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Contents
January 2013
� 12 24 hours on
La Rambla – a day
in the life
08 Feature
The 17 best-kept secrets of
La Rambla
14 Food & Drink
Meat-eaters, take your pick:
chicken, beef or pork?
20 Shopping
Mother-daughter team Lydia
Delgado & Miranda Makaroff
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22 Around Town
One hundred years of Turó Park
24 Arts
The MACBA collection
26 Nightlife
Sidecar – still rocking after
30 years
29 Listings
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Monthly planner
Get out your diaries! We present just a handful of the
cultural highlights of the month ahead.
Tuesday 01 Friday 04
FIRST SWIM OF THE
YEAR
Down at Barceloneta,
they don’t wait until
summer for their
first dip in the sea.
See p38
Wednesday 16
JORDI SAVALL
The viola da gamba
maestro and leading
expert in early music
presents ‘Erasmus:
In praise of folly’.
See p44
KINGS’ DAY HOCKEY
TOURNAMENT
From 3 to 6 Jan, the
Royal Polo Club
celebrates its annual
field hockey
tournament. See p40
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Saturday 12
SEWARD
One of the most
exciting new bands
to emerge from the
Barcelona scene
plays the Palau de la
Música. See p43
Friday 18
RALPH DUMAS
AND LA COBLA
Traditional Catalan
sardanas meet
breakdance – can it
possibly work?
See p45
Sunday 20
FRANCESC VIÑAS
SINGING
COMPETITION
For a few days this
month, Barcelona is
the world capital of
song. See p46
Friday 11
THE MARIINSKY
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Valery Gergiev
conducts
Tchaikovsky’s
Iolanta. See p42
Sunday 13
ART & FEMINISM
The Tapiès
Foundation hosts a
comprehensive
archive of feminist
performance art.
See p31
Wednesday 00
Friday 25
DE CAJÓN
FESTIVAL
The small-format,
trendy, flamenco
festival presents
Alkimia.
See p48

The Hot
Seat
Carme Saurina
With only a doodle scribbled on a napkin, this interior
designer can transform a space. By Ada Castells
There are so many stages to an
interior design project – the
commission, the design phase, the
execution. Which part of the
process do you enjoy most?
The moment when a client tells me
that they trust me completely. That
happens more with public jobs – in
a private house it’s practically
unheard-of.
It’s still a creative role though;
what defi nes you as a creator?
It’s important for me to fi nd a story
that links everything together. For
example, for a shop specialising in
formal wear, I imagined the moment
the bride and groom step out of the
church and are showered in petals.
I based my whole design for the
interior on silver rose petals.
Earlier you used a word that’s key
to your work: psychedelia.
I try to make sure there’s something
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unexpected, a sense of humour.
Do you think people in Barcelona
have conservative tastes?
I do get the feeling that before the
credit crunch people were more open
to new ideas. It’s like clothes: you
buy things that last. You can only
wear a really out-there design once.
If you can’t always be an artist, at
least you can be an artisan.
I scribble ideas on napkins or on the
back of old envelopes… my bag
fi lls up with these little scraps of
paper and in the end I can’t
remember what they were for.
1.000
candles were the centerpiece
of Carme Saurina’s recent
installation at the Santa
Mònica Art Centre.
ORIOL MALET

The Best of
La Rambla
For old Rambla hands and first timers alike, this is
our guide to shops, restaurants, cafés, bars and
art from a street that’s unlike any other.
By Eulàlia Iglesias
17 Pure refreshment…
Known for years as ‘Los Italianos’,
now re-christened Maximum, this is
where some of the finest ice creams
in the city have been served since
1940.
MAXIMUM 1940. La Rambla, 78
LA RAMBLA
16 All snacks, all the time
Hot dogs and burgers that won’t
break the bank, and professional
service. What should be the norm –
fast food that genuinely tastes good –
is the exception on La Rambla, and its
name is Viena. Plus, we love the
charmingly kitschy Tyrolean décor.
VIENA. La Rambla, 115
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15 The people’s theatre
The ground floor of a building
designed by Josep Domènech i Estapà
as the seat of the Royal Academy of
Sciences and Arts has been put to
many uses over the years, but since
the ’70s it’s been given over to the
performing arts, and is one of the
most popular theatres in the city.
EL POLIORAMA. La Rambla, 115
14 A photographers’ mecca
Arpí has been a specialist photography
shop for so long that they have a small
museum on the fifth floor dedicated to
their founder, Salvador Serra, with a
collection of historical pieces.
ARPÍ. La Rambla, 38-40
13
The antidote to plastic paella
You don’t have to be a food critic to
feel disappointed by the fare on offer
along La Rambla, dominated by
reheated tapas and prefab paella. But
Amaya keeps the finest traditions of
Basque cooking alive, and has the
cachet of being the oldest working
restaurant on the street.
AMAYA. La Rambla, 20-24

CASA BEETHOVEN
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The oldest tunes in town
Sheet music for flute, harp, organ –
classical or modern: if Casa
Beethoven doesn’t have it in stock,
they’ll find it for you. Hidden round
the corner from the Palau de la
Virreina, this is one of the city’s
musical treasures, a fixture since
1880. A little further up the street, at
129, the Musical Emporium has been
selling instruments for over a century.
CASA BEETHOVEN. La Rambla, 97
11
Nightmares on wax
The contents of the Wax Museum
make for a fun visit, but the big
attraction is the container. Walking
down the Passatge de la Banca towards
Elies Rogent’s 19th-century building is
like stepping into the perfect stage set
for a horror story…
MUSEU DE LA CERA. Ptge. de la
Banca, 7
10 Back to the ’70s
You could sit at one of Bar Cosmos’s
metallic bar fronts for hours,
watching the comings and goings of
the regulars. It’s as if refugees from
the ’70s were drawn to the only café in
town that has preserved the look and
09
Hidden treasures
A dreAm room
Twelve softly lit panels painted by
Ramon Casas decorate the
most beautiful room in
Barcelona, the Rotonda at the
Cercle del Liceu, the exclusive
private club located inside the
opera.
La Rambla, 51-59
www.circulodelliceo.es/ca/
instalaciones
UNder The dome
The Monforte Billiards Club
occupies the top floors of the
Teatre Principal, including the
domed room that between the
late ’70s and early ’80s housed
the Cúpula Venus cabaret. Today
it echoes to the more sedate
sound of billiard balls.
Plaça del Teatre, 27
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feel of the decade. And just as you’re
imagining Pasolini dropping in for a
coffee, the waiter slams down your
order of fried fish to bring you back to
the present day.
COSMOS. La Rambla, 34
08 A taste of Galicia
A well-kept secret – unless you
happen to have Galician relatives –
Barcelona’s Galician Centre was
MUSEU DE LA CERA
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established 70 years ago, in one of the
magnificent apartments of the Güell
family residence. As well as the
library and the majestic hall for
members’ activities, the CGB has a
bar and restaurant where you can try
fantastic Galician cooking at
extremely reasonable prices.
CENTRO GALEGO DE
BARCELONA
La Rambla, 35-37, primer pis
07 Suits you, Sir…
Like all the best tailors, Tristany
Xancó always has a tape measure at
hand to take his customers’
measurements. While some of La
Rambla’s other classic menswear
establishments – like Modelo, run by
the Pantaleoni family, or Bonet shirts
– have been replaced by chain stores
and souvenir shops, at Xancó you can
still buy made-to-measure shirts in a
modernista shop that’s almost 200
years old. We’re looking forward to
their bicentenary.
CAMISERIA XANCÓ.
La Rambla, 78
06 Classy croissants
For decades, the Antiga Casa
Figueras, probably the prettiest
modernista shop in the city, was a
pasta-makers. In the ’80s it was
acquired by the Escribà family, who
EL LICEU
BCN TURISME
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CAFÈ DE l’ÒPERA
restored it and turned it into a
branch of their patisserie empire:
now the cakes on display are as
delicate and elaborate as the mosaics
on the façade. Morning coffee and a
pastry on their terrace in Carrer
Petxina makes a great start to the
day.
PASTISSERIA ESCRIBÀ
La Rambla, 83
05 Star-whats?
Barcelona has allowed so many of its
historic cafés to be destroyed that the
survival of Cafè de l’Opera in its
current location on La Rambla for
almost 100 years is a real cause for
celebration. Elegant mirrors
engraved with feminine figures
reflect the constant flow of
customers at the tables – tourists,
opera-goers, locals, nighthawks and
bohemians.
CAFÈ DE L’ÒPERA.
La Rambla, 74
04 The temple of song
Put your preconceptions aside: a
night at the opera can cost less than
tickets to see the ‘in’ band of the
moment. So why not pay a visit to
Barcelona’s great temple of song?
EL LICEU. La Rambla, 51-59

03
Keep your eyes peeled...
A work of art in the middle of
La Rambla: the mosaic by Joan
Miró in the Pla de l’Os, which so
many tread on without noticing.
In front of the Wax Museum
stands one of the original Wallace
fountains, bequeathed to the city
by the English philanthropist Sir
Richard Wallace. The other
fountain, higher up La Rambla, is
a reproduction.
Josep Vilaseca designed
the dragon and other Far
Eastern motifs that adorn what
was once a fan and umbrella
shop in the exotic Casa Bruno,
at the corner of C/ Cardenal
Casañas.
Blue and slender, Casa
Genové, at number 77, the work
of prolific architect Enric Sagnier,
is one of the most attractive
buildings on La Rambla.
Two of the buildings that
flank the beginning of La Rambla
are empty: the Teatre Principal,
owned by the Balaña family, and
the one-time cannon foundry. A
real shame…
Three of the palaces that
once lined the street still stand
today: the Palau Moja (on the
corner of C/ Portaferrisa), the
Virreina (no. 99) and the Marc
de Reus (no. 8).
The Esglesia de Betlem is
the only church on La Rambla to
have survived the waves of anticlerical
violence that swept the
city in the 19th and early 20th
centuries – and even then, only
the exterior. The church of Sant
Josep and Santa Mònica is a
modern building.
02
Who will buy my sweet red
roses?
Flower-sellers have been adding a
splash of colour to La Rambla for
centuries. Celebrated in prose by
playwright Josep Maria Sagarra, in
song by Miquel Porter and Joan
Manuel Serrat, and the inspiration for
painters like Ramon Casas, the
flower-sellers are an essential part of
La Rambla’s heritage. As Serrat sings
in ‘Floristes de les Rambles’, ‘flowers
for tourists, flowers for lovers, flowers
for the rich and the poor...’
PARADES DE LA RAMBLA DE
LES FLORS
‘LA BOQUERIA’
01
The best market in the
world
Encircled by the neoclassical Plaça
Sant Josep, the Boqueria doesn’t boast
the imposing iron superstructure of
the Born market, or the grandeur of
Sant Antoni. But it’s become the most
flamboyant and busiest market in the
city, bringing together long-term
residents and newcomers, vendors of
local produce and importers of exotic
delicacies, chefs in search of the finest
ingredients and tourists in search of a
sandwich. The Boqueria is
Barcelona’s true centre of gravity.
MERCAT DE SANT JOSEP ‘LA
BOQUERIA’
La Rambla, 89
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IVÁN MORENO

