Free City WiFi | Barcelona
WELCOME TO BARCLEONA WiFi What is Barcelona WiFi? Barcelona WiFi is a free city service that allows you to connect to the Internet through WiFi access points, or hotspots, located in various plazas and municipalities. “The City Council provides the Barcelona WiFi Service with the aim of encouraging city access to the Internet and helping [...]
Barcelona in Progress | Glories Park
Barcelona in Progress The proposed Glories Plaza will be a new point of centrality of the Catalan capital of Barcelona. The future plaza-park is located at the junction of three major axis in the city, the main thoroughfares of Barcelona (Gran Via, Diagonal and Meridiana). The existing Glories ‘Eye’ or elevated roadway has been a [...]
Barcelona 22@
Barcelona 22@ 22@Barcelona is building a new compact city, where the most innovative companies co-exist with research, training and tech transfer centers, as well as housing (4,000 new subsidized residences), facilities (145,000 m2 of land) and green areas (114,000 m2). The 22@Barcelona plan aims to renovate the industrial land of Poblenou in order to create [...]
Presidential Study Abroad
“I’d like to find new ways to connect young Americans to young people all around the world, by supporting opportunities to learn new languages … and study. That’s always been a critical part of how America engages the world … Simple exchanges can break down walls between us, for when people come together and speak [...]
Hotel Barcelo Exclusive 15%
15% Exclusive Discount with Advance Booking With UrbanBuddy, get many more perks at the Barcelo Raval. Enjoy free room upgrades, BBox meals and BLounge VIP! Barcelo.com always provides the best offers and the lowest Rate Online, guaranteed for the hotel Barceló Raval. It is strategically situated in the heart of the city, in el Raval, the most [...]
Halloween Barcelona 2011
(‘The Kiss of Death’ Cemetery de Poble Nou, Photo: Paul Brogna) “Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress up like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” -Lindsay Lohan We couldn’t agree more Lindsay! This is the definitive guide to Halloween in Barcelona including the best parties, costume stores, pumpkins [...]
W Barcelona
• 10,000€/ night Penthouse Extreme Wow Suite • Lounge at the beachfront pool and bar • the ‘Great Room,’ Spain’s largest open space ball room (1.000 sqm / 11.000 sf) • the Bravo Restaurant, the signature restaurant by Carlos Abellán • the original 1964 sketch of the structure by Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill • the exclusive [...]
the MEGA Tavern
If German styled entertainment is more your bag then your in luck (you don’t even have to travel to Munich to get it). We know of a place right here in Barcelona- an old factory, renovated and made into the largest ‘bar’ in the city. It’s a great place to meet foreigners and shoot some [...]
Amazing Lineup for Workshop
Off Campus [workshop] Website (click here) Check out the recently updated lineup of architects, designers and skyscrapers in the program for the Off Campus [workshop]. [Program] Day 1, Oct. 18th –The City and District Location: IaaC, Poble Nou, Gothic Quarter 1) Presentation: Workshop Opening / IaaC Master’s of Advanced Architecture 2) Lecture: History and Development of Barcelona into the 22@ [...]
IaaC Open Thesis Fabrication
UrbanBuddy is proud to support the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya. Open Lecture IAAC is pleased to invite you to the Inauguration of its New Educational Program: Open Thesis Fabrication September 13th 17.00h Presentation:Vicente Guallart, Marta Malé-Alemany, Luis Fraguada, Areti Markopoulou 18.00h Lecture:Jose Mariano Lopez Urdiales ¨ZERO 2 INFINITY¨ , www.0ll00.com Address: C/ Pujades, 81, 08005 [...]
UrbanBuddy Worthwhile
It is my pleasure to recommend UrbanBuddy for their services during my visit to Barcelona, Spain. Through their kind-hearted spirit and area of expertise, they made my European vacation an experience I will never forget. Although I have been to Europe before, I was unaware of everything Barcelona had to offer. UrbanBuddy, allowed me to [...]
Special esf alumni event
Richard Hawks, FASLA, Professor and Chair and the ESF Alumni Association cordially invites you to attend an ESF alumni reception in conjunction with the American Society of Landscape Architects 2010 annual meeting. This alumni event will be for ESF alumni, students and guests and will precede the larger all-university alumni gathering. There will be a presentation [...]
Gaudi Day Barcelona
Start with: Sagrada Familia Sagrada Familia Take the purple Metro line (L2) to stop: Sagrada Familia, and exit the station through the Carrer de Provença / Carrer de la Marina portal. When you get to the top of the stairs, turn around and stand in awe of the towering structure before you. It’s pretty rare to [...]
Street Festival Nou Barris
The 2010 Nou Barris neighborhood festival is one of the largest outdoor parties of the year in Barcelona (second to the famous Fiesta Major in Gracia). It’s currently underway (May 21 0 30) and will be celebrating all weekend. Where is Nou Barris you may wonder? Since it’s nowhere near the center we’d be surprised if [...]
Barclays in Barcelona
There are many options for taking out money as a visitor in Barcelona. If you have a foreign ATM card you should check with your card provider to see if you can withdraw cash from a partnering bank without added fees. HSBC for example, is one bank that partners with Barclays Bank allowing you to [...]
SOM BlackBox Studio and UrbanBuddy
UrbanBuddy is excited to announce the addition of SOM BlackBox (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP) to the urbanFAB [workshop]. SOM BlackBox will contribute their knowledge and expertise to the urbanFAB local mentor network in Chicago, as well as provide a tour of the BlackBox Studio for all urbanFAB Chicago participants. BlackBox Studio The BlackBox Studio is [...]
The One | Cult 21 | Barcelona
FRIDAY – Francisco Allendes | YAYA SATURDAY – Circoloco @ Suonno FREE ENTRY: ENTRY FROM the LIST: 12h00 – 03h00 > FREE ★ ★ ENTRY FROM: 03h00 – 0600 > 15 € / + drink LIST NO ==> 18 € / + drink ★ ★ READY TO BE IN ‘CULT 21 “, SEND A MESSAGE FOR THE [...]
Off Campus 2011
The following photos recap a 5 day journey throughout the landscape and architecture of Barcelona, La Rioja wine region and the Basque Country of Northern Spain.

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