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Agenda cultural Barcelona, Barcelona

Catalan Traditions explained, Part 1

Catalonia is a place with a very rich and diverse culture, and with century-old traditions that are unique in the world. In this post, we want to share some of them with you and explain their meanings, so that when you visit Barcelona you know everything there is to know about its impressive culture. Correfocs Often the highlight of Catalan (and Balearic) festivals, the correfoc harks back to medieval times. Correfoc literally means “fire run” and it’s basically a firework ...
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Agenda cultural Barcelona, Barcelona

Santa Eulàlia and Llum BCN 2020

Festival of Santa Eulàlia Santa Eulàlia is Barcelona’s patron saint. On February the 12th celebrations, and a public holiday, are to be held in her honour (Santa Eulália was a 13-year-old martyr who was tortured on the orders of the emperor Diocletian, and she is often referred to as the children’s saint). Eulália lends her name to Barcelona’s impressive gothic Cathedral – Santa Eulália – though it is more commonly referred to as La Seu. A day of street celebrations and parades is ...
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Agenda cultural Barcelona, Barcelona, Planes en Barcelona en otoño, Planes en familia

La Mercè Barcelona

One of the most important days of the year in Barcelona is La Mercè, a festival that honours the Virgin of Grace (Mare de Déu de la Mercè), co-patron saint of Barcelona along with Saint Eulàlia. Celebrated since the Middle Ages, when Barcelona suffered a plague of locusts and asked for the Virgin’s assistance. After the plague was defeated, la Mercè was named patroness of the city of Barcelona and ever since the festival has been celebrated annually in honour of the Virgin. This year La ...
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Agenda cultural Barcelona, Barcelona

Catalan Book Week

As any visitor to Barcelona will quickly discover, Catalunya has its own language, Catalan with a long and proud history. Indeed, the oldest known surviving book in the Iberian peninsula is in Catalan, a medieval recipe book. Catalunya is also the centre of Spain’s publishing industry and home to most of its major publishing houses. The Catalan love of literature is symbolised nowhere better than on Sant Jordi, the day of Catalunya’s patron saint (Saint Jordi will be familiar to English ...
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Agenda cultural Barcelona, Barcelona, Planes en Barcelona en verano

Caixaforum Noches de Verano

Every summer the Caixaforum offers its ´Noches de Verano´, an exciting programme of events in the museum´s main hall. With an exciting and full schedule, this year, as every year, you can enjoy interesting live music for free, in a special and beautiful environment. This year, the mainstay of the programme is musical, a variety of concerts will be performed, though there will also be a number of exhibitions based on theatre, dance, urban art and opera. Some highlights we’d suggest include ...
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