24 HOURS
ON LA RAMBLA
7AM
We pick up a copy of Time
Out Barcelona at the kiosk
near Canaletes fountain.
Time to kick-start the day
with a coffee, at Núria, a
Rambla institution since
1933, and also a popular
stop for late, late suppers.
11AM
On the Rambla dels
Estudis you’ll fi nd the last
surviving bird stall among
the supposedly traditional
souvenirs – although the
stacks of Mexican-style
sombreros aren’t quite so
high these days.
1PM
A bunch of gerbera daisies
for €4 from a fl orist stall.
With the sun shining on the
blooms, this is still one of
the prettiest spots on La
Rambla. A gang works the
shell game scam, hoping to
snare a gullible mark
among the crowd.
3PM
Eyes peeled for room at the
bar – a market lunch at
Quim de la Boqueria or Bar
Pinotxo. Then a postprandial
coffee on Plaça
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Sant Galderic, where
vegetable growers from out
of town are packing up their
stalls.
6PM
Overfl owing café terraces
and an army of living
statues slow foot traffi ce on
the Rambla dels
Caputxins. A veteran
shoeshine boy attends to a
tourist ensconced in his
chair.
10PM
Plaça Reial is buzzing.
Illegal street vendors
mingle with the crowds,
hawking everything from
whistles and luminous
plastic projectiles to cans
of beer and cannabis.
11PM
Creatures of the night
round Pla del Teatre. The
proliferation of prostitutes
and the ammoniac reek in
the alleys suggest that
some men just can’t keep it
in their pants.
6.30AM
At the base of the
Columbus statue. Is he
pointing out the rising sun?
Not quite. But almost – a
little to the north and the
fi rst rays are peeking over
the top of the IMAX cinema

Food &
Drink
Edited by Ricard Martín
rmartin@timeout.cat
The big decision:
chicken, beef or pork?
With winter comes game season.Vegetarians, look
away: it’s time for meat-eating diners to unleash their
inner carnivore. Ricard Martín sharpens his fangs
I remember the baby chicks that my
mother’s grandmother used to raise in
the village: fluffy bundles as cute as
animated pom-poms, just like the ones
used to decorate Easter eggs. But once
they’d grown a crest, the birds would
make one last voyage with my greatgrandma,
to return on Christmas Day in
a cooking pot, stewed with apricots,
sausages and pine nuts. I’ve never tasted
chicken like it since: juicy and delicious
to the last mouthful.
But I have to admit it: Chez Cocó
represents a giant step forward for
lovers of the chicken flavours of
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yesteryear. And for Barcelona
residents who queue for a traditional
spit-roast chicken on Sundays, only to
be disappointed when they get it home,
Chez Cocó is manna from heaven. In
their stately, imposing dining room –
it’s like eating on the Orient Express
with more elbow room – Enrique
Valentí lays out their principles: ‘We
want people to take another look at all
kinds of birds – including game.’ That
means their roast chicken shares menu
space with woodcock – the crowning
glory of wild game cookery, prepared
in traditional style – and other

feathered delicacies. On one wall of the
entranceway, spits turn relentlessly in
front of the hot grill, while the chefs
scoop up juices to spoon over crispyskinned
fowl.
We continue our high-protein stroll
with a stop at Cru. This Americanstyle
steakhouse is the restaurant at
the Marriott Renaissance Hotel, and
chef Stefan Wystup sings the praises
of their fare. ‘We serve Black Angus
beef raised in Creekstone, Arkansas.
The farm has its own slaughterhouse,
and the stock are fed an 80 percent
vegetarian diet, without any
antibiotics or added hormones.’ The
beef arrives vacuum-packed, after
three weeks’ aging. When served, the
meat has the rich caramel browns
preferred across the Atlantic, rather
than the hysterical reds of so many
rare Spanish steaks. Perfect results are
ensured by an American-style oven,
with 1,300ºC gas flames above and a
griddle below.
To complete our meaty trilogy we
head for the Raval to sample the pork
dishes at Suculent (although they
also serve an appropriately
succulent oxtail). Open for some five
months now, next to Botero’s chubby
cat sculpture on the Rambla del
Raval, Suculent is part-owned by
noted restaurateur Carles Abellan,
while the kitchen is run by 25-yearold
chef Toni Romero, trained at El
Bulli. Pork dishes play an important
role on the menu: there are racks of
black-footed Iberian pork ribs, or the
botifarra meatballs with cuttlefish.
On Sundays they serve mar-imuntanya
– the classic Catalan meat
and seafood dish – accompanied by
live flamenco music.
chez cocó
Av. Diagonal, 465.
T. 93 444 98 22. P: €20-50
cRU
Pau Claris, 122.
T. 93 272 38 10. P: €25- 40
SUcULeNT
Rambla del Raval, 43.
T. 93 443 65 79. P: €25
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FOTOS: IVAN GIMÉNEZ
Food & Drink

Food & Drink
MARIA DIAS the DiSh
Ikibana
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Av. del Paral·lel, 148.
T. 93 424 46 48
Aprox. price €30
Ikibana’s spacious new premises on
Paral·lel complements their existing
restaurant in the Born, bringing a
taste of Tokyo and São Paulo to
Barcelona’s gastronomes. Their menu
is a culinary fusion of two contrasting
food cultures, continuing a process
that began when the first Japanese
emigrants arrived in Brazil in the
early 20th century. The provisions
they brought in their luggage soon
ran out, but they made up for that by
drawing on Brazil’s extraordinary
range of natural produce: since they
couldn’t replace the original
ingredients, they created a new
cuisine.
Over 100 years later, Japanese-
Brazilian cuisine is world-famous,
with its own distinct identity. As a
backdrop to the New World flavours
and textures on your plate, Ikibana
has created a strikingly original
interior, with vivid colours and
swirling shapes that heighten the
sensation of setting sail on a culinary
adventure. –Marcelo Aparicio
Game terrine
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the bill
IkIbANA (FOR TWO)
1 Picasso 12
1 Gyoza 12
1 Hamburguesa Wagyu 17
1 Picanha 11.50
2 Bottles water 6
ToTAL (inc VAT) €55
A partridge terrine with
pistachio, squash and
truffles. The texture and
the intense flavour of the
partridge make it the
ideal pairing for a dry
white or a rich rosé. –M.A.
cAFè DeL GALLeRy
Rosselló, 249
T. 93 415 99 11 / €7

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hot
tables!
Edited by Marcelo Aparicio
Our themed selection
of Barcelona’s best
restaurants.
By Marcelo Aparicio
At the bar
41º Paral·lel
Stellar snacks Cocktail bars are back
in fashion, springing up all over the city,
but what we have here is something
special: a snackeria, featuring cocktails
and snacks with all the unmistakable
hallmarks of the El Bulli philosophy. As
sister establishment to Tickets, where
Ferran Adrià lets his imagination run
riot in the world of tapas, 41º offers
many of the same dishes – and it’s much
easier to get a reservation. –M.G.
(Paral·lel, 164). M: Poble Sec (L3). T. 93
292 42 50. From €30 to €40.
Bar Mut
Top-end tavern A busy little hotspot on
Barcelona’s late-night dining scene, with
an open kitchen and a menu that’s updated
daily. Reservations are essential. The barrestaurant
concept executed in style.
–M.A.
(Pau Claris, 192). M: Diagonal (L3,L5)
& Verdaguer (L4,L5). T. 93 217 43 38.
From €40 to €60.
Bar Tomás
best bravas A reputation for the best
patatas bravas in Barcelona (possibly in
Spain) is a double-edged sword. Bar
Tomás were proclaimed kings of the
bravas a long time ago, and they’ve been
fighting off pretenders ever since, evervigilant
for that overcooked spud or
under-spiced batch of sauce, because
every new customer who walks through
the door wants to taste those famous
bravas for themselves. They’re excellent,
it’s true – but don’t miss out on the
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vermouth, the tapas menu and the
gigantic mugs of beer. –M.V.
(Major de Sarrià, 49). M: Reina
Elisenda (FGC) & Sarrià (FGC). T. 93
203 10 77. Less than €20.
Blau BCN
Signature nibbles Chef Marc Roca
brings the flavours of the original Blau, in
Begur on the Costa Brava, to Barcelona,
deploying his formidable arsenal of tapas
and original tasting dishes in the
Eixample district. NB: Not to be confused
with the restaurant of the same name on
C/ Tenor Massini in Les Corts. –R.M.
(Londres, 89). M: Hospital Clínic (L5).
T. 93 419 30 32. From €40 to €60. With
set lunch menu.
El Jabalí
A Paral.lel classic Specializing in ham
and cured meats, this bar on Paral.lel
retains a hint of the Avenue’s glory days,
and makes a great tapas stop for portions
of chicken salad, patatas bravas and
charcuterie. It’s also a great vantage point
to watch the local scene unfold. –R.M.
(Ronda Sant Pau, 15). M: Paral·lel
(L2,L3). T. 93 441 10 82. From €15 to
€20.
Fàbrica Moritz
on trend Located in the factory where
Barcelona’s other (and older) beer was
first brewed, Moritz’s new eatery is a
permanent festival of food and drink. In
the beer hall, you can try unpasteurized
beer piped fresh from the on-site
microbrewery to the taps. To keep
hunger at bay there’s a vast selection of
traditional and international tapas
created by chef Jordi Vilà: Spanish food
with an Alsatian twist in recognition of
the Moritz family’s heritage.
(Ronda Sant Antoni, 39). M: Paral·lel (L2-
L3). T. 93 426 00 50. From €20 to €30.
Golfo de Bizkaia
Little brother Golfo de Bizkaia is part of
the Sagardi chain of Basque-style tapas
joints, and offers a broadly similar range of
pintxos – tapas speared to a slice of bread
with cocktail sticks. But with its maritime
décor and intimate bar, Golfo de Bizkaia
makes an attractive spot to rub shoulders
with Born regulars. At peak times you may
need to fight your way to the tapas, but their
pintxos are worth the effort.
(Vidrieria, 12). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93
268 48 88. From €20 to €40.

Shopping
Edited by Eugenia Sendra
esendra@timeout.cat
Family matters
Designer Lydia Delgado has found the perfect partner
to reinvent her brand – her daughter, Miranda
Makaroff. Laia Beltran visits their boutique in Gràcia
‘I don’t believe it.’ ‘She’s the third
person who’s called about the same
dress.’ ‘And this Paula Echevarría – is
she that famous?’ ‘She probably got it
from Moca Couture.’ ‘Look, her blog
has 44,000 followers! Wow!’ ‘Someone
else wants it in a 38. Do we have any
left?’ Surprise and delight in equal
measure fill the air at Lydia Delgado’s
boutique, on an ordinary weekday
morning. An actress picks a dress for a
chat show appearance. The next day
she posts a photo on her blog, and
within minutes there’s an avalanche of
enquiries.
You’d think it was the first time
Lydia Delgado’s designs had made
waves in the media. She’s been in the
fashion business for over 20 years, and
has built a brand with a highly
personal sense of style – just like the
woman herself. Feminine, elegant,
Parisian and dressed in sober black.
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Lydia Delgado (the label) couldn’t be a
better reflection of Lydia Delgado (the
person). I’m most struck by her
spontaneity – a trait she shares with
her daughter Miranda Makaroff.
They’re both extroverts. ‘She has great
taste, she’s an artist, and her
illustrations are fantastic. They’re full
of light.’ It could only be a mother
talking about her daughter. ‘I’ve had
faith in her ever since she was little,’
she confides. Miranda, meanwhile, has
hair dyed in three shades, skull rings
on her fingers, outrageous nails and
wears platform creepers. Her blouse,
sweater and leggings are all from the
line she co-runs with her mum:
Miranda Makaroff for Lydia Delgado.
They couldn’t have picked a better
brand ambassador.
Lydia deLgado
Minerva, 21 T. 93 415 99 98.
MARIA DIAS

