Benvinguts: arriving in Barcelona

Colm Tóibín, Mercè Ibarz, Paulina Flores

Moderator: Juan Pablo Villalobos

What’s it like to arrive in a city like Barcelona? What’s it like to live in Barcelona as a foreign national, whether during the 1970s, the early 2000s or the present day? For years, this transformed city has welcomed people seeking a brighter future, fleeing from a country at war or simply yearning for a new, warmer life by the sea. And when do you know that you are part of the city? Its culture, language, food, literature, tourism and FC Barça are all part of the Barcelona universe with which Colm Tóibín, Mercè Ibarz, Paulina Flores and Juan Pablo Villalobos have forged an unbreakable bond.