Julio Redacción

The City of Barcelona is focusing on urban projects and public spaces. Its streets, squares, parks and museums keep it full of life and people. Let´s analyze some of the most outstanding projects in Eixample Neighbourhood.

The City of Barcelona has some of the largest international urban projects.

Neighbourhoods such as 22@Barcelona, Gracia or Marina del Prat Vermell are witnessing sustainable building projects. Thus, the city is receiving proposals aimed at becoming a smart city model.

But, is it possible to find neighbourhoods able to change deeply? The answer is yes.

The projects are aimed at recovering the historical heritage and enlightening dark areas. This type of urbanism is mirrored in Eixample neighboourhood.

Some projects are about to be discovered and some others are about to come true.

The interconnection of devices and the massive data accumulation are the origin of the new online businesses. Getting to know the roots of Big Data and exploring its technological aspect open the doors to a new economy, with Barcelona as leading character.

We can say that the Internet of things (lot) and Big Data are strategic partners for new companies. There are many examples of their practical application, although Barcelona is leader in taking advantage of these strategies.

From interconnected devices to sensors and the search algorithms, the collection of data taken from the Internet has resulted in a «goldmine», which has started to be exploited commercially.

Such goldmine determines the success of the electronic devices (wearables), as it was shown in the Mobile World Congress, as well as the service development aimed at consumers and citizens.

After the collection of data, it is necessary to process and analyze it. This is a key moment for entrepreneurs; that is why Barcelona already has a Big Data Centre, where there are congresses and international experts as speakers.

This constitutes a new entrepreneurial panacea for new companies (start-ups) and enterprises.

The cities worldwide are opposed to the ongoing degradation of the environment. With this aim, the lifestyle changes as hard work gives hope for the future of the planet. Exploring the subject, we are going to visit 3 sustainable buildings of Barcelona.

Before the arrival of the Hora del Planeta, which is set on the 28th of March between 20,30 and 21.30, the most emblematic building in the world will join forces in the fight against climate change.

It is the ninth annual worldwide participation, which features more than 160 Spanish cities, as well as 200 companies and entities. This goes beyond the symbolism of turning lights out for 60 minutes in the cities that want to claim urgent action in the Climate Summit in Paris (COP21).

Along with the reclamation, WWF wants to select the favourite sustainable city. the voting, whereas Barcelona takes an excellent space due to its environmental commitment, demonstrated an «alternative» way of life and working.

Today, we are going to look at the tree examples of this sustainable alternative. These given buildings are in the Salón Internacional de la Construcción (now named Beyong Building Barcelona-Construmat), which are going to be presented between the 19th and the 23rd of May in Barcelona.

The cold months of autumn and winter makes us want to warm up, as well as having a coffee, here in Barcelona. Everyone enjoys this product in their own way, but everybody loves the purity and nuances of it.

If a drink can be associated with a quiet moment at home or anywhere else, it is coffee, without any doubt. A beverage for those who have been waiting for a long time, for meetings and for conversations with friends.

Single coffee or a coffee shot, coffee with milk or stained, Viennese or Irish coffee…

Enjoying some coffee in Barcelona doesn’t depend on the neighborhood or big avenues. The small corner shops, great selections and expertise in roasting are enough for everybody to agree.

This is the best coffee in Barcelona: a question of right places, just as the good taste!

From the heights, Montjuïc is the largest green space in Barcelona and an exceptional vantage point over the city. A place to meet with Olympic sports, cultural facilities, world history and broad expanses of trees and gardens.

El Parc de Montjuïc, with 450 hectares, is one of the most visible parts of the city. Located on the large hill that goes from Sants to the Port of Barcelona, and parallel to the gastronómical neighborhood of Poble Sec.

Barcelona’s personality is marked by the history and the future of a place where green areas coexist with first class sports and cultural facilities. It is a hill named after the Middle Ages as ‘hill of the Jews‘, for it hosted their old cemetery.

From the participants of the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition to the Olympian athletes of Barcelona 92, going through art lovers or current entrepreneurs. Who has not visited Montjuïc during his visit to Barcelona?

Generations of visitors have toured its miles full of streets and roads, and they will keep doing it after the new challenges lying ahead.

One of the most visited places in the city is the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. Made up of different neighborhoods, all of them keep its own identity among medieval streets and institutions of all kinds.

Emerging from the remains of the old Roman Barcino, medieval Barcelona promoted the construction of palaces and Gothic churches and the progressive disappearance of many of the Roman remains in the city.

Bordering a majestic Eixample, a cosmopolitan Raval and a very charming Born, the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona is known internationally.

Located in the city center, it invites the visitor to enjoy leisurely walks through a maze of tangled streets. A path going through the Gothic Quarter and whose route is only known by the visitor.

The 2016 Michelin Guide has awarded culinary creativity and recognized the legacy of elBulli. A few innovations are highlighted, as well as the arrival of new values to the star restaurant list.

Barcelona is a city famous for its international gastronomic art. No less than 20 establishments in the city have been awarded one or two stars in the 2016 Michelin Guide.

A few kilometres away from the capital, you can find the most highly honoured restaurants. A perfect example is the kitchen king Ferran Adrià, who shares the throne with a lot more brilliant star restaurants.

The most important gastronomic guide has only awarded a new star to a Catalan culinary in 2016. Although the city is known to be a home of excellent gastronomy, there are a lot of new restaurants that match the excellency.

Barcelona is a place where you can enjoy not only the Spanish and Catalan cuisine, but the international cuisine as well. Are you ready to look at this list of delciiousness? Bon Appetite or ¡Buen provecho!, as we locals say here!

Barcelona is the city to be for entrepreneurs. Both start-up companies and investors are finding their place to move their businesses into the international arena.

As tourists enjoy the Mediterranean climate and the extraordinary urban landscape, investors and entrepreneurs embody the other way of success of Barcelona. Entrepreneurship and technological ecosystems go beyond the urban and cosmopolitan image of the city and break up with the general economic apathy.

Barcelona is connected to every major European capital city, the culture of the city is globally known, and the quality of life of it is highly valued. These are the reasons why entrepreneurs and talented students from around the world choose the city for their new professional and personal stages.

Within the European enterprising context, Berlin has connections, London has tradition and Barcelona has personality. New York, Toronto and Madrid hold the hegemony of financial capital of their corresponding countries, but they need cities like San Francisco, Montreal and Barcelona which provide the creativity.

This attribute glows during economic crisis, with the city drawing the attention of talents, and seducing them to never let them go.

Muchos de los tradicionales mercados han evolucionado hacia nuevas fórmulas adaptadas a nuevos tiempos y nuevos hábitos de consumo. En Barcelona hay que recordar algunos de éstos mercados gastronómicos que ya funcionan o están a punto de hacerlo.

No dejarán de llamarse mercados porque en su interior se encuentra la esencia de una ciudad, pero el paso del tiempo los ha llevado a cambiar, a ampliar horarios, a facilitar nuevos canales de compra y a ofrecer otros servicios a foodies y turistas.

El Mercat del Ninot se renueva para recuperar el brillo original, mientras centros comerciales como el de Glories entrenan espacios culinarios o nuevos espacios gastronómicos como El Nacional se hacen un sitio.

La gastronomía y la alimentación forman parte importante de la evolución de Barcelona. Familias que van a comprar, personas solas con poco tiempo, amantes de los productos gourmet y turistas que quieren comerse la ciudad.