Test your knowledge with the Catalan News quiz at Barcelona International Community Day

The annual gathering of foreign residents living in Barcelona is back on Saturday, September 28, at Barcelona's Maritime Museum, with the 11th edition of Barcelona International Community Day, organized by the local council.

Thousands of people are expected, with 80 exhibitors offerering services to help internationals better navigate city life. 

The Catalan News team will also be present, and readers will have a chance to be featured in an upcoming episode of our podcast Filling the Sink, which will explore expectations versus reality for foreign residents in Barcelona. We would love to hear your views! 

Catalan News quiz

Barcelona International Community Day will also include around 60 activities, one of which will be hosted by Catalan News. 

From 13:45 to 14:30, host Lorcan Doherty will test participants on current affairs and general knowledge about Barcelona and Catalonia. 

"Test your knowledge with news trivia" is the title of the quiz, which will take place in Room 4, open to all participants. 

"Sometimes expats in Barcelona find it hard to keep abreast of the latest news because of the language barrier or a lack of familiarity with the local context," the event description reads.

"Catalan News challenges you to participate in this quiz to see whether you’re up on all the recent events that may affect both you and the city."

"Join the quiz, test your knowledge, learn and connect with other participants."

What to expect at the fair and how to register for free

Barcelona International Community Day aims to bring together people from all over the world to offer them networking opportunities or helpful guidance if they are new to the city. 

Last year, Pau Solanilla, from City Promotion at Barcelona City Council, told Catalan News why the international community is so important to the city. 

"In today's world, companies invest where the international talent wants to live, so if you attract, you retain, you dynamize talent, this international talent becomes your ambassador.

"Barcelona is an open and plural city," Solanilla said. "It takes care of international talent and we could say it's the new oil. Talent is the new oil and we are fortunate as a city that international talent wants to live in Barcelona." 

The event consists of a fair for businesses and organizations that offer products, services and initiatives aimed at international talent, as well as a program of activities, workshops and lectures on topics of interest to the community. 

It runs from 10 am to 7 pm and free tickets can be obtained by registering on the website barcelona.cat/internationalcommunityday.