Cultural Regatta: over 200 activities to celebrate the arrival of the America’s Cup
This programme brings the world of sailing closer to people with various activities through to the end of the year.
Unemployment in the city down to 6.1% in the last year
Employment. Unemployment in Barcelona is down to 6.1%, the lowest figure since 2007, according to the Working Population Survey for the fourth quarter of 2023.
‘Sons de Ciutat’ is back with its spring edition
Culture and free time. Concerts from 3 February to 23 March.
Drought emergency in Barcelona
Drought. The city enters this stage of the drought protocol on Friday, 2 February, limiting water consumption to 200 litres per person per day and applying additional measures.
La Febrerada: social and solidarity economy gathering and party
Culture and free time. On Friday, 2 February, at Bloc4BCN in the morning at Paral·lel 62 in the afternoon and evening.
Positive assessment of the model for shops to open on Sundays and public holidays
Commerce and markets. Spending in shops and businesses between May and September was up by 8% compared to 2022.
The city’s prominent audiovisual industry takes its place at Integrated Systems Europe
Creative industries. The City Council supports the city’s innovation network at the twentieth edition of the world’s biggest fair for audiovisual systems.
Definitive approval for the new tax on terraces
Public space. The 75% discount introduced in the pandemic disappears and a new scaled version of the tax approved in December 2019 is introduced.
Private consumption and card payments on the rise in Barcelona
Consumo. The data reveal a significant increase in purchases made with bank cards since the pandemic.
Selection of establishments for the Gastronomy Balcony at the Olympic Port completed
Urban planning and infrastructures. The three shops and the last of the eleven planned restaurants are awarded.
