rambla without a leading role
- Deterioration of the Rubió i Lluch gardens forces Barcelona to consider urgent measures in the heart of Raval
- Talents Jazz: live music on La Pedrera's rooftop
- Barcelona launches €10 million in aid to modernise homes
- Cruïlla 2026 opts for unique stages inspired by the Mediterranean
- The Generalitat cuts the price of Medicine in Vic with unprecedented aid
- Catalonia’s plan for 50,000 flats runs up against a labour shortage
- Mirador de Colón gives tickets to people named Jordi or Jordina this Sant Jordi
- 17 April: what is celebrated today
- 15 municipalities in Barcelona launch a charity circuit against cancer
- A new Barcelona award will recognise global human rights initiatives
- El Godó links tennis and cycling with an event alongside the Tour de Francia
- Laporta denounces refereeing errors after Barça’s Champions exit
- Sol becomes a political focal point with the meeting between Ayuso and Machado
- State civil servants reduce their working week to 35 hours
- The Strokes return to Barcelona with their only date in Spain and a new album at Palau Sant Jordi
- 080 Barcelona Fashion premieres Port Vell with fashion, sea and major brands
- The Cathedral and the Palau pay tribute to Montserrat Torrent in Barcelona
- The rise of bookshops in Barcelona grows with public and private support
- Horta velodrome returns to debate with a retractable-roof proposal
- SÓNAR 2026 arrives at Gran Via in Barcelona with music and technology for three days
- 16 April: what is celebrated today
- Barça face the challenge of overturning the deficit against Atlético at the Metropolitano in Madrid
- Venues and squares in Barcelona come alive with a diverse musical line-up this weekend
- Mercat de Montserrat boosts Nou Barris with more sales and younger customers
- Sant Jordi in Barcelona arrives with pricier roses but rising sales
- Rosalía transforms Palau Sant Jordi into a living museum with her ‘Lux Tour’
- Barcelona celebrates Record Store Day with exclusive vinyl, queues, and concerts at its independent shops
- Barcelona rolls out more than 1,500 activities as World Capital of Architecture 2026
- Rosalía storms the Sant Jordi with a concert full of nods to Barcelona
- Plaça de Sant Josep de Calassanç in Camp de l’Arpa is renamed Plaça de les Tortugues
- MACBA opens its reserves to the public for free on limited dates, with very few places
- Rosalía's favourite restaurants in Barcelona: from classic bars to international cuisine
- 15 April: what is celebrated today
- Barça seek a comeback against Atlético with Turpin as referee at Camp Nou
- New Rodalies trains will not arrive until 2027, prolonging the service crisis
- Thousands of Barcelona travel passes expire soon: check your card before travelling
- La Rambla will require unified terraces in Barcelona with shared furniture and no advertising
- Japan Weekend Barcelona 2026: a weekend when Japanese pop culture takes over the city
- Perfectes desconeguts: the hit play in Catalonia with a Guinness record
- Sagrada Família raffles 90 pairs of tickets for a Sant Jordi night visit in Barcelona
- Teachers bring Barcelona to a standstill and announce new education strikes
- Barça handball win the League unbeaten and open a season that could be historic
- Fire on the terrace of Barcelona’s Pulitzer hotel: a worker treated for smoke inhalation
- How to prepare for August's total eclipse: key tips for seeing it safely
- Barcelona fills with major concerts in 2026: Rosalía opens a record programme at the Sant Jordi
- Changes on La Rambla: fewer terraces and more space for walking
- 14 April: what is celebrated today
- A signalling fault shuts Barcelona’s L2 for two hours in the middle of rush hour
- Sant Adrià hosts a major classic-car meet on 21 June with only 120 places
- Barcelona gains a new temple for music lovers: Club del Disco will open in the Eixample with vinyl, concerts and a listening bar
- TMB launches special buses for Rosalía's concerts at Palau Sant Jordi from Plaça Espanya
- Croiss&Fest turns Barcelona into the croissant capital from 1 to 3 May with competition, workshops and street food
- Funicular de Montjuïc reopens on 13 April and restores the direct connection from Paral·lel
- 13 April: what is being celebrated today
- Pere Lluís Font dies, a key figure in Catalan philosophy and UAB professor
- Weather turns in Barcelona: a stable Saturday and a rain-soaked Sunday
- SOUNDIT Plaza 2026 in Barcelona: confirmed times with Luke Slater, Donato Dozzy and an after-party at Nitsa
- 12 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona considers limiting access to private monuments to curb tourist overcrowding
- Vila Olímpica reinvents itself with new restaurants and becomes a key area for eating in Barcelona
- The MACBA and Torre Glòries project images against antisocial behaviour in Barcelona
- The Port de Barcelona is building a new car terminal that will affect employment and logistics
- Culture in the street in Barcelona: free show against the privatisation of theatres
- Temperatures rise in Madrid and the sky changes throughout the day
- Sant Jordi Musical returns with 9 hours of free concerts at Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm
- Free party at Sala Apolo this Sunday: indie-electronic afternoon with 2000s anthems
- 11 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona welcomes viral dog photographer Christian Vieler with free sessions at Diagonal Mar
- Rodalies in crisis: what urgent changes are needed to improve mobility in Barcelona
- The Cursa El Corte Inglés aims to reach 50,000 runners in Barcelona
- An unusually hot Friday sends temperatures soaring in Barcelona
- Controversy at Camp Nou over gestures and chants by Atlético de Madrid supporters
- Residents’ demand comes to light: refurbishment of Jardines Bacardí in Les Corts
- Catalan mayors demand urgent solutions for housing and municipal bureaucracy
- New initiatives promote daily bicycle use in Barcelona
- The analogue boom fills shops and labs in the city
- Can Dragó changes pace and leaves athletes in the background
- Atlético raids Barcelona and leaves the tie in trouble
- 10 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona unveils Sant Jordi posters with a book-devouring dragon and TVBoy's urban stamp
- Barcelona metro incident disrupts the afternoon for hundreds of users
- The Canòdrom sports centre moves forward after years of waiting
- The Rodalies network faces relief after millions in investment
- Hats and spring: what Passejada amb Barret will be like
- The 2025 income-tax campaign begins with new advantages and more digital control
- A century-old shop endures in Barcelona's Eixample
- A Catalan researcher analyses the impact of the Artemis II mission
- The Mossos building in Poblenou is transformed for more than 1,000 officers
- Barceloneta unveils Barcelona's first Roma giantess
- 9 April: what is celebrated today
- Festa de la Ciència takes over central Barcelona this weekend
- New opportunities for young people in Catalonia through social and cultural projects
- An app opens Barcelona's top restaurants to people working in the sector
- FIFA acts after insults at Spain-Egypt match at the RCDE Stadium
- Rising heat in the sea puts key Mediterranean species at risk
- Font Màgica modernises and pauses its shows to complete the works
- La Pedrera hosts a major exhibition on the Nabis for the first time
- Direct Rodalies connection returns on a key stretch for Barcelona
- The City Council regulates temporary rentals to protect primary residences
- Parc de Can Dragó is remodelled to become greener and more inclusive
- Tension between private-hire vehicle drivers at El Prat over out-of-region licences
- 8 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona now requires bars and shops to donate or recycle leftover food, with fines of up to €500,000
- Semana Santa pushes hotel occupancy in Barcelona up to 85% and brings Catalonia close to full
- Intervention at Litoral beach to clean up and curb shanty towns before summer
- Sagrada Família, Montjuïc and new locations: this is how Barcelona prepares for the Pope
- Hotels full in Barcelona during Semana Santa, but with more restrained spending
- FGC returns Sant Gervasi's glass canopy lost in 1960, with works until 2026
- Where to eat near Barcelona’s cinemas, theatres and museums without improvising your plan
- Post-war Barcelona is revived in a novel about shanty towns, guitar and survival in Montjuïc
- See the city better: how to enjoy Barcelona with complete visual comfort
- Flighty predicts flight delays from Barcelona hours in advance
- Barcelona will have a calm week: sun, clouds and no rain
- The FGC closure in Barcelona will force route changes for 13 days
- A stabbing on the Barcelona metro leaves 13 arrested and causes concern
- Sun, terraces and first swims: this is how Easter is experienced in Barcelona
- 7 April: what is celebrated today
- Easter Monday brings Barcelona sun, short sleeves and a week starting without rain
- Les Corts will have a renovated park with more greenery and sports areas
- Sant Andreu supporters turn Narcís Sala into a giant mosaic with the message ‘un amor sense vacances’
- The benches with the best views in Barcelona: from the Sagrada Família to the sea
- Catalunya already has its 2027 public holiday calendar: fewer long weekends and key dates for Barcelona
- Sant Joan Despí is still waiting for the major Gallina Blanca project, with 2028 now the new date
- 6 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona closes the L10 Sud during Holy Week and activates special buses until 6 April
- Terraces to discover in Barcelona this spring: secret courtyards, sea views and urban oases
- Sunshine drives outings in Barcelona and forces mountain rescues to be reinforced
- El Prat faces its busiest Easter Week with more than 4,200 flights
- 5 April: what is celebrated today
- L10 improves its safety and suspends service in Zona Franca these days
- Barça lose Raphinha for five weeks and activate new attacking options
- The Govern promotes a high-altitude training centre in Bagà to attract international sports elite
- Girona changes one of its most iconic Semana Santa images: the manaies will no longer strike the cathedral steps
- Barcelona records 2,385 protests in one year and more than 600 were not notified to authorities
- What to do in Barcelona at Easter: cinema, jazz, Biergarten and Flea Market without leaving the city
- TRAM marks 22 years in Barcelona with a historic demand record and more than 532 million journeys
- What is open and what is closed in Barcelona this Good Friday
- Barcelona launches new penalties against uncivil behaviour and focuses on dogs
- Easter getaway operation in Barcelona: heavy traffic and increased checks
- 4 April: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona enters the key Semana Santa days with sunshine and highs above 20 °C
- The weather changes at Easter: rain and sun this weekend in Barcelona
- Barcelona reinforces control in tourist areas with twice as many civic officers
- A station for 300 cars a day: how Barcelona’s new electric charging hub will work
- Finding a bench in Barcelona depends on the neighbourhood: this is how they are distributed
- The digital DNI on your phone is now valid: how everyday identification is changing
- Barça leads commercial revenue in LaLiga and overtakes Real Madrid
- New law requires recycling of leftovers in bars and restaurants
- Barcelona welcomes Roko Banana with Gran muralla, a live show of emotion, noise and resistance
- Barcelona-El Prat faces 1,080 flights today in its busiest day of Semana Santa
- Barcelona will open a charging station this year capable of delivering 400 km of range in 15 minutes beside the Ronda de Dalt
- The R3 empties because of works and travellers choose the bus
- The Generalitat to promote 566 flats in 31 municipalities
- The Rovira tunnel reopens towards the sea after 18 months of works
- Barcelona raises the tourist tax before Semana Santa
- Cultural tourism grows and forces a rethink of access in Barcelona
- Night-time trade soars in Barcelona
- 3 April: what is celebrated today
- Festa de la Ciència 2026 will bring 180 activities to El Born on 18 and 19 April
- Barcelona supermarkets adjust opening times for Easter Week 2026
- United States demands answers from Spain after the Noelia Castillo case
- Xenophobic chants mar Spain–Egypt at the RCDE Stadium
- Barcelona will have isolated showers today, but Easter will turn towards milder weather
- Renfe halts its Paris project and demands from France the same rules Ouigo has in Spain
- Colonia Güell will recreate its foundation stone on 4 October with a free drone show
- The C-31 bridge in Badalona is sealed with concrete blocks after the settlement is cleared
- Barcelona Zoo sells out its children’s camp again and interest in summer surges
- Barcelona doubles its tourist tax and ranks among European cities with the most expensive nights for visitors
- What to do in Sants-Montjuïc in April: routes, workshops and hidden spaces in architectural Barcelona
- How Spain turned the aperitif into a social ritual
- Cristina settles in Barcelona with a 400 m² flat in Pedralbes
- Barcelona's literary festivals boost interest in reading
- Espanyol captain enters the final stage of his recovery
- A congress in Barcelona tackles the challenges of reporting on climate change
- Agreement to restore a key trail on the Costa Brava
March 2026
- 2 April: what is celebrated today
- Free Rodalies travel continues until 30 April after more than 2.5 million passes are issued
