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Enjoy Christmas season in the new ice rink in Barcelona

This is how the people of Barcelona has begun to live the early days of the ice rink.

Good music, fun times and enjoying the wind on the face are some of the sensations experienced being on the ice.

The track is located in the middle of the Plaza Catalunya, next to the beautifully lit Christmas tree. Inside the track you will find several places to eat and enjoy a good coffee, while children enjoy a great time.

The entrance fee is 6 euros per half hour and 8 hour. It is compulsory to wear gloves.

New Ice Rink in Barcelona

The Ice Rink will take place in Plaza Cataluña, Barcelona and will have 1,200 square meters. Next to the ice rink will be located ice cream bar,  drinking hot beverages and some snacks, plus a dressing room where you will rent skates and gloves, essential elements in order to access the rink.

The facility will become operational in December 2, days after the official  Christmas day where all Christmas lights turn on (November 30). The track will run until January 9 and has agreed with the Ayuntamiento De Barcelona a schedule of 10:00 to 21:00 on weekdays and up to eleven holidays.

The rink will be able for 400 people, also, people will be able to enjoy ice projections. The rental skates will be between 6 and 8 euros.

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La Vanguardia

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Christmas spirit in Barcelona

 

Christmas season officially started in Barcelona last wednesday. With more than 50 miles of lighting, the Christmas spirit took  Barcelona´s streets.

Barcelona's Mayor Xavier Trias announced the official start of Christmas season and general lighting in all districts of Barcelona. The event took place in Catalunya Square, where Trias himself turned on the ligths of a 12-metres-high Christmas tree.  In other points of the city, Trias decided to locate six-metre trees. Catalunya Square is a strong representation of a New Yorker Christmas, thanks to theice rink and the giant tree.

The Mayor invited citizens to "revive the traditions of this holiday" but did not loose the opportunity to claim the occasion as a form  "to revive the economy, attract thousandsof tourists, boost trade and create jobs."

Yesterday the Shopping Night at Passeig de Gracia also took place, a night full of events, shopping and fun. Everyone including citizens and tourists need to take a breather and forget the difficult time of global crisis for a moment.

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Barcelona International Music Documentary Festival
From October 27th to November 6th

Films from the backstage

The world’s biggest music documentary film festival opens today in Barcelona, Spain. In-Edit is the unique festival of music documentaries that is organized by music fans for all music fans.

This year the festival is going to pay tribute to Murray Lerner. It is for his constant and acclaimed work with music, both in documentaries and live music films, for which he has been awarded important accolades and prices (including an Oscar for the modern-day classic Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China).

In its 9 edition, the festival will feature more than 40 titles under the subject “Films from the Backstage.” The 2011 festival is going to include documentaries about Queen, George Harrison, Iggy, Michael Nyman, David Bowie and more.

Take a look of some of the short cuts documentaries:

Last Days Here documentary promo clip

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

More information:

In-Edit Festival Program
In Edit Official Web site

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Monster Jam, an incredible family show featuring the largest car of the world, Monster Truck racing and freestyle motorcycle by the best riders in the world is coming to Barcelona.

For the second year, after his great success in the first edition, The Monster Jam will be held in the Montjuic Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys on November 12, 2011.

Participants will witness a show in which the Monster Jam will be two types of competitions: the first, a race, "side by side racing ", is traditional bracket racing, where the first truck to cross the finish line with the least number of penalties is the winner. The second form is the "freestyle” that  allows drivers a limited amount of time on an open floor to show off their skills as they drive the huge trucks over cars, and doing stunts and tricks.

The Monster Trucks are cars that are 3 feet high by 4 meters long and weighing four tons. They can go from 0 to 100 km / h in less than 3 seconds and more than 160 km per hour, can jump distance between 33 and 35 meters (same distance of 14 cars placed next to each other) and rise 8 feet in the air.

Before starting the show, attendees can be part of the Pit Party, a party where everyone can take pictures with the drivers, look closely the Monster Truck and and see a spectacular exhibition of classic cars and motorcycles.

Watch the Monster Trucks in action:

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Barcelona´s most important festival is coming!

The most important festival of Barcelona, “Festes de la Mercé”, will be held from 22nd to 25th of September, this time Sant Petesburg, Russia will be the guest city. The county town is full of celebrations that bring together Catalan traditions with dances, music, street art, fireworks and sporting events.

The Festes de la Mercé are going to transform a stage overflowing with fantasy from Thursday 22nd of September at 19.00, the Ayuntamiento de Barcelona near Sant Jaume Square will be the meeting point where all the celebration is going to start. Joaquim Maria Puyal is going to start the event with one traditional proclamation.

 The Correfoc will start at a Hell's Gate which will use almost the entire Antoni Maura Square and the Parc of the Ciutadella will be starring the Swan Lake presentation.

The most important performances for the Festa Mayor de la Merce are: The Mercé Ride with participants from all over Catalonia, castellers (or human towers), the Sardana (typical Catalan dance), the correfoc (groups of people from the community dressed as demons running through the streets with firecrackers and fireworks in hand) and the parade of the Giants.

This is a great opportunity to have one of the best experiences you can have, if you're in town do not hesitate to be part of the 500 activities that the city has prepared for all the public. If not, this is the best time to start planning your trip and be part of this great event.

In this video you will see the incredible visuals projected during the Festival de la Mercé 2010 at the Parc de la Ciutadella.

Projeccions al Parc de la Ciutadella from Barcelona Cultura on Vimeo.

For more information about events during the festival, visit the following link.

Programme Festival de la Mercé

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