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Barcelona’s popular culture

Giants, human castles (castellers), craft markets, fairs... Check out the calendar of the most deeply rooted popular and traditional acts, learn about the manifestations of popular culture and search the entities involved.  

Parc del Laberint d'Horta

Discover Barcelona

Step into the city’s districts and neighbourhoods, and enjoy its attractions. Make the most of all Barcelona has to offer: urban areas, cultural and architectural heritage, nature areas, leisure, study centres, museums, recommendations on where to go shopping or practice sports, and much more.

Illustration by Lalalimola (Sandra Navarro)

Sala Ciutat

The City Hall’s Sala Ciutat is reinventing itself as a bookshop specialising in books on Barcelona and as a space for displaying the work of the illustration sector.

Water Memorial

Want to know all about water in Barcelona? Various entities and facilities are offering a programme of activities on water as a universal, public and scarce asset, which needs to be valued and maintained. The programme includes visits, tours, walks, workshops, talks and seminars.

Visitors taking photos inside the old Model prison

Memory programmes

Discover the memory programmes that are aimed at preserving, conveying, publishing and ensuring the use of the ethical and political heritage made up from the past in all its forms and manifestations.

Visitors looking at the archaeological remains at the Born Centre for Culture and Memory.

El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria

Housed in the former Born Market building, this centre encourages and promotes reflection on local and national memory as well as global events, through encounters, debates and areas dedicated to learning and exhibitions. 

Memorial to the attacks

The History Museum and the Municipal Archives are cataloguing the offerings laid out on the Rambla, to preserve the memory of the public’s response. The underlying goal is to let future generations understand the acts of solidarity that arose following the terrorist attack.

Patio of the Sant Agustí convent at night with red lights

Charming corners

Many of Barcelona's neighbourhoods still preserve the spirit of the past in squares, cloisters and passages. Discover the city’s main charming spots.

Interior of a Modernista Building

Urban landscape

Find out about the various themed routes, guided tours and proposed trips available for exploring the wealth and diversity of Barcelona’s urban landscape.

Barcelona Publications

Thanks to an initiative called Barcelona Llibres, the City Council is putting an extensive catalogue of publications on a range of subjects and in various formats at your disposal. These include publications on culture, art, sports, history, the city, politics, urban planning and economics.

Museum of the History of Barcelona

History

Open the gateway to the origins of the city, rediscovering the people, facts and events that have shaped the city from ancient Barcino to modern day Barcelona.

Iron sculpture at Barcelona beach

Public art

Observe and identify sculptures and works of art situated in public spaces. Visit them at the Barcelona Virtual Museum of Public Art and discover historical chapters like the artistic contributions present in the infrastructure of the Metro.

Metro station with a stationary train and people on the platform

BCN metro to metro

Discover Barcelona’s history, corners, agenda and attractions from a new perspective: its metro stations.

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The blog centre

Want to know what else is on the Internet? We have compiled a collection of websites and blogs to help you make the most of the city.

Memòria bcn

Routes around the city's districts to discover Barcelona's history in the 20th century.

What was there

Geolocalized old photos of the city.

Altres barcelones

Travel through Barcelona's history by walking its streets. (CAT)

Barcelofília

Reviving city spaces that have disappeared. (CAT)

Bcn blanc i negre

Commemorating the city in black and white. (CAT)

Vestigios de bcn

Explore the charming corners of the city's ten districts. (ES)

La meva barcelona

Barcelona corners and activities to enjoy. (ES)

Bcn metropolis

Reflections on the city of Barcelona.

Barcelonasfera

Directory of blogs on Barcelona and its ancient villas (CAT)

La Barceloneta’s Communal Photographic Collection

A collaborative local residents’ project that features La Barcelona’s graphic memories on a website. (CAT)

Murs Lliures

Is legally authorised to manage public spaces so artists can paint their works on Barcelona’s exposed walls.

Spotted by locals

Experience Barcelona like a local.

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