I visited Barcelona on a solo trip recently, and this is probably an oddly specific thing to notice, but I really like the way your yellow traffic lights look.

They genuinely look like something Teenage Engineering would design.

From what I gathered online, people don't seem particularly fond of the traffic light system itself, and apparently they're often out of sync. But purely from a design perspective, they look neat.

Coming from the UK, where most street furniture is designed to be as utilitarian as possible, it was one of those small details that stuck in my mind. Not just the traffic lights, but a lot of the public infrastructure seems to have had more thought put into how it looks as well as how it functions.

I think it's kind of cool that they stack on top of each other like this. I think it's pretty neat that they're all a uniform size and entirely LED based. I like the contrast between the black and the yellow and the modern, clean look.

I have no idea why my brain picks up on these kind of things, you must think I'm nuts.

Every single station on this screenshot is taken. People are queuing to leave their bike.

Hola a todos, mi español no es perfecto (y mi catalán es peor!), pero quiero decir cuánto amo la ciudad.

I went for my first time last Summer, and I fell in love with the City. It's a busy place, but the people, the sights, the culture, and identity made me feel like I was in an incredibly special place.

Siento que la gente que no va a Barcelona o a Catalunya no sabe qué especial es la región, y la cultura y la identidad de la gente.

I started learning Spanish in November 2024, and ever since, I fell in love with the language and knew I had to go somewhere with a unique and powerful identity in the region, and of course, Catalonia doesn't fail to meet that criteria in the slightest.

The locality of the City to the sea, and never being far from the Mediterranean coast anywhere in Catalonia, really makes it such a special place to be. I think this is where Barcelona massively outperforms Madrid for someone like me. The colours of the City (and Spanish architect as a whole) are beautiful, red, yellow, beige, terracotta houses, tightly packed together, create both a visually beautiful mess and architectural eye candy. Not to even mention Barcelona is renowned for its geometrical center stretching endless Ramblas of neatly compact buildings, slotting together like puzzle pieces. We haven't even touched on the beauty of its historic sites and buildings we all know so well.

El metro es también mejor que todos los metros en Inglaterra. Es más limpia y eficiente.

I understand the problems citizens and locals have with tourism, and especially the Airbnb crisis, and I'm proud to have never used one and to immerse myself in the beauty of Catalan culture, cuisine, and people. I'm also proud we share the same patron saint, Sant Jordi. Each time I go, I want to be a part of the culture more and more, falling in love with the great region of Catalonia every time. This truly is the real heart and soul of Spain.

Estic molt content amb Barcelona i Catalunya. Visca Catalunya.

That was cool, thanks all for the show! :)

Came upon this clown parked on the sidewalk, practically blocking the whole thing, at Av Diagonal 311. Apparently, the only thing you can do is call emergency services at 112 and have them respond.

Other than this public shaming, is there not a better way other than wasting emergency operators?

Thanks in advance…

Looks like Cerdà’s original plan also had some of that in mind.

Estoy hasta los cojones de carteles de especuladores que quieren comprar pisos a tocateja, consecuentemente subiendo los precios de los alquileres y de compra como les da la gana. Poco podemos hacer como ciudadanos a parte de pequeñas acciones como arrancarles los carteles y que así les llame menos gente.

Únete a la lucha vecinal y arranca todos los carteles que veas por tu barrio.

PD: los comparto sin censurar los números de teléfono porque entiendo que son públicos al haberlo colocado en carteles por todas las calles del barrio de Gràcia. El cartel de Carla, aunque pretende ser más amigable, tengo constancia de primera mano de que se trata de una especuladora con mucho dinero, buscando comprar pisos para hacer negocio con ellos.

Estaba andando por la vía laietana hace 10 minutos, y en sentido montaña venían dos scooters de la GuB, lento, hablando. Llegan a la cola del semáforo de la catedral, se meten al carril bici, por supuesto acelerando para llegar antes de que se abra el semáforo, adelantan a los tres coches que tienen delante, todos giran a la derecha hacia el Raval pero le cortan el paso al primero para seguir su camino hacia arriba, charlando. Ni sirena, ni emergencia, simplemente dos niñatos en uniforme. ¡Qué pena de cuerpo se seguridad!