This gorgeous dress from
Lydia Delgado in three-tones of
crêpe de chine, with a pleated
skirt and a strip of lurex is the
one worn by Paula Echevarría.
(303€)
The epitome of chic: a
semitransparent sleeveless
top, with a Miranda Makaroff
for Lydia Delgado perfume
motif. (195€)
Miranda’s knitwear line also
includes cardigans, like this
one in red, with a stripe on
the chest. We love it! (245€)
Miranda Makaroff for Lydia
Delgado’s star products are
her knitted jerseys. This one,
with its hypnotic aliens, is
Miranda’s favourite. (217€)
January 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 21
Shopping

around
town
Edited by Eugènia Sendra
esendra@timeout.cat
City paradise
Turó Park, one of Barcelona’s green lungs, is
celebrating its 100th anniversary. Eugènia Sendra
isn’t a local, but she walks her dog there
Lunchtime at Turó Park. A man chats
on the phone while his Dalmatian
waters the grass among the welltrimmed
shrubbery; a retired couple
commandeer a bench for their daily dose
of sunshine. There are mums swinging
kids in the playground, runners jogging
up and down the winding paths, and
students with packed lunches. It’s rush
hour for dogs – and the owners who
walk them – and there are also plenty of
newcomers excited to discover the
water lily–covered pond.
You’ll see similar scenes in any of the
city’s green spaces, but Turó Park has a
special charm. In 1912, it opened its gates
as an amusement park whose attractions
included a rollercoaster and a tethered
balloon that gave visitors a bird’s-eye
view of the Galvany district – as well as
puppet shows and daily concerts.
Architect Nicolau M. Rubió i Tudurí,
then director of the Parks Service, who
had studied under the master of
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landscape architecture, Jean Forestier,
was assigned the task of transforming
the fairground into a public park. His
plans included not only the construction
of an ‘earthly paradise’, but also a
network of natural spaces that would
link Plaça Francesc Macià with the
Cervantes park in Pedralbes, via
Avinguda Diagonal. ‘He championed
ideas that are still relevant today – he saw
the need for green spaces that penetrate
the city,’ says Enric Batlle, lecturer in
Urbanism and Landscape Architecture
at the Polytechnic University of
Catalonia. Incorporating sea views and
almost untamed nature into the city
setting, Rubió i Tudurí adapted the
principles of English landscaping,
designing both the surrounding
buildings and the park to establish a
unique model for urban development.
turó park
Av. Pau Casals, 19.
SCOTT CHASSEROT

Arts
Edited by Josep Lambies
jlambies@timeout.cat
Critical Episodes
(1957–2011)
Barcelona’s contemporary art museum shakes up its
collection to get us thinking about how we ended up in
our current state of systemic crisis. By Ricard Mas
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MACBA
Until June 2013
The MACBA Foundation celebrates its
quarter centenary with a thorough
reorganization of its collection – a
collection that has grown, through
numerous donations and deposit
agreements, including one with ‘La
Caixa’ Foundation, to reach a total of
10,000 artworks, 200 of which are on
display in Critical Episodes (1957–2011).
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These ‘episodes’ are designed to
make up a sequence of reflections,
sometimes in the form of tableaux
vivants, on the events that have led to
our current situation of systemic
crisis. But as a sequence of reflections,
they’re not dogma. And since a
sequence of words – like the ones
you’re reading now – are not dogma
either, I feel at liberty to advise you to
do some serious background reading
before you approach the towering
altarpiece of the MACBA.
The title of the first critical episode is
Content Becomes Something to Be

Avoided Like a Plague. And it’s a lie.
The exhibition is dense, rich and
dense, but absolutely not lacking in
content. It speaks to the notion of
creation as an analytic method of
deaccumulation – if not
deconstruction. To take one example,
Portabella’s 1969 film shows Joan Miró
erasing the mural he had painted on
the façade of Barcelona’s architects’
college. There are also familiar names
from the first wave of globalised
political-pop, such as Öyvind
Fahlström, Miralda, Hans Haacke and
Gerhard Richter, as well as
distinguished interpreters of signs
such as Marcel Broodthaers and
Dorothée Selz.
The section entitled Fissures will be
harder for the general public to come to
terms with – a group of accumulative
works, installations with a shockingly
dark sense of humour and punk
metaphysics: Matt Mullican, Oriol
Vilapuig, Mike Kelley, Raymond
Pettibon and even the celebrated
Pinocchiesque parodies of Paul
McCarthy, to which, if you’ll excuse
the irreverence, the years have not
been kind.
Under the suggestive title
Voyeurism, Fetishism and Narcissism,
we find one of the dullest sections of
the exhibition, which investigates
ways of looking through video,
photography and installation. Dara
Birnbaum and Dan Graham’s videos
are soporific. Jeff Wall’s only saving
grace is his technical prowess.
The last two sections are dedicated
respectively to Work, Power and
Control, and Déconnage, the latter a
video installation about the Catalan
psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles. It’s
certainly worth watching – but it’s
also worth asking what a work like
this is doing in the MACBA. On the
subject of work, a large-scale
installation by Allan Sekula, created
for Documenta 2007, contrasts the
decline of heavy industry with the
work of major sculptors such as
Oteiza, Serra and Chillida. It left this
reviewer nostalgic for old-school
minimalism.
Classical music
Buchbinder
and Schubert
A few years before his death, Franz
Schubert composed the Impromptus,
eight pieces for solo piano that were
published separately. The second
group, published after the composer’s
death, op. 142, are pieces of enormous
chromatic beauty and great technical
difficulty, written in different keys. The
Austrian Rudolf Buchbinder, one of
the world’s foremost pianists, will
perform these key works in Barcelona
as part of the Palau 100 cycle. Among
his many accomplishments are his
complete recordings of Beethoven’s
sonatas and variations, as well as
Brahms’s piano concertos. An expert
in the romantic period, who first
recorded Schubert’s eight Impromptus
22 years ago, he will also be
performing Schumann’s Symphonic
Studies at the Palau.
The Palau 100 concert cycle
includes another unmissable date this
January: American soprano Barbara
Hendricks performs the premiere of
the Concert for Percussion by Catalan
composer Joan Guinjoan. The great
soprano will be accompanied the
Cadaquès Orchestra, conducted by
Jaime Martín, and will also perform
arias from Mozart, Berlioz’s Herminie
and Schubert’s Symphony No. 9.
PALAU 100: BARBARA HENDRICKS
Palau de la Música. Tues. 15, 8.30pm
PALAU 100: RUDOLF BUCHBINDER
Palau de la Música. Mon. 21, 8.30pm
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Arts

Nightlife
Edited by Ricard Martín
rmartin@timeout.cat
Punk heritage
Sidecar, Barcelona’s most venerable live rock
venue, turns 30 in style. Ricard Martín goes back
underground
Between 1951 and 1987, the US Sixth
Fleet anchored o� Barcelona, regularly
releasing waves of marines eager for
their R&R. To lure them into their
establishments, Barcelona bar owners
– as well as � lling the places with
ladies of easy virtue – rechristened
their bars with the names of American
states: Arkansas, Kentucky, California
… and Texas, the last located in the
corner of Plaça Reial. Legend has it
that the owner of this basement bar
once rented it out to a troop of marines
and walked out, leaving them to it for
24 hours. When he reopened the next
day he found more horizontal bodies
than vertical ones, draped over every
available surface.
The current owner has become a
legend in his own right: Roberto Tierz
has run Sidecar for 30 years, during
which time it’s become a Plaça Reial
landmark and an essential part of
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Barcelona’s live music scene. Sidecar
has been hosting live bands week after
week, without interruption, longer
than any other venue in the city. What’s
the secret? ‘A miracle!’ laughs Roberto.
‘Or maybe because when we started
out, we didn’t have big plans – we just
did whatever we felt like.’ Turning
their back on jazz, they put on the � rst
home-grown punk and new wave
bands from Barcelona and the rest of
Spain. ‘After the basement had been
open for a month and a half we were
selling out every night. There were a
lot of people out there waiting for a bar
like this one,’ Roberto reminisces. The
other secret of Sidecar’s longevity is
the consistency of its programming –
always favouring the edgiest
underground rock.
SIDECAR
Pl. Reial, 7.
MARIA DIAS

Listings
January 2013
bcnguide@timeout.cat
World Handball
Championships
11-27 JAN
The Palau Sant Jordi
is the venue for the
fi nal rounds of the
World Handball
Championships.
Savall & Erasmus
von Rotterdam
WED 16 JAN
The Catalan viola de
gamba maestro
presents his latest
project: ‘Erasmus: In
Praise of Folly’.
Francesc Viñas
Singing Contest
SUN 20 JAN
The Liceu Opera
House hosts the
fi nal rounds of the
prestigious singing
contest.
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VICO CHAMLA

Exhibitions
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Arxiu Fotogràfic de
Barcelona
(Pl. Pons i Clerch, 2). M: Arc de Triomf
(L1) & Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 34 20.
Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm. Closed Sun and
public holidays.
FREE Raval. Consuelo Bautista
Until 26 January. More than 50
photographs documenting Barcelona’s
Raval district, shot by renowned
photojournalist Consuelo Bautista
between 2004 and 2010.
Arxiu Històric de la
Ciutat de Barcelona
(Santa Llúcia, 1). M: Jaume I (L4) &
Urquinaona (L1,L4). T. 93 31 81 195.
Mon-Fri, 9am-8.30pm. Sun, 9am-1pm.
FREE Handy Barcelona. City
guidebooks, 1176-2004 Until April.
A selection of period guides to Barcelona
from the archives.
CaixaForum
(Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8). M:
Espanya (L1,L3; FGC). T. 93 476 86 00.
Mon-Fri, 10am-8pm. Wed, 10am-
11pm. Sat, Sun, 10am-9pm.
FREE Before the flood.
Mesopotamia 3500-2100 B.C. Until
24 Feb. With more than 400
archaeological finds on show, this
exhbition explores our debt to this early
Near-Eastern civilisation.
FREE Windows on the world Until
18 Aug. Short films about people
surviving in difficult circumstances,
showing the reality of daily life in
developing countries.
FREE Food justice. Sowing the
seeds of hope Until 5 Jan. The
problems of food distribution across the
globe are presented through recordings
made by people living in rural
communities in Bolivia and Tanzania.
FREE The arts of Piranesi.
Architect, printmaker,
antiquarian, painter of cityscapes
and designer Until 20 Jan. Over 250
works by the 18th-century Italian artist
Giambattista Piranesi, whose influence
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on European art and culture was
profound.
FREE What to think. What to
desire. What to do. The “La Caixa”
Foundation’s contemporary art
collection. Until 25 August. Works
from the “la Caixa” Foundation’s
contemporary art collection.
Can Framis. Fundació
Vila Casas
(Roc Boronat, 116-126). M: Glòries
(L1), Poblenou (L4) & Llacuna (L4). T.
93 320 87 36. Tue-Sat, 11am-6pm.
Sun, 11am-2pm. €5 adults. €2 students
and pensioners.
Agustí Centelles. A
Photographic Chronicle – The
Thirties. Until 10 Feb. Photographs by
renowned Catalan photojournalist
Agustí Centelles, documenting the last
years of the Spanish Republic, the Civil
War and his years in exile.
Capella Reial de Santa
Àgata
(Pl. del Rei, 1). M: Liceu (L3) & Jaume I
(L4). T. 93 256 21 22. 1 Apr to 30 Sept,
Tue-Sun, 10am-8pm. 1 Oct to 31 Mar,
Tue-Sun, 10am-2pm, 4pm-7pm. Sun,
10am-8pm.
FREE Illusion and movement.
From shadow to film Tue-Sat and
public holidays, 10am-7pm. Sun, 1am-
8pm. Until 6 Jan. Exhibition on the
origins of cinema.
Castell de Montjuïc
(Ctra. de Montjuïc, 66). M: Espanya
(L1,L3; FGC). T. 93 256 44 45.
FREE Sala Lluís Companys A
Portrait of Companys Mon-Sun,
10am-2pm & 3pm-6pm. Unitl 30 Jan.
Photography exhibition on the public
image of Lluís Companys, the president
of Catalonia from 1934 and during the
Civil War, who was executed in Montjuïc
Castle in 1940.
Centre de Cultura
Contemporània de
Barcelona
(Montalegre, 5). M: Catalunya (L1,L3).
T. 93 306 41 00. Tue-Sun & public hols,
11am-8pm. Closed Mon €5. Reduced entry
for pensioners and students on Wed (excl

