Barcelona 2025

An early flight from Dusseldorf to Barcelona

Decoration in our hotel Hesperia Presidente

It&#x27;s a cloudy day, let&#x27;s go to a museum

In the Moco, the Modern Art Museum in Barcelona

La Vida Eterna by Chilean artist Guillermo Lorca

How did they frame a Banksy?

Banksy sprayed Love Is In The Air in 2003 on a wall in the Palestinian West Bank

Heart Space (2024) by Krista Kim transforms the heartbeat of the visitor into living waves of color

The interactive Diamond Matrix by Yayoi Kusama and Studio Irma

A view of infinity

Snack at the Teatro Kitchen and Bar, 1 Michelin star

The entrance to Park G&uuml;ell is busy as ever

The mosaic snake head, designed by Gaud&iacute;

Perfect weather on your weekend trip, happy days

The park looks out on the city and the sea

The famous tiled benches

These noisy green parakeets are all over Barcelona

On of the rocky galleries in the park

With the tele lens we can see the Mediterranean

Kris with an Aloe Vera plant

There is a church growing out of the Earth

Paseig de St Joan and the Arc de Triomf

Parallel streets of Barcelona

14 of the 18 towers are completed

Zooming in on the 4 towers of the evangelists and the tower of Mary

The Torre Gl&ograve;ries

Walkway above the Austrian Gardens

Tiled towers dominate Park G&uuml;ell

The Sagrada Familia in golden light

Spires of the towers of the apostles

Lift up your hearts

Central part of the west wing

The central tower of Jesus is almost finished

Fantastic details, 100m above the ground

Selfie with the highest church in the world

Sundowner at the Sagrada

Last sunlight on the Passion Fa&ccedil;ade

Restaurants and bars in El Nacional that used to be a train station

They all have this Art Deco design

Even the bathroom

Evening picture of Casa Battl&oacute;

Cocktails in the Old Fashioned

That&#x27;s the way we like it

The market hall on the Ramblas

Inside as busy as outside

View on Carrer de Ferran

On sunny Pla&ccedil;a Reial

Neo-Gothic footbridge on Carrer del Bisbe

Reflection of the cathedral in a window

Cathedral of Barcelona (1448)

The open forged steel clock tower

Ferris wheel in Barceloneta

Barceloneta beach in November

Time to chill out and have a drink

We walk along the beach before taking the bus to the Sagrada

Strawberries on a tower of the Sagrada Familia

We are immediately overwhelmed by the ceiling

The pillars look like trees

A divine view of the altar in the distance

On the east side, the glass has cooler colors

A blue rosette with the names of pilgrimage sites in Europe

An oval window brightens up a darker wall

An old theme in contemporary art

The blue section on the east side

It&#x27;s a jungle up there

Pictogram of the evangelist Mark

There is still a perception of a cross shaped ceiling

Goal number 1: to capture as much light as possible

There is a 170-meter-high tower above this empty space

The west windows diffuse warm colors

This wide angle emphasizes the complexity of the structure of the Sagrada

We picked a sunny day for this spectacle

Yes, architecture can make people happy

Rays of sunlight paint the facets of the pillars throughout the whole nave

The stained-glass windows sparkle as the Sun sets

Contrast of the forged steel balcony with the organic ceiling

One last view of the branches

To represent gravity, Gaud&iacute; used a hanging chain model which gives an inverted view on the arches

Parc de les Gl&ograve;ries

Mercat dels Encants, the flea market with the mirrored roof

Casa Vicens, one of Gaud&iacute;&#x27;s less known buildings

Detail of Casa Vicens

Corner building on Carrer Gran de Gr&agrave;cia

View on Carrer Gran de Gr&agrave;cia

Thousands of stars on Carrer Gran de Gr&agrave;cia

Casa Mil&agrave;, or La Pedrera

We did not go in Casa Mil&agrave;, but the details on the outside are worth coming here

Walking up the stairway in Casa Battl&oacute;

The Art Nouveau living room

Looking out of the main window on the first floor

Cool spiral on the ceiling

The wood covered walls of the corridor

The main dining room at the back

The amount of work they spent on the roof at the back side would be unthinkable today

On the terrace in the back

Fence and flowerpot ensemble

Underneath the shadow arch

The stairway that winds around the elevator

Natural light comes in through the central shaft

The typical organic shapes Gaud&iacute; designed for the roof

Tiled Gaud&iacute; chimneys

The roof top terrace of Casa Battl&oacute;

And the four-armed cross is mandatory

Before leaving Casa Battl&oacute;, we must attend the video show

It is kind of fun

One last view on Casa Battl&oacute;

The great window on the first floor

Walking down Carrer de la Princessa

Street meme

The Hivernacle green house in Parc de la Ciutadella

Banana!

In the Umbracle of Parc de la Ciutadella

The Arc de Triomf of Barcelona

Map of Barcelona