BARCELONA – Spain
Video and photos I have made during my trip in Barcelona in Spain in 2009. The video includes the following highlights: the Poble Espanyol (open-air architectural and cultural spanish museum), traditional Iberian village, Plaza Mayor, glass oven, glass artisanal factory, Park Güell, Antoni Gaudí, Las Ramblas, St. Mercat. Josep, Palau de la Musica, Santa Caterina Market, Santa Agata Chapel, Plaza del Rey, Santa Eulalia Cathedral, Plaza Sant Felip Neri, Carrer del Bisbe, Plaça de Sant Jaume, Picasso Museum, Palau Güell, Barceloneta, Beach, Arenas de Barcelona, National Art Museum of Catalonia, Torre Calatrava, Olympic Park, Stadio Olimpico Lluis Companys, Casa Battlò, La Pedrera de Gaudí, Sagrada Familia, Casa Vicens, Casa de kes Needles, Maritime Museum, Castel de Montjuïc, Torre Agbar, Barcelona by night.
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SwissTravelChannel is a YouTube channel of my holiday’s trips videos, taken all around the world since 2008. Some are for pure tourism and others are more of an adventure. The videos usually show the top best tourist attractions, the top things to do and top places to see. The goal is to inspire others on their next vacations. The videos can also be seen as a guide to have an idea of the main highlights and places to explore. I love to take pictures of the nature, traditions and different cultures, to search the must-see spots and show the essentials in my videos, for this reason I always try to create the perfect vacation. Traveling is more than a hobby for me, is a way of life.
Photocamera: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T99
Editing program: Magix Movie Edit
Soundtracks:
1. Guitar song recorded from the street
2. La Camisa Negra by Juanes
3. La Flaca by Jarabe De Palo
4. Me Voy by Julieta Venegas
BARCELONA (source Wikipedia):
Barcelona is a city in Spain. It is the capital and largest city of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.7 million people, making it the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, Madrid, the Ruhr area and Milan. It is the largest metropolis on the western Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range, the tallest peak of which is 512 metres (1,680 feet) high.
Founded as a Roman city, in the Middle Ages Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona. After merging with the Kingdom of Aragon, Barcelona continued to be an important city in the Crown of Aragon as an economic and administrative centre of this Crown and the capital of the Principality of Catalonia. Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned are the architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean is located in Barcelona. The city is known for hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and expositions and also many international sport tournaments.
Barcelona is one of the world's leading tourist, economic, trade fair and cultural centres, and its influence in commerce, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. It is a major cultural and economic centre in southwestern Europe, 24th in the world (before Zürich, after Frankfurt) and a financial centre. In 2008 it was the fourth most economically powerful city by GDP in the European Union and 35th in the world with GDP amounting to €177 billion. In 2012 Barcelona had a GDP of $170 billion; and it was leading Spain in employment rate in that moment.
In 2009 the city was ranked Europe's third and one of the world's most successful as a city brand. In the same year the city was ranked Europe's fourth best city for business and fastest improving European city, with growth improved by 17% per year, and the city has been experiencing strong and renewed growth for the past three years. Since 2011 Barcelona has been a leading smart city in Europe. Barcelona is a transport hub, with the Port of Barcelona being one of Europe's principal seaports and busiest European passenger port, an international airport, Barcelona–El Prat Airport, which handles over 40 mln passengers per year, an extensive motorway network, and a high-speed rail line with a link to France and the rest of Europe.