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Museu de Cultures del Món, Montcada
The Montcada site of Barcelona’s ethnology and world-cultures museum occupies historic houses in the Born.
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Recently added recommendations, not a claim that these venues just opened. Explore the latest additions to our address book and use their neighbourhoods and linked venues to build a fresh route.
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Jazmín Abuín: Riquiña
Jazmín Abuín draws on her Galician and Canadian family background in a late-night comedy show. The apparently gentle persona leaves space for sharper observations and the less agreeable thoughts underneath.
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Bonobos
Three friends decide to conceal aspects of their lives at a speed-dating event. Laurent Baffie’s comedy builds its complications around their elaborate plan, in a Spanish-language production at Eixample Teatre.
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Mies van der Rohe Pavilion
Glass, stone and reflected light define the reconstructed pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the 1929 exposition.
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Out of Focus: Another Vision of Art
Blurred images and unfinished forms become tools for looking differently at modern and contemporary art. CaixaForum brings together painting, photography, video and installation around the expressive possibilities of uncertainty.
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Ana Polo: Cases d’algú
Guessing Barcelona’s rental prices becomes an interactive game show. Ana Polo and her guests turn housing frustration into shared comedy, with the audience competing to identify the most implausible asking prices.
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Torre Bellesguard
Gaudí’s Bellesguard combines a castle-like profile with references to the medieval residence once on this hillside.
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Barcelona 2035: A city to live in
Housing, mobility and neighbourhood life shape this exhibition on Barcelona’s next decade. The Casa de l’Arquitectura presents urban projects through practical questions about how the city may change.
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Alícia al País de les Meravelles
Alice’s journey is retold through contemporary and neoclassical dance, without spoken dialogue. Sant Andreu Teatre offers this family production for audiences from age four, making language a smaller barrier to the story.
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Casa Llotja de Mar
This historic building near the waterfront is both an architectural destination and a working events venue.
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Miguel Poveda
The Badalona-born flamenco singer performs at the Auditori Fòrum as part of Suite Festival. This concert brings a long musical trajectory into a dedicated auditorium setting on the eastern waterfront.
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Manual para follarse a un macho con vagina
Pablo Alamá uses irony and personal performance to challenge assumptions about trans identities. Sala Fènix recommends this solo show for ages fourteen and above; the title signals its deliberately direct approach.
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Casa de l’Ardiaca
A historic address on Carrer de Santa Llúcia adds a quieter architectural stop beside the cathedral.
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Led Varela: Popular
Led Varela brings his new stand-up show to Teatre Borràs. The Venezuelan-Uruguayan comedian’s observational style moves from online audiences and podcast conversations into a full theatre performance.
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Amor (a) muerte
Two young women navigate precarious work, unaffordable housing and an uncertain future. Luna Navajas and Ana Luna Moya place friendship at the centre of their response; recommended from age fourteen.
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Palau de la Generalitat
The Catalan government’s historic palace faces Barcelona City Hall across Plaça de Sant Jaume.
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Invisible Animals
Extinct creatures, elusive living species and imagined beings share this natural-history exhibition. It connects biodiversity with cultural memory, asking what disappears when animals can no longer be seen or studied.
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Los Fabliaux: Rapsodia para un actor
Pietro Quadrino inhabits multiple bodies and voices in a physical-theatre performance inspired by medieval tales. Minimal scenery leaves the transformations to the actor, with an age recommendation of sixteen and above.
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Parc del Guinardó
A hillside park with walking routes, play areas and spaces for outdoor neighbourhood recreation.
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Following the Sun: Uncovering the Gaze
Museu Tàpies’s recurring programme invites artists to test how we perceive everyday life. The autumn sessions use different creative approaches to loosen habitual ways of looking; choose the contributor as well as the date.
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Carne quemada
Two men on a boat become the starting point for Joaquín Daniel’s darkly comic examination of power. The play questions belonging, inherited beliefs and the manufacture of enemies; recommended from age sixteen.
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Parc de l’Espanya Industrial
A lake, sculptures and recreation spaces make this Sants park a useful pause between journeys.
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Cor de Vi: Autumn edition
Local businesses, wine and gastronomy meet around Girona and Consell de Cent. Admission is listed as free, while tastings and purchases may cost extra; the organiser has not yet announced the hours.
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Guillermotta
Jordi Vidal creates an alter ego for an intimate tribute to Guillermina Motta, accompanied by Jordi Cornudella at the piano. El Maldà’s small scale suits a programme of songs, irony and theatrical character.