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Barcelona - Spotted by Locals
http://Barcelona.SpottedbyLocals.com
Barcelona cityblog with travel tips from real locals.
We hope to contribute a bit to a better world: experiencing a city the local way is good for intercultural understanding, and good for the world!
Recent Posts
Big Bang Bar – The indie music temple!
This is one of the few centrally located places open for live performances of emerging bands in Barcelona! It was opened in 1992, the year of the Olympic games, big hotels and huge impersonal malls. Fortunately it was also understood that the bohemi...
Apolo – Nasty mondays with naughty DJs
Partying the whole night long just beginning the week might sounds quite irreverent, but it happens every Monday in Apolo. It’s in the tiny and fragile border that separates mainstream clubs from the underground indie scenery, but still not th...
Marula Cafe – Feel the groove
Actually this is more a club than a cafe. A pleasure dome filled with cheerful black music that combines elements of house, disco, funk, soul, hip-hop and rare grooves. It has the perfect atmosphere to reach the state of being completely carried awa...
Moog – Between mass cult club and den of iniquity
There are things that don’t depend on the eyes of the beholder. Red is red no matter who might claim it’s otherwise. Even though music might be a little relative to one’s taste, at some point pride and prejudice should allow us to ...
Xampanyeria Can paixano – lust shaped as rose cava!
Founded in 1969, Can Paixano still keeps the atmosphere of a traditional sailor’s tavern. Its a place to enjoy a wide range of sandwiches and tapas as an excuse to drink the tasty rose cava (sparkling wine). They don’t serve you alcohol ...
Parc de l’Estació del Nord – Land art for flirting
Before 1985 there were the ugly railways, as if the city was stabbed to death and was losing its bowels, but then an enlightened and visionary soul started turning it into a relaxing space. This piece of Gaudian art was finished in 1991 by Beverly P...

