Barcelona and its people. Barcelona and Kevin

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Name: Kevin
Profession: Architecture student
Age: 20

Lives in Barcelona: Since I was born.
What do you like the most in the city:The january cold!
How do you move around the city: Either underground, bus and bike.
A place to get lost: Gràcia.
A place to go out or have a drink: Bar Casablanca (Dos de Maig, 277).
A perfect sunday morning: Walking anywhere with wet streets because of the day before rain.
Your highlight: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB, Barcelona Contemporary Culture Center).

JYJ Holds First Concert in Barcelona

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On the night of October 29, the sky was filled with JYJ’s beautiful harmony in Barcelona. In response, the roar of 3,000 wide-eyed fans was heard as well. This was the day JYJ kicked off their tour in Europe. The audience was unable to hide their excitement all throughout the impressive opening performance due to JYJ’s powerful vocals and moderated dance moves in Poble Espanyol. Read more…

Source: Soompi

Volta Barcelona electric motorcycle on sale in Q2 2012

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Your all-electric motorcycle options are getting more and more plentiful these days, and it looks like you’ll soon have yet another option consider. Volta Motorbikes officially announced its new Volta BCN motorcycle. It will be available in three different models — the BCN Sport, BCN City, and BCN My Volta — each of which pack the same 35 horsepower and 70 kilometer range, but have various other tweaks to suit different tastes (with the My Volta being customizable through an online ordering tool). Read more…

Source: Engadget

Barcelona and its people. Barcelona and Gemma

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Name: Gemma
Profession: Psychologist
Age: 23

Lives in Barcelona: Since I started my university degree.
What do you like the most in the city:  The wide variety of culture (art, cinema, theatre,music) offers the 365 days of the year.
How do you move around the city: By tube, walking and Bycing.
A place to get lost: The neighborhood of Gràcia, especially Verdi Street.
A place to go out or have a drink: Heliogàbal, a live music bar.
A perfect sunday morning: Take a hot chocolate with fritters in Petritxol street.
Your highlight: La Pedrera (Gaudí)

Win a trip to Barcelona

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To celebrate easyJet now flying to Barcelona airport six times daily from London Gatwick, 50 lucky Metro readers this week will each win a pair of return flights to the cultural city. Whether you’re travelling for business or leisure, easyJet provides the best choice for convenient and affordable access to Barcelona and lots of other popular destinations. And as the airport’s largest airline, easyJet now flies to 93 routes from London Gatwick. Read more…

Source: Metro

Barcelona study: Strawberries protect the stomach from alcohol

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Researchers at the University of Barcelona (UB) have found out that eating strawberries protects the stomach mucous membrane from alcohol harm. Strawberries could therefore be a solution for improving the treatment of stomach ulcers.The experiment was carried on rats and the results were published in the open access journal Plos One. Read more…

Source: News on Wall

International Boat Show of Barcelona 50th Edition

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The Barcelona International Boat Show, the biggest in Spain and one of the most important in Europe, is celebrating a very special event —its 50th anniversary. The show will be featuring numerous new products, plus leisure, sporting and cultural ideas to commemorate this great event for the nautical industry and lovers of the sea. The exhibition is opened 5–13 November at the Gran Via and Port Vell exhibition centres. Read more…

Source: Salón Náutico

Telefónica to provide Barcelona city with 4G broadband internet access in 2012

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4G broadband wireless Internet access will be offered throughout Barcelona in 2012 by Telefónica, when the first phones with this technology go on the market. The Spanish telecommunications multinational company will offer 100 Mbps broadband to allow 4G devices to work in any place of the city in 2012 through Movistar -its brand for phone-related technology. This change multiplies the current average speed of 7 Mbps by 14. Currently, 4G broadband Internet can be accessed through 4G USB devices only in very specific places in Barcelona, specifically prepared for such capacity, such as trade fairs, conference centres or El Prat Airport. Read more…

Source: Catalan News Agency

IN-EDIT BEEFEATER 2011 in Barcelona

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The best music documentaries in a festival to be held in Barcelona between 27 October and 6 November. The ninth edition of the Beefeater In-Edit Festival, which brings the best music documentaries to the big screen. On this occasion, 45 new films will be presented within a programme of high quality and great variety and the director Murray Lerner will be honoured. Read more…

Source: Glady’s Palmera

Clock changes in Barcelona

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Autumn is back in Barcelona. This means that, as every year at this days, we change the time in our clocks. So remember to make the change you too on Sunday night. When local daylight time is about to reach at Saunday 30th October 2011, 3:00:00 clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Saunday 30th October 2011, 2:00:00 local standard time instead. Read more…

Source: Time and date