- City Council steps up its focus on 24-hour supermarkets
- 19 Barcelona libraries will open during Holy Week with special hours
- Local art returns to Museu Europeu d’Art Modern with The MEAM Hall
- The Parlament to expand its seat next to the Ciutadella with a new building
- L8 will connect Plaça Espanya and Gràcia with three new stops
- Urban planners warn of saturation in Barcelona's metropolitan area
- Camp Nou: third tier ready for 62,000 fans (live video)
- Collserola loses 90% of its visitors due to the swine-fever alert in Barcelona
- The Volta and the Tour de France put Barcelona on the world cycling map
- Residents criticise the Museo Thyssen plan in Barcelona despite its approval
- Former Espanyol president Ferran Martorell dies aged 84
- Barça lose Raphinha for Champions quarter-finals against Atlético
- The Liceu brings Carmina Burana to Park Güell in a free concert
- More than 3,000 users affected by Dreamfit’s closure in Sant Adrià
- 1 April: what is celebrated today
- An exhibition arrives in Barcelona revealing how Matisse changed painting
- Japan Weekend Barcelona 2026 arrives in April with free activities, cosplay and competitions at Fira Gran Via
- Travessera de Gràcia reopens a run-down space as an accessible playground with new vegetation
- The downhill Rovira tunnel reopens and brings travel back to normal
- Best car leasing in Spain: 2026 comparison
- Barcelona-El Prat faces a Groundforce strike from Monday, with stoppages at three key times
- Thousands enjoy the light and music show at Sagrada Família for Easter Week
- The property boom reaches Sant Andreu with unprecedented prices
- New evictions in Barcelona leave dozens of people without housing alternatives
- This is what Easter Week in Barcelona will be like: timetables, routes and key churches
- Barcelona begins the week with sunshine and 20 ºC ahead of a possible change in the weather
- New affordable homes in Barceloneta amid the debate over tourist pressure
- La Sagrada Família and other Barcelona icons switch off for Earth Hour
- 98% of Madrid residents have public transport within 300 metres of home
- 31 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona activates Procicat pre-alert after a fire in a lorry at the port
- The Sagrada Família’s Tower of Jesus Christ hides a 50,000-piece mural that almost no one has seen
- One-person households put pressure on Barcelona's housing market
- Windstorm cuts trains and roads in Catalunya, with alert for six counties and gusts of 160.6 km/h
- ALS gains visibility in Barcelona with Unzué and the law, but hundreds of families remain at their limit
- L’Hospitalet promotes Greater Barcelona's largest biomedical district with 240 million and 500,000 m² of green space
- Green light for the renewal of Fira Montjuïc: more housing, green areas and facilities
- 30 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona's beaches begin the season today with lifeguards, beach bars and changes to the sand
- Olèrdola Castle free until 5 April: reopens today with a 360° viewpoint and workshops
- Barcelona closes traffic in Montjuïc this Sunday for the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- Barcelona and Barça join forces to promote Sant Jordi with an international campaign
- Olot protests the bypass while Illa presents a €470 million project to connect Olot and Les Preses
- Raphinha is injured, leaving Barça without one of its key players for the decisive stretch
- 29 March: what is celebrated today
- Alimentaria + Hostelco closes its 50th anniversary edition with record numbers: new features, activities, and highlights from the event
- Barcelona's full council calls on the Generalitat for more investment in education and fewer class-ratio constraints and less bureaucracy
- The direct route between Barcelona and Mexico City returns until 2027
- La Virreina hosts a major free exhibition on Godard until October
- Strikes at El Prat threaten mobility in Barcelona during Easter Week
- Green light for an urban planning reform in Barcelona to control the rental market
- Entering Park Güell for free is now easier: all you need is an ID card and proof of residence
- Barcelona sends off its largest humanitarian convoy to Kyiv today with 8 generators and 2 fire engines
- Advanced Factories 2026 will bring Barcelona the major debate on how to automate the food industry
- Barcelona activates a green pass at Park Güell so only registered residents enter free
- El Hormiguero brings together the four El Desafío finalists today on the eve of the grand final
- 28 March: what is celebrated today
- La Boqueria will stop opening on Sundays and public holidays after 70% of traders vote
- Key EuroLeague clash: Barça host a close neighbour in the table
- Sánchez replaces Montero and appoints Carlos Cuerpo first deputy prime minister and Arcadi España to Finance
- OFFF fills Barcelona with free mapping for three nights on the Disseny Hub façade
- Strike at 19 Spanish airports threatens Easter travel
- Nou Barris restores the name of Joan Salvat-Papasseit to its square
- TK Maxx opens its first store in Spain in Barcelona, with fashion and homeware up to 60% cheaper
- Natural wine is gaining ground in Barcelona and Rafa Camps explains why more and more restaurants serve it
- Gràcia’s Ideal pastry shop closes after more than a century and leaves its mark on the neighbourhood
- Port Vell hosts a more ambitious 080 Barcelona Fashion, open to the public
- Unions and employers meet in Barcelona to address the global impact
- RCDE Stadium to face partial closure after incidents at Espanyol-Getafe
- Badalona’s homelessness crisis worsens after new evictions
- Barcelona to cut and reorganise the ronda del Guinardó from 30 March due to L9 works
- 27 March: what is celebrated today
- Cycling Solidario: sport and social commitment on the road to the Tour de Francia 2026
- Last days to see this year’s breakout musical, Ánima: until 12 April
- The eviction of a resident in Gràcia sparks protests and reopens the debate on coliving
- The Premis Ciutat Vella are launched to highlight projects and residents of the district
- Barcelona's school dining halls change: less noise, more inclusion and learning
- Monestir de Pedralbes celebrates 700 years with an institutional opening and immersive art
- Sant Cugat requires people to attend in person to register after detecting thousands of irregular registrations
- Catalonia's president backs Gràcia residents facing an eviction threat
- Eviction of La Sagrera’s large settlement shakes Sant Andreu over serious risk detected
- Barcelona to build the Parc de Tecnologia Marítima at Nova Bocana with an investment of 142 million
- Barcelona loses its almost spring-like feel as temperatures drop ahead of Easter Week
- Llonganissa de pagès withdrawn in Cataluña due to salmonellosis risk
- Aid, loans and lower taxes: the Govern's plan to address the impact of the war
- Tourism grows in Barcelona but loses ground in the economy to other sectors
- 26 March: what is celebrated today
- Crims dominates TV3 with the Barcelona case that marked the pandemic
- Barcelona opens a permanent office in Brussels to gain influence in the EU and secure funding
- Supreme Court obliges PSC to pay IBI on its Barcelona headquarters and closes the door to an exemption
- 25 March: what is celebrated today
- Barça pays tribute to Johan Cruyff ten years after his death
- Five key Barça players surpass 3,000 minutes in a season without rotations
- The Bicivia network remains incomplete after 10 years and the AMB speeds up its expansion with new investments
- 17 school playgrounds open to the public in Barcelona during Easter without registration
- The Sagrada Familia reaches 4.8 million visitors and boosts its economic impact in Barcelona
- Barcelona moves La Rambla’s iconic flower stalls to Plaça Catalunya because of the works
- Barcelona versus Europe: Spain remains far behind Luxembourg on wages, but living costs less
- Creative startups driving digital art in Barcelona
- Sant Gervasi hosts a market in a home with unique pieces and free entry
- Sabadell to transform Casa Grau into a major cultural centre for art and heritage
- UB's new neuroscience centre strengthens Barcelona's scientific role
- Barcelona enjoys sun and mild temperatures before a wintry turn
- Via Laietana cameras will start issuing fines and change mobility in the centre
- Barcelona will introduce €90 fines on Via Laietana from 27 April for driving without permission
- Barcelona opens Tour de France 2026 volunteering to people over 16
- Barcelona beat Rayo to stay top after a crucial LaLiga win
- Alimentaria 2026 celebrates 50 years in Barcelona with real backing and international impact
- Gràcia residents organise over an eviction and the rise of coliving
- Madrid enters the most spectacular week at the Real Jardín Botánico with thousands of tulips in bloom
- Barcelona and Catalonia rack up 85,000 candidates without a test owing to the shortage of driving examiners
- Santa Coloma de Gramenet prepares record €115 million investment through 2030 in housing, schools and sport
- Sant Jordi 2026 in Sant Andreu: books, roses and signings as an alternative to central Barcelona
- Colònia Güell’s Festa del Modernisme surprises with drones and a tribute to Gaudí
- El Circo de los Horrores PrisionIA arrives, the horror show already seen by more than five million people
- Park Güell hosts a free popular dinner to celebrate its 100 years as a public park
- New teams and higher standards set the tone for Grec 2026
- The plaça Catalunya shopping centre adapts to new trends
- Barcelona detects strategies to circumvent rental price controls
- 24 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona pays tribute to Carmen de Mairena with a plaque in Raval
- Sant Andreu recovers one of its symbols with an investment of €300,000
- 23 March: what is celebrated today
- The reform of the Jardí del Silenci sparks a dispute in Gràcia between its caretakers and families from Teixidores
- Mercat de Montserrat reopens with more than 10,000 m² and a new boost for the neighbourhood
- Fundació Joan Miró opens the historic Jardín de los Cipreses to the public in Montjuïc
- Museu de les Aigües celebrates one million visitors with open days and a previously unseen exhibition for World Water Day
- 22 March: what is celebrated today
- Sant Jordi fills Casa Batlló with roses from 21 April
- Fire, music and culture: the best plans for the weekend
- Protests in Barcelona against the education agreement with the Generalitat
- Bad Gyal sweeps the Palau Sant Jordi with three nights of unstoppable partying
- Barcelona launches a floating festival with concerts on the sea
- Barcelona hosts Alimentaria 2026 with 3,200 companies, top chefs and showcookings from 23 to 26 March
- The Gremi de Floristes warns: Sant Jordi fills with rose stalls and loses La Rambla this year
- 21 March: what is celebrated today
- More trains on L5 to ease morning overcrowding
- Saló de l’Ensenyament opens amid controversy over military presence
- Sant Jordi moves to the Gothic Quarter because of works on La Rambla
- The disappearance of a young man at Port Olímpic prompts a major operation in Barcelona
- Barcelona launches 25 new green spaces across all its districts this year
- Rents in Barcelona soar: large flats and studios dominate the market
- Barcelona seeks AI solutions to improve traffic lights and traffic flow
- A new stage: DondeGo is now a registered media outlet in Spain
- Barcelona to host the first global summit on digital rights in May
- Roman parade in Montjuïc for the arrival of “The Last Days of Pompeii”
- An iconic delicatessen in Sagrada Família reduces hours due to staff shortage
- Barça sweep aside Newcastle to reach the quarter-finals with a rout
- 20 March: what is celebrated today
- Rosalía's new tour takes off in France and will reach Madrid and Barcelona
- Paral·lel begins its major transformation with new spaces and its own brand
- A story under construction: 144 years of the Sagrada Familia and Barcelona in an exhibition
- Barcelona hosts Brit Under Fest: British culture and major names in May
- Barcelona promotes Museo Carmen Thyssen in historic Palau Marcet
- Fallas Poblenou celebrates today, Saturday 21 March, culminating with the cremà and concerts in Plaça del Patufet
- Barcelona gives the green light to linking the tram along Diagonal, but the project depends on budgets
- Barcelona promotes a major urban transformation in Trinitat Nova
- 19 March: what is celebrated today
- Classics, legendary sagas and premieres in 4K and Dolby Atmos mark the reopening of Phenomena in Barcelona
- Barcelona relocates Vallcarca families to Casa Orsola after months of uncertainty
- The area around the Mercat de l’Abaceria is being transformed ahead of its long-awaited reopening
- Johan Cruyff stadium could grow to 16,000 seats because of the Camp Nou works
- Spain releases oil reserves to curb petrol prices
- Barcelona backs local talent with new television formats
- The cycle lane between Esplugues and Barcelona gets under way: how the Diagonal will change
- Controversy at the Barcelona marathon: ambulance trapped among runners
- Royal Palace opens new spaces to the public with previously unseen pieces
- Port Flea arrives, the outdoor second-hand market at Port Olímpic
- Barcelona, World Capital of Architecture 2026: activities you cannot miss
- El Prat begins key renovations and prepares for possible expansion
- Mercat de l’Abaceria transforms its façade in tribute to Amaia Arrazola
