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2-, 3-, 4- or 5- day card featuring free travel on public transport, and some 100 discounts and free offers at museums, cultural venues, theatres, leisure attractions, night clubs, shops, restaurants, on entertainments, unique means of transport and other services.
| 2009 Prices (Valid from 1st January to 31st December 2009) -
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2 day |
26 € |
22 € |
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3 day |
31,5 € |
27 € |
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4 day |
36 € |
29 € |
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5 day |
42 € |
33 € |
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A voucher booklet featuring discounts at the city’s main landmarks and attractions, representing important savings for tourists. It brings added value to Barcelona visitor packages and is sold exclusively through tour operators and travel agencies, who includes it with the visitors’ travel documents. |
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2009/ 2010 Edition
Valid from 1st April 2009 to 31st March 2010 |
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Price: 1,57 € (16% VAT included). |
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| Organisers: Turisme de Barcelona |
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The Barcelona Bus Turístic operates on three sightseeing routes: the northbound red) route, the southbound (blue) route and the Forum (green) route. With a one- or two-day ticket, you can travel on all three routes and get on and off the double-decker bus as many times as you like. A complete informative guide and a discount voucher booklet about the city’s main landmarks are issued with the ticket.
Audioguide system in 10 languages. Individual headphones.
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| SPECIAL PROMOTION BARCELONA WALKING TOURS: Special promotion. Discover Barcelona with professional guides on five walking tours: the Gothic Quarter, Picasso, Modernisme, Gourmet and Marina. |
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Valid every day, except 25th December and 1st January. |
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2009 Prices (Valid from 2nd January to 31st December 2009)
RETAIL PRICE |
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1 day ADULT |
21 € |
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2 day ADULT |
27 € |
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1 day CHILDREN (4 a 12) |
13 € |
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2 day CHILDREN (4 a 12) |
17 € |
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| Organisers: Turisme de Barcelona i Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) |
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The Night-Time Barcelona Bus Turístic covers a route that reveals the city’s major landmarks floodlit by night. The route begins and ends at the Plaça de Catalunya, and includes the Passeig de Gràcia, the church of the Sagrada Família, the Agbar Tower, the old harbour district, the Port Vell, and the Montjuïc Magic Fountain.
The Night-Time Barcelona Bus Turístic runs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from June to September, with one daily departure at 9.30pm. The tour takes about two and a half hours. |
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2009 Prices
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16 € |
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10 € |
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| Organisers: Turisme de Barcelona i Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) |
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Discover some of Catalonia’s major landmarks on the Catalunya Bus Turístic. The service offers one-day and half-day bus trips from Barcelona, on five different routes and a courier travels on board to provide any information passengers may need.
Figueres, Dalí & Girona route from March to October 2009.
Montserrat, Winery & Sitges route from March to October 2009.
Wine & Cava route from 6th May to October 2009.
Market & Culture in Vic from March to October 2009.
Art & Shopping in Manresa from March to October 2009.
Departs from Plaça Catalunya. Departures are guaranteed with prior booking. |
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1. Figueres, Dalí and Girona (Daily except Monday)
Includes:
- Admission to the Teatre-Museu Dalí in Figueres and the “Dalí-Jewels” exhibition
- Guided walking tour of Girona
- A whole host of discounts at places of interest, restaurants and shops.
2. Montserrat, Winery and Sitges (Departures daily except Monday)
Includes:
- Guided tour of the Torres Winery and wine tasting
- Montserrat
- Ride to the Monastery on the rack railway
- Admission to the Audiovisual Exhibit
- Tasting of traditional liqueurs
- Guided walking tour of Sitges
- A whole host of discounts at places of interest, restaurants and shops.
3. Wine & Cava (Departures Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday)
Includes:
- Guided tour and tasting of two different wines at Jean Leon Winery
- Guided tour, tasting of two different cava and tapas sampling at Caves Freixenet.
- Tasting of one wine at Vinoteca Torres in Barcelona
- A gift
4. Market & Culture in Vic (Departures on Tuesdays)
Includes:
- Guided tour to the old town and the cathedral
- Admission and guided visit to the Museu Episcopal.
- Tasting of “pa amb tomàquet”, typical…and wine
- A whole host of discounts at places of interest, restaurants and shops
5. Art & Shopping in Manresa (Departures on Saturdays)
Includes:
- Guided tour to the old town and the Cathedral of Santa Maria de la Seu.
