UnCommon Tourist

Heeeeeey! September is here and we are HERE for it!

Fresher air, fun energy and FIESTAS all month long! Coming to Barcelona this month, or living here and fancy some company on one of these city-based adventures? Give us a shout!

On todays show we discuss:

Sept 11th: La Diada - The national day of Catalunya and its a busy and fun one. Get your flag out and go explore. Open Doors at Generalitat - sign up

Sept 24th-28th: La Merce - One of the two Patron Saints of the city. Long weekend of activities here on the app AND the much awaited return of the MAGIC FOUNTAIN! Show times here.

Sept 14th-15th - Mexican Festival - taco fans UNITE!

Sept 18th-21st: Gallery Weekend - explore some of the coolest art in the city

Sept 5th - 14th: PobleNou Festas Mayor - one of our favourite hipster barrios

Sept 26th - Oct 5th: Barceloneta Festas Mayor - Get to the Beach, beaches!

Sept 12th-14th: WODcelona - CrossFit festival

Sept 24th: Fiestas Del Fitness - Dance, run, jump, sweat, laugh, repeat!

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Hey y'all coming at you 9 days in to August, cos we like to make an entrance...

Here's a quick round up of everything we talked about today:

Olympic Pool and Salts Bar

Miles Van Der Rohe Museum

MNAC Museum

Nits at Poble Espanyol

Manu Manu Manu Chao!

Gracia Festival

Sants Festival

Enjoy the rest of your summer folks, we hope to explore and share BCN with you sooooon!

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Ready to really experience Barcelona? Let's go!

Website Book your UNFORGETTABLE experience of Barcelona here! Or, you know, spend the rest of your life filled with regret.

Instagram To be wow-ed by our mediocre approach to marketing and self-promotion but also to see cool pictures of Barcelona!

Podcast Tour of Barcelona Wanna hear from us but not in a touchy-feely kinda way? Cool, here's our bespoke podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

The heat is NO JOKE here folks, despite our attempts to joke about it on this episode! Please listen to this with a big, ol' glass of water and then get out there and soak up all the city has to offer in July (slowly!)

Featured today:

Los Tigres del Norte

Galeria Marzia opening weekend events

Grec Festival

Pride Barcelona

ViJazz Festival

Blues Festival Nou Barris

Free Museum Sunday (The BEST time to test out Picasso...!)

Cruilla Festival

Sala montJuic (which is NOT on Montjuic this year!)

Open air cinema on the beach

Festas Majors: Raval and PobleSec

Anis Del Mono

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Ready to really experience Barcelona? Let's go!

Website For private, and group tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

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The city is gettin' hot... here's some of our favourite ways to stay cool this month!

Mentioned on todays episode:

June 1st - Free Museum Sunday

4th-8th Primavera Festival

6th - 15th Hotel Terraces Week

12th-13th-14th Sonar Festival

June-August Alma Festival

June-August Festival Grec

Corpus Christi Celebrations

Ou Com Balla

Barcelona Pride Starts

19th - 30th June Barrio Festival

Castellers in june: 

08/06/2025 18:00 Plaça Sant Jaume

14/06/2025 12:00 La Model (c/ Provença - c/ Entenças)

14/06/2025 18:00  Plaça Fort Pienc

15/06/2025  12:00  Plaça Bonanova

28/06/2025 18:00 Plaça de Masada

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Ready to really experience Barcelona? Let's go!

Website For private, and group tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

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Star Wars references aside, it's a busy month in Barcelona and we are coming at'cha - back on the power grid and sparkling with cool stuff to share!

Mentioned on todays episode:

Palo Market for monthly fun, music, and drinks - get tickets in advance!

Mercat de la Terra – A slow food market in Poble-sec (every Saturday). Fresh, local, and organic produce.

Free Museums in Barcelona - 1st Sunday of the month AND many after 3pm on Sundays all month long!

RetroBarcelona: On May 3rd & 4th, the Centro de Actividades La Farga in Hospitalet de Llobregat will host the exhibition dedicated to retro computing and classic video games.

OFFF Barcelona 8th, 9th and 10th of May - go explore!

Sunday May 11th - Cursa El Corte Ingles

International New Rose Competition - May 9th-11th Held in Parc de Cervantes, this event is the 25th edition!

MotOh! Barcelona - 11th-14th May

Automobile Barcelona - 10th - 18th - make sure you ask for a test drive!

La Nit dels Museus (Night of Museums): Ooops, we said 18th but expect the night of May 17th to be EXTRA dedicated to culture... become a part of it!

Feria Modernista de Barcelona: From 24th to 26th May, Calle Bruc between Diagonal and Consell de Cent gets EVEN more into the modernist period.

Monster Grand Prix - 24th - 26th May

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A mini episode to help you celebrate the story of Sant Jordi (Saint George), walk along the fun of Pass De Gracia and go to Casa Batllo to check out one of the most beautiful (& wallet-friendly) displays in the city!

(and very cool that our 23rd episode, its on Sant Jordi April 23rd!!)

Sant Jordi 2025

Buy a book, a rose, and relish in the magic of this, and many other, stories!

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April is BUSY so come and get involved. Como Siempre, the first Sunday of the month museum doors are open for free (check the full list on our blog!)

All links to our topics today below and see you soooooooon!

Today's episode mentions:

Pizza Fest - nom nom nom

Flower Festival

Comic Barcelona

Barcelona Open Tennis

Earth Day - Free Resources galore!

Sant Jordi information (stay tuned for our special episode!!)

Palm Sunday and Semana Santa

Mas i Mas Festival (April to September)

Have Fun!

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Hey, moving into the last few weeks of winter and the transition to the Spring; we're ready for it, the changes it brings, and YOU!

Today's episode mentions:

Carnival Activities

Our Sant Medir Episode

Mobile World Congress

International Women's Day - Barcelona activity

Marathon

Festas Mayor del Pi

St Paddy's Day Pubs to check out: Michael Payne and George Payne

March 20th - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Car Race on MontJuic

Photo Forum Fest

Have Fun!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Website For private, group, bike & La Sagrada Familia tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

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Cool stuff going down in Feb!

Ok, full disclosure, we posted this episode AFTER this event, so here's a clip of the light projection at Casa Batllo

Palo Market for monthly fun, music, and drinks!

Free Museums in Barcelona

Wine Week BCN 2025

Illum Lights Festival

Calçots restaurants where you can try it! (Pro tip - wear the bibs!!)

Botero Exhibit

BCNegra Book Festival

Santa Eulalia Festival Programme

Carneval Prep at the end of the month

Orange Festival!

Croissant Festival (god help me)

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

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Short, sweet and self-assessed funny, as always!

A wee episode to say hi, recap on festive fun and chat about what cool things are coming in 2025!

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Wanna hang out in the city?

Here we are:

Podcast Tour of Barcelona explore the city with podcast companion guides of La Sagrada Familia or the City Bus Route.

Website For private, group and street art tours as well as more info about us and how we work!

Instagram tag, follow or message us here!