- The Sagrada Familia surprises with a light show and unique workshops at Semana Santa
- Sigur Rós and Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès will bring a unique concert to Barcelona in 2026
- Four Spanish scientists unravel the origin of life on Earth
- Barcelona adds a new 20-storey tower next to Sants and redefines its skyline
- B-travel Bcn 2026: the major travel showcase lands in Barcelona
- Barcelona prepares to welcome Mediterranean bishops and Pope León XIV
- 18 March: what is celebrated today
- Garraf works plan starts: direct Sant Vicenç–El Prat bus and train adjustments
- Barcelona launches its first electric double-decker tourist buses
- El Liceu turns Manon Lescaut into a migrant drama with Asmik Grigorian
- Óliver Laxe takes “Sirât” to the 2026 Oscars and Barcelona claims its imprint on the film
- Barcelona may keep the rent cap beyond 2027 due to price pressures
- Barcelona starts the week with clear skies and rising temperatures
- The exhibition named National Geographic's Best Historical Exhibition 2024 arrives in Barcelona
- ‘Una Batalla Tras Otra’ wins the 2026 Oscar and reopens the Barcelona vs Madrid debate in Spanish cinema
- Living with autism in Barcelona: invisible challenges and everyday strategies
- Barcelona fines Fundación Marcet over neglect of the Teixonera-Vall d’Hebron sports complex
- Barcelona transforms Camí de Mare de Déu de Lorda into a new green lung
- Rent slows in Barcelona but seasonal lettings soar
- Joan Laporta is back: he sweeps the election and will lead Barça for a third time
- The clock change speeds up Madrid's pace and lengthens afternoons
- Strike week in Catalonia's classrooms: thousands of teachers bring education to a halt
- 17 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona fills with Mortadelo: free Ibáñez diorama route for his 90th anniversary
- Works in Garraf from tomorrow: Rodalies R2 Sud on a single track, 80,000 travellers affected
- Canal de Isabel II opens its historic facilities for free visits
- 16 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona launches the new Ideal Flor: library, auditorium and park to transform La Prosperitat
- The rise of luxury housing pushes new developments to the outskirts of Barcelona
- Barcelona prepares for major road disruption from the 2026 Marathon this Sunday
- 15 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona delivers 35 new affordable homes in Illa Glòries and speeds up access to public housing
- The future of Tres Xemeneies: new tram, park and audiovisual centre
- Barcelona speeds up the tram connection along Diagonal with key works
- The closure of the Rubí tunnel puts Barcelona's rail logistics at risk
- Montjuïc's Garden of Cypresses becomes an exhibition space at Fundació Miró
- Storage units rise by 40% in Madrid due to small flats and the e-commerce boom
- A trough will bring cold, heavy rain and snow to Barcelona this weekend
- Sant Pau opens free tomorrow, 15 March, for its 625th anniversary in Barcelona
- 14 March: what is celebrated today
- Madrid transforms its weekend with light, parades and culture in the streets
- Rodalies will remain free in Barcelona for two more weeks because of works and delays
- Barcelona starts the countdown to the Tour de France with a unique celebration
- Nine schools in Barcelona stand out on the Forbes 2026 list for their innovation and multilingualism
- Alert in Catalonia over a wave of sextortion emails demanding cryptocurrency
- Barcelona says goodbye to the sun: rain and cold arrive this weekend
- The hidden meaning of the colours of the Sant Jordi rose in Barcelona
- The show that has already been seen by over a million people around the world arrives at the church of Santa María del Pi
- March of women: the feminist lens of the Women in the Shadows series in Barcelona libraries
- Festi que Faltava transforms Sant Andreu with ten hours of music by women
- Barcelona launches Spa Rave: party, music and relaxation in swimwear
- 13 March: what is celebrated today
- Tension between Donald Trump and Spain over the role of NATO and trade
- Barcelona wakes up to fog and strong winds: what Thursday will be like
- Why Some Urban Barbershops Run More Smoothly Than Others
- Wingstop lands on Gran Vía, bringing American flavour to Madrid's plans
- Taxi law advances amid criticism and doubts over the future of Uber and Cabify
- Collserola’s closure shakes Barcelona after swine fever is detected in the city
- Sant Jordi 2026 Barcelona: Eixample superblock, Ali Smith as town crier on 22 April and free Sagrada Família
- The tradition of giving roses on Sant Jordi
- The Government seeks ways to ensure pay rises without a Budget
- Sagrada Família unveils the cross on the Tower of Jesus and reaches its maximum height
- Europe promotes a plan to curb the housing shortage and regulate tourist rentals
- 12 March: what is celebrated today
- Camp Nou expands its capacity and unveils VIP areas this Sunday
- Barcelona's new literary map reveals hidden corners from novels and comics
- Gothic discovery in Barcelona: Roman pavement and 20th-century letter in Barcino room 110
- MNAC transforms: Palau Victòria Eugènia joins Montjuïc's great museum
- Barcelona matches March's usual rainfall in just eight days
- Sant Pau Modernista Site opens free of charge for its 625th anniversary in Barcelona
- Ten people disappear every day in Catalunya, but almost all are found
- Juanma Moreno on El Hormiguero: his response on the Andalusian tax model versus Catalonia
- Barcelona Activa reveals that women hold 73.5% of employment but account for 59% of long-term unemployment
- The reservoirs supplying Barcelona are nearly full after rain and snowmelt
- Seventeen-year-olds break stereotypes in a unique exhibition at the CCCB
- Brisbane leads the global ranking of ideal cities for families in 2026
- Uncertainty grows among neighbours opposite the Sagrada Familia over possible demolitions
- An exhibition that reveals the complexity and diversity of today’s Barcelona
- Sau reservoir surprises by reaching almost maximum capacity after the drought
- The exhibition that brings half a century of Catalan journalism in Barcelona back to life
- Historic remains discovered amid sewerage renewal in Ribera
- The H12 bus changes route in Barcelona and adds new stops because of works in Glòries
- Pope Leo XIV will stop in Montserrat before the major Mass at the Sagrada Família
- Barcelona sweeps the board as Europe’s top destination for experiencing live football
- Europe restricts the use of meat terms on plant-based products
- Generalitat buys part of Banco de España’s historic building in Barcelona
- Barcelona denies the alleged ban on music and dancing in schools during Ramadan
- The Flic 2026 festival turns Barcelona into a playground of words and creativity
- Barcelona promotes business gender equality with a week of debates and challenges
- 11 March: what is celebrated today
- Casino de la Rabassada in Collserola goes on sale for 1.7 million: 100,000 m² of abandoned Modernist icon
- Barcelona recovers Port Vell: green areas, IMAX and Maremagnum will open in autumn 2026
- Property owners in Spain drive up prices to watch the August solar eclipse
- 10 March: what is celebrated today
- Muhba's secret storehouse reveals Barcelona's hidden treasures
- Japanese brands lead the ranking of most reliable cars in Europe
- 9 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona’s Modernista Sant Pau site opens free of charge on 15 March for its 625th anniversary
- A mural and an immersive experience transform the Barcelona Metro for 8M
- 8 March: what is celebrated today
- El Carmel turns its gardens into a new green, family-friendly space
- 20 years of Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona: its new features and importance in the Catalan capital
- Eixample accelerates the timetable for the Model’s new facilities
- Pitbull chooses Barcelona for one of his only concerts in Spain in 2026
- From the Rambla to Via Laietana: the ten-year plan to transform the historic heart of Barcelona
- Barcelona activates an alert on its beaches due to strong waves and coastal risk
- The use of Catalan concerns more than half of Catalans, according to the CEO
- Tapas 108 reopens on La Rambla after years closed and falling rents
- 7 March: what is celebrated today
- DroneArt Show in Barcelona: free cinema and exhibitions this Saturday 7 March
- Green axes in Eixample: UAB confirms 3.1 dB less noise in central Barcelona
- Free exhibition in Barcelona: more than 100 paper models at L'Illa Diagonal until 21 March
- AEMET yellow warning for rain on Barcelona's coast: showers and storms until early Saturday morning
- 8M 2025 in Barcelona: the Assemblea 8M march sets off at 11:30 towards Arc de Triomf
- CarxoTapa in Sant Boi: 30 bars offer artichoke tapas with a drink for €4 from 5 to 29 March
- A baby from Barcelona survives thanks to the world's smallest pacemaker
- High speed for €9: Ouigo opens sales for travel from 3 August to 12 December 2026
- Fuel prices soar in Barcelona due to crisis in Oriente Medio
- La Mercería Tarragona announces its closure in June and puts the historic Santa Eugènia premises up for sale
- Record in Boumort: 13 new chicks consolidate the black vulture in the Lleida Pyrenees in 2025
- 6 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona reinvents La Rambla: theatre, literature and Port Vell itineraries in March 2025
- Bad Gyal announces two concerts at Palau Sant Jordi in March 2026
- Renfe will invest 61.5 million in its own bus company to cover rail disruptions
- Barcelona prepares for Regina's arrival: wind, swells and muddy rain
- Sagrada Família, 19 March: Orfeó Català performs Mompou, Casals and Handel in the concert for Gaudí
- Moll de la Marina simulates the Tour de France in Barcelona with stationary bikes and giant screens
- Inditex and Alcampo will invest 9.17 million in a boulevard and two bridges in Sant Adrià de Besòs
- Akadèmia reinvents Pinocchio in Barcelona: an uncomfortable look at fatherhood
- Barcelona turns children's cinema into a space for reflecting on the family
- La Boqueria seeks UNESCO backing to protect its unique essence
- The Castillo de Púbol reveals the secret connection between Dalí and photographer Horst
- The MNAC begins the transfer of the Sijena murals with a deadline in 2026
- Barcelona throws itself into 8M 2026: concerts, demonstrations and culture for Women's Day
- Wave of flight cancellations from Barcelona to Oriente Medio due to war crisis
- Total stoppage at Port Nou: the strike shaking Barcelona’s logistics
- Badalona plans to eliminate all tourist flats in 2028 and distances itself from Barcelona
- Barcelona manages to reduce waste in Ciutat Vella and launches a pioneering cleaning plan
- The Korean rice dog wins over Barcelona: the street snack taking Kokkiri by storm
- How to choose your service-support company in Barcelona
- 5 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona's Grand Hotel Central for sale for 160 million euros
- The Worm Moon lights up Barcelona: when and how to see it at its brightest
- Where and how to claim the 2026 Grossa de Sant Jordi if your number wins a prize
- A dog on the tracks halts part of L3 metro for two hours
- Monestir de Pedralbes celebrates its 700th anniversary with a special programme
- Barcelona surgeons operate 3,000 km away thanks to pioneering telesurgery
- Hivernacle de la Ciutadella comes back to life as Darwin’s experimental garden in Barcelona
- Barcelona wakes under a cloud of dust and unbreathable air this Tuesday
- Les Corts takes centre stage in March with tours, debates, and inclusive architecture
- Barcelona drives change: €600 for those who opt for an electric moped
- La Rambla reinvents itself: free routes to rediscover its history and secrets
- Sant Andreu transforms Carrer de Sant Hipòlit into a unique pedestrian space
- Walking around Barcelona without a shirt can cost up to 300 euros from February
- 4 March: what is celebrated today
- 3 March: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona plans its largest park in La Sagrera: 36 hectares, twice the size of the Ciutadella
- Experience Amazing Michael Jackson, the show celebrating music that marked generations
- Eight beauty salons in Lloret de Mar sanctioned over dangerous products
- Barcelona surprises: rent falls while the rest of Spain rises
- Traffic chaos and free buses mark the start of MWC 2026 in Barcelona
- Barcelona launches aid of up to €30,000 to renovate empty flats for affordable rent
- Labubu sparks a craze in Barcelona: Pop Mart opens a shop on Diagonal
- The future of the Thyssen Museum in Barcelona divides the city and reopens the cultural debate
- The most human photographs of the Valencia DANA arrive free in L’Hospitalet
- Barcelona buses and metro break records and achieve their best rating ever
- The closure of Open Bar shakes Barcelona nightlife after two decades
- Sant Andreu transforms the old Casernes with 69 new public flats
- Tintin’s plane lands in Barcelona and sparks a craze among fans and spotters
- Seven unmissable shows for less than 20 € this Cap Butaca Buida
- Alert in Barcelona: energy-drink consumption raises risks for minors
February 2026
- 2 March: what is celebrated today
- Spain takes a historic step: injectable PrEP against HIV will be free
- 1 March: what is celebrated today
- Why organisation is key in professional kitchens
- The new ‘Barcelona’ letters transform Tibidabo's viewpoint on its 125th anniversary
- The Liceu commits to the Ring of the Nibelung and shakes up the cultural scene
- Plaça de la Vila de Madrid is transformed by culture and neighbourhood life in the Gòtic
