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An enduring family-run dining room for traditional Catalan cooking in the Gothic Quarter.

The café that became the meeting room of Catalan modernisme opened on 12 June 1897 in the Casa Martí, a Puig i Cadafalch building in the Gothic Quarter. It lasted only six years in its first run, but in them it hosted Picasso's first solo exhibition and the circle around Rusiñol and Casas - and he drew its menu card.

Adif's Madrid–Barcelona high-speed line opened in full on 20 February 2008, cutting the 621km journey to about 2 hours 30 minutes and becoming the backbone of the AVE network that engineering crews are now upgrading for 350km/h running.

Casa de Bandini in Carlsbad. Published specials, menus and service conditions are shown in the restaurant details.

Nokia will reportedly announce the Nokia X (aka Normandy) Android device

Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas create experimental Mediterranean tasting menus.

Audi gave the fourth-generation A8 (D5) its world premiere at the Audi Summit in Barcelona on 11 July 2017, with a new design language, touchscreen controls and mild-hybrid drive; the 55 TFSI quattro makes 340 PS and 0-100 km/h in 5.6 s from EUR 93,500.

Microsoft unveiled the HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset at MWC Barcelona on 24 February 2019, priced at US$3,500 for enterprise customers with a wider field of view.

adidas announced on 26 February 2024 a long-term partnership with 16-year-old Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal, who becomes the only player besides Lionel Messi to wear Messi's 'Spark Gen10s' X Crazyfast boots; length and value were not disclosed.

FC Barcelona and Nike announced a new multi-year partnership on 9 November 2024, replacing the contract that ran to 2028; media report about EUR 1.7 billion over up to 14 years, to 2038, though the club called the terms confidential.

Isak Andic, the Turkish-born businessman who founded Mango in Barcelona in 1984 and built it into a global fashion retailer, died aged 71 after falling while hiking near the Coves del Salnitre de Collbató, outside Barcelona.

Actress Simone Ashley was named godmother and broke a Champagne bottle over the mast of Luminara, the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection's third superyacht, ahead of its maiden voyage from Monte Carlo to Rome.

Barcelona's basilica tops out its 172.5-metre central tower, making it the world's tallest church, timed for the centenary of Antoni Gaudí's death. Estimated date.

At MWC Barcelona 2026 Qualcomm unveiled the X105 5G Modem-RF, the first modem ready for 3GPP Release 19, with 14.8 Gbps peak downloads, video calls over satellite and the first 6 nm RF transceiver, for devices in the second half of 2026.

The world's largest seafood trade show held its 32nd edition in Barcelona with more than 35,500 visitors and 2,290 exhibiting companies from 85 countries, both records for the event.

Primavera Sound's 24th Barcelona edition sold out for a second straight year and drew 287,000 people to Parc del Fòrum, but heavy rain and 80 km/h winds cancelled Thursday's sets by Doja Cat, Massive Attack and Bad Gyal.

On 14 June 2026 Lewis Hamilton won the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix by 19.561 seconds, his first victory for Ferrari, ending Mercedes' unbeaten start to the 2026 season.

Oliver Peña and Cristina Losada’s market-driven Catalan restaurant near the Mercat del Ninot.

A lively counter and dining room serving market-led tapas close to La Rambla.

HPE's flagship European conference comes to Fira Barcelona Gran Via on 2-3 December 2026, opening with Antonio Neri's keynote and running networking, cloud and AI programmes with hundreds of demos.

Regent Seven Seas' 77,000-ton Seven Seas Prestige departs Barcelona on 13 December 2026 on a 14-night transatlantic crossing to Miami, opening a 13-cruise inaugural season.

Chery and its Spanish partner Ebro said they expect to begin producing Chery-brand Omoda and Jaecoo models at the former Nissan plant in Barcelona's Zona Franca at the end of 2026 or early 2027, after repeated delays from a 2024 start.

The GSMA's Mobile World Congress returns to Fira Gran Via for four days, with the organisers expecting more than 100,000 attendees from the connectivity industry.

The world's largest seafood trade show returns to Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue for three days after a record 2026 edition with more than 35,500 visitors.

Primavera Sound's next Barcelona edition runs from 3 to 5 June 2027 at the seafront Parc del Fòrum, after two straight sell-outs, with its Primavera Pro industry conference from 2 June.