Barcelona has a new online arts and culture portal, Canal Cultura, offering daily updates on the Catalan capital’s most interesting exhibitions, theatre, dance, cabaret, music, cinema and other events. Set up by Barcelona’s Institute of Culture, the new website provides an...

The governments of Catalonia and Spain are close to an agreement that could partly solve Barcelona’s ongoing water shortage by piping waters of the Ebro river from Tarragona into the Ter-Llobregat reservoirs. The pipeline project is the latest in a series...

Applying for work and residency permits should be easier in Barcelona following the opening of a new Spanish government office for foreigners (Oficina d'Estrangeria) at 42 Carrer Múrcia. The 1,500 sqm premises in the Sant Andreu district employs 80 civil servants...

Inaugurated on 20 February, the AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) train link between Barcelona and the Spanish capital is now running 34 trains daily, 17 in each direction. Travelling at an average speed of 350 km per hour, the AVE trains cover...

Research carried out by Barcelona’s Centre of Demographic Studies has shown that up to 70,000 city residents live in overcrowded housing. The problem predominantly affects recently arrived or undocumented immigrants from Asia and Africa living mostly in the districts of Cuitat...

Turisme de Barcelona has taken on more staff to help answer visitors’ queries in up to 25 languages during the summer tourist high season. 125 staff are now working at 21 information points around the Catalan capital including the Barcelona Clot...

Barcelona’s telefèric cable car system is once again operative after ten months of renovations costing €14.5 million. Opened to the public on 16 May, the completely rebuilt cablecars offer breathtaking panoramic views of the city from the wrap-around glass cabins during...

The first European Space Agency educational resource office (ESERO) in Spain has been inaugurated at the CosmoCaixa centre on Teodor Roviralta in Barcelona. One of just three such pilot facilities in Europe – the others are in Amsterdam and Brussels -...

As of 14 April, the Barcelona Metro and the urban train lines of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat are to operate all night on Saturday nights and on the eve of public holidays for a six-month trial period. Trains on both...