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The best things to do in Barcelona, curated by locals. Events, restaurants, nightlife and the spots worth knowing – updated weekly.
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The best things to do in Barcelona, curated by locals. Events, restaurants, nightlife and the spots worth knowing – updated weekly.
Events
Saturday, Oct 3
arts-culture
Viu Montjuïc 2026
Montjuïc’s museums, gardens, heritage spaces and community projects open their doors
arts-culture
Light Filtered Through the Cracks
MACBA’s exhibition looks back to when video became a tool for political intervention.
arts-culture
Pere Portabella
A program of screenings drawn from this Catalan filmmaker’s repertoire.
arts-culture
Festa Major of Esquerra de l'Eixample 2026
One of the city’s biggest neighbourhoods celebrates its festa major
arts-culture
Echoes: Videos from the Han Nefkens Foundation Donation
An exhibition on a donation of 18 video artworks by Han Nefkens Foundation.
fitness-wellness
Outdoor Fitness Workout
An energizing group-training session at Barcelona’s seafront.
film
Choreoscope Dance Festival
Barcelona’s Dance Film Festival returns for a new edition
arts-culture
Elisava
A sun-soaked photography project capturing the Poblenou coastline.
arts-culture
Josep Maria de Sucre, Activist and Visionary Artist
A new exhibition on the work of Catalan visionary artist Josep Maria de Sucre
arts-culture
Patrim’25: Look in Silence. That Blues Look
A snapshot of emerging artistic talent from the Universitat de Barcelona’s Faculty of Fine Art.
arts-culture
BAUM Festival 2026
BAUM brings Barcelona’s tattoo and urban culture worlds together
arts-culture
Declaration of Love to Lenin, Juana Dolores Romero Casanova
This incredible artist’s first exhibition held at La Virreina.
food-drink
Mahou Bravas Fest Barcelona 2026
A whole festival dedicated to Spain's most iconic tapa
food-drink
Wine Fair Sitges
Sitges’ great autumn toast to wine, harvest and local tradition
film
12 Angry Men 2026
Sidney Lumet's gripping debut feature
film
Amílcar
Miguel Eek’s poetic portrait of an anti-colonial revolutionary
film
Festival u22 2026
Festival U22 returns as Barcelona’s young cinema festival
film
Transhumant Film Festival 2026
The socially committed film and photojournalism festival returns
Sunday, Oct 4
arts-culture
Art & Coffee Oil Painting Workshop
Slow down, get creative and enjoy something a bit off the beaten track
film
Hard Eight (Sydney)
Paul Thomas Anderson’s coolly controlled debut feature
film
What's Up, Doc?
Peter Bogdanovich’s classic screwball comedy
Tuesday, Oct 6
style-design
Colorful breads made with natural ingredients by BonsFocs
Bake your own colourful, artisanal bread at this breadmaking workshop
Ongoing
arts-culture
The Cult of Beauty
The CCCB’s latest exhibition delves into one of the most loaded ideas in culture.
Places
food-drink
Bocanariz
The newest wine bar in town, head to Bocanariz and indulge in some of the best wines of the region and abroad.
film
Zumzeig Cinema
The arthouse cinema reopens as Catalunya’s first “cinema co-op.”
lgbt
El Cangrejo
A kitsch, camp gay dive bar in the Raval, with drag nights and lip-sync shows.
food-drink
Isabella’s
If you’re a lover of Italian cuisine, you’re in for a treat at Isabella’s.
nightlife
Garage Beer Co.
This UK-style brewery is one of Barcelona’s most central stops for quality brews.
nightlife
Big Bang Bar
Big Bang Bar has long been a mecca for local musicians and traveling tunesmiths looking to share music on an intimate stage.
food-drink
Bivio
At steakhouse in Bivio, Argentine Black Angus arrives on a hot stone for you to finish at the table.
food-drink
La Confitería
This historic bar is now one of the neighborhood’s choicest spots to eat and drink.
food-drink
Buenos Aires
An Argentinean steakhouse importing Black Angus, Nebraska beef and New Zealand lamb.
lgbt
Sauna Casanova
This is a labyrinth of gay sexiness.
nightlife
La Vinya del Senyor
This diminutive wine bar is revered as one of the city’s very best.
food-drink
Santamasa
Enjoy good food with a local feel at Santamasa in Sarrià.
food-drink
Costa Pacífico
Costa Pacífico brings Mexican varieties of ceviche to Barcelona, plus other national favorites that aren’t so well-known here.
food-drink
Paral·lelo
Named “street gelato” for their cute-as-a-button ice cream trolley.
food-drink
Pizza Circus
This unassuming little pizza takeout is one of those places you get dragged to by “that foodie friend” after tipping back one too many cold ones.
food-drink
Dr. Beer & Mr. Fried
A champion of craft beer and fried food, the new arrival draws inspiration from US-style cajun and creole cuisine.
food-drink
UMA House Trafalgar
UMA House Trafalgar’s seventh-floor pool terrace, with a 360-degree read on the city’s rooftops, spires and the ridge behind them.
food-drink
El Casal
Steps away from Santa Maria del Mar sits this gem of a café.
food-drink
Nobu Hotel
Twenty-three floors above Sants – a rooftop pool and terrace open to non-guests, plus Japanese-Peruvian cooking from Nobu Matsuhisa.
food-drink
Ocaña
Four spaces in one, including the new D.F. Mexican restaurant.
nightlife
Apolo
Founded in 1943, this is one of the city’s premier live music venues and nightclubs.
food-drink
Contraban
The Wittmore’s Michelin-listed restaurant, with a rooftop terrace above it.
lgbt
La Chapelle
One of the skinniest gay bars you’ll ever visit, but also one with the most charm.
food-drink
Bar Cañete
Step inside it feels like traveling through time to Spain’s glory days.
food-drink
Casa Dorita
Market-cuisine tapas named for the great-grandmother whose cooking started it.
food-drink
La Gilda
A small tapas & wine bar with honest cooking.
nightlife
33|45
Electro music, great cocktails and a fun vibe combine at this bar-slash-gallery.
food-drink
Mina
An intimate Italian-inspired restaurant serving up small plates and natural wines.
food-drink
Fismuler
After opening their first location in Madrid, elBulli alumni Nino Redruello and Patxi Zumárraga decided to open their second location in Barcelona.
food-drink
Rabbit's
A fixture on the city’s vibrant tapas scene in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi.