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1.- Accommodation

- Short term

- Flat hunting

2.-About the city

- Sights

- Events

- Restaurant, Bar & Club Guides

- Blogs

3.-Getting Around (transport)

- Private

- Public

4.-Jobs

5.-Useful info

- Emergency numbers

- Airport

Accommodation

Whether you are looking for short or long time rentals, Barcelona is not a cheap city when it comes to accommodation. On average the rent per square meter is 13.70 Euros per month. The most charming yet also the most expensive place to rent a flat is the old town, la Cuitat Vella, where the square meter costs 15.80 Euros on average.

If you are renting a room in a shared flat caculate roughly 350 Euros per month for a single room with window and bills included. Hostels you find plenty in the city and many are situated in the city center. The price drops to 15 Euros if you sleep in a 10-bed dorm and goes up to 35 Euros for a double room.

Accommodation :: Short Term Stays

Youth Hostels :: Hostelworld
Web: www.hostelworld.com
Hostelworld is simply a large data base that lists nearly all of Barcelona’s youth hostels. It gives you a short intro for each hostel, user ratings and let’s you check availability instantly.

Hotel :: Banys Orientals
Web: www.hotelbanysorientals.com
Barcelona has thousands of hotels. Most of them charge between 80€ and 180€ per night for a double room. The hotel Banys Orientals however stands out through its pretty interior design, good location (El Born) and moderate prices compared to the quality of the accommodation.

Rooms :: Melon District
Web: www.melondistrict.com
Melon District is the name of a brand new housing complex in close proximity to Olé Languages that has been specifically designed for university students. They offer single and double rooms with en suit bathrooms for days (from 50€) and months (from 564€). The kitchen is shared but everyone has their own fridge. Facilities include WiFi, a swimming-pool, a café-restaurant, a gym, and a laundrette.

Rooms :: BHSS
www.bcn-housing-students.com
BHSS is an agency that offers flats as well as single and double rooms in shared appartments. On their website you also find information about student residences in Barcelona.

Rooms :: Rentabedroom
Web:www.rentabedroom.com
Rent A Bedroom is an agency specialised in rooms in shared flats. You can search by price and district and they will compile a list of what they have currently on offer and send it via email.
Check also www.roomming.com

Flats :: Apartments Ramblas
Web: www.apartmentsramblas.com
Apartment Ramblas is one of many agencies that offers short term flat rentals for days and weeks. Most of the apartments on offer are located in the historic city center.

Other :: Couch Surfing
Web: www.couchsurfing.com
Couch Surfing is an international network of people who offer their couches for free to other members of the network. If you join the group you can start looking for a free couch by posting a message on the notice board. The CS website is also a good place to meet new people and to learn about events in Barcelona.

Accommodation :: Room and Flat Hunting

Loquo
Web: www.loquo.com
Loquo is an online platform where people post ads for more or less everyting from rooms to second hand furniture and job offers. It is fast and the place to look if you are looking to rent a room in Barcelona.
Check also: Campus Anuncios barcelona.campusanuncios.com and Mundo Anuncio (www.mundoanuncio.com)

Col.legi d'administradors de finques
Web: www.coleadministradors.com
The col.legi d'administradors de finques is the place to go if you are looking to rent a flat in the city. The flats on offer are on their website but if you go to their office they will compile you a list with flats according to your criteria and often there are some that haven’t yet been published online.

About The City

Barcelona never sleeps. The city center is lively nearly 24/7.

What About The City :: Sights

Barcelona’s office tourist office that offers guided tours and useful information for new comers.
www.barcelonaturisme.com

The city’s official website with plenty of information in Spanish, Catalan and English about the city, it’s sights, it’s history and current cultural events.
w3.bcn.es

Facts and useful info about Barcelona’s historical sights and guided tours www.barcelona-home.com
www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com
www.barcelonayellow.com

An easy way to get an overview of the city is to take the tourist bus that courses all day and every day through the city. www.tmb.net/ca_ES/turistes/busturistic/busturistic.jsp

Me Gusta Barcelona is a commercial website that also features a blog that lists a wide range of current cultural events in the city megustabarcelona.es/blog/

About The City :: Restaurant, Bar & Club Guides

Barcelona’s inner city is filled with bars and restaurants. Generally speaking, Barceloneta is the place to eat Paella, fresh fish and Tapas. Gotico has a little bit of everything from sushi and pizza to tapas and French cuisine tip: Especially in Gothico it is recommended to avoid the touristic places where they charge high prices for low quality). Borne is pretty trendy and many restaurantes offer eclectic, contemporary dishes served with a young, fashionable atmosphere. The barrio also features a couple of Basque places that offer Pinchos (a sort of little appetizer mostly served on slices of baguette) and typical Basque cold, dry wine. Raval, even though more famous for its bars than for its restaurants has

All in all, there’s something for every taste. The following website give you an idea where to start looking:

www.barceloca.es

www.guiadelocio.es

www.bcnrestaurantes.com

www.oh-barcelona.com/es/guide_data/part_guiderestaurants

About The City :: Events

There is always something happening in Barcelona. The web-sites below help you to find out what’s going on when and where.