public holidays): €3.40. Under-16s &
unemployed free, Thu 8pm-10pm & Sun
3pm-8pm.
El Paral·lel, 1894-1939 Until 24
Feb. The broad avenue of El Paral.lel
was created during Barcelona’s 19thcentury
expansion. This exhibition
describes the evolution of a new
entertainment district that stretched
from Plaça Espanya to the sea.
Samuel Aranda
#afterthespring Until 6 Jan. €6;
reductions €4. Samuel Aranda, winner
of the World Press Photo prize 2011,
returns to the scenarios of the so-called
‘Arab Spring’.
World Press Photo 2012 Until 6
Jan. World Press Photo is renowned as
the biggest international showcase for
photojournalism. More than a travelling
exhibition of the best news
photography, it documents the year’s
main stories.
CosmoCaixa
(Isaac Newton, 26). M: Av. Tibidabo
(FGC). T. 93 212 60 50. Tue-Sun,
10am-8pm. €3 (permanent and
temporary exhibitions). Reduced entry
€2. First Sun of month: free.
Epidemic! Until 10 February.
Exhibition explaining the causes and
cyclical nature of epidemics, and how
they have shaped the history of
humanity.
Technorevolution Until 6 May.
Interactive exhibition that allows
visitors to experience the evolution of
technology, with spaces dedicated to
nanotechnology, biotechnology, IT and
cognitive sciences.
DHUB. Museu de
Ceràmica (Palau Reial
de Pedralbes)
(Avda Diagonal, 686). M: Palau Reial
(L3). T. 93 256 34 65. Tue-Sun, 10am-
6pm. Public hols, 10am- 3pm. Closed
Mon. €5. Reduced: €3.
Contemplation. Photographs
by Carlos Collado Until 3 Mar.
Collado depicts the reactions of visitors
to objects in the collection.
A singular garden. Ceramics from
Iznik, in the 16th and 17th
centuries. Until 3 March. A journey
through the unique and beautiful
ceramics of Iznik (Turkey), which are
characterized by their ornate floral
decorations.
Espai Mercè Sala
(Diagonal Metro Station). M: Diagonal
(L3,L5). Mon-Fri, 10am-8.30pm, Sat
11am-2pm & 3pm-7pm
FREE The Bus Turístic, FC
Barcelona and Barcelona: sharing
25 years of success. Mon-Sat, 10am-
8.30pm. Until Jan. To celebrate the 25th
anniversary of Barcelona’s Bus Turístic,
this exhibition explores the history of FC
Barcelona, the bus tours and the city itself
over the last 25 years.
Espai VolART-Fundació
Vila Casas
(Ausiàs Marc, 22). M: Urquinaona
(L1,L4). T. 93 481 79 85. Tue-Fri, 5pm-
8.30pm, Sat, 11am-2pm & 5pm-
8.30pm. Sun, 11am-2pm. €1. Reduced:
€0.50.
Martín Carral / Carmen Anzano
Until 26 May. Painter Martín Carral,
whose work is part of the Foundation’s
collection, and Carmen Anzano, an
invited artist, exhibit work in dialogue.
Salvador Alibau Until 21 Apr.
Exhibition on Salvador Alibau, one of the
most interesting names in contemporary
Catalan art.
Fundació Antoni Tàpies
(Aragó, 255). M: Passeig de Gràcia
(L2,L3,L4). T. 93 487 03 15. Tue-Sun,
10am-7pm. €7. Students and pensioners,
€5.60.
Antoni Tàpies. Collection, #4
Until 17 Feb. A new selection of works
from the collection, which presents a
chronological journey through the
different phases of Tàpies’s career.
Re.act. Feminism #2 - A
Performing Archive Until 17 Feb. A
temporary and living archive of
performance art, which will travel
Europe from 2011 to 2013, presenting
feminist, gender-critical and queer
performance art by over 120 artists and
artist collectives from the 1960s to the
beginning of the 1980s, as well as
contemporary positions.
Fundació Francisco
Godia
(Diputació, 250). M: Passeig de Gràcia
(L2,L3,L4). T. 93 272 31 80. Mon-Sun,
10am-8pm. Closed Tue €7. Reduced €4.
The Francisco Godia Foundation
Collection. One of Spain’s most
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important private collections of
artworks from the 12th century to the
present day, with a special focus on
medieval art.
Palazuelo. Lines and planes in
space. Until 6 Jan. An in-depth
exploration of the sculptures of Pablo
Palazuelo (1915-2007), works that were
an extension of his long career as an
abstract painter.
Fundació Joan Miró
(Parc de Montjuïc, s/n). M: Espanya
(L1,L3; FGC). T. 93 443 94 70. Tue-
Sat, 10am-8pm. Thu, 10am-9.30pm,
Sun & public holidays 10am-2.30pm.
Closed Mondays. €12. Espai 13,
€2.50.
Explosion! The legacy of
Jackson Pollock Until 24 Feb.
With works by artists from the late
’40s to the present day, including
Pollock, Andy Warhol and Yves
Klein.
Espai 13 The Nipple Slip.
Speech Performance /
Gabriel Pericàs Until 10
Feb. In this collection of
small sculptures,
photographs and video
works, Gabriel Pericàs
explores the themes of
absent-mindedness and
distraction.
Fundació Suñol
(Passeig de Gràcia, 98). M: Diagonal
(L3,L5). T. 93 496 10 32 . Mon-Sat,
11am-2pm & 4pm-8pm.
The fifth anniversary of the
Josep Suñol collection Until 9 Mar.
Exhibition to mark the Suñol
Foundation’s fifth anniversary, with
works by more than 70 artists including
Picasso, Dalí, Tàpies, Warhol, Boetti and
Man Ray.
Nivell Zero Documents and
memory: The Josep Suñol
collection archive. Until 9 Mar.
Jardí Botànic
(Doctor Font i Quer, s/n). M: Espanya
(L1,L3; FGC). T. 93 256 41 60. Oct-
March daily 10am-6pm. April, May and
Sept: daily 10am-7pm. June-Aug 10am-
8pm.
Jardí Botànic (MCNB - Museu de
Ciències Naturals de Barcelona)
Permanent collection of plants from
Mediterranean climate zones all over the
world.
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La Pedrera
(Provença, 261-265). M: Provença
(FGC) & Diagonal (L3,L5). T. 902 400
973. www.lapedrera.com. Daily 9am-
6.30pm (last admission: 6pm). €16.50.
Reduced €14.85.
Exhibition Hall. The other
Pedreras. Architecture and
furniture of the 20th century Until
24 Feb. €3. Major exhibition that looks
at buildings dating from the same period
as La Pedrera, examining works by
Horta, Guimard, Mackintosh, Hoffman,
Loos and Frank Lloyd Wright.
MACBA. Museu díArt
Contemporani
(Plaça dels Àngels, 1). M: Universitat
(L1,L2) & Sant Antoni (L2). T. 93 412
08 10. Mon- Fri, 11am-8pm. Sat
10am-8pm. Sun & public holidays,
10am-3pm. Tues. closed, except
public holidays. Whole
museum ticket, €8 (reduced
€6.50). Single exhibition
ticket,
€6 (reduced, €4.50).
Ahlam Shibli.
Phantom home. From
25 Jan until 28 April.
Major works by
Palestinian Bedouin artist
Ahlam Shibli, with a new
photographic series, ‘Death’
(2011-2012), created for this
exhibition.
Utopia is possible - ICSID.
Eivissa, 1971 Until 20 Jan. Utopia Is
Possible. Documentary material,
photographs and films from the
MACBA’s own collection,
commemorating the VII Congress of the
International Council of Societies of
Industrial Design (ICSID), and the issues
it addressed, such as sustainability,
participation, solidarity - all still highly
relevant today.
Nasrin Tabatabai & Babak
Afrassiabi. ‘Seep’ Until 20 Jan. First
Spanish exhibition by this Iranian
artistic partnership, based on their ‘Two
Archives’, a project exploring processes
of modernisation in the 20th century.
La Pedrera
celebrates its
first century with
a special exhibition
of works of Gaudí’s
contemporaries
through the beginning
of the 20th
century.
MEAM: Museu Europeu
d’Art Modern
(Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). T.
93 319 56 93. Tue-Sun, 10am-8pm. €7.
Reduced €5.

