When leading teams is in your genes
Belén Martín (1973), is a Board Member of EVOLUTION YACHTS, SL, From a swimmer to director. We have been told that from the moment you «got out» of the pool, your career has been exciting. I started swimming when I was 4 years old with Mr. Paco at the Liceo Palcam until my brothers and […]
It was “the bomba”!
Great public attendance at the 2nd edition of the Barceloneta Tast. Barceloneta is the Bomba. From October 1 to 30, a new edition of the Bomba de la Barceloneta Gastronomic Route was held. A tribute to this unique gastronomic whim born in Barceloneta. On the Bomba Gastronomic Route, with its «Bomba + Drink» offer, the […]
Barceloneta writes #2
Recommendations for Autumn After summer, when the evenings are longer, we spend more time at home. It is at this time of year when a good book will also help us get through the hours of darkness. On this occasion, we recommend a couple of titles in which our neighbourhood, Barceloneta, is the protagonist. «The […]
The secret of El Negre de la Riba
It was in the middle of the 19th century, one of those afternoons when the day was already at an end, when those who were drinking some throat-scorching “barrechas” in one of the stalls open on the slope of the wall in front of the quay, which they called “pudas” because of the rotten stench they emitted, saw an unbound brigantine arrive, very old, looking as if it wanted to die.
Innovation is in Tech Barcelona
With the headquarters at the Palau de Mar, Tech Barcelona is an independent, non-profit association that works to consolidate Barcelona as a technology and digital hub of international reference. Created in 2013, it currently represents more than 1,200 companies from all sectors and technologies; its members are entrepreneurs, founders, executives and investors. It also has […]
Ta-ka-tá, Barcelona’s only indigenous sport
Barceloneta beach was once again witness to a unique birth: the Ta-ka-ta. A sport that was invented in 1915 by a group of swimmers from the Club Natació Atlètic to keep fit in the winter months when the sea water and the swimming pool, at that time uncovered and of course not heated, were not […]
The tapas bars our grandparents used to go to
In Barceloneta we can still find establishments where not much time has passed. Tapas bars, heirs to the taverns and pudas* that originated in the neighbourhood. Preserved by their current owners, some of them are still going strong, some with decades or more than 50 years, respecting in many cases their original name and their […]
Goodbye summer, hello skincare
Ageing is a biological process that begins at conception and ends at death. It is an eminently progressive phenomenon that depends on the nature of the tissues, conditioned by age itself and certain metabolic alterations. Skin ageing is associated with intrinsic senescence and skin alterations related to sun exposure, functional and morphological changes, habits, smoking […]
Mr. Rector, we want the cannon!
It is celebrated in honour of Saint Miquel (29th September) and begins on the neighbourhood’s main festival. Although it is also held on the following Saturday, when the children have a school holiday. Parades. General Lagarto, a Napoleonic general (now also accompanied by a Napoleonic Tadpole) shoots out cannon shots of sweets, which children pick […]
Diverse Barceloneta
We weave complicity for equality in diversity! Let’s build Barceloneta together for everyone. The Barceloneta Diversa community project represents an opportunity to highlight the cultural richness of the neighbourhood, giving more visibility and space to the different existing cultural traditions. The aim is to break cultural stereotypes and combat racism, while defending the right to […]
Music as therapy
The Hospital del Mar studies the benefits of music therapy in patients admitted to the ICU. To test how music as a therapy applied to patients admitted to the ICU helps their evolution is the aim of the study that has just been launched by the Intensive Care Department of the Hospital del Mar in […]
America’s Cup 2024
Barcelona, once again a world sporting protagonist. Barcelona will host the 37th America’s Cup in September and October 2024, making it the first venue in the world to host both an Olympic Games (held in 1992) and an America’s Cup. The America’s Cup is, after the Summer Olympics and the World Cup, the most followed […]
Lázaro Rivademar
From Barceloneta to Dubai, passing through half of the world Husband, father, son, brother and friend of his friends. Citizen of the world. Senior executive leading business projects in several countries. Tireless traveller who tries to enjoy every stage of the journey, living every moment with passion. Passion, Preparation and Effort is his recipe to […]
Barcelona is ill
«Iconophilia», exactly as it sounds, our city is iconophilic, and there seems to be no intention of finding a remedy to cure it. Since the 1992 Olympics, when the twin towers (Hotel Arts and the Mapfre Tower) were erected, our city has entered a competitive maelstrom, with the geniuses of design constantly erecting towers of […]
Invest in cinema… and get your money back!
Diego Rodríguez, founder and CEO of La Charito Films, a company specialized in financing films and shows Ever since I was a child living in La Barceloneta with my family, I have always liked going to the cinema. When I was young, I started working as a stockbroker and, whenever I could, I would take […]
Commitment to the cleanliness of our waters
Dron on patrol SB100 As a key pillar of their 5-year Sustainability Plan launched in 2021, MB92 Barcelona are committed to improving the water quality in and around the Barceloneta facilities. Following successful trials, an agreement was reached with a local company, GPASeabots, to use their SB100 Cleaner to collect and clear material waste and […]
More than 40 years as a net-maker
Eliseo Vicente Albiol, «Lise» (1965) Avi Tonet´s Apprentice. Eliseo Vicente Albiol, «Lise» (1965), a native of Barceloneta, grandson of Avi Tonet who taught him to mend the nets of the family boat, the Maireta II, when he was 16 years old. This is how he earned «the first pesetas for my expenses» while learning the […]
The first announcements in the neighbourhood
“Good quality leeches are available” Since its beginnings in 1753, Barceloneta has been an active neighbourhood full of anecdotes and curiosities. Its links with the main commercial centre and gateway to the city, the Port, conditioned both the type of residents who settled here and the activity that took place there. A combination that makes […]
It’s time to give our thanks!
The beginnings of a project are not usually easy. But at Essència Bareloneta we have been lucky enough to have the company and support of more people than we had imagined. They, all of you and you personally, are largely to “blame” for making a project that was originally more emotional than rational possible. That’s […]