Half marathon in Barcelona

Like every year, the Barcelona Half Marathon flooded the streets of athletes of all ages and countries.

Saturday, from 8:45 pm at the Arc de Triomphe you can see the output of different categories, taking due to arrive at 11:30 am at the same point of departure.

The 21.097 km will measure the physical capacity of these athletes.

We encourage you to participate ... but if you dare, you can always go to cheer on the runners!

The Brandery Barcelon 2011

The Brandery, Barcelona’s international trade show of urban and contemporary fashion, is back on 26, 27 and 28 January 2011 for its fourth edition, with fresh ideas and opportunities for making radical changes: Chances for Changes

Are you interested in knowing what the new design trends will be, learning how to update your marketing strategies, or finding out about the most innovative projects going on in the fashion world? If you do, you can’t afford to miss The Brandery Winter Edition 2011.


Fuente: website oficial The Brandery

Snowboard FIS World Championships

From 14th to 22th of January 2011 Barcelona and La Molina will host the Snowboard World Championships FIS.

Athletes from all over the world show the art of slipping in the snow in all styles and levels.

By road:
Optimum Accessibility - GPS: 42º20’03.90”N · 1º56’04.59”E

By train:
Renfe telephone: 902 24 02 02
Web Renfe: http://www.renfe.es/

By bus:
Segales telephone: 902 13 00 14
Web Segales: www.sagales.com

Urban Bus:
Internal transport service between "Pista Llarga", at the pistes La Molina Renfe station

Barcelona Cathedral

The earliest origins of Barcelona Cathedral date back to a basilica with three naves, destroyed by Al-Mansur in 925. The remains of this basilica can be seen at the City History Museum. Around 1046, Bishop Guislabert pushed for the construction of a new cathedral. There are hardly any references to this cathedral. It is believed to have occupied part of the Gothic building but all that has been preserved is Romanesque.

Building work began in 1298. Construction was very slow: the Crypt of Saint Eulalia and the choir-stall are from the end of the 14th century; the cloister from the 15th century and the retrochoir and the organ from the 16th century. The façade was finally finished in the early 20th century, by the architects Josep Oriol Mestres and August Font i Carreras, based on an early 15th century design by the French architect Mestre Carlí. Rather than Catalan Gothic, the style is Nordic Gothic The façade is 70 metres high and crowned with an image of Saint Helena, by the sculptor Eduard Alentorn.

In the cloisters, for Corpus Christi, there is a typically Barcelonian custom, l'ou com balla: an egg (ou) is put into the jet of water in the cloister garden fountain to make it "dance". There is also a pond with thirteen white geese. Always thirteen, because that is how old Saint Eulalia was when, according to legend, she was martyred.

The Barcelona Cathedral is located in the heart of Gotic Quatier.

Time tables:
Week from 13:00h to 17:00h.
Holiday days: from 14:00h. to 17:00h.
Ticket: 5,00 €


Font: Web de Ajuntament de Barcelona

The Magic Kings arrives at Barcelona!

Next 5th of january, the "Magic Kings" or the "Reyes Magos" arrives at Barcelona to bring a lot of gifts to the good boys and coal to the bad ones!

They will arrive like every year by ship at 16.30h on the Moll de la Fusta near Maremagnuma with the royal party and reception ceremony.

At 18.30 am they will start the parade from the Marqués de l'Argentera for Via Laietana, pl. Urquinaona, pl. de Catalunya, pl. Universitat, Ronda de Sant Antoni, Sepúlveda, Vilamarí, Lleida until Av. Rius i Taulet.

This parade will be full of excitement, colors, songs and dances that help to preserve the magic of this special day.