Coros
Joy. Tradition. Feeling. Music… Much more than a party. They are the Coros, the most deeply rooted celebration of the neighborhood. A spectacle! GET TO KNOW THE COROS Why Coros Muts? Because it is no longer sung, as it was originally. When? Departure parade on the Saturday before the Pentecost and the return and procession […]
70 years in Barceloneta
«From the Somorrostro to the beach, her star has gone out. Her wall collapsed, like the wall of Jericho… Carmen, Carmen, Carmen… Carmen! … Carmen gypsy born of a vine shoot and a coral…» This is how in 1963 people bid farewell to the flamenco singer Carmen Amaya, born in Somorrostro … unknowingly, a premonition […]
Surprising things that happen in Barceloneta
The watchman who whispered poetry. At the Moll de la Fusta, boards and planks are piled up in front of the docked cargo ships. It is a dark night and a young watchman named Joan paces up and down, in times of narrow economies and long shifts. He earns 4 pesetas a day, but the […]
Campus Mar prepares the 25th anniversary of its oldest degree program
This September at the Campus Mar of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra will be special. We will start the 25th year of the degree in Human Biology. A degree that, since its beginning, has wanted to explain Biology with a strong focus on Medicine. 25 years and more than 900 students later, the studies continue with […]
Traditional cuisine can also be daring
In Palomino you will find a cuisine that respects tradition combined with a modern twist that makes it a daring, rogue-like tavern. In a neighbourhood of seafood cuisine, Palomino is committed to ensuring these local dishes coexist with other traditional recipes, the flavors of which many will remember from other times or other places. For […]
Historical memory
Discover the two historical memories. «Memory of the dock. History and daily life of fishing in Barceloneta» From June 13 to July 27. Inauguration: Tuesday June 13, at 12:30h Barceloneta is a peninsula that has been linked to the port, industry, and leisure since its origins. Despite the disappearance of this industry, the activities linked […]
1st historical memory short story contest
The first La Garba short story contest has already taken place. Nine stories which will be published in a compilation book have been selected, six written in Catalan and three in Spanish. As the contest was announced, all the stories have a connection to Barceloneta. All the stories cover a wide time span of the […]
Can Ros
A restaurant with maritime soul. Origins Founded by Ramón Cid Ripollès in 1908 as a tavern, in its beginnings sold wine in bulk from different origins (Gandesa, Alella, Priorat…), oil and other groceries. They also had a coffee roaster, filled the siphons, and dispatched the ice for the refrigerators. After a hard Civil War and […]
Flagship Businesses
On June 7, a session was held at the European Parliament to support the protection and valorisation of emblematic stores in Europe. MEPs Pina Picierno, vice-president of the Parliament, Marcos Ros and Massimiliano Smeriglio, from the Culture Committee and promoters of the meeting, and Louise Haxthausen, director of the UNESCO Office in Brussels, highlighted the […]
Fisherman’s neighborhood seafood cuisine
To talk about the gastronomy of Barceloneta is to talk about a basically fisherman’s cuisine. It is a neighbourhood where the men went out daily to fish and the women were in charge of placing the fish in «pilas», which were column-shaped piles with the recently caught fish and seafood assortment, or in «capazos» (baskets). […]
Bronze in the Champions League. Bacallà, sec, sec!
Once again, the Mariner Club has done it. A few days ago, the club managed to make podium in the most important Water polo club competition in the world, the Champions League in Belgrade. The bronze medal tasted like gold due to the fantastic trajectory of the team this season. They have won all the […]
«La Barceloneta was, is and will be pure seafood gastronomy»
Rachid Zahi Saddouki, Entrepreneur in the restaurant sector. Born in the South of Morocco, 53 years old, although you cannot really tell, thanks to his modern image. He arrived in Barcelona when he was 19 years old and has always been linked to the restaurant business, starting in the kitchen, and ending up as an […]
Improving the sustainability of the facilities
MB92 Barcelona joins forces with the company Océano Ecoestructuras to take a new step towards sustainable improvement. Oceano Ecoestructuras provides solutions to offset the negative impacts of marine infrastructures by implementing nature-based solutions that reinforce the fight against climate change and restore the marine environment. The project at MB92 consists of 10 LBU (Life Boosting […]
The health of the neighbourhood
Teresa Darriba, a neighbour and a customer. Welcome to the new health section of our neighbourhood magazine. The Miró Pharmacy begins this collaboration with Essència Barceloneta, where health issues and news of interest will be discussed. To inaugurate this section, Toni Miró, fourth generation of pharmacists in the neighbourhood, has interviewed Teresa Darriba, an eighty-three-year-old […]
Get to know the sea in order to love it
El Centro de la Playa, environmental education space. The Global Ocean is home to more than 200,000 known species (and a minimum of 2,000,000 unknown), which are an essential ecosystem for the functioning of the planet Earth, climate, and atmosphere, are a source of food and resources for humanity and a treasure for its very […]
Passion for surfing Helena Ribas, espai de Mar
Helena defines herself as a girl of the sea. And when you are born in Barceloneta and learn to walk practically on the sand of the beach, it is easy to get hooked on the saltpetre and, in her case, to become passionate about surfing. I fell in love with surfing. It was a crush. […]
That little boy on the first board Jordi Forner, «El Bolas»
When we didn’t know what surfing was in Barceloneta, a brat of just 8 years old attracted attention by holding his balance on a board on the waves. It was Jordi Forner, «El Bolas», and it was 1986. The board was made for me by my father in his workshop. He had been in Long […]
It is not California, it is la Barceloneta
The European city that sells more neoprene per year is called Barcelona. They don’t practice it, they live it. Because, as they say, surfing is more than a sport, it is a way of life, an art that is expressed by riding a board on the waves. The feeling of catching one and feeling the […]
What’s the origin of the Barceloneta’s coros?