21s-century contemporary
art Almost 200 paintings and 30
sculptures featuring works by
figurative, realist or hyperrealist
artists from all over the world.
MIBA. Museu d’Idees i
Invents de Barcelona
(Ciutat, 7). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93 332
79 30. Tue-Fri, 10am-2pm & 4pm-7pm.
Sat, 11am-8pm. Sun & public holidays,
10am-2pm. €7.
The Barcelona Museum of
Ideas and Inventions Permanent
exhibition The Minimiba competition
asked children to come up with new
ideas: this exhibition showcases
prototypes of the 30 most brilliant and
ingenious.
Museu Nacional d’Art de
Catalunya
(Parc de Montjuïc). M: Espanya (L1,L3;
FGC). T. 93 622 03 60. Tue-Sat, 10am-
6pm. Sun & public holidays, 10am-3pm.
€12. Temporary exhibitions: consult
museum website.
Permanent collection. The
largest collection of Catalan art from the
Romanesque period to the mid-19th
century.
FREE The museum investigates.
Works of art under scrutiny Until
17 Feb. Showing the vicissitudes and
modifications undergone by some of the
museum’s artworks, and the ways
experts distinguish between an original,
a copy, a forgery and a restoration.
Monestir de Pedralbes
(Baixada del Monestir, 9). M: Reina
Elisenda (FGC). T. 93 256 34 34 .
Tues-Fri,10am-5pm. Sun, 10am-7pm.
Sun, 10am-8pm (Sun, free after 3pm).
Sun and Mon before public holidays,
10am-2pm. Closed Monday. €7.
Groups of more than 10, €4. Reduced
entry, €5. Under-16s, Barcelona Card,
members of ICOM, free entry.
Murals under the magnifying
glass. Paintings from the Sant
Miquel Chapel. Permanent exhbition.
Paintings from the Sant Miquel chapel, a
14th-century Gothic masterpiece
MUHBA El Call
(Placeta de Manuel Ribé). M: Liceu (L3)
& Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 21 22. Tue-
Fri, 11am-2pm. Sat, Sun, 11am-7pm.
Sun and Mon before public holidays,
10am-2pm. Closed Monday. €2.
Salomó ben Adret (1235-
1310). The Triumph of an
Orthodoxy. Permanent exhbition.
Salomó ben Adret, also known as the
Rashba, was a Catalan Jewish leader
and rabbi at the main synagogue of
Barcelona during the late 13th and
early 14th centuries.
MUHBA Fabra i Coats.
Espai Joan Bota
(Sant Adrià, 20). M: Sant Andreu (L1).
Tue-Fri, 5pm-8pm. Sat & Sun, 10am-
2pm. & 4.30pm-7.30pm.
Postwar ingenuity.
Barcelona’s Microcars Until 15
Mar. Microcars of all descriptions from
Claudi Roca’s private collection, one of
the largest in Spain.
MUHBA Museu
d’Història de Barcelona
(Pl. del Rei). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93
256 21 22. Tues-Sat, 10am-7pm.
Sun, 10am-8pm (Sun free after 3pm).
Sun and Mon before public holidays,
10am-2pm. Closed Mon. € . Under-
16s free.
Saló del Tinell Indianes. The
origins of industrial Barcelona,
1736-1847 Until 16 Dec. The massproduction
of calico prints, or indianes,
galvanised the economic life of
Barcelona.
MUHBA Laboratory.
Collecting the city Until 1 April.
MUHBA Park Güell
(Olot, s/n. Casa de la Guarda). T. 93 256
21 22. Apr-Sep: Mon-Sun 10am-8pm.
Oct-Mar: Mon-Sun, 10am-6pm. €2
Permanent exhibition
MUHBA Refugi 307
(Nou de la Rambla, 169). M: Jaume I
(L1,L4). T. 93 256 21 00. Sat , Sun,
10am-2pm, by appointment. Public
holidays, closed. €3.
Permanent exhibition. In 400
metres of underground passageways,
visitors can relive the uncertainty of a
city which, during the Civil War, was
subject to a new form of warfare:
indiscriminate bombing of the civilian
population.
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MUHBA Santa Caterina
(Pl. de Joan Capri). M: Paral·lel (L2-L3).
T. 93 256 21 22. Mon-Sat., 10am-2pm.
Sun. & public holidays, closed.
Permanent collection. Inside
Santa Caterina Market, this exhibition
revisits the most signifi cant events in
Barcelona’s history.
MUHBA Vil·la Joana.
Casa Verdaguer
(Ctra de l’Església, 104. Vallvidrera). T.
93 204 78 05. Sat, Sun, 10am-2pm.
Tue, Wed, groups (by appt) only. Closed
Mon. Permanent exhibition The
poet Jacint Verdaguer, one of the key
fi gures in the revival of Catalan as a
literary language, spent the last years of
his life in this 19th-century villa.
Museu Blau
(Pl. de Leonardo da Vinci, 4-5, Parc del
Fòrum). M: El Maresme/Fòrum (L4). T.
93 256 60 02. Tue-Sun & public
holidays, 10am-8pm. Closed Mon. €6.
Museum & Botanical Gardens, €7.
Aliens: Exotic species invade.
Until 31 Jan. How do invasive species
arrive in an ecosystem, and what are
the consequences?
Espai Terra: Catalonia as seen
by you Until 31 Jan. Photographs of
remote areas, unusual land formations,
fl ora, fauna and meteorology -
everything that relates to the
geography of the Catalan-speaking
regions.
Planeta Vida. Permanent
exhibition. The history of life and its
evolution on our planet.
Museu de Badalona
(Pl. Assemblea de Catalunya, 1).
Badalona. M: Pep Ventura (L2). T. 93
384 17 50. Tue-Sat, 10am-2pm &
5-8pm Sun & public holidays, 10am-
2pm. €6.
FREE Art and war. The
destruction, looting and
safeguarding of Catalonia’s
cultural heritage during the Civil
War. Until 27 Jan. Tues-Sat, 10am-2pm &
5pm-8pm. Sun, 10am-2pm. The eff ects of
the Civil War on Catalonia’s historical,
artistic and architectural heritage.
FREE Playstories. Playing
and learning with clicks. Until
27 Jan. Tue-Sat, 10am-2pm &
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5-8pm. Sun, 10am-2pm. Display of
Playmobil figures, with dioramas
that will transport you to the age of
dinosaurs, prehistory, Ancient
Egypt and other far-flung times and
places.
Museu de l’Eròtica
(La Rambla, 96, bis). M: Catalunya
(L1,L3). T. 93 318 98 65. www.eroticamuseum.com.
Daily, 10am-8pm. Adults
€9. Reduced €8.
Permanent exhibition.
Includes the show ‘The Hottest Guinness’ .
Discover the weirdest and most way-out
secrets of human sexuality.
Museu de la Moto de
Barcelona
(Carrer de la Palla, 10). T. 933 186 584.
www.museumoto.com. Tues-Sat, 10am-
2pm & 4.30pm-8.30pm. Sun 10am-
2pm. Closed Mon. €6. Reduced: €4.
The Montjuïc International 24hour
race Until 30 June. An homage to
the popular race that was held from 1955
to 1986.
Museu de la Música
(L’Auditori. Lepant, 150). M: Glòries
(L1) & Marina (L1). T. 93 256 36 50.
Mon-Sat., 10am-6pm. Sun, 10am-8pm.
Closed Tues. €4. Reduced €3. Sun
afternoon, free.
The sound of light. Mompou &
Gaudí Until 3 June. The parallels between
the music of Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)
and the architecture of Antoni Gaudí
(1852-1926) .
Museu del Futbol Club
Barcelona
(Aristides Maillol, s/n. FCB stadium.
Access gates 7 or 9). M: Les Corts
(L3). T. 902 18 99 00. From 2 April to
7 Oct: Mon-Sat, 10am-8pm. Sun &
public holidays, 10am-2.30pm. 8
Oct-1 April: Mon-Sat, 10am-6.30pm.
Sun & public holidays, 10am-2.30pm.
Camp Nou Tour available until one
hour before museum closing time. €23
. Children €17. Under-6s and FCB
members, free.
The Camp Nou
Experience. Discover 100 years of the
club’s history, visit diff erent areas of
Camp Nou and relive the club’s greatest
moments in the multimedia zone.

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Museu del Modernisme
Català
(Balmes, 48). M: Passeig de Gràcia
(L2,L3,L4). T. 93 272 28 96. Mon-Sat,
10am-8pm Sun & public holidays,
10am-2pm. €10.
Permanent Exhibition Some
350 works by 42 of the most important
artists of the Catalan Modernisme
movement, located in a one-time textile
factory in the heart of Barcelona.
Museu Egipci
(València, 284). M: Passeig de Gràcia
(L2,L3,L4). T. 93 488 01 88. www.
museuegipci.com. Mon-Sun 10am-8pm.
Sun 10am-2pm. Adults €11. Reduced €8.
Tutankhamen: The history of a
great discovery Until 31 May. Marking
the 90th anniversary of the great
archaeological find, this exhibition describes
the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb.
Museu Frederic Marès
(Plaça de Sant Iu, 5). M: Liceu (L3) &
Jaume I (L4). T. 93 256 35 00. Tue-Sat,
10am-7pm. Sun & public holidays,
11am-8pm. Closed Mon except public
holidays. €4.20.
Irreverent Barcelona Until 26 May.
A reflection on public festivities in 19thcentury
Barcelona.
Museu Olímpic i de
l’Esport Joan Antoni
Samaranch
(Av. de l’Estadi Olímpic, 60). M: Espanya
(L1,L3; FGC). T. 93 292 53 79. Tue-Sat
10am-8pm. Sun & public holidays, 10am-
2pm. €4.50. Students, €2.60. Under-14s &
over-65s free.
III International Award for
Watercolours and Other Works on
Paper. Theme: Sport. Works from
the award shortlist.
100 years of basketball in
Catalonia 8 Jan-Mar. €5.10. Reduced
€2.60. A look back at the history of
basketball in Catalonia.
Trailwalker Intermon Oxfam 2013
Until 5 Jan.
Museu Picasso
(Montcada, 15-23). M: Jaume I (L4). T. 93
256 30 00. Tue-Sun, 10am-8pm. Closed
Mon (except public holidays). €11
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(combined ticket for museum & temporary
exhibition). Temporary exhibition only: €6.
Picasso’s ceramics: a gift from
Jacqueline to Barcelona Until 1
April. Exhibition featuring 41 original
ceramic works by Picasso, to celebrate
the 30th anniversary of their donation
to the city by his daughter Jacqueline.
Palau Robert
(Pg. de Gràcia, 107). M: Diagonal (L3,L5).
T. 93 238 80 91. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm.
Sun & public holidays, 10am-2.30pm.
FREE Sala 1 20 years of Lux Until
30 April. Selection of winning
photographs from 20 years of the Lux
Prizes, showcasing the best professional
photography in Spain.
FREE Sala 4 Building,
consolidating, moving forward:
Thirty years working for Catalan.
Until 5 Jan. Celebration of 30 years of
campaigns to raise awareness and promote
the use of Catalan.
FREE Sala 3 Ferran Adrià & El Bulli
- Risk, Freedom and Creativity Until
3 Jan. The creative genius of Ferran
Adrià, probably the most influential
chef in the world, whose talent and
flair for innovation have turned 21stcentury
gastronomy upside-down.
FREE Sala 2 Joan Fuster. We the
Valencians Until 17 Feb. Marking the
50th anniversary of the publication of
writer Joan Fuster’s ‘We the Catalans,’ a
historical, political, social and cultural
essay that was one of the author’s most
important works.
FREE Salas 4 Reading to live 18
Jan-18 April. An homage to Joan Triadú:
teacher, literary critic and cultural activist.
Virreina Centre de la
Imatge
(La Rambla, 99). M: Liceu (L3). T. 93
316 10 00. Tue-Sun, noon-8pm.
FREE Aïm Deüelle Lüski.
Residual images. Documentary
photography in dark times Until 13
Jan. Since the 1970s, Photographer Aïm
Deüelle Lüski has invented an enormous
variety of cameras, and this exhibition
shows how he’s put them to use.
FREE As it is. The photography of
Miki Kratsman Until 13 Jan. This
exhibition brings together Kratsman’s
photographs and large-format projections
about the conflict between the Israeli and
Palestinian populations, taken over 20
years working as a photojournalist in the
occupied territories.

