Barcelona International Welcome
Barcelona International Welcome
Are you starting a project in Barcelona? If you are coming to live here, we’d like to make your arrival easier for you and offer you the information and advice you will need to establish yourself here, from procedures to daily practicalities. You will also be able to take part in numerous activities to find out everything the city offers you, share experiences, establish links and make new friends.

News
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17/02/2025 - 18:08 h Culture and leisure Carnival spreads a hundred activities all around the city
The Carnival queen, Reina Belluga, gets the festival under way on Thursday, 27 February, with a parade which this year makes its way around the streets of Sants.
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17/02/2025 - 15:15 h Urban planning and infrastructures Start of disruptions around Plaça dels Àngels for work on the MACBA and the CAP Raval Nord
The first stage of work to enlarge the MACBA gets under way in the middle of January and will occupy part of the square.
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16/02/2025 - 15:00 h Interculturality The Municipal Data Office analyses the diversity of origins of the city’s inhabitants
The report highlights the growth in diversity in the last quarter of a century.
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14/02/2025 - 16:30 h Culture and leisure Barcelona to invest 15 million euros in culture in 2025
The city’s cultural sector will get nearly 15 million euros in the form of subsidies, grants and investment.
Procedures
Find out about the procedures you will have to carry out if you wish to come to Barcelona. We offer you key information, clearly explained, on fulfilling administrative requirements.

Barcelona International Welcome Desk
Barcelona International Welcome Desk is the new personalized support service for international talent that wants to come to live in the city of Barcelona or has recently settled here. It offers in-person and online attention.
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Activities
Information sessions, networking, seminars and conferences, city visits, courses, workshops etc. A broad range of activities on topics of interest to you.
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