- Tasting of “pa amb tomàquet”, typical...and wine.
- A whole host of discounts at places of interest, restaurants and shops.
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The City of Dalí and Girona |
69 € |
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Montserrat, Wineries and Sitges |
69 € |
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Wine & Cava |
52 € |
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Market & Culture in Vic |
35 € |
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Art & Shopping in Manresa |
35 € |
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| Organizers: Turisme de Barcelona, Turisme de Catalunya, Transports Metropolitans
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| Walking tours of Barcelona led by professional guides (radioguide system included). Guaranteed departures. Places are limited. Pre-booking essential. Each tour lasts 2 hours.
Gothic Quarter Tour
Discover the history of the city as you explore the Gothic Quarter’s streets, squares and buildings that date back hundreds of years.
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Picasso Tour
Find out about Picasso’s life as you visit the bohemian Barcelona he experienced. Includes admission to the Museu Picasso.
Modernisme Tour
A walk through the Quadrat d’Or (Golden Square) in the Eixample district where you can admire the Catalan art-nouveau buildings by architects such as Gaudí, Domènech i Montaner and Puig i Cadafalch. A true open-air museum.
Gourmet Tour
Discover the history of Barcelona’s cuisine, as well as some of its flagship restaurants and food outlets, on this guided walking tour of the city’s old town.
Two tasting included.
Marina Tour
Route for the Barcelona’s coastline for discovering the important role the sea has played in Barcelona’s history by combining walk and travel on La Golondrina pleasure boat. |
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(Valid throughout the year, except 1/1, 6/1, 25/12, 26/12 and Friday and Saturdays that fall on a public holiday – Gourmet Tour) |
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Modernisme |
Gourmet |
Picasso |
Marina |
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12 € |
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18 € |
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15 € |
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5 € |
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7 € |
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6,5 € |
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Enjoy panoramic views of Barcelona on board a sailing boat and learn basic sailing techniques. Celebrate your maiden voyage with a glass of cava. Departures are guaranteed with prior booking.
Trip lasts 2 hours.
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Precio 2009 (Vàlid de l’1 d’abril al 31 d’octubre)
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Children (7-14 years old) |
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Barcelona Scooter takes you on a panoramic tour of the city’s main landmarks and gives you the opportunity to explore Barcelona in a different and original way, providing an alternative to the conventional sightseeing experience.
Ride on 125 cc, automatic scooters, escorted by a guide who talks about the sights on the route: Olympic Marina, Forum Park, Sagrada Família, Casa Milà, Casa Batlló, Poble Espanyol, MNAC, Olympic Ring, La Ribera district, Olympic Marina.
Valid on Saturdays throughout the year.
RETAIL PRICE 2009
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30 € |
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Multi-ticket providing admission to the five Barcelona museums with archaeological collections:
- Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya
- Museu Barbier-Mueller d’Art Precolombí
- Museu Egipci de Barcelona
- Museu d’Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona
- Museu Marítim de Barcelona
The museum visit traces a journey to the past of our own civilisations and other cultures in order to gain a better understanding of the present.
A unique opportunity to journey through history!!
RETAIL PRICE 2009: 19€
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By combining travel on the metro, walks and the occasional bus or tram journey, you’ll be able to discover the city on seven suggested routes from an insider’s point of view, as if you were one of the locals, at your own pace. Barcelona Metro Walks includes an informative guide in three languages with the seven routes, and T2 travel pass with the metro map.
RETAIL PRICE 2009: 12,50 €
For further information:
www.barcelonaturisme.com |
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Two new “Movie Walks” have been added to the four routes already available on the Turisme de Barcelona website: Woody Allen’s Barcelona (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), and Salvador Puig Antich’s Barcelona (Salvador).
The routes provide visitors with detailed information about the films and the Barcelona locations used, as well as additional information about the city. Film buffs can use this information to create their own tailor-made routes and pinpoint the 41 scenes.
This is an initiative of Turisme de Barcelona in association with the University School of Tourism and Hotel Management (CETT) - Barcelona University, and the Catalonia Film Commission. |
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For further information:
www.barcelonamovie.com
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Turisme de Barcelona has published a new city guide designed to help visitors find their way around using a series of practical maps. The guide describes the cosmopolitan atmosphere and the colour of the different neighbourhoods: the works of Gaudí, Picasso, Miró and Tàpies; the magnificent gardens, beaches and museums; the wide range of cuisine, shops, theatres, music, sports and festivals.