Theatre
El Molino
(Vilà i Vilà, 99). www.elmolinobcn.com.
M: Paral·lel (L2,L3).
El Molino lifts your spirits Thu-
Sun, 6.30pm. €33.
Risqué show that looks back over the
history of the legendary El Molino
theatre, with feathers and sequins,
vintage entertainment and a generous
dose of humour and audience
participation
El Molino Burlesque Fever Thu-
Sun 9.30pm. €33.
Burlesque returns to El Molino, with a
show that celebrates corsets and
garters, scarlet and black, sensuality
and drag.
El Molino ‘Flamenco & copla’
Tue 7pm & 9pm. With drink: €39. With
tapas: €66.
A journey from the best-known
coplas (the popular Spanish song form)
to Flamenco.
Teatre Gaudí Barcelona
(Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 120). T. 93 603
51 52. www.teatregaudibarcelona.com.
M: Sagrada Família (L2,L5) & Sant Pau/
Dos de Maig (L5).
Our personal champions league
by Cristina Clemente. Dir: Cristina
Clemente. With Alícia Puertas and Santi
Ricart . Thu-Sat, 10.30pm. Sun., 8pm. €18.
In Catalan.
A young couple of an age to
contemplate parenthood are subject to
social and family pressures.
Surfers by Toni Cabré. Tue,Wed,
8.30pm. €18. Until 30 Jan. In Catalan.
Two characters meet by chance
online.
Tell her you love her by Ivan
Campillo. Dir: Ivan Campillo. With Ivan
Campillo, Sílvia Forns, Ramon Godino,
Laura Sancho, Joan Sureda, Pep Anton
Muñoz (voice). Thu-Sat 8.30pm. Sun, 6pm.
€18. Until Jan. In Catalan.
Comedy about life as a couple.
Teatre Lliure: Gràcia
(Montseny, 47). T. 93 238 76 25. www.
teatrelliure.com.
Ivan and the dogs by Hattie Naylor.
Fri, 11pm. €22.50-€28. 18 Jan-8 Feb. In
Catalan.
A monologue based on a true story by
British playwright Hattie Naylor.
Teatre Nacional de
Catalunya
(Pl. de les Arts, 1). T. 93 306 57 00. www.
tnc.cat.
Dance of the puppets by Ramon
Vinyes (Dramaturgy by Ramon Simó). Dir:
Ramon Simó. Wed-Fri, 8pm. Sat 5pm &
9.30pm. Sun, 6pm. (5 Jan, performance at
9.30pm). €15.69-€31.37. Until 20 Jan. In
Catalan.
This hilarious, frenetic, critical play
begins on Christmas Eve, when an angel
falls to earth... and lands in a brothel.
Our tigers drink milk by Albert
Espinosa. Dir: Albert Espinosa. With Marc
Balaguer, Andreu Benito, Marcel Borràs,
Carlos Cuevas, Francesc Garrido, Andrés
Herrera, Mikel Iglesias, Daniel Sicart. Wed-
Fri, 8pm. Sat, 5pm & 9.30pm. (except 5
Jan, single function at 9.30pm). Sun., 6pm.
From Jan, Wed 5pm & 8pm. €19.05-
€38.09. Until 3 Feb. In Catalan.
A family with a difficult past and
hidden secrets. The story begins with a
football match.
Dance
Mercat de les Flors
(Lleida, 59). www.mercatflors.cat. M:
Poble-sec (L3).
A place to bury strangers by
Roberto Oliván. Fri-Sat, 8.30 pm, Sun,
6pm. From 18-27 Jan. €14-16,50.
Between Barcelona and Brussels,
Oliván cobines strength and energy,
freshness and emotions.
Teatre Gaudí Barcelona
(Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 120). T. 93
603 51 52. www.teatregaudibarcelona.
com. M: Sagrada Família (L2,L5)
Happy Ha Ha Dir: Mercedes
Boronat. Sat 6pm. Sun noon. €9.
Dance show for the whole family in
which gestures and music are used to
express the experiences of three characters.
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Tuesday 1
Al fresco
10am
Festival of childhood Fira
de Barcelona (Av. Reina Maria
Cristina, s/n). M: Espanya (L1,L3;
FGC). 10am-8pm. Until 4 Jan.
Games, sports, workshops, fundraising
activities and live music
performances for all the family.
10am
Plaça de Catalunya ice rink
Plaça de Catalunya (Plaça de
Catalunya). M: Catalunya (L1,L3).
10am-9pm. Sat & night before public
holidays, 10am-11pm. €9 (one-hour
skate rental). €7 (half-hour skate
rental). Until 6 Jan. Plaça Catalunya’s
very own ice rink returns with over
1,400m2 for you to pirouette, twirl or
just skate across. It’s not Rockefeller
Center, but still…
Classical music
9pm The Art of the Guitar. ‘Flamenco
& Classic’ Parròquia de Santa
Anna (Santa Anna, 29). €21. Flamenco
and classical guitarists perform in the
12th-century Santa Anna Church, only a
few metres from Plaça Catalunya.
9pm Barcelona 4 Guitars Església de
Santa Maria del Pi (Cardenal Casañas,
16). M: Liceu (L3) & Jaume I (L4). €21.
The Spanish guitar in concert.
Markets
FREE The Kings’ market on Gran
Via Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes
(between C/Rocafort & C/Muntaner)
(Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes,
580). M: Rocafort (L1). 11am-10pm.
Sat, Sun & public holidays, 10am-
10pm. 5 Jan, 10am-3am. Until 6 Jan.
Seasonal market with toys, crafts and
sweets, on Gran Via. Spanish children
traditionally receive their presents
from the Three Wise Men - the Three
Kings - on 6 Jan.
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Flamenco
7pm
Great Flamenco Gala Palau de
la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música,
4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1,L4). €30-€45.
The show that brings the exhilarating
rhythms and movements of flamenco
to Barcelona.
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
The Aristocracy of Flamenco
(III) Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm.
€41 (show & one drink). The Tablao
Cordobés presents three shows daily
of the best of flamenco, with dancers
such as Olga Pericet and Marco Flores
and cantaores including Miguel Ortega
and Bocaíllo.
Swimming
12pm
FREE XVI First swim of the year
Sant Sebastià Beach (Platja Sant
Sebastià). M: Barceloneta (L4). 12pm.
Barcelona’s hardiest bathers don’t wait
until summer to take the plunge at San
Sebtastià beach: it’s a great way to
start the year.
Festive traditions
Exhibition of nativity scenes
Poble Espanyol (Av. de Francesc Ferrer
& Guàrdia, 13). M: Espanya (L1,L3;
FGC). 10.30am-6.30pm Until 6 Jan.
FREE Christmas at the Magic
Fountain Montjuïc Magic Fountain
(Av. Maria Cristina). M: Espanya
(L1,L3;FGC). 7pm-9pm. Until 5 Jan.
Montjuïc’s Magic Fountain dances
to the rhythm of the best-known
Christmas songs. Water, music and
light combine to bring the Christmas
spirit to life.
Christmas at the Museums
Various locations. Most of Barcelona’s
museums, as well as many other
cultural institutions, organise family
activities during the school holidays.
For more information, check the
website www.bcn.cat/nadalalsmuseus
(in Catalan).
FREE Plaça Sant Jaume nativity
scene (Plaça de Sant Jaume). M:
Jaume I (L4). 10am-9pm. Until 6 Jan.
The nativity scene in Plaça Sant Jaume
is both a traditional and an artistic

attraction. The stable in Bethlehem
and the adoration of the wise men
and the shepherds is represented in
three dimensions, using materials and
lighting effects to create a realistic
scene, an homage to the techniques of
diorama-making.
Nativity scene at Pedralbes
Monastery Monestir de Pedralbes
(Baixada del Monestir, 9). M: Reina
Elisenda (FGC). Tue-Sat, 10am-2pm.
Sun & public holidays, except 1 Jan,
10am-3pm. Until 2 Feb. Exhibition of
dioramas and nativity scenes.
Nativity scenes at the Esglesia
de Betlem Parròquia de la Mare
de Déu de Betlem (Carme, 2). M:
Catalunya (L1-L3). Entrance via C/
Xuclà, 2. 11am-2pm & 6-pm8pm. €2.5.
Until 6 Jan. Exhibition of dioramas
and nativity scenes.
Nativity scenes of the world.
Culture, art & tradition La Seca
(Flassaders, 40). M: Arc de Triomf
(L1) & Jaume I (L4). 10am-8pm. €1.
Until 3 Feb. Bringing together nativity
scenes from all over the world.
Wednesday 2
Al fresco
10am
Festival of childhood Fira
de Barcelona (Av. Reina Maria
Cristina, s/n). M: Espanya (L1,L3;
FGC). 10am-8pm. Until 4 Jan.
Games, sports, workshops, fundraising
activities and live music
performances for all the family.
Plaça de Catalunya ice rink
Plaça de Catalunya (Plaça de
Catalunya). M: Catalunya (L1,L3).
10am-9pm. Sat & night before public
holidays, 10am-11pm. €9 (one-hour
skate rental). €7 (half-hour skate
rental). Until 6 Jan. Plaça Catalunya’s
very own ice rink returns with over
1,400m2 for you to pirouette, twirl or
just skate across. It’s not Rockefeller
Center, but still…
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
The Aristocracy of Flamenco
(III) Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
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Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm.
€41 (show & one drink). The Tablao
Cordobés presents three shows daily
of the best of flamenco, with dancers
such as Olga Pericet and Marco Flores
and cantaores including Miguel Ortega
and Bocaíllo.
Opera
8pm Rusalka Gran Teatre del Liceu (La
Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3). €11.50-
€223. One of the best-loved operas by
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, in
Stefan Herheim’s stunning production.
Thursday 3
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
The Aristocracy of Flamenco
(III) Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu
(L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. €41 (show
& one drink). The Tablao Cordobés
presents three shows daily of the best
of flamenco, with dancers such as Olga
Pericet and Marco Flores and cantaores
including Miguel Ortega and Bocaíllo.
7pm
Opera and Flamenco Teatre
Poliorama (La Rambla, 115). M:
Catalunya (L1,L3). €30-€45. This
innovative show mixes opera, the
Spanish tradition of zarzuelaí - a
Spanish opera for the working-classes
with spoken parts - and flamenco
music.
Traditions
Christmas at the Museums
Various locations. Most of Barcelona’s
museums, as well as many other
cultural institutions, organise family
activities during the school holidays.
For more information, check the
website www.bcn.cat/nadalalsmuseus
(in Catalan).
Friday 4
Blues
6pm Blues at the Palau Gomis -
MEAM / Jean Pierre Bertrand
MEAM: Museu Europeu díArt Modern
(Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4).
€9. Boogie-woogie and piano blues from
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French bluesman Jean Pierre Bertrand, at
the Palau Gomis, a striking 18th-century
palace in the Born district.
Classical music
9pm
The Art of the Guitar. ‘Flamenco
& Classic’ Parròquia de Santa
Anna (Santa Anna, 29). €21. Flamenco
and classical guitarists perform in the
12th-century Santa Anna Church, only a
few metres from Plaça Catalunya.
Sport
65th International Kings’ Day
Hockey Tournament Barcelona
Royal Polo Club (Av. Doctor Marañón,
17-31). M: Zona Universitaria (L3).
Times TBA. 3-6 Jan.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
The Aristocracy of Flamenco
(III) Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu
(L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. €41 (show
& one drink). The Tablao Cordobés
presents three shows daily of the best
of flamenco, with dancers such as Olga
Pericet and Marco Flores and cantaores
including Miguel Ortega and Bocaíllo.
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat 9.30pm. €20. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and cajón
in one of the most beautiful palaces of
the Ribera district of Barcelona.
7pm
Opera and Flamenco Teatre
Poliorama (La Rambla, 115). M:
Catalunya (L1,L3). €30-€45. This
innovative show mixes opera, the
Spanish tradition of zarzuelaí - a
Spanish opera for the working-classes
with spoken parts - and flamenco
music.
Saturday, 5
Classical music
9pm
The Three Tenors & the Kiev
National Radio Symphony
Orchestra Centre Comercial Las
Arenas (Gran Vía, 373-385). M:
Espanya (L1,L3; FGC). €30-€45.