There are many theories about the origins of the Barceloneta Coros: that they come from the Caramelles, that it was Anselm Clavè who founded them….. but what is the truth in all this? The festival of Les Caramelles It is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus in heaven. It is a feast with rural […]
Los Coros. One must feel it
One must feel it. “A festival like the Coros could only exist here. Barceloneta is so much Barceloneta. I have been coming out here for more than 40 years». Julio Emperador. 52 y.o. ACH La Festa. “It is a feeling. If you don’t feel it, you can’t understand it. It is the tradition of […]
17 coros
Thanks and remembrance. We would like to thank the Coros Coordinator Selena Carpio Jerez, Eduard Isaac Peidró and Alex Martín Navarro, for the information and facilities, and of course, to all the people who kindly agreed to be photographed. We also wanted to pay a special tribute to all the family, friends and colleagues who have […]
The hidden port
The port of our city keeps a lot of things jealously hidden, like images, places, smells, sounds, trades, and activities that keep other places – the recreational ones – isolated, but to which the visitors and the public in general have access. Some artists with their brushes, others with their cameras, and most of us […]
Anna Castillo Ferré, actress
People who are worthwhile, like Anna who, as the song by Los Secretos said, «I become normal once I get off every stage». She’s a sweetheart. This has been the case in all the interviews that have been done in this section. Initially we look for the character because of their recognised professional prestige and […]
As if you were sailing. The AC Experience comes to Port Vell
Barcelona, Port of Barcelona, former home of the IMAX, about to be transformed into the AMERICA’S CUP EXPERIENCE. We are with Eric Ordóñez, one of the people in charge of the project. Rarely have we had an event of the magnitude of the America’s Cup (AC) so close to Barceloneta, and we could say, in […]
The Port Vell begins a profound transformation with a total of 19 initiatives
The Port Vell of the Port of Barcelona will receive more than 120 million euros of public and private investment in the next few months, corresponding to 19 initiatives that will significantly transform this port-city area. These 19 projects, which are being carried out between 2023 and 2024, will modify the physiognomy of the most […]
Turn the sea into your profession
The Institut de Nàutica de Barcelona (INB) is a public centre for integrated vocational training, specialising in nautical sports and leisure, located in Barceloneta. We train and qualify sea professionals through regulated, continuous and occupational training. RANGE OF TRAINING: Lifesaving and lifeguarding Sport diving Sailing with fixed and free apparatus Canoeing in calm waters Sports […]
#TechBcn4Women
Tech Barcelona launches the Working Group TechBcn – 4Women. Tech Barcelona launches the Working Group TechBcn – 4Women, a working group to connect companies and women’s associations that are working in favour of female talent in the tech sector, and to accompany them in the creation of joint projects that accelerate the achievement of parity […]
Accompanying patients on how to use the new telemedicine tools
The Hospital del Mar has launched a digital education project, a pioneering experience to accompany patients and thus guarantee everyone access to telemedicine. The pandemic accelerated a trend in healthcare: the growing use of telemedicine tools to monitor patients and avoid trips to health centres. But the irruption of new technologies brings with it the […]
Our traditions
Traditions are those specific customs of each society that are maintained, learned, and passed from generation to generation. These manifestations are a valuable part of our cultural legacy, of our history. Some are lost due to a lack of follow-up, lack of support, simply because of distraction or because they are mistakenly considered outdated. Others […]