{"id":32354,"date":"2021-03-15T14:51:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T13:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esmuc.cat\/viure-a-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T14:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T12:38:26","slug":"viure-a-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esmuc.cat\/en\/viure-a-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Living in Barcelona<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The City of Barcelona is full of life, with cultural, commercial and sporting activity: music, theater, cinema, dance, opera, exhibitions, international fairs, shops and malls, art galleries, design centers, etc. In addition, Barcelona is always a sunny destination. Find out about Barcelona\u2019s cultural life on the City Council\u2019s<\/a> website.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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More information about Barcelona<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>
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To know more about Barcino, with two thousand years of antiquity, you need to walk through the archeological excavations of the Roman city.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you get lost in the Gothic Quarter, you can relive the atmosphere of medieval Barcelona, \u200b\u200baround the cathedral, the Royal Palace and the buildings that are still the seat of government institutions today: the Barcelona City Council<\/a> and the Palace of the Generalitat de Catalunya<\/a>. From here you can reach the Ribera neighborhood, where you will find the Picasso Museum and the Gothic basilica of Santa Mar\u00eda del Mar, the Ciutadella Park (with the headquarters of the Catalonia Parliament), the Zoo and various museums. Right there, by the sea, you will arribe to the Barceloneta, an 18th-century seaside neighborhood full of restaurants where you can taste seafood specialties.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Walking along the Rambla you will see the Gran Teatre del Liceu<\/a> and admire the parades of flowers, and the newsstands (you will find them from almost all over the world), magazines and books. Day and night, the Rambla retains a unique atmosphere and, if you have time, you will see that the people passing by change with the passing of the hours. Down the Rambla and in the side streets there are all kinds of restaurants.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the 19th century, the city experienced a stage of growth, the result of industrialization then flourishing. The surrounding towns were united by the exemplary urban plan of Idelfons Cerd\u00e0 known as the Eixample, full of shops and art galleries. It is worth taking a walk along Paseo de Gracia, where you will admire the modernist houses at the intersection of Calle de Arag\u00f3 and the “Pedrera”, a house with an undulating fa\u00e7ade built by Gaud\u00ed. Eixample there you will find the Sagrada Familia, a grandiose and unusual temple also by Gaud\u00ed and the Park G\u00fcell, by the same architect, which you cannot miss.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The stately neighborhoods, such as Pedralbes, where there is a Gothic monastery enclosed by a small wall, occupy the foot of the Collserola mountain range, at the top of which -Tibidabo- there is an amusement park which is accessed by tram Blau, a relic of the past, and a funicular. On Montju\u00efc, the other mountain in the city, next to the sea, you will find among gardens interesting museums such as the Fundaci\u00f3 Mir\u00f3 and the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the great Olympic facilities – with the old stadium and the Palau Sant Jordi -, another park of attractions and the Poble Espanyol, with the reproduction of typical buildings from all over Spain. The old port has been renovated and has become one of the great civic recreational spaces, which continues, beyond Barceloneta, with the facilities of the Olympic port.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Catalonia<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Catalonia is a country with seven million inhabitants, a current area of \u200b\u200b32,000 km2, more than a thousand years of history and its own culture and language that have shaped its personality. We Catalans have always been open to everyone. We like to receive foreigners and show them our land. And we are pleased that they feel good, like at home.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

More information on the website of the Government of Catalunya<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Get around town<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>
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General information on metropolitan transport: http:\/\/www.tmb.net<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n