Harriet Freeman

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The night of museums in Barcelona: La Nit dels Museus

The Long Night of the Museums is going to take place on 14th May, this year 2011. Museums all around Europe will be opened to the public for free. The first Long Night of Museums was celebrated in Berlin, the capital of Germany, in 1997. Since then, many European countries have joined this event which has also crossed the Atlantic to get to Argentina, where is celebrated since 2004 in Buenos Aires.... (posted by Harriet 1 year 16 days ago.)
2011 Clasicos FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Two of the FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid games scheduled to be played within 18 days between April and May 2011 have already taken place. Both teams have given away exciting games to their supporters. What will happen in the next two clasicos FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid ? Who will go to the Champions League final? The goals of both Messi and Ronaldo from penalty spot allowed the teams to finish the first... (posted by Harriet 1 year 30 days ago.)
Barcelona festivals: Sant Jordi

The Day of Sant Jordi , the patron of Catalonia, is the most important and expected festival in Barcelona. It is considered the Valentine's Day of Barcelona and one of the most beautiful traditions of the region. This national feast takes place annually on the 23 April . It is also called the Day of the Rose and the Day of the Book. I think that apart from the nationalist side and the pride of Catalan people showed on... (posted by Harriet 1 year 36 days ago.)
Bullfight Barcelona? No! We prefer shopping!

Don't ask for bullgfight in Barcelona . I'm afraid this is old-fashioned and Barcelona citizens prefer going shopping. In fact, Barcelona is one of the Anti-bullfighting cities existing in the world and only the Monumental bullring is still active, although not for a long time. Bullfighting in Barcelona isn't popular any longer. Barcelona bullfights have finished and no more bulls are going to die in a... (posted by Harriet 1 year 50 days ago.)
Dalí's Most Impressive Surrealist Building In the World

You can visit the Theater-museum of Salvador Dalí in Figueres, the town where he was born on la Costa Brava and where he lived his last years after travelling around the world. In the center of the Dalí Museum there is the old theatre of the town. In 1939, at the end of the Spanish Civil War, the theater was destroyed by a bomb. Dalí decided to transform it into his own museum... (posted by Harriet 1 year 57 days ago.)
Real Madrid joins the Earth Hour

Hundreds of buildings of 4,500 cities in 135 countries worldwide turned their lights off during the Earth Hour which took place on March 26 between 20:30 and 21:30. It was a symbol against the climate change. This campaign was promoted by the World Wildlife Fund and has been happening year after year. Madrid was one of the cities which wanted to do its bit in this annual awareness campaign for the environment. The... (posted by Harriet 1 year 58 days ago.)