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Uvic-Ucc | Universitat De Vic - Universitat Central De Catalunya CONTENTS WHAT WE’RE LIKE BARCELONA AND BEYOND Pere Virgili Ruth Marigot WELCOME to our city, to our country and to our home! Working together with the newspaper ARA, at BCU we’ve prepared this guide to help you to enjoy Barcelona and Catalonia like Barcelona in 10 concepts ................................................................. 4-5 On foot, running and by bike ...................................... 18-19 a native. Our universities in figures ................................................................. 6-7 From Barcelona to the world ................................... 20-21 We aim to help you feel Secret Barcelona ................................................................................................... 8-9 Why did I decide to stay here? ........................................... 22 welcome and make things easier Instagram-worthy spots ......................................................................... 10 Where can I live? ........................................................................................................ 24 for you. So, in the following pages, Don’t miss out ......................................................................................................... 12-16 Catalonia: more than just a club ....................................... 26-27 you’ll find plenty of information TALENT CITY ROSES, FIRE AND... about what to do and see, and where and when to do and see it. Pere Tordera Francesc Melcion Because historically we’ve always been a land of welcome and we’re very happy that you’ve chosen our city to study, teach and do research in. Living with us you’ll see that you can also enjoy a rich millenary culture and two official languages, Competitive research ...................................................................... 28-30 10 popular festivals ..................................................................................60-61 as well as the English language, Science Barcelona .................................................................................................... 31 Barcelona through books .......................................................62-63 which is also spoken by many of us Knowledge transfer .............................................................................................. 32 Sant Jordi ..........................................................................................................................................64 here. The Citadel of Knowledge ................................................... 34-35 Gaudí and the others ..........................................................................66-67 We like sharing our city with Barcelona Tech City ............................................................................................ 36 people from all over the world so Student Guide ....................................................................................................... 37-54 that they can also teach us and Coworking ..................................................................................................................................... 55 show us the best way to enjoy life An expert’s opinion ............................................................................................... 56 together. Barcelona International Welcome .................. 58-59 In Barcelona you can study, do LEISURE AND CULTURE FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD! research, work and, above all, enjoy an extraordinary quality of Francesc Melcion Pere Tordera life while living right next to the sea. We invite you to get to know our culture, our universities, our science, Barça, the Sagrada Familia, and also Sant Jordi, the markets, the music scene, and everything that Barcelona has to Music ............................................................................................................................................................68 A restaurant with history and markets ..............80 offer. Art .......................................................................................................................................................................70 A new place and tapas ....................................................................................81 Many thanks for choosing us! Scenic arts ......................................................................................................................................72 An experimental and vegetarians options ....82 Film .....................................................................................................................................................................74 One you shouldn’t miss and wine ..................................84 Nightlife ..................................................................................................................................................76 A DO restaurant and cake shops ......................................86 Shopping ............................................................................................................................................78 COVER Jordi Olivé ACCESS ALL CONTENTS AT ARA.CAT TALENT GUIDE TEXTS DIRECTOR BCU Montse Serret. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ARA Esther Vera. COORDINATION ARA Ignasi Aragay, Georgina Ferri. BCU Olga Vallejo ORIGINAL DESIGN AND LAYOUT Cristina Córdoba. BCU TEAM Maria del Mar Roig i Toni Pla. DESIGN BCU Global Design ARA Development, S.L. GRAPHICS EDITION Dani Ríos. EDITING Rosa Rodon. LANGUAGE Albert Pla. ara.cat | Talent Guide | 3 #NewWorldCity #MoreThanTourism A human city, manageable in size compared to other large capitals. Barelona receives more than 12 Admired and recognized internationally and a benchmark in terms of million foreign tourists a year and is quality of life as a result of a combination of climate, geographical among the 10 most visited European location, gastronomy, culture and urban beauty. Thanks to technological cities by international travellers, advances and new economic and social trends, Barcelona fosters according to Euromonitor professional development while offering an intense and authentic International 2018. Leisure and personal life. tourism are important, but so are creativity, business and research. With a vision for the future and an eye for new opportunities, the city has struck a balance between economic development and quality of life. Elisa Bono / Getty BARCELONA IN 10 CONCEPTS Barcelona is an attractive place to visit and to live, work, learn, invest and do Pere Virgili business. In 2019 saw the presentation of “Identity and positioning of Barcelona: a collaborative storytelling”, a project in which citizens from Barcelona and around the world, members of different administrations and public and professional institutions working in diverse sectors explain the city’s values. The characteristic they highlight can be summarised in the following adjectives: modern, open, attractive, lively, dynamic, diverse, international, cosmopolitan and warm. Do you know Barcelona? Below are the 10 concepts that best define it. Fr Cèlia Atset #EcoSystemStartUps Pere Tordera #LifeLong Barcelona’s innovative spirit has inspired and attracted people from all over the Barcelona works to ensure that world. Perhaps because of this, and because of its network of nurseries, throughout all the different stages of your accelerators and coworking spaces, and because Barcelona is a seedbed of ideas life you’ll feel at home here and find the and projects, it’s the third favourite city in Europe for start-ups and one of the space you need to grow on a personal most dynamic centres in Europe in fields like mobile applications, the internet of level as well as in the family, social and things, e-commerce, video games and big data. professional spheres. 4 | ara.cat | Talent Guide #AlwaysBarcelona #BeyondBarcelona #Progress ■ 1st city in the world for congresses Some of the main attractions in the region Progress is the engine that has can be found outside the city limits. The driven Barcelona and its inhabitants ■ 3rd favourite city in Europe Barcelona metropolitan area has a rich on a search for continual for start-ups cultural and architectural heritage, natural improvement. We act with beauty spots and parks, state-of-the-art commitment to make our dreams ■ 4th best prepared city in scientific infrastructures and a powerful come true and to continue being a the world for future technology business ecosystem. benchmark for ideas and for a way of being and acting, aware that we ■ 4th most attractive city in want to leave the best possible the world for working abroad legacy for the welfare of our citizens. ■ 9th region for foreign investment in the world Manolo García #Creative An inseparable sign of identity. Great names in contemporary art and other creative disciplines are inevitably associated with Barcelona and we continue to promote artistic production and innovation. We are one of the great design capitals of the Marc Rovira world and an internationally recognised model for urban transformation. Cèlia Atset Pere Tordera Pere Laura Guerrero #Talent ancesc Melcion A talent hub that promotes, develops and attracts talent. Many #Spirit great geniuses in fields like #Diversity architecture, art, literature, design So ethereal and yet so tangible, the and gastronomy have made their We think and work in a network so that spirit of Barcelona, a city full of magic name here. We have an innovative, diversity can enrich us and differences where you enjoy the great little things powerful ecosystem that makes
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