- Alert in Barcelona over a new banking scam using texts and calls
- El Clot embraces electronic vermouth: party with an irresistible offer this Sunday
- Barcelona steps up its commitment to cycling with new grants and projects
- The trick to saving on your Barcelona water bill that few people know
- Barcelona prepares for the historic visit of Pope León XIV in 2026
- Barcelona Cathedral transforms with Gaudí virtual reality
- Sidonie sells out Apolo with its first album entirely in Catalan
- Maika Makovski brings the indie scene together in a one-off concert at the Palau
- 28 February: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona’s most emblematic thermometer turns 70 at Portal de l’Àngel
- Barcelona offers up to €2,500 to residents who block new tourist flats
- Cinderella has never shone so brightly: the tale takes on new life in Ballet of Lights
- Barcelona speeds up the transformation of La Sagrera with 11,000 new homes
- 27 February: what is celebrated today
- Port Olímpic transforms with Pérez Siquier photography and live jazz
- Barcelona launches a single portal that revolutionises access to all its museums
- An archaeological find in the Gòtic forces Barcelona’s Roman map to be rewritten
- The farewell of Calçats Conesa shakes the commercial heart of Gràcia
- Barcelona activates a plan with 53 measures to breathe cleaner air in 2030
- The secret warehouse of Barcelona’s removed statues opens in Nou Barris
- 26 February: what is celebrated today
- Don Omar shakes Barcelona: major concert at Estadi Olímpic in July 2026
- Chaos and tension at Arc de Triomf due to lack of police coordination
- Barcelona starts the week amid fog and unusually high temperatures
- The CCCB hosts 20 free concerts by new global talents at Primavera Pro 2026
- Almond and cherry blossom fields: essential getaways from Barcelona in 2026
- The Marina bridge is finally refurbished after years hidden beneath nets in Barcelona
- Barcelona faces five days of strikes on FGC trains: key timetables and cuts
- Rents in Barcelona rise by 1.5% and approach €1,153 in 2025
- February breaks heat records in Barcelona and winter disappears
- Hundreds of young people pack Arc de Triomf after a viral meet-up with no ‘therians’
- Barcelona transforms the Meridiana: new green connection between Ferran Reyes and Maria Soteras
- Where is it cheapest to have dinner in Europe? The ranking that surprises travellers
- Five premises next to Park Güell close after a wave of infringements
- Badalona transforms its main artery: Francesc Layret will become a major pedestrian promenade
- The restaurant that celebrates 5 years of bad manners: a benchmark among traditional eateries
- The end of cheap Madrid–Barcelona flights changes urban mobility
- Casa Batlló as you've never seen it before: hosting an immersive and futuristic exhibition
- Barcelona hosts the drone show that breaks attendance records: how and where to see it
- How to protect your personal data when using public Wi-Fi during international travel
- 25 February: what is celebrated today
- 24 February: what is celebrated today
- At this restaurant in Barcelona, your age sets the price of the youth menu
- 23 February: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona hosts its first major ‘therian’ gathering at Arc del Triomf this Saturday
- 22 February: what is celebrated today
- Sagrada Família enters its most decisive phase: the challenge of the Glory façade
- Barcelona extends free travel on commuter and regional trains until March
- 21 February: what is celebrated today
- The Estadi Olímpic is reinforced for an influx of concerts in 2026
- Godó 2026 revolutionises Barcelona: more spectators, a chill-out zone and night tennis
- Alert in Barcelona: processionary caterpillars invade parks and green areas
- Barcelona fills with classical music with 27 free concerts in March
- Barcelona on edge as another storm with strong winds approaches
- Disney stories come to life in an ice-skating show: final days
- The magician who conquered Broadway returns to Barcelona with ‘Nothing Is Impossible’
- 20 February: what is celebrated today
- 49% of Barcelona residents work far from their neighbourhood: how the city is changing
- Barcelona's mayor proposes banning non-European foreigners from buying flats
- A new €25 voucher for young Catalans will revolutionise the purchase of sanitary pads and condoms in 2026
- Barcelona launches €400 rent aid for families and people over 55 living alone
- Fira de Barcelona's new pavilion adds delays and changes the timetable
- Martorell limits public-fountain water to 25 litres after social pressure
- Barcelona sweeps the 2026 Soles Repsol and leads haute cuisine in Spain
- Madrid housing prices soar while Barcelona curbs rents
- Barcelona calls for the return of motorway tolls to halt their decline
- Fritters conquer Barcelona: the essential pastry shops this Lent
- 19 February: what is celebrated today
- Brussels puts Shein in the spotlight for selling childlike sex dolls
- Barcelona reinforces traffic lights with batteries to prevent blackout chaos
- Key changes on the Barcelona Metro: refurbishments and access points affected this month
- Gòtic gets a farmers' market: fresh produce every Tuesday at La Mercè
- Barcelona hosts a book fair with major discounts and unique copies
- Serenae and A Contracorriente Films will organise a film-screening competition for small municipalities
- 18 February: what is celebrated today
- Plaça Tísner is transformed: new sports area and the end of the improvised car park
- Francesc Macià transforms: trees, wide pavements and a new cycle lane with the tram’s arrival
- Alert for intense winds: Barcelona and Tarragona's coast on edge this Monday
- Barcelona unveils its most ambitious urban model at the World Capital of Architecture
- Barcelona sets a date for fines for not diluting dog urine
- Biblioteca Clarà reopens with a new look and a major celebration in Tres Torres
- Iberia imposes a surcharge of up to €140 for unusual luggage
- 17 February: what is celebrated today
- A Spanish olive tree travels to the Arctic to safeguard humanity's future
- 16 February: what is celebrated today
- Sabadell loses its most iconic music school: CEME will become homes
- 15 February: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona prepares for closures and diversions due to the 2026 Half Marathon
- Pope Leo XIV will bring together thousands at Barcelona's Estadi Olímpic in June
- Weather chaos paralyses the economy and transport in Barcelona and Catalonia
- 14 February: what is celebrated today
- The Fòrum prepares for Barcelona’s most eagerly awaited concert of the year
- Spain exceeds 10 million foreign residents, setting a new record
- From pigsty to home: the surprising transformation inspiring Barcelona
- Van Morrison shakes Barcelona: unique concert at the 60th Jazz Festival
- Catalan mythical creatures take over Barcelona's libraries until 2027
- Barcelona reopens classrooms after the storm but keeps outdoor sport ban
- A bus connects fans from across Catalonia with Barcelona’s most eagerly awaited concerts
- Lali Jove 2026: free concerts and youth culture at Barcelona Cathedral
- Record January: cold surprises Barcelona in the fifth warmest January globally
- 13 February: what is celebrated today
- Seven giant Goya statues surprise Barcelona ahead of the film awards
- Barcelona halts classes and activities because of an extreme windstorm
- Works in El Raval uncover medieval ovens and 700-year-old secrets
- More than 700 children fill Sant Jaume to demand their right to a family in Barcelona
- Barcelona and Tarragona on edge over a windstorm threatening the coast
- 12 February: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona prepares for the 9th edition of Dansa Metropolitana with a unique presentation
- Previously unseen video emerges that may show Gaudí at a wedding in Barcelona
- Barcelona City Hall's secret viewing point opens only for Santa Eulàlia
- Bad Bunny performed at the Super Bowl halftime show with a Latin American theme
- Bad Bunny sends Barcelona into a frenzy: new tickets released for his concerts in Montjuïc
- 11 February: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona unveils the future of the Fòrum’s marine platform this Monday
- Port Olímpic wins over Barcelona: more than two million visits after its major transformation
- Bars in Asia ban people over 40: will this trend come to Barcelona?
- Hundreds of kilos of bitter oranges are turned into solidarity jam in Barcelona
- The ghost shopping centre in Vila Olímpica goes up for auction in Barcelona
- Reina Belluga surprises at Barcelona Carnival with a historic change of look
- Dircom launches the 9th Ramón del Corral awards with AI and integrated-communication categories
- 10 February: what is celebrated today
- 9 February: what is celebrated today
- Santa Eulàlia 2026 in Barcelona: dates, correfoc, open days and a draw for Sagrada Família tickets
- 8 February: what is celebrated today
- The CCCB Viewpoint reopens free every month: key dates to enjoy Barcelona
- Tractors take central Barcelona: night protest outside Agriculture
- Barcelona fuses the Tour de Francia and light art in a unique spectacle
- An Argentine teacher makes history on Pasapalabra with a multimillion-euro prize
- Six secret corners of Nou Barris will open for free in February through Open Barri
- 7 February: what is celebrated today
- Free Rodalies with no end date: the Generalitat responds to rail chaos in Barcelona
- Nearly 650 critical points threaten the Rodalies network in Barcelona
- 6 February: what is celebrated today
- Discover cultural heritage through unique guided experiences
- The Government launches grants of up to €4,500 to buy an electric car
- Spain prepares to celebrate the bicentenary of Goya with an extensive cultural programme
- The rainiest January in 25 years puts all of Spain on alert
- 5 February: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona removes the statues of Montserrat Caballé and Freddie Mercury from Montjuïc
- Iberia caps Barcelona–Madrid flights after rail chaos
- Spain prepares a social-media ban for under-16s
- Setmana Santa 2026 in Barcelona: key dates, public holidays and school holidays
- Barcelona stakes its claim for the 2029 Champions final at the refurbished Spotify Camp Nou
- Barcelona removes ‘Stranger things’ covers from several key parts of the city
- Barcelona leads Europe as the capital of local commerce in 2026
- Thousands of residents gather bitter oranges in Barcelona’s streets
- Barcelona prepares for the 2026 Goya Awards with unique activities in the city
- Barcelona prepares for the year's biggest audiovisual event at Fira Gran Via
- Barcelona marks a global milestone with the first facial transplant from a donor after euthanasia
- 4 February: what is celebrated today
- The iconic flower stalls of the Rambla move to Plaça Catalunya
- How to get one of the 8,500 free tickets for La Sagrada Família this February
- Barcelona prepares for a historic edition of the Llum BCN 2026 festival
- Barcelona prepares for a Monday of rain, wind and rough seas
- Santa Eulàlia 2026: the programme that will transform winter in Barcelona
- Renfe Catalunya changes course: new management for Rodalies trains
- Wave of Catalan artists leaves Spotify and shakes the music scene
- The Spanish government considers banning angula: haute cuisine reacts
- The Montjuïc cable car closes for a month: alternatives and how it affects your plans
- Carlos Alcaraz makes history and surpasses Djokovic in an unforgettable final
- Artificial intelligence avatars revolutionise interviews and meetings in Barcelona
- Spain creates the National Health Data Space
- Catalonia's soil saturated with water after the rains: ready for the next drought?
- Ten concert venues that will take your breath away around the world
- A week of chaos on Rodalies: closures and delays at 10 key points
- 3 February: what is celebrated today
- Green light for the major transformation of Illa Citroën in Sants-Montjuïc
January 2026
- 2 February: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona shoots up the tourist tax: staying in the city will cost up to €15 extra
- 1 February: what is being celebrated today
- Vamos Rural: the platform that connects tourists with local residents and keeps money in the community
- Rosalía surprises a packed Sant Jordi for Palestine and sparks emotion
- Ferran Palau transforms the Auditori with an intimate and unique concert this weekend
- Barcelona prepares for a Friday of abrupt changes in the weather
- 31 January: what is celebrated today
- El Molino on Paral·lel closes again over noise: neighbours force its closure
- Samuel Salcedo transforms the Moco Museum with faces that unleash emotions in Barcelona
- Barcelona prepares for a show of drones, opera and live music in 2026
- Barcelona surpasses Los Angeles and Moscow in the ranking of the most influential cities
- Swatch launches an exclusive watch inspired by Barcelona at its most iconic
- 30 January: what is celebrated today
- Foodie guide at home: easy recipes for a gastronomic plan without going out
- Barcelona launches €733-a-month support for young people still living with their parents
- Barcelona transforms its neighbourhoods with its largest investment in public space
- SSSTUFFF clears its Barcelona shop: one-off sale of furniture and garments from 10 euros
- Barcelona becomes the epicentre of a tech thriller with Day One
- Barcelona under the rain: when will the expected weather respite arrive?
