Living in BCN

Cuidem Barcelona

The City Council launches a new cleaning and waste collection service which improves recycling and efficiency, adds more resources and workers, and which is more sustainable and better adapted to the needs of each neighbourhood.

Pre-enrolment and and enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year

Consult the pre-enrolment  and enrollment calendar for the 2023-2024 school year for second-year infants, primary, secondary and post-compulsory school education.

Children playing outside

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!

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!

Two female experts in gender violence giving a young woman information at a BCN Antimasclista Stand

Assistance against gender violence

Find out about all the free and confidential prevention and assistance services available to women in a gender-violence situation. 

Carer's card

Carer card

A new free card for accessing personalised support resources intended for carers. Find out all about it!

Barcelona LGBTI Centre’s façade

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!

Child-minding service

Municipal child-minding service

Concilia’s free municipal child-minding service offers car for young children aged 1 to 12 to help with balancing the work, family and personal lives of families.

Office for non-discrimination.

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 superblock

Barcelona Superblock Plan

Setting its sights on the big challenges of the future and with local residents as its central players, Barcelona is opting for a transformational model of public space that will boost sustainable mobility and local commerce.

A cyclist riding along a bike lane

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. 

Sustainable Food

Get involved in promoting healthy an sustainable diets and boosting local economies!

A girl and a boy strolling in the park Open video Konsulta'm

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. Konsulta’m is extending its service to the adult population in six of the city’s districts.

Newly arrived youngster with a skateboard

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.

Panoramic view of Barcelona

Neighbourhood Plan

Programme aimed at reducing inequalities between Barcelona neighbourhoods, backing access to income, services, urban quality and welfare.

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.

Girl reading a leaflet at a Youth Information Point

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.

Two young women buy vegetables outside a shop.

Women and Feminisms

Find out about women’s support services and the resources available to combat discrimination and sexist violence and promote gender equality.

A family in a park lying on the grass under flowering trees

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.

A group of youngsters play basketball in a park

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.

Open video Plural, a masculinity centre

Plural, a masculinity centre

A new municipal facility, open to citizens for promoting a plural, positive and diverse perspective of masculinity.

A street-lit road in Barcelona

Barcelona Energia

Barcelona Energia aims to promote a more sustainable energy model thanks to efficiency and energy generation. Citizens are the central players in this big change, as it will help to build a more sustainable future. 

Solar panels on a building

Renovations save costs

Access as many as four lines of financial aid from the Next Generation EU fund for renovating your dwelling and reducing energy consumption with advice from the Municipal Renovation Office. 

Youngster without a leg beside his adapted bicycle

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.

Two people in an information office

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!

Ariel view of the city's Plan Cerdà grid

Barcelona, in a single click

In the directories of the Barcelona Guide, you’ll find everything you need: city facilities, organisations and venues.

Two girls and a boy play with a ball in a pedestrianised street

Districts and neighbourhoods

Embrace the essence of each Barcelona districts and step into the different city neighbourhoods.

View of Barcelona with a heavily polluted sky.

Low Emissions Zone

The Low Emission Zone is a protected area which vehicles without an environmental label cannot travel through. Find out all about the restrictions and their implementation timetable.

Dentist for people in vulnerable situations

Barcelona City Council has a free dental service for people in vulnerable situations referred by Barcelona’s social services.

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.