Living in BCN
Government action plan
Browse by district or theme and find out how the city is changing with all the measures planned for this term of office, 2023-2027
Pla Clima
Discover the measures proposed in the Climate Plan to make Barcelona a climate-neutral city, properly adapted to climate change.
Pla Viure
Barcelona backs sustainable and accessible housing policies to guarantee everybody’s right to a decent home.
Pla Endreça
Plan to order public space and meet improvement needs in a cross-cutting and comprehensive way.
Climate shelters
This summer, Barcelona has close four hundred climate shelters in the city’s various neighbourhoods to fight the heat. These places are aimed particularly at those people who are most vulnerable to high temperatures. View the network of climate shelters.
T'estiu molt
Barcelona is launching a summer-holidays campaign for children and teenagers with over a thousand leisure, sports, educational and cultural activities. Find out all about it!
Enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year
Consult the pre-enrolment and enrollment calendar for the 2025-2026 school year for second-year infants, primary, secondary and post-compulsory school education.
Pocket Barcelona
The "Barcelona a la butxaca" app offers a personal space for users to access the main municipal services and procedures, as well as the range of activities in the city, from a single access point. Download it!
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.
Information for young people
Find all the information concerning the resources available to young people: education, work, housing, emotional well-being and much more.
Women and Feminisms
Find out about women’s support services and the resources available to combat discrimination and sexist violence and promote gender equality.
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. Check out the on-site and virtual agenda!
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.
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.
Assistance against gender violence
Find out about all the free and confidential prevention and assistance services available to women in a gender-violence situation.
New residents
Newly residents will find welcome and support services that help them to integrate into city life. Find information related to rights, education, health and the job market.
Neighbourhood Plan
Programme aimed at reducing inequalities between Barcelona neighbourhoods, backing access to income, services, urban quality and welfare.
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.
Carer card
A new free card for accessing personalised support resources intended for carers. Find out all about it!
Regulation of rental prices
Check the price index for rents in Barcelona and how it affects your home.
Plural, a masculinity centre
Municipal facility, open to citizens for promoting a plural, positive and diverse perspective of masculinity.
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.
Districts and neighbourhoods
Embrace the essence of each Barcelona districts and step into the different city neighbourhoods.
Consumer assistance
The Municipal Consumer Information Office (OMIC) is a free Barcelona City Council service aimed at helping citizens to defend their consumer rights. Find out all about it!
Protegim les escoles [We’re protecting schools]
A Barcelona City Council project for transforming school environments and turning them into safe, healthy and less-polluting spaces.
Konsulta'm
Psychological support and counselling service for professionals in the field of mental health. Konsulta’m is extending its service to the adult population in six of the city’s districts.
Barcelona, in a single click
In the directories of the Barcelona Guide, you’ll find everything you need: city facilities, organisations and venues.
Barcelona against loneliness
Check out this webpage offering information and resources on loneliness, a global problem regarded as one of the great pandemics of the 21st century. You will find municipal programmes and services there for combating it.