- Lustau's Vermut Rojo 2023 chosen as best vermouth of 2025 by the Spanish wine press
- 29 January: what is celebrated today
- Manresa transforms into a vibrant, illuminated medieval market this weekend
- Rodalies resumes service in Barcelona with limited trains and replacement buses
- The mapping show at Casa Batlló disrupts traffic on Passeig de Gràcia
- The DGT launches the V27 virtual triangle and takes a new step towards digital road safety
- 28 January: what is celebrated today
- Free Rodalies for a month in Barcelona: how to claim what you spent on other transport
- Sant Medir 2026: a shower of sweets and unexpected changes to the Gràcia and Sant Gervasi festivities
- The rebirth of Dalí News: the surrealist legacy surprises again in 2026
- Barcelona will transform Ciutadella: a new direct promenade to Vila Olímpica
- Carnival 2026 takes over Sants: parades, satire and the return of King Carnestoltes
- Barcelona mobilises: major protest over the collapse of Rodalies and public services
- Barcelona records unusual rainfall in 2026 according to the Observatori Fabra
- Barcelona steps up fight against graffiti: over 119,000 removed in 11 months
- El Ghazouany shatters the men's record and Silva makes history in Sant Antoni
- The 10 secret destinations that will conquer world tourism in 2026
- Camp Nou reopens its doors: guided tours amid works and secrets
- Snow surprises Tibidabo: Storm Ingrid turns Barcelona white
- Barça crushes Madrid and claims its sixth Supercup title in Castelló
- Spanish government expands aid for young people: over-23s living with their parents could receive up to €733 a month
- Chaos on Rodalies: an Adif fault brings trains to a standstill at rush hour
- 27 January: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona overtakes Los Angeles and Boston in the global ranking of powerful cities
- 26 January: what is celebrated today
- Chaos on Rodalies: Barcelona wakes without trains and with long station queues
- L’Auditori transforms with a waterfall of light and digital art at Llum BCN 2026
- 25 January: what is celebrated today
- Storm Íngrid batters Spain: rain, extreme wind and giant waves
- The historic Tres Tombs de Sant Antoni parade is postponed because of rain
- Barcelona at a standstill: Rodalies running at half speed, AP-7 closed and ZBE suspended
- Mysterious sculptures of Montserrat Caballé and Freddie Mercury appear in Montjuïc
- Barcelona fills with free theatre, dance and concerts at 34 venues this spring
- Rodalies resumes service in Barcelona after the accident, but delays continue
- Barcelona prepares for a sunny, windy Friday before rain
- Oliver Sashé’s Spanish film “Sirāt” surprises with a double Oscar nomination
- Irídia Fest 2026 brings together electronica, tradition and social protest in Barcelona
- Catalonia breaks its ageing record and exceeds 136% in 2025
- The reading boom in Spain: women and young people lead the change
- 24 January: what is celebrated today
- Centelles turns into a village of witches with unique magic and rituals
- Catalonia’s reservoirs approach 92% after Storm Harry and break records
- Controversy at Europa: unexpected ban for Aday Benítez after his sending off
- Barcelona promotes the 18th edition of In-Forma’t with 60 free activities
- Zara will turn its Plaza Catalunya store into the largest in Barcelona
- Barcelona activates an alert for heavy swell and closes access to beaches
- 23 January: what is celebrated today
- Five Barcelona restaurants sweep The Fork Spain’s top 10
- Poble-sec Carnival 2026: date, time and route of the grand parade
- Storm Harry destroys Badalona's seafront promenade and puts Barcelona on alert
- L’Americana Film Fest 2026 brings the best US indie cinema to Barcelona
- Work begins to transform the area around Park Güell into a major green corridor
- Discover Barcelona’s popular 2026 calçotadas: dates, neighbourhoods and surprises
- Barcelona City Council plans to reopen the Capitol Theatre in 2028 with a renewed Rambla
- Goodbye to sugar and ketchup sachets in Barcelona restaurants from 2026
- Felipe VI and Letizia visit ground zero of the train accident in Córdoba
- 22 January: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona gets ready for an explosive Chinese New Year 2026 with parades and surprises
- How to find the best hotel deals and save on your trip
- Maximum alert in Girona: torrential rain brings schools and roads to a standstill
- Catalan use in Barcelona falls to historic lows and concerns the authorities
- Giant waves and heavy rain batter Barcelona in the year's worst storm
- El Prat begins the long-awaited full renovation of the CEM Julio Méndez courts
- Focus transforms Poblenou with Gènesis: a new theatre and performing arts school
- Bad Gyal, Morad and Amaia lead Barcelona's major solidarity concert for Palestine
- Miracle on the tracks: a 6-year-old girl survives a train accident alone
- The single transport pass is now a reality: how it works and who can use it
- 21 January: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona achieves its largest historic fall in air pollution in 2025
- Barcelona joins in silence for the victims of the tragic Adamuz accident
- A giant calçot flies over Barcelona and revolutionises the season at Mussol
- Barcelona pays €600 for your old moped if you choose an electric one
- Barcelona closes beaches and breakwaters after issuing an alert for heavy swell
- Casal de Joves de Can Ricart expands its space with a renovated building
- Ten Barcelona cafés give away free coffee this Monday for Blue Monday
- Barcelona begins the complete transformation of three key streets in Porta with 2.3 million
- Brutal collision between two high-speed trains in Córdoba leaves chaos and victims
- Barcelona will buzz in 2026 with sold-out concerts and unique sporting events
- Dupe destinations for 2026: travel cheaply and discover dream landscapes
- Barcelona becomes a global epicentre with four international fairs in winter
- Last day for terraces on La Rambla: restaurateurs at breaking point over the works
- El Clot is transformed: full renewal of paving and access begins
- The books that took Barcelona's libraries by storm in 2025
- Torre Glòries becomes a dizzying racetrack: 400 climb its 686 steps
- San Sebastián leads the ranking of Spain’s most expensive taxis in 2025
- Brunells and Museu Moco surprise with a pink croissant in the heart of Barcelona
- Barcelona and Manresa connected at night: new night buses and more stops
- Kika Nazareth challenges Real Madrid ahead of the women's Supercopa final
- Hundreds queue to buy luxury hotel furniture in Barcelona before its refurbishment
- The Spanish passport remains in the world’s top 3 in 2026 according to Henley
- Visitor record at the Antigua Fábrica Estrella Damm after a year of events
- 20 January: what is celebrated today
- Bottlenose dolphins take over the Costa Brava and surprise fishers
- 19 January: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona promotes routes around Catalunya to ease urban tourism
- 18 January: what is celebrated today
- An iconic Plaça Catalunya hotel sells off all its furniture before refurbishment
- Landing page vs corporate website: when to create a landing page and why it works better
- Ten artistic shutters transform the memory of Sant Pere and Santa Caterina
- Discover the literary secrets of UB's Historic Building on unique visits
- Barcelona revolutionises its bus network with more lines and dedicated lanes
- 17 January: what is celebrated today
- The Sagrada Familia prepares to become the tallest building in Barcelona in 2026
- How to get around Barcelona if you arrive from the airport
- Nora Navas exposes favouritism in awards after her nomination for Mi amiga Eva
- Barcelona adds 11 new surveillance cameras to Barceloneta this summer
- The Sagrada Família installs the final horizontal arm of the cross of Jesus Christ
- Opera, masks and festivities at the Liceu: €30 tickets for under-35s
- La Cremosa reinvents ‘Salomé’ at the Tantarantana with a physical staging
- Last day of sunshine in Barcelona before heavy rain arrives
- A historic snowfall threatens the Pyrenees: winter shows no mercy
- 16 January: what is celebrated today
- Jardí Botànic de Barcelona opens free with workshops and family shows
- Carnival 2026 in Barcelona: discover all the parade routes and neighbourhoods
- Palau Requesens is transformed: Casa de les Lletres will open in 2028
- Barcelona 2026: how to get 8 long weekends by taking just 4 days off
- The new train to El Prat: how the direct connection with Barcelona is progressing
- Barcelona prepares for a unique triple holiday in February 2026
- Barcelona begins the countdown to 700 years of Monestir de Pedralbes
- Barcelona hosts the 2026 Goya Awards: ‘Los domingos’ leads with 13 nominations
- How Spotify pays artists: engagement, rights and the rise of Spanish
- Smoke from tropical fires carries key nutrients to the heart of the Amazon
- All free Els Vespres d'Hivern 2026 concerts at the University of Barcelona's Paraninfo
- 15 January: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona honours fifteen women by naming new urban spaces after them
- Where to experience the Burial of the Sardine 2026 in Barcelona: neighbourhoods and times
- Carnival 2026 in Les Corts: date, route and surprises of the great parade
- Barcelona closes events for the 600 years of the Roma People with an emotional walk and new commitments
- Barcelona prepares for the Setmana dels Barbuts: extreme cold and rain in January
- Barcelona launches a new healthcare and university district on the Diagonal
- Torre Glòries challenges 400 runners with its 500-step vertical race
- Two Catalan activities top the list of favourite experiences in Spain for 2025
- Barcelona boosts winter safety with decorative lights in the historic centre
- A castle with vineyards and sea views goes on sale near Barcelona
- Cruïlla Hivern 2026: Suede, Jay-Jay Johanson and more in Barcelona
- Barcelona opens 2026 with a vibrant theatre season full of premieres
- The legendary locomotive 10335 returns restored to Barcelona’s industrial heart
- Metro L3 will reach Esplugues: works from 2028 and nine new stations
- Barcelona transforms Les Roquetes Square to combat extreme heat
- El Prat will transform 51,000 m² into nature after demolishing old infrastructure
- Andrea Fuentes shines in the documentary that reveals her genius in artistic swimming
- Barcelona’s Poblenou enters The New York Times’ top 10 destinations
- Standing travel on AVE trains: the proposal shaking the Spanish market
- Neighbours paint broken Gran Via paving slabs yellow to demand solutions
- 14 January: what is celebrated today
- The Academia del Cine Catalán to open new headquarters in the iconic Torre Avenir de Sarrià
- Barcelona Zoo says goodbye to Susi, Europe’s longest-lived elephant
- Discover the Catalan town where buying a house costs 73% less than average
- Grec 2026 marks its 50th anniversary with more than a month of performing arts in Barcelona
- Barcelona will vibrate in 2026 with concerts and festivals for every taste
- Barcelona prepares a 2026 full of unique exhibitions and cultural celebrations
- Música Z returns to Barcelona: free concerts at 12 civic centres
- Barcelona rolls out 227 points to recycle your Christmas tree this January
- Hiring villa lounges by the hour: the new trend sweeping Spain
- Barcelona begins its largest renewal of trees and palm trees after the drought
- These are the 2026 public holidays and long weekends in Barcelona and Catalonia
- This is how the price rises in Catalonia in 2026 will hit your pocket
- Barcelona and its metropolitan area: how the new water price increase in 2026 will affect you
- Aliou nets a hat-trick and La Muntanyesa breaks its poor run in 2026
- Everything about the Sant Andreu Tres Tombs 2026: route, times and surprises
- Rodalies de Catalunya: the year of the joint venture and major works under way
- Lise Davidsen dazzles at the Liceu in a minimalist Tristan und Isolde
- Insults that empower: science finds that swearing boosts physical performance
- Plaça de les Roquetes is transformed: more accessible, greener and with renewed play areas
- The must-see festivals in Spain in 2026 that you cannot miss
- The new joint company to manage Rodalies in Catalonia is born
- Complete closure on Diputació: detours and key traffic changes in Barcelona
- The Spanish Federation forces CE Europa to find a stadium against the clock
- Major mobility changes because of L8 works at Plaça Espanya
- 13 January: what is celebrated today
- Cats talk more with men: a study explains why they react differently depending on the owner’s gender
- 12 January: what is celebrated today
- The blue year: Pinterest reveals the trends that will shape 2026
- 11 January: what is celebrated today
- Everything about the Tres Tombs de Sant Antoni 2026 in Barcelona: dates, times and route
- The Museu de Ciències Naturals explores time with a unique exhibition in Barcelona
- IMDb takes stock of the year: films and series that aroused the most curiosity among viewers
- 10 January: what is celebrated today
- Pantalla Barcelona brings the best free cinema to 23 civic centres in the city
- From boiled heads to pepper noodles: the world's most unpleasant dishes revealed
- 9 January: what is celebrated today
- Hijos de Nata transforms Gràcia with artisan ice cream and Argentine design
- Barcelona sets up 227 Christmas tree recycling points across all neighbourhoods
- The world’s best beach destination is on the Iberian Peninsula and it is not an island
- 8 January: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona records the coldest Epiphany morning since 1985 at Observatori Fabra
- Barcelona will transform Gran Via with 6 m pavements and cycle lanes: works in 2026
- Ve de Barcelona: a new meeting point for understanding the city through its creators
- 7 January: what is celebrated today
- Discover the route and surprises of the Cabalgata de Reyes 2026 in Mataró
- Tour de France inspires Barcelona’s 2026 Three Kings Parade with Metro reinforcements
- The funniest animals of the year: these are the winning images from the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025
- 6 January: what is celebrated today
- Alert for snow and extreme cold in Barcelona and Tarragona on the night of Epiphany
- Barcelona unveils the refurbished Sant Genís workshops for metro line L3
- The former Llars Mundet theatre is reinvented as a neuroscience centre in Barcelona
- 5 January: what is celebrated today
- The most sought-after hot chocolate in Barcelona: where to try it for under 6 euros
- Renfe and FGC launch combined discounted tickets for skiing in the Pyrenees
- 4 January: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona 2026 calendar: public holidays, long weekends and non-working days (updated)
- Barcelona metro and bus set all-time record with 66.9 million journeys in October
- La Clota: the secret neighbourhood of Barcelona where the city comes to a halt
- Where to see Els Pastorets in Barcelona in 2026: guide to theatres and dates
- Everything about the 2026 Three Kings Parade in Barcelona: route, times and surprises
- Complete closure on Rodalies R1 and RG1 between Barcelona and Badalona for works in January
- 3 January: what is celebrated today
- What to do on 1 January 2026 in Barcelona? Complete list of activities (with times)
- What will change in Barcelona and Catalunya in 2026: new rules and key projects
