 The festivals in summer will give way to open-air cinema in Hostel in Barcelona this summer. Whether under the stars, in the Sala Montjuïc, in Illa Diagonal shopping centre, roaming the districts or in the espresso version, there will be something for every film buff to enjoy.
On a summer night, what could be better than watching a good session of outdoor cinema? Urbany Hostels recommends plenty of options, ranging from a new edition of the Sala Montjuïc cycle to sessions organised by civic centres!
Are the hot summer nights keeping you awake? No worries because we recommend a good way to freshen up and enjoy you: outdoor film sessions and cycles.
We start with the Sala Montjuïc, now a classic in Barcelona, which will be turning the moat at Montjuïc Castle into a cinema hall, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. But that's not all, folks, because the Sala Montjuïc is offering triple programmes, with a concert, a short film and a feature-length movie.
Another cycle back again this year is the one organised by the L'Illa Diagonal shopping centre. This time it is going in for daily heroes as its main characters.
On Thursdays, from 7 July to 4 August, Barcelona backpackers will be able to see films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Celda 211, Gran Torino and Juno, while you dine. This year's novelty has the films screened in blue-ray format.
Take a look too at the Raval's big annual festival programme, because you will be able to see several films in the open air. Even the Museu Marítim has planned a session.
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Barcelona Extreme 5th edition, 4th and 5th of June at the Parc del Forum in Barcelona (Pro & Amateur Streetpark & Vert Contests).
The event of the followers of skateboarding, mountain biking, BMX, inline skating and wakeboarding arriving in Barcelona a year later. The fifth edition of the Barcelona Extreme you bring the best sports town in the enclosure of the Forum, with its spectacular exhibits and competitions.
The Barcelona Extreme 2011 with divulging some of the most riders outstanding each of the disciplines present, accompanied by the best urban music and graffiti.
The Forum will become a huge sports park of 10,000 square meters in which some of the leading figures of disciplines such as skateboarding, BMX, inline, FMX, scooter, longboard or participate in competitions and exhibitions only. However, the festival also is designed for amateur riders and the general public, including children aged 8 to 14 years to implement their skills or start in any of these sports sports urbans.
Barcelona Extreme 2011 has prepared a set of activities for all the attendees who enjoy and participate directly puedan of them.
This 5th edition presents more remarkable:
- 3 areas with street to every biker, skaters, rollers, scooters ...
- 1 public park miniramps and expanded with 2 more modules.
- 1 kids park.
- Skimboard, the new sensation of the Freestyle at the beach.
The tickets can be found already on sale in Service. Children under 8 years: free.
How to get from our Barcelona Hostel to Forum?
Take the line T4-Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica - Estacio de Sant Adrià of Tramvia at the station Ca l'Aranyó and after 5 stops you must get off at Fòrum.
But there are more things to do in Barcelona this weekend???
Yes, of course!!! Our Hostel in Barcelona recommends the third edition of "De tapes per Barcelona" is here from today until dec 5 June, offering succulent tapas and a beer for just 2.40 euros at 41 of the city's establishments.
Set on encouraging people of Hostels in Barcelona to eat tapas in the city, the "De tapes per Barcelona" initiative is back in town.
Good stay and enjoy the weekend in Barcelona Urbany Hostel!
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In the run-up to summer, Barcelona is proving bolder than ever. This weekend, the festival Primavera Sound will be defying the credit crunch with a fantastic line-up (PJ Harvey, Interpol, P.I.L and Big Boi) and more than 250 concerts throughout the city.
Do you want to find other Barcelona Backpackers? Come to our Barcelona Hostel this weekend, there's a city full of concerts to discover :)
For the seventh consecutive year, the Parc del Fòrum will host a new edition of the San Miguel Primavera Sound, which will be extended by some 21,000 metres squared, compared to last year's event. This will allow audience sizes to be increased by some 20%. Of the 250 plus acts expected, performances by PJ Harvey, Interpol, P.I.L and Einstürzende Neubaten are among those that have been confirmed.
Having attracted over a hundred thousand people last year, the Primavera Sound music festival is set to be extended in time for this year's event, which is being held from 25 to 29 May.
The Fòrum grounds, which will host the majority of the 250 plus acts expected to perform on 26, 27 and 28 May, will be increased by a total of 21,000 metres squared, which will enable the festival to be equipped with more toilet facilities and a second large stage. This means that the Fòrum will have a total of twenty stages, two of them with a capacity of 20,000 people. Additionally, a new open-air cinema will also be opened this year.
Primavera Sound will also be putting on performances in the Plaça Major of Poble Espanyol, the traditional home of the festival, on 25 and 29 May. For the first time this year, Primavera a la Ciutat presents San Miguel Primavera Sound als Bars and Primavera al Carrer, two initiatives that join the already traditional concerts in the underground and in different venues in the centre.
Once again there will be special offers and discounts for car parks and an exclusive night bus shuttle service. For ecological transport lovers there will be free bicycle parking facilities at the entrance to the site.
How to get from our Barcelona Hostel to Forum?
Take the line T4-Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica - Estacio de Sant Adrià of Tramvia at the station Ca l'Aranyó and after 5 stops you must get off at Fòrum.
We hope the city and our Hostel in Barcelona will provide you the best experience you can expect during your holidays. Come to Barcelona and stay with Urbany, the best Barcelona Youth Hostel.
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Free Entrance to Barcelona Museums? The museums of Barcelona offer the opportunity to discover is entirely free.
Saturday 14 of May, from 19 to 1 hr, is celebrated La Nit dels Museus and 48 of these cultural equipments will open their doors and they will allow the citizens to enjoy their exhibitions and to take part in different activities designed exclusively for tonight, audiovisual concerts, guided tours, shows, recitals, etc.
