film
Sitges Film Festival 2026
The 59th edition of the fantasy, horror and cult films-focused festival
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The best things to do in Barcelona, curated by locals. Events, restaurants, nightlife and the spots worth knowing – updated weekly.
Barcelona
miniguide
The best things to do in Barcelona, curated by locals. Events, restaurants, nightlife and the spots worth knowing – updated weekly.
Events
Saturday, Oct 10
arts-culture
Light Filtered Through the Cracks
MACBA’s exhibition looks back to when video became a tool for political intervention.
fitness-wellness
Outdoor Fitness Workout
An energizing group-training session at Barcelona’s seafront.
arts-culture
Festa Major of Esquerra de l'Eixample 2026
One of the city’s biggest neighbourhoods celebrates its festa major
arts-culture
Seat: Factory of Transformations
Castell de Montjuïc’s exhibition uses car company SEAT to tell a story about Barcelona
music
BCN Shag Fest 2026
Fast feet and vintage swing take over for the return of Barcelona Shag Festival
arts-culture
Pere Portabella
A program of screenings drawn from this Catalan filmmaker’s repertoire.
arts-culture
Echoes: Videos from the Han Nefkens Foundation Donation
An exhibition on a donation of 18 video artworks by Han Nefkens Foundation.
arts-culture
Declaration of Love to Lenin, Juana Dolores Romero Casanova
This incredible artist’s first exhibition held at La Virreina.
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
Elisava
A sun-soaked photography project capturing the Poblenou coastline.
style-design
Nativa Feria
NATIVA brings together contemporary design, artisan ceramics and floral art
film
IndiFest Film Festival
Barcelona Indigenous Film Festival returns with films dedicated to Indigenous stories
film
Transhumant Film Festival 2026
The socially committed film and photojournalism festival returns
Sunday, Oct 11
arts-culture
Art & Coffee Oil Painting Workshop
Slow down, get creative and enjoy something a bit off the beaten track
film
NAZA
A chilling investigation into the systems behind civilian deaths in Gaza
film
Boogie Nights
Paul Thomas Anderson's tale of the rise and fall of a California porn star
Tuesday, Oct 13
arts-culture
After The Kiss
Taiwanese artist Attilio Chien comes with a solo exhibition devoted to the kiss
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
El Filete Ruso
Thank (or blame) these guys for kicking off Barcelona’s gourmet burger boom.
food-drink
La Gilda
A small tapas & wine bar with honest cooking.
food-drink
Flash-Flash
This supermod tortillería hasn’t changed much in five decades.
arts-culture
Free Time
Going against the grain of digitalization, this book store is keeping print alive for Barcelona’s die-hard paperback fans.
nightlife
Homo Sibaris
Sants’ pioneering craft-beer bar – house brews on a hidden village square.
nightlife
Macarena
This tiny nightclub packs a mighty electronic punch.
food-drink
NAP Mar
“Neapolitan Authentic Pizza”: thin-crust, doughy delights cooked in proper wood-fired ovens.
nightlife
Pesca Salada
A cocktail bar with a warm atmosphere, excellent soundtrack and great drinks.
food-drink
Casa Rafols
Casa Lolea’s sister restaurant, in a converted century-old hardware store.
food-drink
Desoriente
This vegan restaurant mixes world cuisines to leave diners disoriented.
nightlife
La Terrrazza
Barcelona’s definitive open-air club – summer nights inside Poble Espanyol.
nightlife
Nica
Casa Bonay’s space has been designed with the assistance of audiophiles Amit and Aneesh Patel, owners of London bar Brilliant Corners.
food-drink
La Pizza
It’s taken a while for the fast food of Sicily to filter through.
food-drink
NAP Antic
“Neapolitan Authentic Pizza”: thin-crust, doughy delights cooked in proper wood-fired ovens.
food-drink
Paral·lelo
Named “street gelato” for their cute-as-a-button ice cream trolley.
film
Phenomena
This is one of the biggest, most beautiful-looking and sounding cinemas in Europe.
food-drink
Raffaelli
The Raffaelli family’s Tuscan trattoria in Gràcia – handmade pasta, Lucca recipes.
food-drink
Can Codina
Long one of Gràcia’s stalwarts, this “old man” bar has been brought up-to-date by the founders’ grandkids.
nightlife
Nitsa
Nitsa is one of Barcelona’s most popular and longest-running club nights.
nightlife
Old Fashioned
This tiny cocktail bar was inspired by the American tradition of Kentucky bourbon and rye whiskey.
food-drink
Cyclic Beer Farm
A factory and bar specializing in beer fermentation and natural wine making.
nightlife
Marsella
This charmingly grimy Raval bar is famous for its absinthe, and said to be Barcelona’s oldest.
romance
Training Pedralbes
Training Pedralbes hosts couples and single women in a private club house.
lgbt
Bar Rufián
This gay dive bar throws a VermuParty one Sunday a month.
food-drink
Cera 23
Galician-accented Spanish cooking in the Raval, built around a black rice volcano.
nightlife
Apolo
Founded in 1943, this is one of the city’s premier live music venues and nightclubs.
food-drink
Cacho
Homemade food, great music, local beers and what they bill as “the best terrace of the @22 district.”
food-drink
Betlem
A gastrobar based out of a locale with a history going to back to 1892.
food-drink
Taberna Noroeste
A restaurant serving up recipes from the North West of Spain.
food-drink
Raó
Locally sourced and seasonal products are favored to create modern delights that are based on a selection of Mediterranean and traditional local dishes.