December 2025
- 2 January: what is celebrated today
- New Year's Eve Chimes 2025: all the channels, presenters and surprises of the night
- Barcelona bids farewell to 2025 with drones, music by Marc Parrot and the return of the Font Màgica
- Barcelona Metro will operate for 43 consecutive hours on New Year’s Eve to support celebrations
- 1 January: what is celebrated today
- The Ciutadella renews its Umbracle: science, history and sustainability in 2026
- Barcelona reinforces safety and cleaning on New Year's Eve, with the Metro running all night
- One in five Catalans does not know the real meaning of Christmas
- Two Spanish motorways will be free in 2026: the AP-68 and a section of the AP-7
- Catalonia plans to curb property speculation with taxes and residential use requirements
- Barcelona launches 83 social housing units for seniors in the former Quirón clinic
- Barcelona curbs tourism after tripling visitors in 25 years
- Passeig de Gràcia interchange gains full accessibility with new lifts
- Discover Barcelona's 2026 public holidays and long weekends to plan your getaways
- Hofmann and easyJet surprise Barcelona with 500 free roscones for Epiphany
- Discover the must-visit vintage and second-hand markets in January in Barcelona
- Barcelona experiences a record-breaking rainy December with hardly any sunshine in 2025
- Fixed prices revolutionise taxis in Barcelona: six million journeys a year
- TMB opens its own shop at Sagrada Família with products inspired by the metro and bus
- Ideal Flor and a major park: how Prosperitat will change in 2026
- 31 December: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona Metro will not sleep on New Year’s Eve: 43 consecutive hours of service
- Barcelona debates the future of cycle lanes on pavements after new incidents
- Exclusive 50% discount for Barcelona residents at Sagrada Família in 2026
- Favourites and surprises: how the Cursa dels Nassos 2025 arrives in Barcelona
- The most viral pranks of 2025 revolutionise social media in Spain
- Nineteen bus routes disrupted in Barcelona due to the Cursa dels Nassos 2025
- Barcelona reinforces security and mobility for an incident-free New Year’s Eve
- Record flights at El Prat: 17,000 operations during Christmas in Barcelona
- Montjuïc prepares for its biggest urban transformation since 1992 with four major projects
- The new Rodalies control centre at Estació de França will open before summer
- Barça sweeps the 2025 Globe Soccer Awards and takes all LaLiga’s prizes
- Barcelona transforms Prosperitat with the new Ideal Flor and a large park
- Barcelona drives new green neighbourhoods and public housing in its major urban transformation
- Barcelona wakes to scattered rain and cooler weather this Monday
- L’Eixample fills with inclusive art on a unique route through local shops
- Nou Barris fills with magic with two major shows to welcome the Three Kings
- Barcelona removes 60,000 posters and stickers in nine months through its cleaning plan
- New Year’s Eve 2026 in Barcelona: fireworks, music and parties to see out the year
- Catalonia's internal reservoirs approach historic levels after heavy rain
- The DGT delays mandatory registration and insurance for electric scooters and VMP
- Chaos four days before the change: DGT withdraws approval from V-16 beacons and leaves drivers confused
- La Fàbrica de Joguines de Fabra i Coats surprises with new experiences for families
- Barcelona speeds up the green transformation of the Meridiana up to the Sarajevo bridge
- Barcelona and its metropolitan area receive 47 million in European funding to transform neighbourhoods
- Neither Barcelona nor the coast: this is the Catalan municipality where the highest salaries are earned
- More than 1,500 people share Sant Egidio's traditional Christmas meal in Barcelona
- The Zoo de Barcelona says goodbye to tigers after the death of Tibor y Perta
- 30 December: what is celebrated today
- Nil Moliner closes his tour at the Palau Sant Jordi alongside Gerard Quintana
- Holy Innocents’ Day 2025: when it is, what it means and 15 easy pranks (without going too far) + plans for today, 28 December
- From the longest interchange to the most creative: Passeig de Gràcia unveils a corridor that sounds and moves
- 29 December: what is celebrated today
- Everything about the Grossa de Cap d’Any 2025: prizes, draw and how to take part
- Festival de la Infancia 2025: fun, reading and solidarity in Barcelona
- Santa Mònica shakes up Barcelona with 60 artists challenging dominant narratives
- Barcelona tests eco-friendly paving slabs on Gran Via to transform its pavements
- Takeaway cannelloni win over Sant Esteve despite the rain in Barcelona
- Barcelona prepares for a New Year's Eve 2025 full of parties and culture
- La Casa Encendida transforms Christmas with workshops, cinema and family dance
- Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for The Cure, dies at 65: the “Teddy” who marked two key stages of the band
- Van illegally transporting 15 puppies from Slovakia intercepted in Girona
- 28 December: what is celebrated today
- What time Stranger Things 5 premieres in Spain: Vol. 2 already available and final date
- Montseny wakes up covered in snow after the first big snowfall of the winter
- Virtual reality opens up new possibilities for children with disabilities in Barcelona
- La Sagrada Familia prepares to crown its tallest tower in 2026
- Barcelona celebrates the Metro Centenary with a unique immersive exhibition
- Barcelona comes alive in 2026 with unique film and video game concerts
- Barcelona transforms Amílcar street in Vilapicina into a large pedestrian area
- Barcelona closes beaches and breakwaters over heavy swell and activates municipal alert
- The historic Soto del Real station is reborn as a key Cercanías Madrid hub
- Protección Civil urges delaying road travel in Sant Esteve due to the storm
- Sant Esteve begins with an extreme storm: giant waves, rain and wind in Barcelona
- An underground passage for design: Glòries Metro will open directly to DHub
- Christmas lights in Barcelona: between brightness and social inequality
- Can Deu extends its opening hours and backs nightlife culture in Les Corts
- Overflowing rubbish in Sant Martí: pneumatic collection breaks down again at Christmas
- Barcelona unveils new sustainable paving on Gran Via between Gràcia and Rambla Catalunya
- How to avoid Christmas anxiety: keys to a December without social pressure
- Alert in Catalunya for torrential rain and heavy seas during Navidad y Sant Esteve
- Barcelona Zoo closes a chapter: it says goodbye to its last tigers
- Barcelona prepares an unforgettable Fin de Año 2025 with drones, music and the Font Màgica
- 27 December: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona reduces night-time violence but sees cases involving drugs and weapons soar
- Barcelona buzzes with the Papanoelada Motera Solidaria and fills its streets with hope
- Catalonia takes a historic step and regulates temporary and room rentals
- Audit confirms IRTA-CReSA safety in the face of African swine fever
- Martorell, Arbúcies and Valls lead growth in GDP per capita in Catalonia
- Sant Cugat gives the green light to temporary kitchen for La Mirada after years of waiting
- Sant Cugat approves increase in IBI and waste tax for 2026
- Christmas 2025 in Spain: fog, rain and snow will shape the holidays
- Barcelona cuts speed-camera fines by 20% in 2025 and the ranking surprises
- Janet Sanz leaves the City Council after 14 years and highlights her transformative legacy in Barcelona
- Renfe drives the renewal of Rodalies in Catalunya with 500 million from the BEI
- Sant Cugat leads salaries in Catalonia and leaves Barcelona behind
- Sabadell begins the major transformation of the Eix Macià car park with 248 spaces
- 99% of property owners in Barcelona have fewer than five homes in 2025
- Sant Adrià revolutionises its hotel offer and starts a new aparthotel
- The new Tres Xemeneies park: nature and protection against storms
- Isak Andic's children and Estefanía Knuth reach a multimillion agreement over Mango's inheritance
- Collboni leads Christmas at Port Olímpic and turns the sea into a festive centrepiece
- Óscar Puente warns: transferring Rodalies is not enough to improve the service
- Historic record at the Anella Olímpica: concerts and Barça drive up attendance
- Record sales and endless queues at the Las Arenas lottery office in Barcelona
- The Govern and social organisations manage to rehouse 120 people evicted from B9 in Badalona
- The Govern demands that Albiol reopen Can Bofí Vell for people evicted from B9
- People evicted from Badalona’s B9 seek shelter under police pressure
- Badalona seeks urgent solutions for the B9 evictees after three nights sleeping rough
- A retired doctor from Badalona opens her home to two young people evicted from B9
- People evicted from B9 occupy Badalona’s closed shelter and heighten the social crisis
- A divided Badalona: tension and clashes after the eviction of B9
- Catalonia has no luck in the 2025 Christmas Lottery and barely recovers 3%
- ‘Bimba y Lola’ employees celebrate the second Christmas Lottery prize
- Barcelona and Catalonia celebrate Christmas with lights, traditions and shared wishes
- 26 December: what is celebrated today
- Rosalía surprises Barcelona with visits to Bodega La Palma and Bar Bocata
- Barcelona announces price increases for Bicing y Zoo in 2026 but freezes other prices
- Christmas Eve on the rails: how public transport changes in Barcelona
- Barcelona agrees on a historic 35-hour working week for municipal employees
- 25 December: what is celebrated today
- The 60-euro single pass revolutionises state transport from January
- Barcelona refurbishes 55 schools this Christmas with a record investment
- Salut Bistro launches its Christmas box with Russian classics and cava in Barcelona
- Parc del Fòrum fills with Christmas spirit with the Cursa de Papá Noel
- The future of the Capitol theatre on La Rambla becomes more complicated after political rejection
- Discover the Barcelona speed cameras that issue the most fines in 2025: the definitive ranking
- Special public transport schedules in Barcelona during the Christmas holidays
- Sant Cugat leads salaries in Catalonia and Barcelona comes third in 2024
- Essential coach routes for discovering Barcelona as a group
- This is how public transport fares in Barcelona will look in 2026: moderate rises and discounts that remain
- 24 December: what is celebrated today
- Almost lifelong rentals: how Casa 47 flats will work and who will be able to access them
- Travelling by motorhome or campervan: freedom, comfort and adventure on wheels
- 23 December: what is celebrated today
- A multimillion mishap that ended well: 60 lottery tickets forgotten on a Barcelona bench are recovered
- 22 December: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona’s new civic ordinance tightens the screws: rising penalties and a new collection system
- 21 December: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona–Europe night train remains at a standstill
- 20 December: what is celebrated today
- Sabadell’s streets smell of Christmas: the City Council cleans them with cinnamon scent
- Catalan motorway tolls will rise by around 3% in 2026
- 18 December: what is celebrated today
- Explore Spain by Road: Your Ideal Journey between Madrid and Barcelona
- Sleep in the north and wake up in Italy: Europe's new major night-train route
- 17 December: what is celebrated today
- Catalonia begins restoring secondary-school dining halls dismantled more than a decade ago
- 16 December: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona promotes 'libraries of things': spaces where any household object can be borrowed
- 15 December: what is celebrated today
- 14 December: what is celebrated today
- The municipal markets celebrate Christmas with concerts, children's activities and illuminated facades
- 13 December: what is celebrated today
- A more expensive Christmas than ever: average spending approaches €800 and half of Spaniards admit they will lose control
- Barcelona launches dedicated collections for mobile phones and cava bottles at Puntos Verdes
- 12 December: what is celebrated today
- Castell dels Tres Dragons begins its metamorphosis: a Modernist icon heading towards its new scientific life
- Keanu Reeves swaps Hollywood for Barcelona: Dogstar lands at Paral·lel 62 this July
- 11 December: what is celebrated today
- CAT, Barça’s plush toy, arrives in shops: how to buy the limited edition of 5,000 units for €34.99
- 10 December: what is celebrated today
- Rosalía announces world tour and will set aside four nights in Barcelona to present her new album
- 9 December: what is celebrated today
- Catalonia puts the first European 6G laboratory into orbit and turns space into its new testing ground
- 8 December: what is celebrated today
- A ‘ghost’ air-raid shelter emerges in La Sagrera in the 21st century
- 7 December: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona will be the European capital of Nadal in 2026 and prepares a creative leap in its festive lighting
- 6 December: what is celebrated today
- Use of Catalan falls sharply in the Barcelona area: only 10% speak it habitually in L’Hospitalet
- 5 December: what is celebrated today
- Sant Antoni rewrites its streets: this is how Comte Borrell and Parlament's definitive transformation will look
- 4 December: what is celebrated today
- Sea and mountain routes, the contrasts that make Barcelona unique
- 2026 cruise season in Barcelona: new developments, megaships, and key Mediterranean routes
- La Escocesa begins its major transformation: from industrial decay to a new urban driver
- 3 December: what is celebrated today
- Sagrada Familia enters a new phase: the tower of Jesus Christ now displays its first cross arm
November 2025
- 2 December: what is celebrated today
- Catalonia, the autonomous community with the most Michelin stars at the gala held in Málaga
- 1 December: what is celebrated today
- Badalona allows pets to attend funerals to say goodbye to their owners
- 30 November: what is celebrated today
- Camping at Benidorm Arena Blanca: nature, sustainability and comfort all in one
- Barcelona fine-tunes metro service for Christmas: more trains, special timetables and continuous New Year's Eve service
- 29 November: what is celebrated today
- A Spanish drug opens an unprecedented route against metastatic cancer and manages to reverse cases of liver metastasis
- 28 November: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona and València, two years away from being linked by high-speed rail: the Government sets 2027 as a key date
- 27 November: what is celebrated today
- Prevent engine overheating in Spain with proper maintenance
- Catalonia prepares for emergencies: the Interior Department promotes a campaign inviting every household to put together its own ‘72-hour kit’
- 26 November: what is celebrated today
- L'Hospitalet launches its largest tree-planting project to transform the city
- The surprising mistake in the towers of the Sagrada Familia that few people know about
- Vueling opens new routes from Barcelona to Slovenia and Morocco and reinforces its presence at El Prat
- 25 November: what is celebrated today
- Thousands fill Passeig de Gràcia for Barcelona's grand Christmas lights switch-on
- Barcelona promotes school sport with 17,570 grants and record investment
- The Sagrada Familia opens the draw to attend the Gaudí tribute: a journey to 1925 from the present
- 24 November: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona lights up Christmas with a show, new lights and Via Laietana as the main novelty
- Barcelona extends Christmas 2025 with unique lights and Ximénez taking centre stage
- Àngel Llàcer shines again in Barcelona after conquering his greatest stage fright
- Barcelona celebrates Barça’s return to Camp Nou with a parade and free food
- Barcelona plans to display a historic Tramvia Blau carriage in plaça Kennedy
- Barcelona and the Generalitat reaffirm their alliance with a light installation that will transform Sant Jaume square this Christmas
- 23 November: what is celebrated today
- Renting in Barcelona continues to grow despite regulation
- Badia del Vallès begins its biggest urban transformation in 50 years
- Partial closure of Barcelona Metro L4 from 6 to 8 December
- The best free Christmas plans in Barcelona: museums, workshops and markets to enjoy as a family
- Snow surprises the Pyrenees and brings forward the opening of the slopes
- The Sagrada Família hosts a unique concert for Montserrat and Gaudí this Friday
- Romain Fornell celebrates his Legion of Honour in Barcelona surrounded by stars
- Rodalies sets record for number of trains in October but delays persist in Catalunya
- Barcelona launches a grant scheme to achieve a 100% electric, zero-emission moped fleet by 2030
- Barça return home: the new Spotify Camp Nou reopens this Saturday against Athletic with 45,401 spectators
- The CAC demands the withdrawal of the municipal “Barcelona, tu vida” campaign for breaching regulations
- Cinemes Verdi will turn 100 with two new screens in Gràcia
- More than 10,000 people visit the historic metro train exhibition
- Ten Spanish wines achieve top marks in the Guía Gourmet 2025
- Catalonia reinforces safety on the AP-7 after a black year of accidents
- SAGA 2025 brings gamers together with tournaments, prizes and over 70 exhibitors
- 22 November: what is celebrated today
- Sant Cugat removes 322 registrations after uncovering a fraudulent network
- Chaos at Correos in L’Hospitalet: unions warn of collapse over 65,000 notices and staff shortages
- Cold wave in Catalunya: Barcelona wakes to 6 °C while the Pyrenees freeze
- A century of the Bernabé tower: Sagrada Família draws 150 pairs of tickets to celebrate Gaudí
- ISE Barcelona expands to Montjuïc in 2026 and partners with the EdTech Congress
- Barcelona businesses will pay €140 more a year for recycling: the TMTR soars in 2026
- 21 November: what is celebrated today
- Ciutat Vella halts the opening of a cannabis shop in a former pharmacy
- Sant Cugat reopens its central library after months of closure and refurbishment
- Christmas lights switch-on transforms traffic on Passeig de Gràcia
- How Barcelona's ‘expats’ see Franco today
- Loquillo reveals how Barcelona remains his secret and vital refuge
- Supreme Court protects the Donut brand and rules for Grupo Bimbo
- Barcelona seeks new pages and helpers for the 2026 Three Kings Parade: how to take part in the year’s most magical procession
- Spain speeds up: government announces plan for high-speed trains to reach 350 km/h, matching China
- Mireia González begins her term as mayor of Santa Coloma with the support of Parlon and Madre
- 20 November: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona speeds up and allocates land for 1,000 social housing units before 2026
- A giant fir tree from Girona will light up Plaça Sant Jaume at Christmas 2025
- Barcelona backs cultural tourism and open-air Christmas walks
- Barcelona to invest 10 million in renovating 13 sports facilities by 2027
- Sabadell boosts security with new cameras at key stations and access points
- Cornellà revolutionises services for residents with an AI virtual assistant available 24/7
- More than 1,300 packs of illegal tobacco seized at Barcelona-Nord station
- Owner of a jewellery shop in the Eixample arrested for buying and reselling stolen jewellery in Barcelona
- The Romanian restaurant conquering Eixample: family recipes and authentic flavours at Transilvania
- A mass of polar air will send temperatures plunging in Spain: widespread frosts and values down to –5 ºC from this Thursday
- Explosions and a major fire devastate a settlement in Bac de Roda and force traffic closures in Sant Martí
- Picas de la Rosa strengthens stable rentals in Barcelona with over 600 flats after its latest major acquisition
- Santa Coloma steps up its campaign against illegal electric scooters: 700 seized in five years
- Lamine Yamal holds a secret party at Luz de Gas: no mobiles and an exclusive reserved area for girls
- 19 November: what is celebrated today
- Granollers turns the Congost river into a major green lung against climate change
- Badalona takes on Vigo with a 43-metre tree and a record Christmas in 2025
- Fira de Barcelona calls for faster airport expansion to support the growth of MICE tourism
- Barcelona and Madrid closer together: the AVE will reach 350 km/h and open a station at La Sagrera
- Barcelona to expand its cycle lane network with 32 new kilometres by 2026
- €600 for switching to an electric motorbike: Barcelona accelerates its green mobility plan.
- The new Lotería de Navidad campaign moves Spain with a story about the value of memories
- 18 November: what is celebrated today
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- 17 November: what is celebrated today
- Passeig de Gràcia will unveil a monumental Christmas tree with a star inspired by the Sagrada Família
- La Sagrada Família gives away 400 pairs of tickets for a heavenly concert with the Escolania de Montserrat
- 16 November: what is celebrated today
- Angelina Torres dies aged 112, the woman who saw the Sagrada Família being built and lived through three centuries
- 15 November: what is celebrated today
- The 3D map revealing the future of the Catalan coastline: large areas could be underwater before the end of the century
- 14 November: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona is crowned the world's most popular destination in 2025, ahead of Paris and Rome
- 13 November: what is celebrated today
- 10 November: what is celebrated today
- A mural featuring Rosalía's face brings colour to the Manuel Torrente gardens in Gràcia
- 12 November: what is celebrated today
- Llibreria Sant Jordi is reborn: the historic Gòtic bookshop reopens with a wine bar and a neighbourhood vocation
- 11 November: what is celebrated today
- The man who bought a village: a Californian rescues Salto de Castro, the forgotten village in Zamora, for €310,000
- The Eixample smells glorious: Forn Sant Josep and Emili Feliu make Catalonia’s best bread in 2025
- 9 November: what is celebrated today
- Spain’s best traditional panettone is made in Catalonia: a Barcelona pastry shop wins the national prize
- 8 November: what is celebrated today
- How to prepare your car for winter in 7 simple steps
- Barça plans an open training session at Camp Nou on 7 November
- 7 November: what is celebrated today
- “Fas 6 anys. Tria un llibre”: more than 66,000 Catalan children will receive money to choose a book
- 6 November: what is celebrated today
- Can Ros, the most iconic rice restaurant in Barcelona, recognised as a centenary establishment by the Generalitat
- 5 November: what is celebrated today
- The olive picker from Granada has suddenly become Spain’s best-selling author
- 4 November: what is celebrated today
- A six-metre Siberian mammoth becomes CosmoCaixa's new resident
- 3 November: what is celebrated today
- The seasonal workers of the future: a company in El Poal presents an apple-picking robot with intelligent drones
October 2025
- 2 November: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona once again forgoes the nativity scene in Sant Jaume: the nativity grows, but stays indoors
- 1 November: what is celebrated today
- New Zara collection: stylish outfits for Halloween and everyday wear
- 31 October: what is celebrated today
- Catalonia’s best pine-nut panellet is baked in an almost century-old jewel of the Eixample
- 30 October: what is celebrated today
- The 2025 chestnut sellers map: where to find chestnut and sweet potato stalls in Barcelona this autumn
- 29 October: what is celebrated today
- Panellets: the sweet Catalan tradition that brings generations together
- Boost your business with an SEO consultant in Barcelona: visibility, strategy and results
- Castelldefels begins work to expand and improve its municipal Skatepark
- 28 October: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona launches EstarB, the new emotional refuge for young people and adolescents
- 27 October: what is celebrated today
- Time change 2025: everything you need to know about the switch to winter time
- 26 October: what is celebrated today
- Terrassa temporarily bans the adoption of black cats to protect them from possible rituals at Halloween
- 25 October: what is celebrated today
- How to prepare for the rainy season in Spain
- Barça receives permission to reopen Camp Nou, but will not yet return to the stadium
- 24 October: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona will switch on its Christmas lights on 22 November and seeks new designs for 2026
- Northern lights in Catalonia: the sky will turn green this October
- 22 October: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona, university capital: Spain’s three best universities lead from the Catalan city
- 21 October: what is celebrated today
- Treasure beneath the waves: more than 1,000 gold and silver coins found from Spanish galleon sunk off Florida in 1715
- 20 October: what is celebrated today
- Els Llums de Sant Pau celebrates five years lighting up Barcelona: more art, more magic and a royal fairy-tale camp
- 19 October: what is celebrated today
- Laser hair removal in Barcelona: technology, trends and hair-free freedom
- YOULO Barcelona: the gift to enjoy (and remember in 300 photos)
- Montjuïc funicular says goodbye temporarily: five months without climbing Barcelona's most emblematic mountain
- 18 October: what is celebrated today
- Phenomena cinema auctions its history: seats, posters and iconic objects go on sale
- 17 October: what is celebrated today
- Event agency in Barcelona: how to turn your corporate vision into unforgettable experiences
- Enjoy every show in Barcelona by paying easily with your Plazo digital card
- Phenomena cinema auctions its history: seats, posters and iconic objects go on sale
- 16 October: what is celebrated today
- The biggest Rodalies shutdown begins: 16 months of works, 50 km of track and 21,000 passengers affected
- 15 October: what is celebrated today
- Montjuïc regains its nocturnal hunter: barn owls are reintroduced to strengthen urban biodiversity
- 14 October: what is celebrated today
- A winery is reborn by the sea: architect Erik Morvan sells his boldest home in Poblenou for 8 million
- 13 October: what is celebrated today
- Casa Batlló reveals a century-old secret: its second floor becomes a contemporary art gallery
- 12 October: what is celebrated today
- A journey to the past in Málaga: a 5,000-year-old tomb found intact and full of mysteries
- 11 October: what is celebrated today
- L’Hospitalet reorganises its streets: more spaces, fewer cars and relief for residents
- 10 October: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona–Madrid ticket rises 40% after withdrawal of low-cost AVE
- 9 October: what is celebrated today
- The 8th National Film and Rural Women Series will be held in Spain in October
- Architecture in Barcelona: which buildings are particularly interesting?
- 8 October: what is celebrated today
- Three Barcelona bars make the list of the world's 100 best
- 7 October: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona says goodbye to Eude gallery after half a century of art
- 6 October: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona reinforces security with 500 new cameras on the seafront and in Ciutat Vella
- 5 October: what is celebrated today
- How can you limit iPhone screen time to do more outside?
- The Cure, Gorillaz y Massive Attack headline a record-breaking Primavera Sound 2026
- 4 October: what is celebrated today
- La Boqueria reinvents itself: complete renovation to restore its essence as a citizens' market
- 3 October: what is celebrated today
- The wolf howls again in Catalunya: first stable pair and up to 11 confirmed individuals
September 2025
- 2 October: what is celebrated today
- Barcelona metro restores the original pinnacles of Liceu station for its centenary
- Deadly virus outbreak detected on the Barcelona coast
- Barcelona trials direct potable reuse as a response to drought
- Free condoms for vulnerable young people before the end of the year
- Thieves use lithium detectors to locate mobile phones and computers in cars
- 27 September: what is celebrated today
- Barça's return to Camp Nou still has no set date
- L’Illa Diagonal unveils its new look with a grand celebration
- Barcelona prepares to become the world epicentre of architecture in 2026
- Unprecedented €30,000 aid seeks to bring home ownership closer for young people
- A 45-metre stretch of the 14th-century wall discovered during works on the Rambla
- Plaça Gaudí becomes the forecourt of the Sagrada Família for the Gaudí centenary
- Country revealed where expatriates say they lead the happiest life
- The enigma of dreams: between science, emotion and the illusion of predicting the future
- Spain says goodbye to disposable vapes: a historic law against tobacco
- Spain trains eight million pupils to face floods, fires and earthquakes
- 17 September: what is celebrated today
- A Barcelona neighbourhood inspires the new electric Cupra that debuted in Munich
- Spain launches its first guide to travelling by looking at the sky
- Mercat de l’Abaceria will unveil a colourful ceramic roof with its own identity in 2026
- The Font Màgica de Montjuïc returns for La Mercè with new life and greater sustainability
- Ryanair closes its Santiago base and cancels flights in Vigo and Tenerife Norte
- Laberint d’Horta uncovers the hidden veins of its historic garden
- Sagrada Família opens its doors for La Mercè with 20,000 free tickets
- School costs soar to €500 per child and drive the second-hand boom
- Museums open their doors to older people with a unique programme of activities
- A red Moon will paint the Spanish sky in a unique total eclipse
- First sharks bred in captivity return to the Mediterranean off Barcelona
- 6 September: what is celebrated today
- The low-cost era ends: AVLO disappears and rail travel between Barcelona and Madrid will become more expensive
- The youth culture voucher is reinvented: €400 for art, instruments and training from 2025
- Banco de España opens the door to exchanging damaged banknotes: how the process works
- Barcelona will put the brakes on electric scooters: compulsory insurance and registration in 2026
August 2025
- Catalonia boasts a less aged vehicle fleet, but the threat remains behind the wheel
- The Penedès breaks the mould: the world’s first 100% organic grape harvest
- 31 August: what is celebrated today
- Spain breaks a grim record: over 410,000 hectares burned in the worst wave of fires this century
- The collapse in passes for the driving theory test forces the DGT to change the rules
- Stresslaxing: 88% of workers cannot disconnect from work on holiday
- What can you do in Barcelona if you stay in the city in August?
