The Barcelona edit
Choose a museum, linger over tapas and see where the evening takes you. The best part might be the walk between them. The weekend runs from Friday evening through Sunday. Find dated events first, then places to visit, tables to book and rooms to explore after dark.
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.
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.
Dinner above the city is followed by a science talk and an observatory visit. Check the language and menu when booking; telescope observations depend on the evening’s conditions.
The Casa de l’Arquitectura uses Barcelona to explore what makes a contemporary city. Three themes connect the people who live here with everyday relationships and the challenges of collective urban change.
An extensive 3D-printed model turns metropolitan Barcelona into a tool for understanding urban change. The accompanying display explains its construction, making the model’s craft part of the visit.
Theatre Properties brings Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical to Teatre Apolo. Maria, the Von Trapp children and the changing world around them anchor a large theatrical outing built around familiar songs.
Virginia Woolf’s argument about women, literature and independence becomes a stage performance. The Raval production draws on the wit and directness of her lectures, inviting attention to the power of the spoken text.
