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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, Sep 12
arts-culture
Festa Major d'Horta 2026
One of Barcelona’s oldest neighbourhoods celebrates its festa major
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 del Poblenou 2026
The Festa Major del Poblenou returns this September
arts-culture
Echoes: Videos from the Han Nefkens Foundation Donation
An exhibition on a donation of 18 video artworks by Han Nefkens Foundation.
style-design
Flea Station
Flea Station gathers vintage sellers for a curated spin on the classic flea market.
arts-culture
Picasso Cyprus
An exhibition exploring how ancient Cypriot art influenced Picasso’s art
fitness-wellness
Outdoor Fitness Workout
An energizing group-training session at Barcelona’s seafront.
arts-culture
Barcelona Gallery Weekend 2026
Barcelona Gallery Weekend offers a good reason to swap the beach for four walls
arts-culture
Elisava
A sun-soaked photography project capturing the Poblenou coastline.
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
Declaration of Love to Lenin, Juana Dolores Romero Casanova
This incredible artist’s first exhibition held at La Virreina.
music
EMBALAÊ
A midday gathering built around Brazilian culture, dancing and music
film
B-Retina 2026
A cult gathering for B-movies, “trash cinema”, horror and the unclassifiable
music
FSTVL•B
FSTVL•B is ready with three days of the city’s freshest alternative sounds
film
The Goonies 2026
Richard Donner's classic kids' adventure movie from 1985
film
Transhumant Film Festival 2026
The socially committed film and photojournalism festival returns
music
Visible Cloaks
The Portland ambient masters play live
Sunday, Sep 13
arts-culture
Opening of the Baluard Garden
Soak up some of the city’s history at the Jardí del Baluard.
style-design
Lost&Found
One of the first of the kind of markets that have now become so popular in Barcelona.
arts-culture
Art & Coffee Oil Painting Workshop
Slow down, get creative and enjoy something a bit off the beaten track
film
The China Syndrome
James Bridges’ eerily prescient nuclear thriller
Monday, Sep 14
arts-culture
Women Will Come 2026
An exhibition retelling the city’s history through women and their fight for change.
arts-culture
Summer Nights at Casa Amatller 2026
Discover Casa Amatller at night with an audio guide and glass of cava.
Tuesday, Sep 15
arts-culture
Kapwani Kiwanga
Fundació Joan Miró shows the work of artist Kapwani Kiwanga.
arts-culture
The Science of Aging
Benedetta Bolognesi and Begoña Román discuss scientific advances in delaying aging
innovation
She Connects: Networking Evening
An informal networking evening for women at Cellar 39
Wednesday, Sep 16
music
Zeyne
zeyne brings her take on Palestinian-Jordanian R&B to Sala Apolo
music
RUBIO + HOONINE
La Nau brings us a night of moody pop with performances from Rubio + Hoonine
Places
food-drink
Otsu
A creative Japanese-inspired café blending coffee, design and food in Poblenou.
food-drink
Bonsai
A matcha-obsessed Eixample café sourcing first-harvest ceremonial powder from Japan, stone-ground to order – with proper coffee alongside.
food-drink
Xiringuito Escribà
The Escribà family’s Bogatell-beach paella house, cooking over wood fires since 1992.
food-drink
Dos Palillos
Raval’s exquisite Asian restaurant and sake bar offering a truly unique gastronomic experience.
food-drink
The Egg Lab
Barcelona’s first completely egg-based brunch spot – inventive eggs from benedicts to scrambles to bowls, with serious specialty coffee to match.
food-drink
Martínez
Perched on one of Montjuïc’s cactus-clad cliffs, this is one of the finest tapas bars in town.
arts-culture
Hemp Museum
Presenting the wonderful world of cannabis at its best.
lgbt
Madame Jasmine
A Raval gay bar that embodies the neighborhood’s charms, queerness and eccentricities.
food-drink
Albé
This gastrobar offering Catalan dishes with a genuine Lebanese touch.
nightlife
The Barcelona Edition
Ian Schrager’s Born hotel, where the leafy rooftop bar draws the sunset crowd.
nightlife
Negroni
A tiny Raval cocktail bar with no menu – tell Javier and Eduard what you like.
arts-culture
Casa de les Punxes
The “House of Spikes” is one of the city’s most impressive Modernist buildings.
food-drink
Hidden Coffee Roasters
A homegrown roaster’s most central outpost, tucked near Santa Maria del Mar – own-roasted espresso, filter and a 91-point Salvadoran single origin.
food-drink
Lateral
This glitzy tapas joint is the result of a €1.3 million investment.
food-drink
Raffaelli
The Raffaelli family’s Tuscan trattoria in Gràcia – handmade pasta, Lucca recipes.
arts-culture
MACBA
Barcelona’s reference par excellence for contemporary art and culture.
lgbt
Bar Rufián
This gay dive bar throws a VermuParty one Sunday a month.
fitness-wellness
Rituels d'Orient
You don’t have to travel to Turkey or Morocco to enjoy an authentic hammam experience.
food-drink
L'Òstia
This restaurant pays tribute to fishermens’ favorite tapas.
lgbt
El Cangrejo Eixample
Expect to see plenty of handsome, beardy Catalans.
food-drink
El Puestu
Specializing in “vins i platillos”(wines and small dishes), the menu features bold but simple dishes that rely heavily on the quality of each ingredient.
arts-culture
Sagrada Família
Forty years of Gaudí’s life were devoted to working tirelessly on the Sagrada Família.
food-drink
Bar Cañete
Step inside it feels like traveling through time to Spain’s glory days.
food-drink
Surf House
Beach café serving juices, cocktails and more to get relaxed in Barceloneta.
food-drink
The Florentine
Latin inspired brunch spot located in the Poblenou neighborhood.
food-drink
Ripa Coffee
A hugely popular Eixample microroastery – it roasts what it pours, from rotating single origins to flat whites and cult cinnamon rolls.
style-design
Opera Lounge
More than just a salon, this art-beauty-culture-event space in upper Eixample makes use of innovative techniques to perfect your existing style.
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.
romance
Kitsch
Spain’s first sex shop – opened 1978, designed so women would feel at home.
food-drink
Hula Poke
Hula Poke serves a range of the Native Hawaiian poke bowls with fresh fish and a selection of toppings.