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Bumper cultural weekend: Vic Medieval Market attracts 300,000 and 163,000 attend Manga Barcelona
Almost 100,000 visit tiny village of Espinelves to check out its famous Christmas tree fair
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Where to stock up for Christmas in Catalonia
It's time to prepare for the holidays, and fairs and markets all over the country offer everything needed for the festive season
Tiny town expecting 70,000 visitors at emblematic Christmas tree fair
For another year, Espinelves prepares to welcome people from all over in search of ideal decorations for festive period
“Participation in local affairs is essential”, say foreign residents in Barcelona
Well-known foreign residents in the Catalan capital explain their experience during the presentation of newly founded association BCitizeN
Barcelona only Spanish date on U2 ‘Joshua Tree’ 30th anniversary tour
U2 will play at Barcelona’s Estadi Olimpic on the 18th of July, as part of their world tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of their acclaimed album ‘The Joshua Tree’. This will be the only concert of the Irish band in Spain, which will perform the entire album at each of the 25 shows they have confirmed. “I've sung some of these songs a lot - but never all of them”, U2 frontman Bono explained. "It seems like we have come full circle from when The Joshua Tree songs were originally written, with global upheaval, extreme right-wing politics and some fundamental human rights at risk", added guitarist The Edge. The tour will start on the 12th of May and former Oasis member, Noel Gallagher will be the opening act at the eight European shows. Tickets for the Barcelona concert will be released next Monday, the 16th of January.
‘From Bark to Bottle’: First tourism program around the culture of cork
This Monday, the first American tourist group of the ‘From Bark to Bottle’ program arrived in Catalonia. About ten people saw the extraction of cork from a tree in the north-eastern Catalan region of Baix Empordà. The objective of the tour is to shine light on the value and culture of cork as well as the positive aspects of Catalonia. Additionally, the objective is to educate: far from the Mediterranean, many Americans believe that trees are cut down to make cork, which is not the case. In fact, the director of the CFCA, Patrick Spencer has specified that they will not increase the number of tours nor make them bigger to not impact the environment too negatively, but additionally to keep the quality of the tours high and also “intimate”.
Matthew Tree: “Catalonia will only be fully understood abroad if it becomes independent [from Spain]”
This English writer has been living in Catalonia for the last 26 years. This week he presented his new book ‘Barcelona, Catalonia: A View from the Inside’. Tree explains the difficulties he encounters explaining Catalonia to foreigners.