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Wallay! African Film Festival
A film festival celebrating the diversity and creativity of African cinema
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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
Sunday, Nov 15
film
LOOP Festival 2026
A fair celebrating video art, experimental film and contemporary creativity
arts-culture
World Press Photo 2026
One of Barcelona's most important annual photography exhibitions returns to CCCB
arts-culture
Charlotte Perriand. Free to Rethink the World
Fundació Joan Miró’s exhibition on the work of French artist Charlotte Perriand
arts-culture
Dinosaurium
An immersive exhibition taking us back 240 million years to prehistoric times
arts-culture
Dau Barcelona Games Festival
Transforming Fabra i Coats into a space for four days of games and competitions
arts-culture
Poblenou Cemetery Tour
Join a daytime guided tour of one of the city’s most interesting cemetries
arts-culture
Dana Lixemburg
An exhibition on three decades of work by this Dutch photographer
nightlife
Barcelona Fringe Festival 2026
Bringing the spirit of Edinburgh’s famous Fringe Festival to Barcelona
arts-culture
KBr Flama’26
KBr Flama’26 returns to Fundación MAPFRE with a selection of new talent
arts-culture
Aurèlia Muñoz, Beings
An exhibition bringing the extraordinary world of Catalan textile artist Aurèlia Muñoz
film
L'Alternativa 2026
Barcelona's Independent Film Festival champions films that challenge the conventional
film
MOST International Wine Film Festival 2026
A film festival celebrating cinema and wine culture
film
Suncine 2026
A film festival dedicated to screening environmentally-focused films
Tuesday, Nov 17
food-drink
Introduction to Artisan Sourdough Bread
A workshop for those who want to make their own sourdough bread from scratch
film
Introduction to the End of an Argument | Resistance, Why?
A Palestine-focused double bill
Ongoing
arts-culture
Seat: Factory of Transformations
Castell de Montjuïc’s exhibition uses car company SEAT to tell a story about Barcelona
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
Light Filtered Through the Cracks
MACBA’s exhibition looks back to when video became a tool for political intervention.
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
Art & Coffee Oil Painting Workshop
Slow down, get creative and enjoy something a bit off the beaten track
film
Transhumant Film Festival 2026
The socially committed film and photojournalism festival returns
fitness-wellness
Outdoor Fitness Workout
An energizing group-training session at Barcelona’s seafront.
Places
food-drink
Xiringuito Escribà
The Escribà family’s Bogatell-beach paella house, cooking over wood fires since 1992.
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
Otsu
A creative Japanese-inspired café blending coffee, design and food in Poblenou.
food-drink
Copasetic
Vintage comfort food in the Eixample – Barcelona’s deepest gluten-free brunch.
food-drink
Caravelle
Pair one of their house brews with tacos, fried chicken or a cheeseburger.
food-drink
Citizen Café
It’s good news that Citizen Café serves its brunch the whole week through.
food-drink
Desoriente
This vegan restaurant mixes world cuisines to leave diners disoriented.
food-drink
NAP Antic
“Neapolitan Authentic Pizza”: thin-crust, doughy delights cooked in proper wood-fired ovens.
food-drink
The Rooftop at Serras
A chic terrace and plunge pool above the Serras, with serious cocktails and a clean sweep over Port Vell, Barceloneta and the sea.
food-drink
Ajoblanco
The upscale bar and restaurant was designed by Lázaro Rosa Violán.
nightlife
Dr. Stravinsky
A cocktail bar done up as a mad alchemist’s lab – test tubes, fermenting jars.
nightlife
Pesca Salada
A cocktail bar with a warm atmosphere, excellent soundtrack and great drinks.
fitness-wellness
We/On Urquinaona
Premium gym with an indoor pool, spa and a deep mind-body class roster.
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.
arts-culture
Casa de les Punxes
The “House of Spikes” is one of the city’s most impressive Modernist buildings.
lgbt
La Federica
In addition to drinks, wines and cocktails, the bar offers excellent tapas.
food-drink
Rex Café
Sink into one of the red velvet chairs to start your day with specialty coffee, croissants, avo toast and scrambled eggs.
food-drink
El Tío Ché
This centenarian horchatería is loved for its artisanal icy treats.
food-drink
MariscCo Còrsega
Have your seafood grilled or fried up, Andalucía-style – you pay according to the weight of the product.
food-drink
Viet Kitchen
Welcome to Barcelona’s first restaurant specializing in bánh mì sandwiches, a classic Vietnamese street food feast.
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
Cacho
Homemade food, great music, local beers and what they bill as “the best terrace of the @22 district.”
nightlife
L’Oncle Jack
L’Oncle Jack is dedicated to the joyous, luxurious life of sipping Jack, socializing and listening to good music.
food-drink
Morning Glory
A brunch café behind the Rambla del Raval – ecological food, craft coffee, pastries.
nightlife
La Vinya del Senyor
This diminutive wine bar is revered as one of the city’s very best.
nightlife
B Lounge
The Barceló Raval’s 360° rooftop – pool, loungers and a full turn of the city, over a lounge doing Mediterranean tapas below.
arts-culture
Hibernian
Quiet, unassuming and tucked away within the bohemian barrio of Gràcia, Barcelona’s only secondhand English bookshop is more than meets the eye.
arts-culture
Moco Museum
Barcelona’s Modern & Contemporary art museum in El Born, sister to the original in Amsterdam.
fitness-wellness
Aire de Barcelona
The underground sanctuary at Aire Ancient Baths in the Born is one of the city’s most relaxing spaces.
fitness-wellness
CrossFit Eixample
Workouts combine weights with natural, functional movements performed at high intensity.