Every year since 1977, International Museum Day is held worldwide sometime around 18 May. From America and Oceania to Europe, Asia and Africa, International Museum Day aims to increase public awareness of the role of museums in developing society.
The theme for International Museum Day 2011 is Museum and Memory. Museums preserve memories and tell stories. They have in their collections numerous objects that are fundamental to the memory of the communities we live in. These objects are the expression of our natural and cultural heritage. Many of them are fragile, some endangered, and they all need special care and conservation. International Museum Day 2011 will be an opportunity to discover and rediscover your individual and collective memory.
And if you stay in Barcelona Hostel another day you can visit The Picasso museum is the best showcase of works by the Spanish cubist artist. It is only free on the first Sunday of the month. Be warned, the line to get in is gigantic - get there early. The museum is also free to under-16s and to study groups (only on Wednesday afternoons). Inquire at the museum for more information.
The biggest automotive show is back in Barcelona! The Barcelona International Motor Show is back with a bang, and from 14 May will be showcasing the latest models from 37 different brands. The presentation of over 30 new models, including national, European and world launches, plus our new hall dedicated to electric vehicles, are just some of the main attractions at the thirty-sixth edition of the show. You can discover the cars of the future, practice 4x4 driving, experience the sensation of driving a Formula 1 car, and have fun on our karting track.
Take the Metro line L1 (Fondo / Hospital de Bellvitge) at Clot Arago station, at a 2 minutes walking distance form our Hostel in Barcelona, and after 9 stops get off at Plaça Espanya.
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The 40th Feria de Abril de Catalunya takes place at the Fòrum from 29 April to 8 May. This year the Feria will feature 70 stands, distributed over a 105,000 square metre site. Human castles and flamenco will be filling up the Fòrum on Friday 29 April, from 10 pm onwards, when the 40th edition of the "Feria de Abril de Catalunya "Catalan April Seville Fair" will open and the traditional lighting will go on.
 
On that same Friday the FEFAC stand will see human castles from the Minyons de Terrassa go up, immediately after which it will play host to the Cadiz-born singer-songwriter José Anillo.
In its 40 anniversary, the Fair poster has enjoyed the cooperation of the famous fashion designer Custo Dalmau, who wanted to capture in the same detail of the city of Barcelona in particular are three worthy of identity: the lights of the Palau National Montjuïc, the Sagrada Familia and the mountain of Tibidabo, and is also dotted with the poster, floral motifs in different colors of Andalusian culture. This year's Feria, which ends on 8 May, will have 70 stands, distributed over a 105,000 square metre site, and 54 portable toilets.
This year's opening hours are as follows: from 6 pm to 4.15 am on 29 April; from 10 am to 2 am on week days and Sunday, 1 May; from 10 am to 4.15 am on Saturdays and Friday 6 May, and from 10 am to 10 pm Sunday 8 May.
The coordination centre (CECOR) will be in charge of safety and mobility both inside and outside the site. That means security groups will be establishing specific measures to boost safety and mobility during the days of the Feria, with extra vigilance.
How to get there from our Barcelona Hostel? Take the line T4-Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica - Estacio de Sant Adrià of Tramvia at the station Ca l'Aranyó and after 5 stops you must get off at Forum Station on line 4.
Also, Urbany Hostels Barcelona recommended a typical bar where there are flamenco shows, called tablao.
The music and dance style, Flamenco, has very ancient origins and has been developed in Andalusia.
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If you're set on spending your Easter holidays here in Barcelona Urbany Hostel and joining in the Catalan St George's Day celebrations, you'll find practical and useful information.
Saint George's Day is a popular festive day when book and rose stalls, and, above all, floods of people, take over the streets of Barcelona. The celebration could not be simpler: the ritual consists of going for a walk and buying a rose, a book or both to give to loved ones, family members and friends.
The most popular legend in Catalonia about Sant Jordi tells that at Montblanc, in Conca de Barberà, there was a terrible dragon which viciously attacked men and beasts. To pacify it, lots were drawn and a person was chosen to be given as a sacrifice to the monster. One day, the misfortune fell on the king's daughter, who would have died in the beast's claws if it had not been for the arrival of a handsome knight who challenged the dragon and killed it.
- Open day at the Palau de la Generalitat.
- Open day at the Museu d'Història de Catalunya.
- In Plaça Sant Jaume people dance the Catalan traditional Sardana at 19:00 pm
- Act in Solidarity with Japan in Sagrada Familia.
- All around the city centre there will be many books and roses to make the atmosphere even more romantic.
Take the Renfe line C1 (Badalona / L´Hospitalet del Llobregat) at the station El Clot-Aragó -just in front of our Barcelona Hostel- and after 2 stops you must get off at Plaça Catalunya station.
Hard to understand for those who have never experienced it, if you are staying at the Barcelona Hostels this weekend explores St. Jordi’s events all around town.
And If you're in Sevilla Urbany Hostels recommends Holy Week in Seville (Semana Santa de Sevilla) is one of the most important traditional events of the city. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week among Christians), and is one of the better known religious events within Spain. This week features the procession of pasos, floats of lifelike wooden sculptures of individual scenes of the events of the Passion, or images of the Virgin Mary showing restrained grief for the torture and killing of her Son. Some of the sculptures are of great antiquity and are considered artistic masterpieces, as well as being culturally and spiritually important to the local Catholic population.
Processions make their way through the streets, carrying religious icons and symbols of their faith. If you get the opportunity to experience these festivities, you can rest assured that the sheer passion of the Spanish will stay with you forever.
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