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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10/06/2025 - 15:38 h Culture and leisure ‘The Dancing Egg’ uses water again for Corpus Christi 2025Forty spaces around all city districts form part of the programme, which runs from 19 to 22 June.
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04/06/2025 - 13:16 h Economy Barcelona ranks among the world’s 20 most competitive citiesBarcelona closed out 2024 with strong economic figures: a 3.8% growth in GDP, unemployment dropping and the expansion of strategic sectors such as the digital industry, knowledge-intensive services and the blue economy.
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03/06/2025 - 12:46 h New record: 26.4% of Barcelona residents are foreign nationalsThe city’s international community plays a key role in its demographic dynamics. With a 5.7% increase compared to last year, the number of foreign nationals registered as city residents is nearing 460,000.
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07/06/2025 - 10:16 h Science The Living Rooftop reopens at the Museu de Ciències NaturalsCovering an area of 7,100 square metres, the rooftop is reopening with two new features: an experimental area and a zone showing the world’s Mediterranean flora.
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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Barcelona Activa connects you
The economic promotion agency of Barcelona City Council, Barcelona Activa, connects citizens with resources to find a job, boost a business, get trained or start up.
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Barcelona, open and diverse city
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26,4%
foreign population over the city population
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612.529
city residents born in other countries over a population of 1.7 million
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182
foreign nationalities present in the city
Barcelona, my city
