OFFICIAL FREE BCN GUIDE! FREE ISSUE_DEC 2013_N. 17 FREE BcnGuide IN ENGLISH DOWNLOAD FREE TIME OUT BARCELONA APP! THE BEST OF BARCELONA ON YOUR Contents IPHONE! December 2013 ;14 Most charming Shops we’d like to set up house in. 08 Feature 22 Around town Barcelona’s most Ready for a trip to the market? charming shops. 24 Arts 14 Food and drink Photog Joan Colom brings In defence of the street life to the MNAC. humble sausage! 26 Nightlife 20 Shopping Swing crazy. The backpack: practical, comfortable and beautiful. 29 Listings TIME OUT BARCELONA TIME OUT BCN GUIDE ([email protected]), Via Laietana, 20 [email protected] Mercè Llubera 932955400 www.barcelonaturisme.com ([email protected]), Pere www.timeout.cat Editor Andreu Gomila Ribalta ([email protected]) Design Irisnegro Edited by 80 MES 4 Publicacions Publisher Eduard Voltas Producer Jan Fleischer & Turisme de Barcelona Finance Manager Judit Sans Designer Eduard Forroll Printed by Gràfica Impuls 45 Editor-in-chief Andreu Gomila Writers Josep Lambies, DL B.21656-2012 Art director Diego Ricard Martín, Marta Salicrú, ISSN 2014-7546 Piccininno Eugènia Sendra Supported by Features and web editor Translations Nick Chapman Maria José Gómez Advertising Ex. Nuria Gómez December 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 3 Monthly planner Get out your diaries! We present just a handful of the cultural highlights of the month ahead. Wednesday 04 Monday 09 Wednesday 11 SANTA LLÚCIA BARCELONA MILLENNIUM CHRISTMAS FAIR WALKING TOURS FESTIVAL A visit to the Santa Don’t miss a detail Italian singer- Llúcia market is a of Barcelona at songwriter Vinicio Barcelona Christmas with a Capossela live in Christmas tradition. guided tour. concert at Apolo. See page 38 See page 40 See page 41 Wednesday 18 Saturday 21 CIRQUE TABOO DU SOLEIL If you think The kings of the Barcelona doesn’t circus spectacular do burlesque, think present a new again. See for show: Dralion. yourself with Taboo. See page 44 See page 45 Sunday 22 Friday 27 Wednesday 00 NEW YEAR’S FESTIVAL OF CONCERT CHILDHOOD Strauss’s best-loved Games, sport, waltzes, polkas and workshops, music marches at the and fun for the Palau de la Música. whole family. See page 46 See page 48 Monday 30 Tuesday 31 CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS AT CONCERT THE MUSEUM Say goodbye to 2013 The city’s museums under the spell of celebrate the Bach, Beethoven season with fun and Mozart. family activities. See page 49 See page 49 4 Time Out BCN Guide December 2013 The Hot Seat IRENE FERNÁNDEZ Federica Sandretti From architect to interior designer, Sandretti is the driving force behind Studiostore. By J. Bianciotto You arrived here at 21. Are you a but at the same time it doesn’t: it all product of Barcelona? depends on the use. Take the Fòrum Yes, I owe the city a lot. I admit I for example… have two souls – the Italian and the There’s a strong tradition of Spanish or Catalan. independent shops here. What do Are there signifi cant differences? you think of their interior design? In Italy we’re very theoretical, great We’re seeing the disappearance talkers, and here there’s more of part of the retail sector that spontaneity, which is what made was extremely interesting, leaving me stay. us with big chains. On the other Why the shift from architecture to hand, since so many places are so interior design? naturally pretty here, there’s always The fi rst job I got here was with a tendency to think that’s enough, Barcelona fashion label Custo. and it’s not. I got into the world of retail and Is Milan different in that sense? shop design and stayed there. I’ve Sure, no-one can open a shop there suffered through the credit crunch, if they don’t have money. Here, the but at the same time I created spontaneity has that reckless Studiostore because I wanted to edge too. have a studio and a shop, and I fell Will you go back to architecture? in love with the space. I dare not do it on my own, but I can In the middle of the Born. see myself working with a partner. I like it, especially now the Cultural Centre is fi nished: before it was a 34 years old. Designer. black hole, now I’m delighted with Living in BCN for 13 years. it. Although architecture has power, 6 Time Out BCN Guide December 2013 TIMESHOPS OUT’S SELECTION OF #BOTIGUESAMBENCANT WITH CHARM For the Botigues amb encant (Shops with Charm) competition, organized by Barcelona city council and Time Out, we asked you to tell us the 20 most special places to shop. You selected the best shops the city has to offer: these are your winners. By Eugènia Sendra Photos: Maria Dias HIVERNACLE Torrent de l’Olla, 164 (Gràcia) One of the treasures of the Sants Y 93 105 64 37 district, which could easily go www.oslobarcelona.com unnoticed if it weren’t for a shock of green leaves poking out the skylight DADAFLOR of a one-time meter-box factory. Flower arranging can be an art form, Hivernacle can supply all your indoor and Dadaflor exists to prove just that. and outdoor gardening needs from Run by artist/florist Marta Arnau, plants and seeds, to soil, tools and the shop sells flowers of all kinds – accessories. But their latest project is freshly cut or dried ones, as well as even more ambitious: made-to- artificial flowers made of fabric or measure urban allotments, plastic – but it is also a gallery where available to rent. flowers, combined with other Melcior de Palau, 32 (Sants) materials, become the basis for Y 93 491 21 78 works of art that are both creative www.hivernacle.net and challenging. Provença, 181 OSLO (Eixample Esquerre) The Oslenyes, as the creative team Y 93 453 51 95 behind the Olso project call www.dadaflor.com themselves, run a busy space that showcases the work of some 40 NUMBER SHOES artists and artisans from the Gràcia The footwear fanatics at Number district. But this is more than a shop; Shoes didn’t want to get out of step it’s a haven for anyone who wants to with trends in New York, London and get into the current craze for DIY Paris, so they decided to bring the crafting. They run courses on hottest new styles from the fashion creating dress patterns, making capitals straight to Barcelona. They jewellery using the lost wax method, stock shoes from Opening Ceremony, and altering your own clothes. Swear, B Store, Ksubi and 8 Time Out BCN Guide December 2013 Reductions, and their generous selection covers all the bases, whether you’re looking for vertiginous heels, shoes with TEALOSOPHY character, or timeless classics. Espaseria, 7 (Born) Y 93 319 88 51 www.numberbcn.com RAMONAS BARCELONA Ramonas Barcelona started out producing designer cycle panniers: today this little shop in the Born is an urban cyclist’s dream come true. You’ll find every gadget and accessory that can make the cycling experience more comfortable: classic Brooks leather saddles, colourful saddle covers – the Mexican prints are stunning – animal-shaped bells, helmets covered in faux crocodile skin and, staying true to their roots, panniers. Even an elephant can ride a bike, as the proprietors point out, so there’s no excuse for humans to take the metro. Carders, 51 (Born) Y 93 310 01 52 bcnramonas.com LA PARADA You won’t find asparagus or salt cod at this corner stall outside Gràcia’s Breathe it in: the aromas Abaceria market. Instead, owners of this tea shop are Xènia Bagué and Raquel Villa definitely not to be promote the art of photography, missed. You’ll find more selling both black-and-white and than seventy varieties of colour prints and original postcards, as well as screen-prints, art books single-estate teas and and cards. On Thursdays refined blends that go photographers are on hand to discuss far beyond the standard their work, and on Saturdays La classification of red, black Parada holds a Speaking Corner, at and green, and are created which artists can get the word out by owner Inés Barton, about their projects. A dose of culture herself a tea connoisseur. with the weekly veg shop. She recommends the Parada 15 i 16 Barcelonando, a blend Mercat de l’Abaceria (Gràcia) of green tea and toasted laparada.org cream catalana. There’s always time for tea! I LOVE KUTCHI Bonavista, 3 (Gràcia) Bright colours, laughter and kutchi- T. 93 415 49 06 kutchi. If you’re still a child at heart, www.tealosophy.com pop in to I Love Kutchi. This Barceloneta gift store masquerading December 2013 Time Out BCN Guide 9 as a haberdashery stocks accessories and decorations for the whole family. You can get yourself or your loved ones a thermal pillow, an iPhone case ROLLITOASÍ made in eye-catching fabric, a notebook with a silkscreened cover, or a roll of decorative washi tape. Whatever you’re after, or even if you just went in to browse, you’ll have a hard time leaving empty-handed. Andrea Dòria, 41 (Barceloneta) Y 680 719 779 www.ilovekutchi.com CAP PROBLEMA Brompton’s folding bikes have taken the world of urban cycling by storm, establishing themselves as the number one choice for anyone who wants to move around the city in a healthy, sustainable way, without worrying about how they’re going to lock up their bike. The good people at Cap Problema are specialists in this English make and, as well as carrying out running repairs, they can also customise your Brompton to your specifications.