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Barcelona
Barcelona is Spain’s misfit child. Your first taste of this sun-baked city’s waywardness will come upon you the first time you hear Catalan spoken instead of Castilian (Spanish). The city’s unfinished church, La Sagrada Família (the Sacred Family), is further proof. Unlike the Gothic masterworks of Madrid or Seville, Barcelona’s massive church-in-progress resembles a drip castle made with wet sand. Its designer, the iconoclastic artist Antoni Gaudí, left other marks on the city, such as his phantasmagorical, highly photographed Parc Guell. But of course, Gaudí was not Barcelona’s only artist. Picasso’s work can be found here too, from his art student sketches to his final works. Yet in a twist that is quintessentially Barcelonan, the inventive spirit of the city has most recently manifested itself in the highly creative cuisine bubbling out of the kitchens of Barcelona’s cutting-edge chefs. Enter these food laboratories and prepare to ingest foams, mousses, and delicious concoctions of every variety. Barcelona’s ultimate paradox may be that despite its idiosyncrasies, it is still a very Spanish city. Siestas are widely observed, and typical evenings begin in traditional fashion, with a sunset stroll down La Rambla. Meals are taken late, and the nightlife pounds on until sunrise. Barcelona’s unconventional vitality will test your conceptions of Spanish culture, which may be the best reason to go.
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- address: Plaça de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona 08013
- telephone: +34 934366933
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Museum / Gallery2. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
- address: Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona 08038
- telephone: +34 933291908
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- address: Plaça de la Seu, Barcelona 08002
- telephone: +34 933151554
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- website: http://www.bcn.es/turisme/english/turisme/welcome.htm
- population: 1,605,602
- area: 100.4 km²
- time zone: GMT +1
- languages: Spanish and Catalan
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lzinnagl2008-06-22habe dort mal studiert und mich in diese stadt verliebt. verkehr ist leider einer chaos in der stadt selbst, aber die möglichkeiten an nachtleben, kunst, fotografie und essen sind grenzenlos. kein wunder dass die AA maschinen von new york nach barcelona immer mit reichen upper east side kiddies voll sind und die in barcelona mal europäisches leben fühlen möchten.
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