12pm
Spanish & Catalan Music Gala
Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau
de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona
(L1,L4). €30. Enjoy the subtlety and
vitality of music by de Falla, Albéniz,
Granados, Toldrà and other Spanish
and Catalan composers.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
The Aristocracy of Flamenco
(III) Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu
(L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. €41 (show
& one drink). The Tablao Cordobés
presents three shows daily of the best
of flamenco, with dancers such as Olga
Pericet and Marco Flores and cantaores
including Miguel Ortega and Bocaíllo.
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat 9.30pm. €20. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and cajón
in one of the most beautiful palaces of
the Ribera district of Barcelona.
Sunday 6
Flamenco
9.30pm
Great Flamenco Gala Palau de
la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música,
4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1,L4). €30-€45.
The show that brings the exhilarating
rhythms and movements of flamenco
to Barcelona.
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
The Aristocracy of Flamenco
(III) Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm.
€41 (show & one drink). The Tablao
Cordobés presents three shows daily of
the best of flamenco, with dancers such
as Olga Pericet and Marco Flores and
cantaores including Miguel Ortega and
Bocaíllo.
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat 9.30pm. €20. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and
cajón in one of the most beautiful
palaces of the Ribera district of
Barcelona.
Football
League fixture. FC Barcelona
vs. Espanyol Camp Nou (Aristides
Maillol, s/n). Time tbc.
Guided visit
10.30 & 12.30pm
FREE Guided tour of Poble Nou
cemetery Cementiri de Poblenou (Av.
Icària, s/n). M: Llacuna (L4). 10.30am
(in Catalan) & 12.30pm (in Spanish).
A guided tour of 19th-century
Barcelona, as reflected in the tombs
and gravestones of the city’s great
and good.
Monday 7
Classical music
9pm
Barcelona Concerts 2011-2012
season: Great Strauss Gala
Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau
de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona
(L1,L4). 9pm. €20-€59. This is a
unique opportunity to enjoy the
waltzes, marches, polkas and arias of
the Strauss family, performed by the
Szeged Philharmonic Orchestra from
Hungary.
Flamenco
9.30pm
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. €42
(show & one drink).
Tuesday 8
Classical music
9pm
The JONC & Bruckner’s 7th
L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries &
Marina (L1), Monumental (L2). 9pm.
€23-€51. Works by Bruckner, Brahms
and Lutoslawski.
8.30pm
Rising Stars / Daniela Koch,
flute. Palau de la Música Catalana
(Palau de la Música, 4-6). M:
Urquinaona (L1,L4). 8.30pm. €11.
Works by Mozart, Chamanide,
Liebermann, Poulenc, Reinecke and
Taffanel.
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Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. €42
(show & one drink).
Wednesday 9
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35).
M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30,
10 & 11.30pm. €42 (show & one drink).
Thursday 10
Classical music
8pm
Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta Gran
Teatre del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-
59). M: Liceu (L3). Thu, 8pm. Sun,
5pm. €11.75-€233. A visit from the
resident companies of St Petersburg’s
Mariinsky Theatre, with their star
Anna Netrebko, making her Liceu
debut.
8.30pm
The Obac Ensemble L’Auditori
(Lepant, 150). M: Glòries &
Marina (L1), Monumental (L2).
8.30pm. €17. Works by Dvorák,
Egk and Schubert.
10pm
Opera Nights at the Palau
Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4). €20.
Live opera in one of the most beautiful
palaces of the Ribera district.
8.30pm
The Liceu Orchestra & Frank
Peter Zimmermann, violin, Palau
de la Música Catalana (Palau de la
Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1,L4).
8.30pm. €11€. Works by Gerhard,
Berg and Brahms.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. €42
(show & one drink).
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Friday 11
Blues
6pm Blues at the Palau Gomis -
MEAM / Ded Grandad MEAM:
Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (Barra
de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). 6pm. €11.
Reduced, €9. Blues with Ded Grandad at
the Palau Gomis, a 18th-century palace.
Classical music
8.30pm
Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano.
‘Passion and Desire’ Palau de
la Música Catalana (Palau de la
Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1,L4).
8.30pm. €11-€123. One of the great
operatic stars of our time performs
works by Bizet, Tchaikovsky and
Saint-Saëns, among others, in the
incomparable surroundings of the
Palau de la Música Catalana.
8.30pm
Saint Petersburg’s Mariinsky
Theatre Symphony Orchestra
L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries
& Marina (L1), Monumental (L2).
8.30pm. €19-€126. Works by
Tchaikovsky.
Sport
World Handball Championships
Palau Sant Jordi (Pg. Olímpic, 5-7). M:
Espanya (L1,L3; FGC). Times TBA.
11-27 Jan. For more information: www.
handballspain2013.com.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35).
M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30,
10 & 11.30pm. €42 (show & one drink).
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
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Mon-Sat 9.30pm. 20 €. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and cajón
in one of the most beautiful palaces of
the Ribera district of Barcelona.
Saturday, 12
Classical music
9pm
The Art of the Guitar.
‘Carmen’ Parròquia de Santa Anna
(Santa Anna, 29). €21. The Spanish
guitar in concert with music by
Albéniz, E. Granados, J. Rodrigo, P.
Sarasate, F. Tàrrega and others.
7pm
The OBC & Minkowski’s Bruckner
L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries
& Marina (L1), Monumental (L2). 12
Jan, 7pm. 13 Jan, 11am. €23-€51. The
Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia
National Orchestra performs works by
Roussel, Bruckner and Fauré.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35).
M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30,
10 & 11.30pm. €42 (show & one drink).
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat 9.30pm. €20. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and cajón
in one of the most beautiful palaces of
the Ribera district of Barcelona.
Folk
9pm
Seward Palau de la Música Catalana
Petit Palau (Palau de la Música, 4-6).
M: Urquinaona (L1,L4). 9pm. €13.
Bringing together musicians from the
world of jazz, experimental rock, folk
and electronic music, this sprawling
combo is unified by the extraordinary
vocal range of frontman Adriano
Galiano.
Guided tour
11am & 11.15am
FREE Guided tour of Montjuïc
Cemetery Cementiri de Montjuïc
(Mare de Déu del Port, 56-58). 11am
(in Catalan) & 11.15am (in Spanish)
Guided tour of this huge cemetery,
on the slopes of Montjuïc. Visit some
of the famous names buried here,
and discover some striking works of
funerary art.
Sunday 13
Classical music
11.30am
The colours of the band L’Auditori
(Lepant, 150). M: Glòries & Marina
(L1), Monumental (L2). 11.30am. €14.
Works by Torres Climent, Schmitt and
Tassyns, among others.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35).
M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30,
10 & 11.30pm. €42 (show & one drink).
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat 9.30pm. €20. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and
cajón in one of the most beautiful
palaces of the Ribera district of
Barcelona.
Football
League fixture. RCD Espanyol
vs. Celta Estadi Cornellà - El Prat
(Avda. del Baix Llobregat, 100). Cornellà
de Llobregat. Time TBA. 13 Jan.
Monday 14
Classical music
8.30pm
José Menor, piano Palau de la
Música Catalana (Palau de la Música,
4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1-L4).
8.30pm. 11 €. Works by Guinjoan and
Granados.
Sport
World Handball Championships
Palau Sant Jordi (Pg. Olímpic, 5-7). M:
Espanya (L1-L3-FGC). Time tbc . De
l’11 al 27 Jan. More information: www.
handballspain2013.com.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
“The roots of Flamenco” Tablao
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Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35). M:
Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 &
11.30pm. 42 € (show & 1 drink)
Opera
8pm Rusalka Gran Teatre del Liceu
(La Rambla, 51-59). M: Liceu (L3).
From 11.50 to 223 €. One of the
best-loved operas by Czech composer
Antonín Dvořák, in Stefan Herheim’s
stunning production.
Tuesday 15
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35).
M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30,
10 & 11.30pm. 42 € (show & 1 drink)
Wednesday 16
Classical music
9pm
Jordi Savall – the original sound
‘Erasmus: In Praise of Folly’
L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries
(L1), Monumental (L2) & Marina
(L1). 9pm. From 25 to 35 €. The
Capella Reial de Catalunya and Jordi
Savall, one of the worldís greatest
experts in early music and a tireless
performer and creator, perform his
latest work: ‘Erasmus: In Praise of
Folly’.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of
Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés
(La Rambla, 35). M:
Drassanes (L3) & Liceu
(L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm.
42 € (show & 1 drink)
Thursday 17
Classical music
8.30pm
Moonwinds L’Auditori (Lepant, 150).
M: Glòries (L1), Monumental (L2) &
Marina (L1). 8.30pm. 28 €. Works by
Mozart, Dvorák and Blai Soler.
10pm
Opera Nights at the Palau
Barcelona
becomes the
singing students
world capital due to
Francesc Viñas international
competition. On
Jan. 18th, at 3pm, you
can experience the
final contest at
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Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4). 20 €
Live opera in one of the most beautiful
palaces of the Ribera district.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35).
M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30,
10 & 11.30pm. 42 € (show & 1 drink)
Friday 18
Blues
6pm Blues at the Palau Gomis
- MEAM / Marian Barahona &
David Sam Duo MEAM: Museu
Europeu d’Art Modern (Barra de
Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4). 6pm. 11
€. Reduced, 9 €. Blues & jazz al Palau
Gomis, a striking 18 th century palace.
Classical music
3pm
Final Concerts of the Francesc
Viñas Competition Gran Teatre
del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M:
Liceu (L3). 18 Jan, 3pm. 20 Jan,
6pm. From 8.5 - 25 €. The climax of
the prestigious international singing
competition, which brings together
more than fifty contestants from
all over the world. With the Liceu
Symphony Orchestra.
Liceu.
9pm
The OBC & Viktoria
Mullova LíAuditori
(Lepant, 150).
M: Glòries (L1),
Monumental (L2) &
Marina (L1). Dv., 9pm.
Sat, 7pm. Sun., 11am.
From 39 to 73 €. Works
by Shostakovich, Bartók and
Blai Soler.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35).
M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30,
10 & 11.30pm. 42 € (show & 1 drink).
9pm
De Cajón! Festival José Mercé
Palau de la Música Catalana (Palau

de la Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona
(L1-L4). 9pm. From 23 to 59.50
€. A living legend in the world of
Flamenco presents his latest album,
‘Mi única llave,’ with Javier Limón.
This is José Mercé at his most
audacious, singing in the purest
Flamenco tradition.
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat 9.30pm. 20 €. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and
cajón in one of the most beautiful
palaces of the Ribera district of
Barcelona.
Jazz
9pm
Raph Dumas presents ‘Coblism’
L’Auditori Sala 2 Oriol Martorell
(Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1), &
Marina (L1). 9pm. 20 €. Raph Dumas
has a theory: there’s only the finest
of lines separating the traditional
Catalan folk dance, the Sardana, and
breakdancing. The DJ & producer
from Perpignan claims they have a lot
in commonÖ He performs his latest
album, ‘Coblism’.
Pop
9pm
Merche Centre Comercial Las Arenas
(Gran Vía, 373-385). M: Espanya
(L1-L3-FGC). 9pm. From 12 to 22 €.
The Spanish singer performs her latest
album “Luna”, and looks back over her
greatest hits.
Saturday, 19
Classical music
7pm Juan Manuel Cañizares:
from Berlin to Aranjuez Palau
de la Música Catalana (Palau de la
Música, 4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1-
L4). 7pm. From 16 to 65 €. Juan
Manuel Cañizares brings his Flamenco
duende to the Palau, with works from
the Spanish and Catalan repertoire,
including music by de Falla, Albéniz
& Rodrigo. An evening with Cañizares’
virtuoso flamenco guitar and the
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energy of the Vallès Symphony
Orchestra.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. 42 €
(show & 1 drink)
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat 9.30pm. 20 €. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and
cajón in one of the most beautiful
palaces of the Ribera district of
Barcelona.
Sunday 20
Classical music
6pm
Chamber concert in the ‘Musical
Residences’ cycle La Pedrera
(Provença, 261-265). M: Provença
(FGC) & Diagonal (L3-L5). 6pm. 12 €.
Anna Alàs, mezzo-soprano, and Eugeni
Muriel, guitar, play works by Spanish
and Catalan composers.
3pm
Final Concerts of the Francesc
Viñas Competition Gran Teatre
del Liceu (La Rambla, 51-59). M:
Liceu (L3). 18 Jan, 3pm. 20 Jan,
6pm. From 8.5 - 25 €. The climax of
the prestigious international singing
competition, which brings together
more than fifty contestants from
all over the world. With the Liceu
Symphony Orchestra.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. 42 €
(show & 1 drink)
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat 9.30pm. 20 €. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and cajón
in one of the most beautiful palaces of
the Ribera district of Barcelona.
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Football
League fixture. RCD Espanyol
vs. RCD Mallorca Estadi Cornellà -
El Prat (Avda. del Baix Llobregat, 100).
Cornellà de Llobregat. Time tbc. 20 Jan.
Kids
12.30pm
‘Antologia’ / Jordi Bertran
company. Poble Espanyol (Av. de
Francesc Ferrer & Guàrdia, 13). M:
Espanya (L1-L3-FGC). Sun., 12.30pm.
13, 20 & 27 Jan. Puppet shows for all
the family.
Monday 21
Classical music
8.30pm
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano Palau de
la Música Catalana (Palau de la Música,
4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1-L4). 8.30pm.
From 17 to 112 €. Works by Schubert
and Schumann.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35).
M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30,
10 & 11.30pm. 42 € (show & 1 drink)
Tuesday 22
Classical music
8.30pm
Trio Ludwig Palau de la Música
Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M:
Urquinaona (L1-L4). 8.30pm. 17 & 28
€. Works by Guinjoan, Beethoven and
Shostakovich.
8.30pm
Viktoria Mullova & The Matthew
Barley Ensemble L’Auditori
(Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1),
Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1).
8.30pm. 28 €. The far-reaching
influence of gypsy music on jazz and
classical music in the 20th century,
with pieces by Bartók and Kodály,
John Lewis, Florian Herrmann & Joe
Zawinul.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La

Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. 42 €
(show & 1 drink)
Wednesday 23
Classical music
8.30pm
Alisa Weilerstein L’Auditori
(Lepant, 150). M: Glòries (L1),
Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1).
8.30pm. 28 €. Works by Beethoven,
Barber, Bernstein and Franck.
9pm Xavier Coll. Masters of the
Spanish Guitar Església de Santa
Maria del Pi (Cardenal Casañas, 16).
M: Liceu (L3) & Jaume I (L4). 9pm.
21 €. The Spanish guitar in concert.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla,
35). M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3).
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. 42 € (show & 1
drink)
Thursday 24
Song
9pm
The Millennium Festival. Ana
Belén Palau de la Música Catalana
(Palau de la Música, 4-6). M:
Urquinaona (L1-L4). 9pm. From 35.50
to 67.50 €. Popular Spanish singer
Ana Belén performs in the Palau de
la Música Catalana, as part of the
Millennium Festival.
Classical music
10pm
Opera Nights at the Palau
Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4). 20 €
Live opera in one of the most beautiful
palaces of the Ribera district.
Flamenco
9pm
Catalonia Art Flamenco presents:
Mayte Martín in concert Centre
Comercial Las Arenas (Gran Vía,
373-385). M: Espanya (L1-L3-FGC).
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9pm. The famed Barcelonan flamenco
“cantaora” takes the stage for the
world premier of her new show.
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. 42 €
(show & 1 drink)
Friday 25
Blues
6pm Blues al Palau Gomis - MEAM
MEAM: Museu Europeu d’Art Modern
(Barra de Ferro, 5). M: Jaume I (L4).
6pm. 11 €. Reduced, 9 €.
Classical music
9pm
The OBC and the return of Foster
L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries
(L1), Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1).
Fri., 9pm. Sat, 7pm. Sun., 11am. From
23 to 51 €. The Barcelona Symphony
and Catalonia National Orchestra
performs works by Montsalvatge,
Dvorák and Brahms. Foster is one
the best conductors OBC have ever
had.
9.30pm
Xavier Coll. Masters of the
Spanish Guitarra Església de Sant
Jaume (Ferran, 28). 9.30pm. 21 €. The
Spanish guitar in concert.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. 42 €
(show & 1 drink)
9pm
De Cajón! Festival Alkimia
Harlem Jazz Club (Comtessa de
Sobradiel, 8). M: Drassanes (L3)
& Jaume I (L4). 9pm. 13 €. The De
Cajón! Flamenco festival presents
small-format concerts at the Harlem
Jazz Club including this performance
by Alkimia.
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
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Mon-Sat 9.30pm. 20 €. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and
cajón in one of the most beautiful
palaces of the Ribera district of
Barcelona.
Saturday, 26
Classical music
9pm
The Art of the Guitar.
‘Carmen’ Parròquia de Santa
Anna (Santa Anna, 29). 21 €. The
Spanish guitar in concert with music
by Albéniz, E. Granados, J. Rodrigo,
P. Sarasate, F. Tàrrega and others
composers
7pm
The Palau de la Música Chamber
Chior. Three colours of the
Mediterranean Palau de la Música
Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6).
M: Urquinaona (L1-L4). 7pm. 13 €.
Works by Guinjoan, Beethoven and
Shostakovich.
7pm
The OBC and the return of Foster
L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries
(L1), Monumental (L2) & Marina (L1).
Fri. 9pm. Sat, 7pm. Sun., 11am. From
23 to 51 €. The Barcelona Symphony
and Catalonia National Orchestra
performs works by Montsalvatge,
Dvorák & Brahms.
9.30pm
Pedro J. González: Masters
of the Spanish guitar Església de
Santa Maria del Pi (Cardenal Casañas,
16). M: Liceu (L3) & Jaume I (L4).
9.30pm. 21 €. The Spanish guitar in
concert.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. 42
€ (show & 1 drink)
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat 9.30pm. 20 €. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and
cajón in one of the most beautiful
palaces of the Ribera district of
Barcelona.

Sunday 27
Classical music
6pm
The Liceu Symphony Orchestra
& Julian Rachlin, violin Palau de la
Música Catalana (Palau de la Música,
4-6). M: Urquinaona (L1-L4). 6pm.
From 18 to 63 €. Works by Guinjoan
and Brahms.
11.30am
Peer Gynt L’Auditori (Lepant,
150). M: Glòries (L1), Monumental
(L2) & Marina (L1). 11.30am. 14
€. Works by Grieg, Peire, Weill and
Zamacois.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. 42 €
(show & 1 drink)
9.30pm
Flamenco Nights at the
Palau Dalmases Palau Dalmases
(Montcada, 20). M: Jaume I (L4).
Mon-Sat, 9.30pm. 20 €. Dancers are
accompanied by guitar, voice and cajón
in one of the most beautiful palaces of
the Ribera district of Barcelona.
Football
League fixture. FC Barcelona
vs. Osasuna Camp Nou (Aristides
Maillol, s/n). Time tbc. 27 Jan.
Monday 28
Flamenco
‘The roots of Flamenco’ Tablao
Flamenco Cordobés (La Rambla, 35).
M: Drassanes (L3) & Liceu (L3). 8.30,
10 & 11.30pm. 42 € (show & 1 drink)
Tuesday 29
Flamenco
8.30pm
Arcángel & Fahmi Alqhai: ‘Las
idas y las vueltas’ L’Auditori
Sala 2 Oriol Martorell (Lepant, 150).
M: Glòries (L1), Monumental (L2)
& Marina (L1). 28 €. The flamenco
“cantaor” Arcángel performs with
Fahmi Atqhai.
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Thursday 31
Classical music
8.30pm
Barcelona Clarinet Players
L’Auditori (Lepant, 150). M: Glòries
(L1), Monumental (L2) & Marina
(L1). 8.30pm. 17 €. Works by
Iturralde, Hödl and Kukelka, among
others.
Flamenco
8.30, 10 & 11.30pm
‘The roots of Flamenco’
Tablao Flamenco Cordobés (La
Rambla, 35). M: Drassanes (L3) &
Liceu (L3). 8.30, 10 & 11.30pm. 42 €
(show & 1 drink)
Pop
Quimi Portet Palau de la Música
Catalana (Palau de la Música, 4-6). M:
Urquinaona (L1-L4). From 9 to 28 €.
Quimi Portet, rock musician turned
flamenco ‘cantaor,’ once lead singer of
El Útimo de la Fila, one of the most
successful Spanish groups of the 80s
& 90s.
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Sights
Architecture
Basílica de la Sagrada Família
(Mallorca, 401). M: Sagrada Família
(L2-L5). 93 20 804 14 9am-6pm. 13
€. Barcelona’s most iconic building,
begun by Antoni Gaudí in 1891 and
which remains unfinished to this day.
Ticket sales help fund the ongoing
construction works. The most visited
tourist attraction in Spain.
Casa Batlló
(Pg. de Gràcia, 43). M: Passeig de
Gràcia (L3-L4). 93 216 03 06. 9am-
9pm. 18.15 €. Another of Gaudì’s
most emblematic works. Spaces
include the former residence of the
Batlló family, the roof terrace with its
decorated chimneys, (and the scaly
spine of the dragon defeated by Saint
George,) and the marine-themed light
well. The tour ends with the stunning
entrance hall and main staircase.
La Pedrera
(Provença, 261-265). M: Diagonal
(L3-L5). 902 400 973. 9am-6.30pm.
16.50 €. Reduced entrance, 14.85
€. The building many Barcelona
residents consider to be Gaudí’s
masterpiece – the roof terrace is one
of the joys of Modernisme. Some of
its apartments are still private
homes.
Palau Güell
(Nou de la Rambla, 3-5). M: Drassanes
(L3) & Barceloneta (L4). 93 472 57 75.
Tue-Thur, 10am-5.30pm. 12 €.
Reduced: 8 € Built by Gaudí in the late
19th century, this mansion belonged to
his main patron. The roof terrace is
the highlight, but the whole house is a
fascinating introduction to Gaudí’s
revolutionary use of materials and space.
Leisure
Aire de Barcelona, Arab Baths
(Pg. de Picasso, 22). M: Barceloneta
(L4) & Jaume I (L4). Mon-Thur: first
session: 10am. Fri, Sat & Sun: first
session, 8am. Wed, Thu, Fri. & Sat:
last session, midnight-2am.Aire de
Barcelona is in the Born, and recreates
a traditional hammam.
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Imax Port Vell
(Moll d’Espanya). M: Drassanes (L3)
& Barceloneta (L4). 93 225 11 11.
Check times and programme at www.
imaxportvell.com. 9.75 €. Put on your
glasses, and take a seat for the most
exciting virtual reality experience that
the latest 3-D technology can provide,
in Barcelona’s best-equipped largeformat
cinema.
G Experiència
(Larrard, 41). M: Lesseps (L3). 93 285
44 40. 10am-6pm. 9 €. Reduced: 7.5 €.
Only 150 yards from the steps of Park
Güell, you’ll find a doorway that takes
you inside the mind of Antoni Gaudí.
A fascinating interactive exhibition
designed to help you understand the
creative genius of Barcelona’s most
famous architect.
Tibidabo Funfair
(Plaça del Tibidabo, 3-4). T. 93 211 79
42. Wed-Sun, 12am-11pm. 25,20 €
(Those under 120cm, 9 €). With over a
hundred years of history, Tibidabo is
one of the oldest funfairs in the world,
featuring classic rides, old favourites
and brand new attractions to
guarantee an exciting day out.
Port Aventura
(Av. Alcalde Pere Molas. Km. 2. Vila
Seca (Tarragona)). Train: Port
Aventura. T. 977 779 000.
PortAventura is a theme park located
south of Barcelona, between Vila-seca
and Salou. Six themed zones
(Mediterranean, Far West, Mexico,
China, Polynesia & SésamoAventura)
occupy 119 hectares, with 30
attractions, 100 live processions daily,
75 places to eat and 27 craft and
souvenir shops.
Zoo de Barcelona
(Parc de la Ciutadella, s/n). M: Arc de
Triomf (L1) & Ciutadella/Vila
Olímpica (L4). T. 93 225 67 80. 1-15
Sept: 10-19 h. 16 Sept-29 d’octubre:
10-18 h. 17 €. Infantil (3-12 anys):
10.20 €. Barcelona Zoo, in Ciutadella
Park, has a 100-year history and is one
of the city’s best-loved attractions. At
present it houses 315 species and more
than 2,000 animals.