- 28 August: what is celebrated today
- A rubbish tyrannosaur: the footprint Catalan families leave in only four years
- Phones, documents and wallets: what is most often lost in Barcelona
- 26 August: what is celebrated today
- Over 1,000 stolen mobile phones recovered in Barcelona: how to check if yours is on the list
- It is official: Barcelona's metro will have live music every day
- 25 August: what is celebrated today
- Catalunya leads in number of slot machines despite a reduction over the last decade
- Relentless flames: more than 40 fires devastate north-western Spain
- The mystery is solved: this is the winning street of the Gràcia contest
- Barcelona revives Collserola’s liquid memory: thirteen springs will flow again
- Gràcia responds to the fire with unity: the streets rally around Verdi after the blaze
- Casa del Sucre is reborn as a community hub in Sagrada Família
- Barcelona launches an express plan to restore calm in Sant Antoni
- Barcelona bans alcohol-focused tourist routes across the city
- Katy Perry fined for filming in a protected paradise in Formentera
- 16 August: what is celebrated today
- Bats under the microscope: Salut warns of rabies risk in Catalunya
- Barcelona erects a block of 40 public homes in just 10 days using modular construction
- Glòries will unveil in 2026 the first metro entrance integrated into a museum
- Rents soar: in 2024 they rose three times more than wages
- A different summer: Barcelona Zoo combats heat with creativity and animal care
- Zona Franca's new prison: a centre without walls or bars that is committed to rehabilitation
- Barcelona expands its network of public toilets to strengthen community life
- 9 August: what is celebrated today?
- The Sagrada Família rises above Barcelona: the city unveils a new skyline
- Liceu Mar seeks an architect: international competition begins for its new Port Vell venue
- Barcelona records a record sea temperature in July
- The bell tower of Sant Romà is almost hidden in the waters of the Sau reservoir
- 4 August: what is celebrated today
- How to choose your dermatologist in Barcelona
- Sant Jordi Club is reborn as the new epicentre of live music in Montjuïc
- Casa Hurtado is reborn: from modernist jewel to the cultural heart of Pedralbes
- Barcelona turns to artificial intelligence to quieten traffic
- How to choose your aesthetic medicine centre in Barcelona
- Autumn travel: best destinations in Europe
- Barcelona accelerates: a new era for the Mitja Marató and the Zurich Marató
July 2025
- Raval gets wet: a new corner for water and play is born in plaza de las Caramelles
- The new Superman flies with Catalan elegance
- Mar Bella reinvents itself: from forgotten plot to green lung by the sea
- The world's best sandwich speaks Spanish: the Iberian ham sandwich, at the top according to CNN
- National Geographic recognises a Catalan valley as one of Spain's natural wonders
- Primavera Sound crowns Barcelona as the epicentre of Spain's most influential festival
- Barcelona on the brink of collapse: the Catalan capital becomes the planet's most tourist-saturated city
- Miley Cyrus returns with “Something Beautiful”, an ode to unrequited love
- More beds than residents: 90 Catalan municipalities overwhelmed by tourism
- Denis Villeneuve to direct the new James Bond: the saga enters epic territory
- 5 European cities with the perfect climate for enjoying summer
- A deadly paradise: Jude Law and Ana de Armas in the unsettling thriller ‘Edén’
- Controversy in Barcelona over the new Museo Thyssen: nine floors above the historic Comèdia cinema
- Barcelona will unveil its first mechanical pedestrian ramp in Montbau
- Tibidabo will add a new icon: «Barcelona» in giant letters above the viewing point
- Goodbye to Discos Revolver: a historic chapter in Barcelona's music scene comes to a close
- Catalonia asks the public for help studying hail: keep it in the freezer
- Font Màgica warms up to shine again at La Mercè
- Barcelona freezes gambling: not a single new casino, at least for now
- Barcelona proposes a new agreement with Airbnb to curb the illegal supply of tourist flats
- Sant Adrià is reborn by the sea: new beach and coastal park will unite the metropolitan coast
- Barcelona breaks a historic record: hottest June since 1914
- Barcelona underground: works in Gardunya uncover a forgotten cemetery
- Fairer rent for young people: Catalonia launches new aid of up to €250 per month
- Trànsit, Mossos and local police launch a police campaign to monitor cyclist and e-scooter offences
- Having a drink in Madrid or Barcelona costs less than in most major cities around the world
- Barcelona launches its digital radar against irregular tourist flats
- Barcelona loses places in the world's most liveable cities ranking, according to the EIU
- Ouigo warms up for autumn: tickets from €9 to travel around Spain
- Europe takes flight: the end of charges for hand luggage is closer
- Barça returns home: the Gamper will mark the return to Camp Nou on 10 August
- How to choose your ideal music producer in Barcelona
- On Tuesdays, cinema speaks in a senior key: €2 tickets for over-65s
- Tips for choosing the best glazing company in Barcelona
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- Catalonia sets the 2025–26 school calendar: classes from 8 September and holidays already fixed
June 2025
- A Roman quarry from the 2nd century BC comes to light in Montjuïc during construction work
- Barcelona unveils ‘Llums de Nadal’: five designer creations for unique, renewed Christmas lighting
- Barcelona redraws its heart: the new Via Laietana opens with a major public celebration
- A poodle saves lives on the Andalusian coast: Nilo joins the canine rescue team in Málaga
- Cascading blackout: report reveals critical failures, but no culprits
- Gaudí is revived in the hidden heart of Casa Batlló: the private courtyard comes back to life after more than a century
- Barcelona Metro becomes a global art gallery with more than 1,000 artists
- City Council’s special operation for Sant Joan night
- An oasis in the heights: the secret garden of the Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona reopens
- Brad Pitt takes a UFO house from Girona to California: a retrofuturist gem from 1969
- A cultural passport for those born in 2007: they can now apply for the €400 Youth Cultural Bonus
- An airline launches flights to the US for just €8 to celebrate its anniversary
- This is the best country in the world to retire to in 2025 (and Spain is not far behind)
- The night train that promises to reinvent travel around Europe will arrive in 2027
- Which indie music festivals take place in Barcelona?
- Where are electronic-music concerts held in Barcelona?
- Thousands of cigarette butts removed from Barcelona beaches, where smoking has been banned since 2022
- An unexpected hotel trick: why expert travellers always ask to change toilet paper
- Barcelona builds a pioneering reserve for animals in transition at the Zoo
- Barcelona sweetens Sant Joan: Morreig and Natcha, winners of the best cocas of 2025
- Barcelona recovers an underground emblem: mural at the Rotonda dels Transports in Plaça Catalunya restored
- Estiu Jove 2025: the key to travelling around Europe by train and bus for next to nothing
- Barcelona leads academic excellence: the UAB, best university in Spain according to the CWUR
- A gem among the rubbish: stolen work worth more than $50,000 found in the US
- A journey through six countries from the window: the new night train between Poland and Croatia
- A European city stands up to disrespectful tourism: ‘Leave the stones where you found them’
- A Costa Brava cove ranks among Europe's best beaches, according to The Telegraph
- What activities take place in Parc de la Ciutadella during summer?
- Where are the food festivals held in Barcelona?
- What events take place at the Poble Espanyol de Barcelona?
- Where are craft fairs held in Barcelona?
- What activities take place at the Puerto de Barcelona during the open days?
- Where are neighbourhood festivities held in Barcelona?
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- Barcelona turns water into play: more children's spaces to cool off this summer
- Barcelona without filters: festivities, flavours and corners that transform you
- NB.1.8.1: the new COVID variant back on the WHO's radar
- What are the most important music events in Barcelona in 2025?
- Which artists are performing at the ALMA Occident Barcelona Festival?
- Where can you buy tickets for the ALMA Occident Festival?
- Where are the Fiestas de Sants held?
- What activities take place during the La Mercè festivities?
- Barcelona dives into summer: the municipal outdoor pools open their doors
- How to choose your body-care centre in Barcelona
- Birthdays in Barcelona: 10 plans that are genuinely worthwhile
- A Gràcia resident finds an exotic snake on their balcony
- The Iberian lynx sets foot on Catalan soil again: ‘Secreto’ reappears in the Pre-Pyrenees after decades of absence
May 2025
- Barcelona to install a hundred nests for wild bees in 25 of the city's parks
- Camp Nou warms up: Barça prepares a public rehearsal before its great reunion
- When are Barcelona’s Gràcia Festivities?
- Fòrum will refurbish its bathing area with a direct ramp to the sea and more safety measures
- What water sports events take place in Barcelona?
- Where are rugby matches held in Barcelona?
- When is the Gran Premio de MotoGP de Barcelona?
- An AI threatens to blackmail its creators to avoid being shut down
- What to do in Barcelona in summer: activities worth your time
- Torre Glòries will host the world skyscraper summit in September 2025
- Where are the swimming championships held in Barcelona?
- What cycling events take place in Barcelona?
- Want to feel happier? This colour may help you, according to a doctor
- Maya Hawke joins the new chapter of Juegos del Hambre
- A feline birthday party saves a shelter in Texas
- What free concerts are there in Barcelona this month?
- Where is Primavera Sound held in Barcelona?
- Where are basketball games held in Barcelona?
- Where are athletics competitions held in Barcelona?
- What sporting events are held at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium?
- When is the Sónar Festival 2025 in Barcelona?
- A European city rewards tourists who arrive by train (and behave themselves)
- Sant Antoni gets a makeover: new square, more green spaces, and streets designed for people
- Barcelona turns parc de les Glòries into an open-air stadium for the Women's Champions League final
- From station to station in a flash: Renfe launches two new AVE express services between Madrid and Barcelona
- Instagram and Google decide: these are Europe’s top islands and the quietest ones in 2025
- Barcelona deploys 200 shade oases as an urban climate shield
- Lego launches its own version of Pixar's iconic lamp
- Who’s calling? Prince Harry knocks on the wrong door and causes confusion in London
- The Thousand-Year-Old Olive Tree of Sant Jordi, crowned Spain’s Best Monumental Olive Tree 2025
- What to do in Barcelona at night: wine tasting, bar tours and other unforgettable nighttime experiences
- Catalonia turns blue: summer 2025 begins with 101 award-winning beaches and 23 ports
- Sant Jordi bookshop reinvents itself to keep making history
- A campaign against fast fashion floods Barceloneta beach with clothes
- Vilanova i la Geltrú hosts filming of the new maritime thriller with Penélope Cruz and Johnny Depp
- It has been named the happiest capital in the world in 2025
- The world’s tallest and smallest dogs meet in a tender canine encounter in the US
- The Museu d’Autòmats del Tibidabo opens free of charge on the first Sunday of every month
- A giant demon presides over Badalona beach to launch the Festes de Maig
- Bad Bunny in Barcelona? Two chairs in front of the Olympic Stadium spark a mystery
- What colours do less analytical people prefer? A study has the answer
- By 2050, three quarters of the world will not replace its deceased population
- Spain in the mirror: three out of four men will have excess weight in 2050
- The “Catalan Pompeii” with 2,000 years of history discovered in Tarragona
- Primavera Pro 2025 unveils its full programme and strengthens its role as the epicentre of global music debate
April 2025
- Badalona will light up its sky with 500 drones on the most magical night of the Festes de Maig
- Activists block a Bus Turístic with water pistols in protest against mass tourism at the Sagrada Familia
- List of the world’s happiest countries in 2025 is published
- Barcelona is building a new neighbourhood next to La Sagrera with more than 2,000 public homes
- Sant Adrià beach reopens after four years closed because of pollution
- Antoni Gaudí, closer to becoming blessed: the Pope recognises his “heroic virtues”
- The eagerly awaited summer offer returns: free admission to the Picasso Museum every Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoon
- Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard premiere their audiovisual universe in Barcelona
- El Molino brings jazz, soul and folk for a summer and autumn with a taste of music
- Catalonia will cap seasonal rental prices for homes used as residences
- The new Parc de les Glòries opens on 26 April with a major public celebration
- El Born seeks the best food photograph
- Free entry to Sagrada Família for all Jordis and Jordinas for Sant Jordi 2026
- Plans for spending a week on the coasts of Barcelona and the Costa Brava
- The Teatre Capitol on the Ramblas will reopen in 2027 as a new municipal cultural space
- Barcelona takes on the invasion of souvenir shops in Ciutat Vella: 127 closure orders in 2024
- Barcelona welcomes summer with more accessible beaches designed for everyone
- Barcelona reactivates its ornamental fountains after the water alert ends
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October 2024
- Barcelona and Badalona cemeteries extend their opening hours for All Saints' Day
- Looking for a little nest: how to rent a flat in Barcelona quickly and successfully?
- Alanis Morissette and Thirty Seconds to Mars headline the 15th Festival Cruïlla in Barcelona
- Where to travel in October: ideal destinations and the importance of travel insurance
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July 2024
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