Low Emissions Zone
Permanent restrictions on the circulation of vehicles which pollute the most are due to come into force in the low emissions zone from 1 January 2020. The goal is to improve environmental health and cut emissions. See the details.
New public transport prices
Find out all about the new price model and range of public transport tickets coming into force in 2020 in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.
Anti-sexist BCN
Barcelona rejects all forms of violence against women. Find out about the services at hand in the fight against gender violence, from prevention to care and emergency accommodation.
Climate emergency
Barcelona is declaring a climate emergency and speeding up a series of changes that commit all the city’s players. Find out all about it!
Districts and neighbourhoods
Embrace the essence of each Barcelona districts and step into the different city neighbourhoods.
Barcelona Solidarity Card
Barcelona will be combining all benefits paid by social services onto a single payment card in 2020.
Mobility and transport
Find out what services are available to help you get around the city and discover how mobility is changing in Barcelona and becoming healthier, safer, more sustainable and better-connected.
Resource guide for people with disabilities
The Resource Guide features useful procedures, aid and benefits for people with disabilities who reside in the city.
Waste management
All you need to know about managing waste and helping to make the city more sustainable.
Barcelona Care Centre
Barcelona Cuida, a pioneering new centre by Barcelona City Council, offers information and advice on all things care-related, providing support and helping carers and cared-for.
Commitment to the Agenda 2030
Find out about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the environmental, social, economic and institutional fields and get involved.
Women and Feminisms
Find out about women’s support services and the resources available to combat discrimination and sexist violence and promote gender equality.
Children's activities
In Barcelona, you’ll find a wide range of entertainment and leisure activities for little ones. Don’t miss out!
Barcelona LGBTI Centre
This is a pioneering municipal service run by the Catalan LGBTI Organisations Platform, offering an extensive range of information, guidance, direct-assistance and awareness-raising services.
Civic Centres
Find out about the courses and activities on offer at your neighbourhood civic centre.
Bicing
Consult full information on the Bicing service: stations network, availability map, electric bicycles, rates and plenty more.
Neighbourhood Plan
Programme aimed at reducing inequalities between Barcelona neighbourhoods, backing access to income, services, urban quality and welfare.
What benefits are you entitled to?
Use this simulator to check what benefits and welfare allowances you may be entitled to.
Living with diversity
Barcelona is a melting pot of people with a variety of sexual and gender orientations, cultures, languages and traditions. Find out about how to live here with inclusion, diversity and interculturality.
An accessible city
Find out about the resources and tools available for people with functional diversity in education, housing, jobs, transport, care and aid services, care and financial-aid services, leisure and plenty more.
Youth information
Discover the youth and teenager information points available to you in municipal facilities and secondary schools to clear up any queries you may have on training, the associations movement, youth health, student or work mobility etc.
New SAIER
The new building for the Care Service for Immigrants, Emigrants and Refugees (SAIER) has opened to the public, adapting to new assistance needs and offering an improved appointment system, more rooms and a children’s space.
Local neighbourhood centres
Come over and discover your local neighbourhood centre and take part in these welcoming spaces for advice and meeting-up and interacting with local residents.
Office for Non-Discrimination (OND)
A human-rights defence service you can turn to if you are experiencing or have experienced any form of discrimination or hate crime, especially on the grounds of origins, cultural or religious affiliation, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Barcelona, in a single click
In the directories of the Barcelona Guide, you’ll find everything you need: city facilities, organisations and venues.
Let’s cut down on plastic
Under its PlàsTICS awareness-raising campaign, Barcelona City Council is proposing changes of habits to reduce our consumption of single-use plastics.
Barcelona with health
All the resources available in the city to prevent or treat health problems: primary health care centres, emergency services and pharmacies, among others.
Barcelona Energia
The publicly owned electricity distributor Barcelona Energia is to start offering its services to citizens in January 2019 and will supply a maximum of 20,000 homes.
Konsulta'm
Psychological support service for teenagers and young people between the ages of 12 and 22, also offering advice for professionals on mental health matters.
School playgrounds open
Did you know that every district has playgrounds that open outside school hours as safe public spaces for children, young people and their families? Check out their opening times!
Living Communally in BCN
We cherish Barcelona, its streets and squares, its lifestyle, its vibrant night and day. We have the right to enjoy it and experience it, respectfully. We’re all winners that way!
Vincles BCN
A social innovation project that aims to strengthen social relations and put an end to elderly people’s unwanted solitude, using new technologies. A tablet and app enable users to communicate with their friends and family as well as Vincles user groups.
