arts-culture
Festa Major d'Horta 2026
One of Barcelona’s oldest neighbourhoods celebrates its festa major
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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
Tuesday, Sep 8
arts-culture
Women Will Come 2026
An exhibition retelling the city’s history through women and their fight for change.
arts-culture
Picasso Cyprus
An exhibition exploring how ancient Cypriot art influenced Picasso’s art
arts-culture
Festa Major del Poblenou 2026
The Festa Major del Poblenou returns this September
arts-culture
Kapwani Kiwanga
Fundació Joan Miró shows the work of artist Kapwani Kiwanga.
arts-culture
Declaration of Love to Lenin, Juana Dolores Romero Casanova
This incredible artist’s first exhibition held at La Virreina.
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
Elisava
A sun-soaked photography project capturing the Poblenou coastline.
arts-culture
Summer Nights at Casa Amatller 2026
Discover Casa Amatller at night with an audio guide and glass of cava.
film
Transhumant Film Festival 2026
The socially committed film and photojournalism festival returns
Wednesday, Sep 9
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
Echoes: Videos from the Han Nefkens Foundation Donation
An exhibition on a donation of 18 video artworks by Han Nefkens Foundation.
music
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Oval bring the shoegaze-influenced LA band to Barcelona for the first time
film
All the Vermeers in New York
Joan Micklin Silver's enigmatic New York romance
music
Kard
KARD bring their European Tour to Razzmatazz
Thursday, Sep 10
fitness-wellness
Wodcelona 2026
Wodcelona returns as the city’s inclusive fitness throwdown
arts-culture
Backstory Talks: Mar García Puig
The former Podemos politician discusses the English translation of her book, The History of the Vertebrate
music
Giadda
Giadda presents her new album Muñekita at Apolo’s La Cinc
music
Paula Felices
The Barcelona-born artist brings her intimate, dreamy pop to Gracia
Friday, Sep 11
fitness-wellness
Skincare Cocktails & Friends
One of those very 2026 plans that taps into beauty, wellness and social plans
Saturday, Sep 12
fitness-wellness
Outdoor Fitness Workout
An energizing group-training session at Barcelona’s seafront.
music
EMBALAÊ
A midday gathering built around Brazilian culture, dancing and music
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
Ongoing
arts-culture
The Cult of Beauty
The CCCB’s latest exhibition delves into one of the most loaded ideas in culture.
arts-culture
Out of Focus, another Vision of Art
CaixaForum’s latest exhibition exploring blur and visual imprecision.
film
Open-Air Cinema at the Palace 2026
El Palace’s Rooftop Garden transforms into the city’s best open-air screen.
arts-culture
Like a Dance of Starlings
Reflecting on MACBA’s 30-year journey through a metaphor of starling murmuration.
Places
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
Hula Poke
Hula Poke serves a range of the Native Hawaiian poke bowls with fresh fish and a selection of toppings.
food-drink
L'Òstia
This restaurant pays tribute to fishermens’ favorite tapas.
nightlife
Negroni
A tiny Raval cocktail bar with no menu – tell Javier and Eduard what you like.
fitness-wellness
Rituels d'Orient
You don’t have to travel to Turkey or Morocco to enjoy an authentic hammam experience.
romance
Kitsch
Spain’s first sex shop – opened 1978, designed so women would feel at home.
arts-culture
Casa de les Punxes
The “House of Spikes” is one of the city’s most impressive Modernist buildings.
food-drink
Kibuka
Two Gràcia sushi restaurants trading tradition for inventive fusion rolls.
food-drink
Bar Cañete
Step inside it feels like traveling through time to Spain’s glory days.
style-design
Studio Alis
A furniture restoration studio and boutique in Poblenou.
food-drink
Viet Kitchen
Welcome to Barcelona’s first restaurant specializing in bánh mì sandwiches, a classic Vietnamese street food feast.
nightlife
Two Schmucks
This “five-star dive bar” is the result of Moe and AJ’s dedication and love for cocktail shaking.
nightlife
14 de la Rosa
This hidden cocktail bar in Gràcia offers coffee in the morning, vermouth in the afternoon and a killer cocktail by night.
food-drink
Dos Palillos
Raval’s exquisite Asian restaurant and sake bar offering a truly unique gastronomic experience.
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.
nightlife
The Barcelona Edition
Ian Schrager’s Born hotel, where the leafy rooftop bar draws the sunset crowd.
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.
food-drink
La Gilda
A small tapas & wine bar with honest cooking.
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
Martínez
Perched on one of Montjuïc’s cactus-clad cliffs, this is one of the finest tapas bars in town.
innovation
Betahaus
Coworking space in an amazing six-floor building in Gràcia.
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.
lgbt
Madame Jasmine
A Raval gay bar that embodies the neighborhood’s charms, queerness and eccentricities.
food-drink
Natas
Formerly the pastry chef at Satan’s Coffee Shop, Manuela dreams up tantalizing ice cream flavors.
food-drink
Raffaelli
The Raffaelli family’s Tuscan trattoria in Gràcia – handmade pasta, Lucca recipes.
arts-culture
Sagrada Família
Forty years of Gaudí’s life were devoted to working tirelessly on the Sagrada Família.
innovation
Fab Lab BCN
3D printing research and production center.
innovation
Pipoca
Pipoca is more of an inspiring, multicultural collaborative space than your average shared office.
food-drink
Betlem
A gastrobar based out of a locale with a history going to back to 1892.