OFFICIAL GUIDE OF BCN VISITBARCELONA.COM ENGLISH EDITION! Read all about it Through the centuries, Barcelona PLUS! TOP CHEESE SELLERS, has inspired countless authors – UNMISSABLE STREET discover our selection of the books MUSICIANS, that capture the spirit of the city LOCAL CRAFT BEERS... 4,95€ APR 2016 #017 2 Buy tickets & book restaurants at www.timeout.com/barcelona & tickets.visitbarcelona.com Time Out Barcelona in English The Best April 2016 L’Hospitalet is one of the of BCN cities that borders Barcelona. We cross the frontier to discover its secrets and must-visit places p. 22 Features 16. A good read $CTEGNQPCJCUKPURKTGFYTKVGTUHQTEGPVWTKGU 6QOCTM5CPV,QTFKVJKUOQPVJYJGPVTCFKVKQP FKEVCVGUYQOGPIKXGOGPCDQQM CPFKPVWTP get a rose), author David Castillo picks some of his favourite books based in the city. 22. Just next door L’Hospitalet is the second biggest city in %CVCNQPKCCPFKVDNGPFUKORGTEGRVKDN[YKVJ Barcelona. Albert Balanzà takes you on a tour. 26. All about cheese If cheese is your thing, and let’s be honest, YJ[YQWNFPoVKVDG.CWTC%QPFGJCUVJG shops for you. 28. Hear them play Street musicians perform all around the city. Maria Junyent introduces some of our HCXQWTKVGUCPFVGNNU[QWYJGTGVQƁPFVJGO Regulars 30. Shopping & Style 34. Things to Do 42. The Arts 54. Food & Drink 61. LGBT 62. Clubs 64. Getaways $CTEGNQPCoUUVTGGVUCTGƁNNGFYKVJVWPGUVJCPMUVQ With craft beer currently booming, discover 66. BCN Top Ten VJGOWUKEKCPUYJQRGTHQTOQWVFQQTUp. 28 some of the top local varieties p. 58 8KC.CKGVCPCCRNCPVC^$CTEGNQPC^6 TGFCEEKQ"VKOGQWVECV Printer.KVQITCƁC4QUÅU Publisher Eduard Voltas | Finance manager Judit Sans | Business manager Mabel Mas | Editor-in-chief Andreu Gomila | Deputy editor Hannah Pennell | Features & web Distribution S.A.D.E.U. editor/CTÉC,QUÅ)ÏOG\^Art director Diego Piccininno | Design Laura Fabregat, Anna Mateu Mur | Picture editor Maria Dias | Writers Jan Fleischer, Maria Junyent, Josep Legal deposit B-26040-2014 Lambies, Ricard Martín, Marta Salicrú, Eugènia Sendra | Catalan website/CPWGN2ÅTG\^Spanish website Erica Aspas | English website Jan Fleischer | Contributors ISSN 2385-5142 Our cover /CTEGNQ#RCTKEKQ#NDGTV$CNCP\¼.CKC$GNVTCP,CXKGT$N½PSWG\®UECT$TQE#FC%CUVGNNU&CXKF%CUVKNNQ.CWTC%QPFG+TGPG(GTP½PFG\$GIQÍC)CTEÉC+XCP)KOÅPG\/CTKC IRISNEGRO Gorgues, Eulàlia Iglesias, Ricard Mas, Iván Moreno, Martí Sales, Montse Virgili | Translator Nick Chapman | Advertising 6^/GTEGFGU#TEQPCFCOCTEQPCFC" VKOGQWVECV^%CTOG/KPIQEOKPIQ"VKOGQWVECV^Marketing %NCTC0CTXKÏPEPCTXKQP"VKOGQWVECV^Advertising designer Xavi Laborda | Published by 80 MÉS 4 Publicacions Time Out Barcelona English Edition 2WDNKUJGFWPFGTVJGCWVJQTKV[CPFYKVJVJGEQNNCDQTCVKQPQH6KOG1WV+PVGTPCVKQPCN.VF.QPFQP7-6JGPCOGCPFNQIQQH6KOG1WV CTGWUGFWPFGTNKEGPEGHTQO6KOG1WV)TQWR.VF6QVVGPJCO%QWTV4QCF.QPFQP96#$7- ^All rights reserved throughout the world. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Time Out Group Ltd. © Copyright Time Out Group Ltd 2016 Buy tickets & book restaurants at www.timeout.com/barcelona & tickets.visitbarcelona.com 3 The BCN_APR 2016 hot list FRIDAY SATURDAY 01 02 Carmen Lapsus Festival Dance Music #ƂCOGPEQVCMGQPC Celebration of classic story. See p. 53 electronica. See p. 46 SUNDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 03 06 08 FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid Hotel Tapa Tour Anastacia Football Food and drink Concert The classic confrontation Hotels offer tasty bites to US singer performs at returns. See p. 36 tempt you. See p. 37 L’Auditori. See p. 46 Masterpieces from the Phillips Collection. Major art Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Visiting classical DON’T MISS! exhibition at the CaixaForum. TUE 5. See p. 50 music group in concert at L’Auditori. MON 18. See p. 48 SUNDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY THURSDAY 10 14 16 21 Sara Baras – Voces Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Trofeu Conde Godó Festival D’A Flamenco Classical music Tennis Cinema Dance star brings latest 2QRWNCTYQTMCVJKUVQTKECN Annual contest played on International festival of UJQYSee p. 53 basilica. See p. 47 clay. See p. 38 CWVGWTƁNOSee p. 39 FRIDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY THURSDAY 22 23 23 28 Beergarten Simon Boccanegra Sant Jordi Festival Romà Food and drink Opera Traditions History Poble Espanyol hosts Plácido Domingo takes A day full of roses and Badalona marks its beer festival. See p. 40 the main role. See p. 43 books. See p. 16 classical past. See p. 40 4 Buy tickets & book restaurants at www.timeout.com/barcelona & tickets.visitbarcelona.com Buy tickets & book restaurants at www.timeout.com/barcelona & tickets.visitbarcelona.com 5 I love BCN Parc de Cervantes Av. Diagonal, 706 This rose garden has 10,000 What am I bushes featuring 2,000 species. )QCPFUOGNNVJGƂQYGTU doing here? Jan Fleischer Reading Barcelona A couple of us on the Time Out Barcelona English Edition team YGTGFKUEWUUKPIVJKUOQPVJoUEQXGT story on top books that take place KPQWTHCKTCFQRVGFEKV[ UGGRCIG YJGPYGYGTGUJQEMGFVQ TGCNKUGJQYHGYYGoFTGCFDGVYGGP WU+VYQWNFUGGOYGoXGIQVUQOG catching up to do. There’s something about reading a story set in a city you’re in that not only OCMGU[QWUC[n+MPQYVJCVRNCEGo or ‘I’m sitting in the very square I’m TGCFKPICDQWVoDWVCNUQOCMGU[QW feel more a part of the city itself. Travelling through Spain years ago I YCUTGCFKPI*GOKPIYC[oUThe Sun Also Rises CMCFiesta CPFYJGP+ RCUUGFVJTQWIJ2CORNQPCKVYCU NKMG+YCUKPVJGUVQT[UWTTQWPFGFD[ it. In the case of Barcelona, so many XKUKVQTUJCXGVTKGFVQƁPFVJGURQVU FGUETKDGFKPVYQDGUVUGNNGTUUGV JGTG UGGRCIGVQƁPFQWVYJKEJ VJCV[QWECPPQYƁPFIWKFGFVQWTU based on them. Cities play an KORQTVCPVTQNGKPUVQTKGUYJGVJGT they’re in the pages of a book or on VJGDKIUETGGPEQWNFYGJCXG 9QQF[#NNGPYKVJQWV0GY;QTM!#PF FQPoVHQTIGVJGoUCNUQƁNOGFKP Barcelona. It’s a city that speaks to RGQRNGVJCVCYCMGPUCPFKPURKTGU creativity. Looking over the list of WTF IS... books in this issue, editor Hannah .GCTPVQURGCM$CTEGNQPCYKVJQWTXQECDIWKFG^$[Jan Fleischer Pennell and I did happen to notice VJGNCEMQHYQOGPoUPCOGUCOQPI VJGYTKVGTUCPFFGEKFGFVJCVUKPEG YGJCXG$CTEGNQPCCUCOCKP EJCTCEVGTKPVJGUVQT[QHQWTQYP Capgròs NKXGUCNNYGJCXGVQFQKUYTKVGVJQUG UVQTKGUVQLQKPVJGNKUV$WVƁTUVYGoXG got 11 or 12 books to read... +PHGUVKXCNUYKVJRCTCFGUKP$CTEGNQPCCPFCETQUU%CVCNQPKC[QWoNNNKMGN[UGGVJGcapgròs cap-GROS), or big-head, marching and dancing along. They are the same size and shape as Jan has yet to read a book JWOCPUDWVYKVJCIKCPVJGCFQHECTVQPRKGTTGCPFQHVGPTGRTGUGPVCTEJGV[RGUQHVJGVQYP in Catalan. 