Barcelona
People & Scene
4 stories
Catalan Identity in Barcelona: What It Means for People Who Live Here
I am Catalan. I am also Spanish. These are not contradictions here, though the outside world tends to cover them as if…
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On Catalan: What the Language Question Actually Means in Barcelona
People from outside Barcelona often ask: do I need to speak Catalan? The practical answer is no. Everyone speaks Spanish. Most people…
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The Barcelona I Know Is Not the One on Your Screen
One of the things I got wrong about Barcelona before I lived here: I thought it was a city of clubs and…
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The Catalan Language Question: What It Means to Live in Barcelona
Barcelona is a bilingual city with a complicated relationship with both languages. Here is what it actually looks like to live inside…
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