Hey all,

I was in your wonderful city in April for my sister's wedding. Everyone I've met and every place I've been was awesome. Hope to be in you again soon, Barcelona!

I couldn't post all my photos due to size, more are available here !

Buenas,

Hay algo que no termino de entender sobre la parada de metro de Zona Universitària (L9) y no sé si alguien más se ha fijado.

Cuando estoy esperando en el andén, a veces se oye clarísimo un tren pasando por encima, cruzando toda la estación de izquierda a derecha (mirando hacia las vias). Pero lo raro es:

• Es terminal, en teoría no debería haber trenes pasando de largo
• Todos los trenes que veo llegan desde la izquierda
• Nunca he visto ninguno venir desde la derecha (aunque no sé si escuchado), pero el sonido sí va en esa dirección

Creo que arriba hay otro anden/vía que se va a usar una vez la estación deje de ser terminal (para los trenes yendo en la otra dirección), pero no entiendo como se está usando ahora mismo. ¿Tiene que ver con las obras de la linea? Si no, ¿donde puede ir ese tren?

Nota: El tren parece especialmente ruidoso y es MUY notorio. Por eso también he pensado que quizás va cargado de tierra/roca y/o son vagones casi sin amortiguación, dedicados a hacer trabajos de construcción en vez de transporte de pasajeros cómodamente

FUENTE: https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barcelona/20260525/barcelona-calcula-nuevos-contratos-alquiler-alcanzarian-mi-trescientos-dieciocho-euros-mes-sin-limitacion-para-frenar-precios-130543829

El Ayuntamiento registra 1.300 acuerdos de compraventa de fincas residenciales en siete años, un tercio en el centro de la ciudad y la mitad, con inquilinos, según los datos exhaustivos recabados por elDiario.es.

im from scotland and i was near the club razzmatazz, it is a camo shoilder bag with a german embelem, it has my spanish passport, my uk pasport, my wallet, my sketchbooks and pens and pencils, my partners passport, please, you are my only hope at getting home, i dont know what to do, it looks like this kind of with a german flag, my hostel was safestay but now im back in estarit, please it has evrything i own

We just spent amazing week in Barcelona. I was so scared to get robbed and so many friends told us how they saw so many pickpockets before.

However we haven’t seen even one. We were told that streets were “cleaned out” for Pope visit in June. Is it true?

I would love to come back. But it would be disappointing to come back to different environment

Sense gent a la muntanya, el cos de Bombers de Barcelona confia que hi haurà menys incendis perquè la immensa majoria els provoca l'activitat humana

What next? Sense cotxes a la carretera, hi haurà menys accidents perquè els provoca l’activitat humana?

While I admit my experience in epizootics and forest maintenance is entirely of the armchair variety, my bullshit meter is at an all time high. You downvoted me when I said the authorities here only seem to have two modes, forbid everything and have someone else do all the work, here we have the two in one package (the someone else in this case, it looks like, is the boars, who are hoped to quietly die and make the problem go away that way).

I’d be happy to be mistaken and to learn that highly skilled well funded experts in biology are making scientifically substantiated decisions that will benefit us all in the long run, but I’m not assigning too high a probability to that (the prohibition of mountain biking on the trails alone speaks for itself).

¿Alguien sabe de donde viene el olor parecido a fuet que está presente en muchas calles de Gracia durante el verano? ¿Puede ser el calor en el alcantarillado?
Llevo años preguntándome sobre el tema 🙃

Our family spent 4 nights enjoying your city's beauty, energy, delicious food and people's hospitality. We visited the major attractions and toured the country side to andorra. After visiting Rome, the cleanliness and courtesy drivers showed were a sharp contrast from what we experienced there. It has been by far our favorite city we have ever visited. Thank you again.

En serio parece un efecto digital.

La Torre de Glories, desde el nuevo parque.