6 Buy tickets & book restaurants at www.timeout.com/barcelona & tickets.visitbarcelona.com Buy tickets & book restaurants at www.timeout.com/barcelona & tickets.visitbarcelona.com 7 People of Barcelona Martina Kunst Singer and guitarist, BCN: 35 years old TOP SECRET B. García & M. Sales Kunst means ‘art’ in German. 6JCVoUTKIJV+FKFYQPFGTCDQWV not keeping it as my artistic name, _The Convent DWVKPVJGGPFFGEKFGF+YQWNF After all, it’s my real surname. dels Caputxins in Sarrià (Cardenal You’ve been making music since arriving in Barcelona. Did the city Vives i Tutó, 2) has awaken your vocation? an ethnographic ;GU[QWEQWNFUC[VJCV9JGP+ YCUNKVVNG+JCFCIWKVCTDWVO[ museum with QYPOWUKEYCUFQTOCPVsKV objects brought ended up expressing itself here. I think there’s more inspiration. by missionaries from the Andean- In what way? The atmosphere, architecture and Amazonian part of nightlife, and things are more Colombia. spontaneous here than in Germany. In 2002, I started _The small Plaça visiting each year, until I decided Víctor Balaguer VQUVC[9JGPGXGT+YGPVDCEMVQ )GTOCP[+PQVKEGFUQOGVJKPIYCU $QTP KUPCOGF missing and needed to return. MARIA DIAS after the man Whereabouts do you live? Do you see yourself more as a YJQKPVJGVJ I think I’ve moved eight times, to singer-songwriter or a rocker? century, chose the areas including la Teixonera, #OKZQHVJGVYQ+VJKPMQHO[UGNH close to Camp Nou, the Born, CUCUKPIGTUQPIYTKVGTDGECWUG+ designations for Sagrada Família and the Raval. started playing alone, but I’d like some of the city’s #PFPQY$CTEGNQPGVC VQOQXGOQTGVQYCTFUTQEM+oO used to listening to ’90s bands biggest roads. Barceloneta has lots of tourists. NKMG0KTXCPCCPF2GCTN,COCUYGNN Do you understand why some AN OBJECT: CU,QJPP[%CUJCPFVJGDNWGUs A+PƂCOGPEQ locals are worried? A SODA SIPHON the music that my dad played. star Lola Flores Absolutely, even though I’m lucky Kunst associates them with GPQWIJVQNKXGKPCJQWUGYJGTG Barcelona’s many vermouth bars You’re putting together an EP ƁNOGFCXGTUKQP there aren’t any problems. I’ve – they’re a rarity in Germany. produced by Steven Munar. of ‘America’ from NKXGFKP4GIGPUDWTIYJGTG +OGVJKOYJGP+RNC[GFCV#RQNQ there’s also a lot of tourism. The YKVJ6JG6GC5GTXCPVUCETC\[ West Side Story in VQYPKUC70'5%19QTNF*GTKVCIG ITQWRs+NQXGFVJGKTCVVKVWFG Barcelona (see it Site, and for me that’s enriching. .CVGTQP+YQTMGFYKVJJKOQPC HQNMTQEMUQWPFYKVJFGRVJCPF on YouTube). What are you trying to explain lots of texture. He’s given my _Check out the with your songs? songs intensity. 4GƂGEVKQPUQPNKHGCPFGOQVKQPCN grasshopper, OQOGPVUn(KPF[QWoVJGƁTUVQPG PLACE OF ORIGIN: Do you feel you’re at the start poised to jump, on that I uploaded onto the internet, POPPENRICHT of a career? talks about the death of a loved It’s in Bavaria, about an hour from I haven’t thought about it like that, top of the Col·legi QPGsCHCEVVJCVOCMGU[QW Nuremberg. Later, she moved to DWVUQOGVJKPIKUFGƁPKVGN[ Fo#RCTGNNCFQTU $QP EQPHTQPV[QWTQYPOQTVCNKV[+PVJG the town of Regensburg. happening. I’ve found music late, middle of last month, I put up DWV+VJKPMKVoNNCNYC[UDGYKVJOG