Bcn.es/cultura
Web: w3.bcn.es
The city council’s offical webiste about Barcelona offers a comprehensive list of all cultural events taking place city.

LeCool
Web: www.lecool.com
LeCool is a weekly newsletter/website that publishes a 7-day agenda in English and Spanish every Thursday. If you are interested in the urban art and music scene and you like it hip and cool than his is the place to look for what’s coming up.

Maumau Underground
Web: www.maumaunderground.com
Maumau Underground is a venue in Poble Sec as well as a website that is especially informative with regards to music and concerts in Barcelona.

BCN Week
Web: www.bcnweek.com
BCN Week is Barcelona’s free cultural newsweekly that publishes in English, Spanish and Catalan. Their listings are very selected and focus on alternative events.

ScannerFM
Web: www.bcn.es/scannerbcn/home.htm
ScannerFM is an online radio station that organises cultural events and collaborates with a wide range of cultural institutions in Barcelona. Their listings calendar is sponsored by the city council – this is why it comes in Catalan, Spanish and English – and lists mainly concerts and music related highlights but also features the one or other contemporary art exhibition and out of the ordinary film screenings.

About The City :: Blogs

It can be very useful to skim through the one or other blog from a foreigner who has been living in the city for a while and documented their exeperiences. These are just two good examples out of about 10.000 that you can find on the web.

www.absolutbcn.com

www.quisquis.es

Transportation

Transportation :: Public

Metro and Bus
All information about Barcelona’s underground and bus system is available on the TMB’s website. If you plan on using the trains and buses regularly it is advisable to buy a T10 card that is valid for 10 rides (with no temporal limitation) on either the metro or buses.
www.tmb.net

Renfe
Information about regional and long-distance trains can be found on www.renfe.es

Regional buses
Regional buses in Barcelona either depart from the Estación del Norte or from the metro/regional train station Sants. For information on routes and timetables see:
www.barcelonanord.com/esp/horarios/pantalla1.asp.

Bicing
Not long ago Barcelona received a public bike system that allows the subscriber to borrow a bike and ride it for 30 minutes before returning it to any station around the city. Currently it is necessary to register online first and the only option available is a one-year abono. In the near future it will also be possible to regiser for just one week for the price of one Euro.
www.bicing.com

Transportation :: Private

Taxi
There are plenty of taxi companies in Barcelona. With these two we have had good experiences up until now.

Taxi Catalunya (when you reserve online you receive a 10% discount)704 10 11 12
www.catalunyataxi.com

Barna Taxi 93 322 22 22

Bike Rental

Budget Bike
www.budgetbikes.eu

My Beautiful Parking
www.mybeautifulparking.com

Classic Bikes Holland bikes
www.barcelonarentbikes.com/palquiler.php

Scooter rental

Motoloco
www.motoloco.es

Barcelona Moto
www.barcelonamoto.com

Jobs

Finding a job in Barcelona isn’t difficult. Finding an enjoyable as well as well-paid job however can be a real challenge. These are Spain’s and/or Barcelona’s mayor job search engines:

www.infojobs.net
www.monster.es
www.servijob.com/
www.clubdelvendedor.com/index.asp
www.trabajo.com
www.trabajar.com
www.infoempleo.com
www.laboris.net
www.mundoanuncio.com
www.tea-cegos-seleccion.es
www.expansionyempleo.com
www.oficinaempleo.com/

With a low Spanish level it’s easier to start looking at the below listed websites:

www.loquo.com/
barcelonaconnect.com/classifieds/jobs
www.spanish-living.com/regional/jobs/jobs_Cataluna.php
barcelona.craigslist.org
www.expatriates.com

And then there are the usual temp agencies:

www.manpower.es
www.talentsearchpeople.com
www.adecco.es/Home/Home.aspx
www.randstad.es

Companies that are permanently looking for call center staff:

www.citibank.com
www.agilent.com
www.avis.es
www.hp.com

Help with job orientation:

www.barcelonactiva.cat

Useful Phone Numbers and Addresses

Emergencies // Emergéncias
Fon: 061

Fire brigade // Los bomberos
Fon: 080

Police // Policía
Fon: 092

Comisarías de policía de Ciutat Vella:
1) Comisaría Barceloneta-Puerto
Pg. Joan de Borbó comte de Barcelona, 32 CP: 08003
Tel. 932 240 600

2) Comisaría de la mujer. Servicio de atención a la mujer.
Via Laietana, 49 CP: 08003
Tel. 932 903 699

3) Comisaría Metro
Plaza Catalunya, 1 CP: 08002
Tel. 934 121 469

4) Comisaría Zonal II
Nou de la Rambla, 76-80 CP: 08001
Tel. 932 902 849

Lost Property Office // Oficina de Troballes de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona
Fon: 092 Pl Carles Pi i Sunyer, 8
Ciutat Vella
Fon: 010

A list with all consulates and embassies in Barcelona can be found at http://www.expatica.com



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