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The World Press Photo is back to Barcelona with the most awaited photojournalism exhibition of the year, showing situations without any type of censorship. A whole year in pictures in CCCB!

The 11th edition of the photography contest World Press Photo is back after one year in cultural centre Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB) from November 12th to December 13th. The exhibition, organized by foundation Photographic Social Vision, gathers 134 photographs and 7 multimedia projects, some of which will be awarded this prestigious international photojournalism prize.

The exhibition is completed by a whole range of parallel activities: talks, workshops and guided visits, apart from interviews to the authors and jurors.

This time, the World Press Photo 2015 has awarded 45 prizes to 41 authors from 17 different nationalities. This is the annual summary of art without going out from Raval Neighbourhood.

This year’s winning image is a photo by Dane Mads Nissen, portraying the homosexual couple Jon and Alex, sharing an intimate moment in their small apartment. This perfectly reflects the heading of the exhibition: ‘Seeing is Understanding’.

This is an exhibition that looks for making everybody aware of a lively, stunning and real world!

Due to the commercial variety, services provided and the huge amount of people passing by, airports are generally considered real cities. Let’s unveil their details while we hang around Barcelona’s airport El Prat.

In order to discover the new trends, it is not necessary to walk along one of the huge commercial avenues of the world, such as Passeig de Gràcia. You can visit an international airport to be ‘in’.

During 2014, more than 37 million passengers and a hundred airlines breathed life into El Prat airport. The huge flow of people constitutes an important source of income for brands and businesses of every type.

The commercial areas are constantly reinventing themselves, which attracts passengers from all over the world, especially those who have to wait some hours for their next flight.

Another point in favour is the fact of being well-communicated to the city of Barcelona, either by car, taxi, bus or train. And soon, there will be a new means of transport from the airport, Metro line 9, which will reach Fira de Barcelona, right in the heart of the city.

Let’s get to know one of the greatest airports in Europe!

Unlike the Roman, Baroque and Gothic areas of the city, the industrial nature of Poblenou Neighbourhood is reflected in its architecture, which has no limits at the time of creating new paradigms.

Known as the Catalan Manchester and situated between Vila Olímpica and Diagonal Mar-Front Marítim, Poblenou Neighbourhood offers a landscape with old factories with chimneys and new workshop spaces.

Old buildings with exposed brick walls mix with giant skyscrapers made of steel. There is also direct access to some of the most popular beaches among tourists.

Everything is possible in this neighbourhood with labour DNA and plenty of personality, which is constantly reinventing itself while keeping its traditional landscape with chimneys, factories and one-storey houses.

Let’s get to know the new setting of Poblenou Neighbourhood!

The transformation of some of the neighbourhoods of Barcelona has resulted in a creative, cultural and residential landscape. That is the case of Poble Sec Neighbourhood, one of the new trendy areas of the city.

Barcelona is a city in constant evolution. Those who visited it for the 1992 Olympics or the 2004 Forum would be surprised if they decided to come back to the city now. The capital has not lost its essence but its landscape is quite different.

After Sant Antoni‘s first attempt to attract more residents, some other destinations, for instance Poble Sec, are also trying to adapt to the ‘new’ Barcelona.

The first thing that calls our attention is the incorporation of bars with lively terraces and restaurants offering the best modern gastronomy.

Moreover, new entrepreneurs and residents arriving from other districts quickly adapt themselves to the autenticity of Poble Sec, from the music hall on Parallel Avenue to bars on Blai Street. Everyone visiting the neighbourhood surely falls in love with it.

Poble Sec is constantly looking for ways to make a difference, for example, by means of its creativity or the singularity of some of its facilities. Let’s get to know some of the new businesses in the neighbourhood.

Sometimes traditional, sometimes a bit more colourful, many times creative but always impressive, shop windows in Barcelona are the result of the well-known phrase in Spanish meaning that the best shop window is Barcelona itself: ‘Barcelona, la millor botiga del món’.

With a wide commercial activity, Barcelona offers many different types of stores that compete with each other to see which one shows the most beautiful shop window of the whole city.

Some of them try to keep the traditional nature of their occupations and to mirror that nature in their shop windows. Clear examples of these are a completely renewed barber shop and a tempting bakery.

Some others go for design in order to show a message based on art, style and trends. Many of them are located close to Passeig de Gràcia and try to import ideas from other neighbours too.

Either for their own nature of for their innovative spirit, these are some examples of shop windows in Barcelona.

When it comes to men’s appearance, general prestige of a good barber is continuously growing. This is an old profession that has reemerged together with the new trend for men, which is perfected by the best barbers of Barcelona.

There exists an English term referring to men’s care, including hair and face (goatee, beard and moustache). That term is grooming.

Modern men have developed a taste for feeling young. Their social lives are active and they want to be fashion, following trends as regards their personal appearance and connecting them to their professional lives.

Leaving the stereotype of metrosexual men behind, the hipster icon seems to gain ground in the current style: lumbersexual men. This typical man is one who takes care of his beard, and cares for his skin tiredness, hydratation, eye bags and dark circles under the eyes.

Beard care is an imposed trend, now betting on shorter and more classic styles. It’s considered a manhood sign that many locals are adopting, resulting in comfort and attractiveness.

Personal care is something that a good barber thoroughly knows about. Some of these great professionals are in Barcelona and know pretty well what people look for.

Let’s get to know them a little bit more!

This weekend will be restless for lovers of culture in Barcelona. The Museums Night is coming together with open art workshops and the Poetry Week in Barcelona.

Plans for this weekend will go beyond the traditional ones. On this Saturday and Sunday, art lovers will meet with curious bystanders of the city and gastronomy lovers, these latter representing all of us.

Museums Night, artists morning and poets afternoon; something missing?

Perhaps. Visits in between, there´s nothing better than eating or drinking something on the street

Eat Street Festival comes back to Barcelona reinventing Chef gastronomy since popular food trucks, while Markets in Barcelona concentrate on the «International Markets Week» offering a lot of activities.

Art and gastronomy meet in Barcelona in order to finish the week in the best possible way. Exploring and enjoying!

The enjoyable Mediterranean coast, a real balance between sea and sand, is considered a valuable treasure by millions of people, especially as soon as early summer starts. Let´s get to know the beaches of Barcelona.

Together with the modern architecture of the city, some places have become a hot spot for international visitors. Beaches of Barcelona are open-air spaces where people can enjoy the Mediterranean lifestyle, including sand, sun and beach.

Along 4 kilometres of coast, there are beaches for all and every taste and available all year long. You just need to move about 15 minutes away from the city centre to reach some of them.

Apart from sunbathing, beaches of Barcelona offer endless activities to enjoy, such as sea baths, sailing, swimming or any trendy water sport.

Visiting beaches in Barcelona is a really cosmopolitan adventure, as the city itself, a place where people from every corner of the world are more than welcome.