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Two familiar faces, Einstein and Darwin, sit in at Barcelona's science museum.
Two familiar faces, Einstein and Darwin, sit in at Barcelona's science museum.
Barcelona loves parades and the world seems to love Star Wars−especially this year, with a new movie opening just before Christmas. Put that all together, and you've got Barcelona's annual Star Wars parade, bigger than ever. This...
Barcelona, which has expressed some doubts recently about just how much tourism to promote, has scored an all-time record for a weekend's worth of cruise ship visitors, with just under 60,000 arriving. That includes over 26,000 on Sunday alone...
This is the high part of the vacation season, and many places in Spain are geared up with special events to attract visitors. Events range from culture to music to just plain spectacularly silly, like the annual Tomatina Tomato Fight in Bunol,...
Barcelona, and its new mayor, have recently expressed worries about too many tourists, and about their behavior (see yesterday's NewsLink below), but the crowd is not likely to stop anytime soon. And if all the famous sights were not enough, a...
I’ve been to Barcelona a couple of times in the past, and it never really made a great impression on me. Until now. I visited the Spanish city a few weeks ago and, for the first time, I felt like I properly got to know...
Residents of Barcelona aren't very happy with tourists. In fact, if you believe in a recent poll, you might think they'd rather be poor(er) than have to deal with so many visitors. I found this rather surprising as I thought the...
Too many people rambling on Las Ramblas? Barcelona mayor things so. Photo: Jeffwarder / Wikimedia Barcelona's new mayor, Ada Colau, an anti-austerity and anti-eviction activist, has floated the idea that maybe...
Barcelona is rolling out free WiFi on the city's beaches this summer, and expects eventually to extend it city-wide. It's already been tested at nearby beaches. Aside from the convenience for visitors and residents on the beach, the WiFi will...
El Celler de Can Roca, in Girona, Spain, northeast of Barcelona took the top listing when the year's World's Best 50 Restaurants list was announced June 1st. It's a return to the spot, trading places with Copenhagen's Noma, which held the spot from...
I’m sure there must be some place without birds, but I haven’t been there. And everywhere I have been, the birds have caught my attention....
The pictures in this gallery are mainly architectural details—rooflines, entrances, windows—noticed in years of walking in cities and having my eye caught by a strong line, an unexpected contrast, an extended shape...I don't even always know what catches me, and, as here, it's often not the most significant building.
Fighting a local anti-nudity ordinance in a town north of Barcelona, the Catalan Naturist Club, having lost its appeals all the way to Spain's highest court, is now appealing to the European Human Rights Court at Strasbourg. The Spanish high...
Barcelona, which continues to be one of the hottest European cities for visitors, has locals who sometimes feel a little crowded out...especially at their favorite food market, La Bouqueria. The result: during the Friday and Saturday shopping rush...
This one speaks for itself on the beach at Barcelona...and with tongue in cheek.