Barcelona underground I: the 90th aniversary of the first subway line
Barcelona underground I: the 90th aniversary of the first subway line Everything started during the happy 20's. There were two companies who decided to build a public transportation in Barcelona. It had to be big, quick and not expensive, in order to overtake the old...
The Station of France or knocking on Barcelona’s doors
“The Station of France was the laic cathedral when God was to run away.” Josele Sangüesa, musician and writer Even if the first railway line started to operate in Barcelona in 1848, the city had to wait until 1929 to have an station fitting its category, like Paris or...
A very cold beer, please
Today we would like to invite you to taste the particular relationship between Barcelona and the beer. Even if the city has not an original local tradition, Barcelona has several brands associated to its history, a lot of beer-shops and bars appreciated by experts...
The Tiny Barcelonas: today, la Barceloneta
Barcelona doesn't exist. Do not panic! I mean there isn't just one Barcelona. Better, isn't it? Barcelona is a transformer city, with the capacity to show a different face to each guest. It can be a big metropolis and at the same time be the home of neighborhoods...
Barcelona rhymes with mona
Lent brings us fasting and penitence but when you taste a big piece of Mona, it means that privations have already finished. The Mona is the main Eastern cake and its origin might be Arabian (mouna) or Greek (“muniquíes”). It is claimed as original by several regions...
The Set Portes restaurant: the history on a tablecloth
Let's start with the popular wisdom: there are eight doors instead of seven in this building promoted by the millionaire Josep Xifré i Cases in the Isabel II avenue. We are in Barcelona, circa 1830, nearby the harbor when this successful businessman decides to locate...
The Quatre Gats. Santiago Rusiñol and his friends have fun
If when somebody asks you if there were many people somewhere and you say "Bah, we were just four cats" that might look as a negative answer. This is just the opposite if we talk about the Quatre Gats, the tavern which became the heart of the modernist bohemians for...
Barcelona by streetcar
Back in 1899, the first electric streercars start to go in Berlin. All the main cities in Barcelona will soon use this new way of public transportation. Barcelona was not an exception and in 1907 all the streetcars were electric and until 1929 they live they golden...
Joan Miró (II). From Barcelona to Paris
Joan Miró (II). From Barcelona to Paris And here we have the second part of Joan Miró’s life. The last post about him, he had finished his college and found his first job. His intention was to work during the day et to improve his technique during the afternoon but...