1. MOTORCYCLES: stay off the bike lane. If you want to skip traffic, get a bike. STAY OFF THE BIKE LANE.

2. CARS: when you turn right, check in your mirror if there are no bicycles approaching.

3. E-BIKES / SCOOTERS: moderate your speed.

On a trip with daughters to Barcelona having lost my wife last year as a treat. Gold necklace gift from her just visible at back of t-shirt (not on show) ripped off neck as pushed / slapped on the back at 1.30pm in broad daylight in a crowded street- approached from behind and was then off like a rabbit with accomplice on scooter. C/ Sant Pere Mes Baix - El Born district - cultural quarter. Violence getting worse as it appears broadening out to catch tourists earlier as they enter the busier shopping areas - a bit like when you’re trying to get a taxi after an event and you walk further to increase your chances. I’ve been to Barcelona a few times over the years and this is the worst I’ve seen.

Not worth wearing anything of value watches anymore, gold necklaces physically assaulted and snapped / ripped off, watches ripped off etc - you just become a target. While reporting the incident at the police station a bus queue of people formed behind us. Then waited an hour with others who had arrived before us. At the open plan office where the crimes are being reported whilst reporting ours a bunch of officers tuned into radio chatter and jumped up to run to the front door. After a few minutes they returned and continued with the report. A few minutes later the same happened but this time officers from the offices to the side of the room we were in started pouring out. We thought maybe the police was under attack - I asked what was happening when the police officer returned and she said that a police officer was in pursuit of a thief who ran past the front of the main police station in Barcelona having just committed a robbery. They had reached the end of the street and done a u-turn then ran past the front of the police station again to escape as the road ahead had been blocked.

I feel for the people of Barcelona and also for the desperation causing people to do this and hope something is done to look at the bigger picture. I hope my gold chain goes to help someone who desperately needs the money. For me I hope that this serves to help someone not have the experience we had. It isn’t about the £ks the necklace cost. It’s about the sentimental value. I’ve had to move on and tell myself love is not in the piece of metal and forgive.

My wife and I moved here from India last year and she’s been spending most of her time experimenting with textured art. This Friday at 7pm we’re putting together a little showcase of her work, nothing fancy, just some art, good vibes, and hopefully some nice conversations.

If you’re into art (or just curious), you’re super welcome to swing by. Bring a friend if you like!

📍 La Cervesera Artesana
🕖 5th September, Friday, 7pm

If you’re interested, just drop a comment or DM us and I’ll share the details. Would be awesome to meet some new faces here in Barcelona 🙂

Que buena iniciativa para poder visibilizar el arte queer en barcelona.

Esq los veo por todas partes y ns quién los hace

https://www.catalunyapress.es/articulo/economia/2025-08-29/5409230-incertidumbre-glovo-espana-impacto-economia-repartidores

https://www.eldiario.es/economia/delivery-hero-pone-duda-continuidad-glovo-espana-multas-millonarias-modelo-laboral_1_12562672.html

https://en.ara.cat/economy/delivery-hero-questions-glovo-s-continued-presence-in-spain-due-to-fines_1_5481451.html

Bona tarda a tothom! Estem buscant un DM per jugar divendres a la tarda en català i de forma presencial a Les Corts, tenim grup, tenim lloc i tenim material (minis, daus, mapes...) sols ens falta el DM!

Hi ha la possibilitat de fer dues campanyes paral·leles i així també podria jugar i no haurà de ser forever dm.

Volem gent amb bon rollo i poc més, així qhe si t'interessa... ja saps :)

Almost exactly 1 year ago, we had a short 2 day transfer in Barcelona on route to Canada, and we promised ourselves that we would spend more time in this amazing city.

This year, we carved out 6 days in your city and (same as last time) Barcelona was a welcoming, vibrant, friendly city.

We did most of the touristy stuff such as visiting Casa Batllo, Sagrada Familia tour, Park Guell, MNAC, Barcelonetta, etc.

We also tried many restaurants and cafes including Vinitus, Casa Amalia, Arume, Salamanca, Gelaaati, Delacrem, and the Corgi Cafe in Eixample.

Of the dining experiences, everything was a huge hit except for Salamanca which was a tourist trap through and through. The server charged for bread that we didn't ask for, didn't provide tap water (brought us boiling hot water instead ?), tried to sell us shrimp, didn't tell us about upgrading our plates to the double from the single, and other shenanigans. Avoid.

Many of you recommended Gelaaati over Delacrem in my last post, but I still think Delacrem is better.

We also noticed a huge uptick in Asian tourists at Vinitus. We checked some of our blogs and newsfeeds, and it seems like Vinitus has incredible reviews in the Japanese food blogs that we somewhat follow.

Lastly, we didn't really know anything about El Raval, and that's where one of our dining experiences (Arume) was located. We took the street that's just north of the Library, and after a certain point the mood really shifted hard. We noticed immediately a much larger police presence, the streets got super narrow and dark, and the whole area just made me feel like I was walking around a Spanish version of the Kowloon Walled City. It was definitely a cool neighbourhood, but I was not expecting that sharp shift in mood and atmosphere. It wasn't until after we got back to our hotel that we learned a bit more about the noteriety of the area.

Regarding the anti-tourist sentiment... we didn't really feel any impact of this. In fact... I would often see tourists behaving quite badly. We saw a large French family being rowdy and generally being asses while walking on the street. We also saw many (many) tourists jaywalking and almost getting run over by buses. Tourists were also the ones who most often cut in line in front of us =_= . All this to say, I do get where the anti-tourism sentiment comes from, and even I was a bit fed up with guests to the city behaving badly.

Regarding pickpocketing and petty-crime, we are fairly savvy travellers who pay attention to our surroundings, and typically don't fall for tourist trap experiences (Salamanca was a recomendation to us), so we didn't experience any pickpocketing or other negative experiences. On our first day, we did witness a violent mugging outside Vinitus on Carrer D'Arago, where a mentally unwell man tried to grab a woman's purse, her partner intervened and then the unwell man began throwing pavement stones at them and started reaching for something at his ankle. Police showed up pretty quickly (within 5 minutes) and a surprising amount of plain-clothes officer also showed up within 2-3 minutes.

Overall, a great experience and we're looking forward to coming back and checking out more restaurants in the future. Thank you for being such a gracious host city.

Edit: apparently this has already been canceled. Great to know that they listen to feedback. Or maybe the announcement was someone’s error to begin with.

We enjoyed our 5 Days Vacation in Barcelona so much that we will definitely come back. Great weather, friendly people and amazing food. It's just a beautiful city :)

This is one of my favorite buildings, located on Còrsega 316. Does anyone know its history and why it comes across as slightly neglected?

Strange to see those numbers, but still see the police standing around watching people yelling, drinking, and pissing everywhere near places like "Razzmatazz"...