Some 200 traditional, cultural and sports activities are planned in the city during the summer of 2026, as well as a large number of visitors. They include two international events: the visit of Pope Leo XIV and various stages of the Tour de France, in both cases entailing an increase in activity and mobility in the city.

Because of this, Barcelona City Council is launching a special rollout as part of the Pla Endreça, with measures in public space to keep it in the best condition possible.

More City Police

The City Police will be stepping up its summer operation with more officers, technology and new resources. In the coming months the Beach Section of the City Police will be operational, carrying out prevention and other policing tasks along the city coast. Nearly 80 officers will be patrolling Barcelona’s ten beaches with the goal of boosting police presence on land and at sea.

One of the main goals of the operation is to address behaviour that generates inconvenience to others and that represent a disruption in coexistence or a degradation of public space, through enforcement work and the denouncement of offences linked to anti-social behaviour such as the consumption of alcohol and drugs in public, as well as noise pollution.

Purple points

The purple point service to prevent sexist aggression is operating in the daytime from a fixed point located in the building at the Espìgó del Bogatell, seven days a week from 10 am t 6.30 pm, from 30 May to 11 September. Staffed by a team of 11 professionals, the operation has pairs of workers out on foot along on the city’s beaches.

At night, purple points will be located on the seafront at the Somorrostro beach and the Bogatell beach on the nights of Friday, Saturday and the eve of public holidays, from 11 pm to 6 am, between 19 June and 24 September, with a team of 14 professionals.

Forest campaign and sea rescue

The Civil Protection, Fire Prevention and Extinction and Rescue Service (SPCPEIS) is present on the coast at the advanced logistical point at the Port Olímpic. This space is especially geared towards swift intervention in the bathing area by the water rescue group of the Barcelona Fire Service, made up of 30 professionals and three boats.

The Fire Service has also stepped up its presence in the forest area of Collserola, with a significant boost in human resources, materials and preventive measures to tackle fire risks, particularly in the area around Collserola. The operation includes the opening of the fire station in Vallvidrera from 16 May to 12 September, helping to cut response times and improve operational capacity.

More cleaning teams

Cleaning and waste collection services will be boosted all over the city until October, with more intensive cleaning in spaces which get more use in the summer. A further 295 workers will be added, distributed into 138 teams, in addition to the usual teams. This represents a 40% increase in teams and a 26% increase in staff compared to 2025.

August will also see an increase compared to 2025 in the number of cleaning teams tackling graffiti in the streets, on façades and other elements of public space in the summer, rising from 18 to 22 teams.

Beaches fully operational

Beach services are operational with times and staff corresponding to the high season, which will run until 13 September. The rescue and life-saving service is already operating from 10.30 am to 7.30 pm with a total of 54 lifeguards and 22 watchtowers.

As for the assisted bathing service, this will be available at the usual four locations: the bathing area at the Fòrum and the Barceloneta, Nova Icària and Bogatell beaches, once the current improvements have been completed, with the point at the Bogatell beach to open from 21 June.

The beaches have an information service for members of the public, centring on the organisation of sport uses at the beaches, information on smoke-free beaches and awareness relating to sexist violence, plus general information on services.