What is inside the apples of the Eixample? Photographer Bea Schulze reveals it

What is inside the apples of the Eixample? Photographer Bea Schulze reveals it

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Ildefons Cerdà. The engineer and urban planner laid the foundations of modern Barcelona after the demolition of the walls, a process that lasted for years, from 1854 to 1873. In the General Theory of Urbanization of 1867, Cerdà promoted a humanistic and egalitarian urbanism that was meant to provide the “public happiness” of its inhabitants, regardless of their origin or social class. In addition to avoiding differences between neighborhoods, conditions of hygiene, healthiness, and green areas occupied a prominent place.

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Sánchez asks for the vote in Andalusia so that his progressive government survives "beyond 2027"

Sánchez asks for the vote in Andalusia so that his progressive government survives “beyond 2027”

“Let Moreno Bonilla tremble this Sunday!”, warned the socialist José Antonio Carranza, mayor of the town of Pulianas in Granada, where the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, held his penultimate rally of the Andalusian electoral campaign this Wednesday to support María Jesús Montero, before concluding his electoral tour for the 17-M next Friday in Seville.

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SIL Barcelona highlights companies' trust in AI as an ally to improve their logistics

SIL Barcelona highlights companies’ trust in AI as an ally to improve their logistics

Artificial Intelligence is generating increasing trust among industrial companies that consume logistics, who see this tool as an ally to improve their operations. This is determined by the XVI Barometer of the Logistics Circle 2026, published by SIL Barcelona, the reference fair in Logistics, Transport, Intralogistics, and Supply Chain, organized by the Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB), which will take place from June 3 to 5 at Fira Barcelona, Montjuic.

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The Castellers de Barcelona seek to crown the castell at the "highest altitude in history" in the Alps

The Castellers de Barcelona seek to crown the castell at the “highest altitude in history” in the Alps

Los Castellers de Barcelona are preparing to export the castellera tradition to an unprecedented altitude. This June 25, the group from the Catalan capital will travel to the Swiss Alps with the goal of completing what is announced as the “highest castell in history,” in the words of their public relations manager, Jordi Planas, to La Vanguardia.

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The WhatsApp creator's helicopter leaves Barcelona on a crane; his yacht remains in Port Vell

The WhatsApp creator’s helicopter leaves Barcelona on a crane; his yacht remains in Port Vell

El paseo Joan de Borbó has a double life. On one side, La Barceloneta: that fishermen’s neighborhood transformed into a tourist attraction that, however, retains its usual rhythm, with real residents. On the other, the port; Marina Port Vell, one of the most important marinas in the Mediterranean, specialized in large yachts where fifty meters is the minimum to fit in.

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The day actor José Lamuño stopped choosing the shortest path (and discovered something unexpected)

The day actor José Lamuño stopped choosing the shortest path (and discovered something unexpected)

We live surrounded by fast routes. By journeys calculated to the millimeter, packed schedules, algorithms that organize the world without questioning them, and decisions made even before feeling them. Everything pushes forward, towards the immediate, towards that feeling that arriving is the only thing that matters. And in the midst of that pace, something fades without us realizing it. The ability to stop. To look without hurry. To let time happen without needing to measure it.

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