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Cinema Fest 2026
Fiesta del Cine is Spain’s invitation to go back to the big screen
The best things to do in Barcelona, curated by locals. Events, restaurants, nightlife and the spots worth knowing – updated weekly.

Fiesta del Cine is Spain’s invitation to go back to the big screen

Blaumarí Music is a new boutique summer concert series at Port Vell

Barcelona’s landmark LGTBIQ+ film festival returns

Silence at Sea combines meditation with a sailing experience

Surreal folk-pop from the lauded American sisters

A film festival that turns warm evenings into open-air gatherings for queer cinema

Provocative, playful shorts from the Romanian auteur

Bringing the joy and chaos of contemporary circus back to the city once more

A festival built around live-fire cooking in its most primal, delicious form

A tender drama about love, migration and the uncertainty of the asylum system

Kelly Reichardt's affecting portrait of poverty, companionship and precarity

CaixaForum’s latest exhibition exploring blur and visual imprecision

CaixaForum's deep dive into Henri Matisse

An immersive exhibition turning ancient history into an incredible spectacle

MACBA welcomes a new exhibition on the work of Anna Moreno

Reflecting on MACBA’s 30-year journey through a metaphor of starling murmuration

An exhibition led by two Palestinian artists featuring songs, poetry, installations and more

El Palace’s Rooftop Garden transforms into the city’s best open-air screen

Fundació Joan Miró shows the work of artist Kapwani Kiwanga

The CCCB’s latest exhibition delves into one of the most loaded ideas in culture

An exhibition on the photography of Catalan photographer, Joaquim Gomis

Swap your usual workout for a stretch session by the sea

This workshop treats illustration as a way of slowing down and reconnecting with nature

Talents Jazz returns to La Pedrera every Friday with new musicians

A women’s football meet-up built around community

Homemade food, great music, local beers and what they bill as “the best terrace of the @22 district.”

Individual paellas – rare in Barcelona – made from Mercat de la Concepció produce at this Eixample classic since 1950.

Deep Pizza is proud to make Detroit-style pizza...

A cosy open-air terrace with a laid-back, beach-bar spirit

El Sueño comes with views that remind us why we fell in love with Barcelona

Mediterranean restaurant, jazz club, Japanese bar and clandestine cocktail bar in one

Once a former dairy, La Vaca (“the cow”) is now a creative coworking space in Barcelona’s Poble Sec neighborhood.

A pair of stylish open-air spots to choose from each with a laid-back Yurbban feel

A coworking space in the 22@ innovation district.

This little Galician tapería is causing quite a stir.

A Passeig Isabel II landmark since 1836: the Arròs Parellada, paella invented for a dandy who couldn't be bothered to peel shrimp.

Portuguese cheeses, patés, wines, port and Ginjinha, perfect to accompany a pastel de nata.

Açaí&Me specialises in the 3 B’s: breakfast, brunch and bowls

A furniture restoration studio and boutique in Gràcia.

An upmarket restaurant in Sant Antoni offering Catalan cuisine.

A furniture and design shop specializing in refurbished pieces.

Comics as well as graphic novels, fantasy and horror fiction, DVDs and toys.

A Gràcia rice specialist with 25+ paellas, made with Valencian bomba and seawater – and one of the few in town that serves them for one.

This tiny Thai restaurant is as authentic as it gets.

Market-fresh Mediterranean food is their game, but Asian influences assert themselves too.

From self-defense to Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu and Combat Submission Wrestling.

If you’re looking for a two-wheeler, this is the place to start your journey.

This is one of the city’s first vegetarian restaurants and a pioneer in sustainability.

A restaurant with the spirit of a bistrot sitting in the Hotel Villa Emilia

A new edition to the city’s hip and healthy coffee scene

The newest wine bar in town, head to Bocanariz and indulge in some of the best wines of the region and abroad.

If craft beer and pizzas are your thing then you’ll most certainly like Brew Wild

A highly ranked Argentinean steakhouse…

Peruse a menu of 125 varieties of rare imported teas…

Artisanal European cheeses as well as quality crackers, jams, mustards and more.