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Primavera Sound 2009 lineup Thursday 28th of May My Bloody Valentine, Aphex Twin, Yo La Tengo, The Jesus Lizard, Phoenix, Squarepusher, The Vaselines, Spectrum, Andrew Bird, Jay Reatard, Lightning Bolt, The Bats, Marnie Stern, Dead Meadow, Ponytail, Ebony Bones, Wooden Shjips, The Bug, Bowerbirds, Joe Crepúsculo y Los Destructores, Wavves, The Tallest Man On Earth, Women, Magik [...]

A Spanish historian has put the cat amongst the pigeons by stating that Christopher Columbus was actually a Scotsman called Pedro Scotto and not Italian or Catalan or even from Galicia as many people previously thought. Read the full post here on catalonia weblog Barcelona Apartments SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Christopher Columbus was actually a Scot called Pedro Scotto", url: [...]

Gaudi is one of the greatest figures in the history of Spanish and Catalan architecture. Seen as the genius of the Modernist movement his work was not only a product of the social context of the time, but also of his own personality and devotion to the culture of Catalonia. Read more about Gaudi here: Gaudi, the [...]

Woody Allen’s new film, announced as a romantic comedy, is far superior to the disastrous Match Point and Cassandra’s Dream (Scoop, his second London film, has yet to be shown here), but much inferior to his best work. It centres on the adventures of two broadly defined young Americans in Spain, film-maker and photographer Cristina [...]

Ever since Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympic Games it has become one of the most visited cities and a very popular tourist destination. Barcelona received huge sums of money from the European community and this helped with the infrastructure of the city and got it moving for the first time in years. Below I’ve noted [...]

Berlin is a cosmopolitan and multicultural city and as such, every year (since 1951) it celebrates one of the most important film festivals in the world: The Berlin International Film Festival, this year being its 59th edition. More than 19,000 film professionals from 120 different countries will gather in the German capital next February (5th [...]

I don’t know if anyone’s going to agree with me on this but the Barça v Real Madrid game wasn’t that much of a deal the other night. I mean, every Culé worth his salt was hoping for a 6 – O goalfest but it was not to be. I just hope Barcelona fans recognise that [...]

Most visitors here in Barcelona, Spain generally stay within the ancient city walls. But many of the more interesting cafés, shops, and architectural sites here are in the newer neighborhoods. It’s easy to get there, although it helps to have a guide who knows their way around. But anyone can do it using the ultra-modern  transit system. All [...]

Tapas are one of the most characteristic foods in the Spanish culinary culture. Some people assure that the tapa was born many years ago, when the Spanish king Alfonso 10th , known as the Wise,  had to eat small snacks between meals due to an illness. Another theory, which is quite realistic, tells [...]

by thebarcelonareporter Nothing in theaters at the moment is as pretty as Woody Allen’s latest comedy, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” which features not only the lens-cracking gorgeousness of Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson, but a saucy supporting performance by the city of Barcelona and its fanciful Antonio Gaudí architecture. Caught in a yellow light that [...]