BARCELONA
Introduction to the city
http://www.bcn.es/english/laciutat/
barcelona/welcome.htm
Get to know Barcelona through its history and via a series of aerial and panoramic views offered by the Barcelona City Council
City guide
http://www.bcn.es/guia/welcomea.html
An interactive map that helps you locate specific streets and provides zone-by-zone information about services available, including transportation, accommodation, restaurants and religious services.
Transportation
http://www.bcn.es/english/barcelon/
transport/itransp.htm
Find out how to get to Barcelona and how to get around once you arrive. Whatever form of transportation you choose - your own vehicle, public transport or special tourist services - you’ll find the information you need here.
Young People
http://www.cjb.org/indexen.asp
The gateway to the city’s youth association movement through the Barcelona Youth Council (CJB). Contains a directory of youth associations as well as reports and other documents on the situation of young people in Barcelona.
http://www.bcn.es/ciaj/novetats/
Guia web/guiaweb.html
Municipal services and programmes for young people. In the Youth Guide, you’ll find information about all the services Barcelona City Hall offers young people in the different neighbourhoods of the city.
http://www.barcelonesjove.net/
Notícies sobre joventut, albergs, Punts d’informació juvenil,
butlletí jove, publicacions, entitats i equipaments, etc
des del Consell Comarcal del Barcelonès.
Recommended Activities
http://www.bcn.es/english/
bdades/agenda/iagenda.htm
A selection from the wide range of cultural and sports events in the city, with access to the cinema guide and information on all programmed festivities and cultural events. |
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CATALONIA
Culture
http://www.gencat.net/catalunya/
cultura/index_eng.htm
Gain insight into Catalan culture and discover new ways
of understanding social reality in the context of Catalan
values and traditions
Catalan Language and Literature
http://cultura.gencat.net/llengcat/
Catalan Government website on the Catalan language.
http://www.caib.es/conselleries/
educacio/dgpoling/user/catalaeuropa/
angles/sumariangles.htm
Wide selection of documentation regarding Catalan within
the European context.
http://www.uoc.edu/lletra/
Virtual space on Catalan literature: a place for Catalan
literature on the Internet. A space designed to provide
systematic information on existing websites, that will
also be adding new pages and content.
http://www.escriptors.com/
Brief news items on the literary and publishing world
in Catalonia, updated daily in several languages.
History
http://11setembre.org/quees.html
The National Day of Catalonia (Diada) is the 11th of
September. Information on the history and significance
of the Diada.
Visit Catalonia
http://www10.gencat.net/probert/
index_ang.htm
Palau Robert offers a route finder that makes it easy
for you to explore Catalonia on foot. You can search
for a route using a number of different criteria, including
county, municipality and season. The website also includes
a special section on "Routes of the month," where you
will find a specially recommended route.
Mobility
http://www.mobilitat.net/cast/index.htm
All the information you need to get around in Catalonia:
road routes, public transportation, traffic information,
etc.
Young People
http://www.cnjc.net/
The National Youth Council of Catalonia (CNJC) is a
non-governmental platform that groups together the main
youth associations and councils in Catalonia. The
CNJC promotes the interests of children and young people
within civil society and before the government of Catalonia.
You’ll find a list of youth organizations, documents
and news on the Catalan association movement.
http://www6.gencat.net/joventut/
catala/home.htm
The Catalan Government’s General Youth Secretariat offers a complete guide of services and resources on education, housing, labour, healthcare, participation and the association movement, culture and leisure, etc.
http://www.tujuca.com/frame_banners_eng.htm
The Autonomous Government of Catalonia offers a broad range of youth-oriented tourism options through its network of youth hostels.
Studies
http://www.gencat.net/estudiar/index_eng.htm
A direct link to education in Catalonia. Everything from children to adult studies, study centers and libraries, scholarships and grants, professional training, etc.
http://www.vives.org
The Network of Universities Joan Lluís Vives is a non-profit-making association of universities with own legal entity. Currently, the Institut Joan Lluís Vives consists of 19 universities. This association represents a group of more than 430,000 people. |
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