The best of Barcelona, the capital of the Mediterranean.
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For further information:
www.barcelonaturisme.com
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Turisme de Barcelona has released a new promotional DVD which showcases the vibrant side of the city. The DVD soundtrack features a specially adapted version of a song by the Barcelona group Fu Fu Ai.
The DVD is available in two versions: one lasting 4 minutes and the other 1 minute 30 seconds. The short version can be seen on the Turisme de Barcelona website homepage or using the following link: |
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http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/download/popupvideo.htm |
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www.barcelonaturisme.com
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New Turisme de Barcelona programme geared to attracting visitors in search of exclusive experiences.
Barcelona Premium is a new programme designed to attract visitors with high spending power and to establish Barcelona as an exclusive travel destination offering unique experiences.
The programme is run in association with 14 businesses that market, plan and organise high-quality breaks to a luxurious Barcelona, in order to ensure their clients have as memorable a stay as possible. The businesses comprise six travel agencies specialising in unique experiences and bespoke travel, and eight of the city’s most prestigious 5-star Grand Luxe hotels. Turisme de Barcelona has published the catalogue Barcelona Premium. A city of unique experiences to present the programme and showcase Barcelona as a luxury destination. The aim of the catalogue is to let clients know about the unique and exclusive experiences Barcelona offers and the city’s top-level range of accommodation and restaurants, which will enable them to discover the city in a different and personalised way. The catalogue is available in English, Spanish and French. |
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Member companies:
Incoming travel agencies and DMCs: Another Konzept, Cititravel, D-Company, Iberoservice, Novovira and Stop.
5* G.L hotels: Arts Barcelona, Casa Fuster, Claris, Eurostars Grand Marina, Gran Hotel La Florida, Majestic Hotel & Spa Barcelona, Miramar Barcelona and Rey Juan Carlos I. |
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For further information:
www.barcelonapremium.com
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The Barcelona Gastronomy Programme is responsible for promoting Barcelona’s culinary offering. It has just added a new section to the Turisme de Barcelona website, “Barcelona on a Plate”, which features a selection of 15 traditional Catalan recipes. The section offers foodies all the information they’ll need to prepare and enjoy some classic Catalan dishes. |
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For further information:
www.barcelonaturisme.com/gastronomia
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The Articket provides one-time admission, over a six-month period, to the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions at seven of Barcelona’s foremost museums: Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Fundació Joan Miró, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Centre de Culture Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), La Pedrera - Fundació Caixa Catalunya and Museu Picasso.
The Articket provides access to a wide range of art exhibitions and collections from Catalonia, the rest of Spain and abroad, ranging from Romanesque frescoes to the contributions of contemporary artists such as Miró, Picasso and Tàpies. It also provides an opportunity to visit landmark buildings such as Gaudí’s La Pedrera and Richard Meier’s MACBA. |
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Retail prices from 1st June 2009: 22 €
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Daily guided bicycle tours from Pl Catalunya in English and/or Spanish. Bottle of water and a drink on the beach included.
Guaranteed departures.
Departure times:
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11am (Daily except 1/1 and 25/12)
- 4.30pm (Daily from 15th April to 3rd October, Saturday and Sundays in November)
- 7.30pm (Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from June to September)
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2009 Prices
RETAIL PRICE (Valid from 2nd January to 31st December 2009) |
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ADULTS |
21 € |
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Children (9 to 15) |
19 € |
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Organisers:Turisme de Barcelona i Barcelona Ciclotour |
For special conditions for professional please contact to:
productes@barcelonaturisme.com
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The Barcelona Guide Bureau will be running four new regular guided tours in English from 1st April to 1st November 2009, departing daily from Plaça Catalunya:
- The Barça Tour: to experience the magic of the Camp Nou and find out why Barça is much more than a club...
- Gaudí Beyond the City Tour: discover the hidden facets of Gaudí on a visit to the former industrial village he designed for his patron Eusebi Güell, and the chapel he built on the site, which has been designated a World Heritage Site.
- Modernisme World Heritage Tour: gain a greater insight into the Catalan art-nouveau movement, modernisme, and one of its leading architects, Domènech i Muntaner. The tour includes two of Barcelona’s major modernista landmarks which are also World Heritage Sites: the Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau.
- The New Architecture Tour: discover the most innovative contemporary architecture, city planning and design on the Barcelona skyline.
These are four innovative and attractive tours which have been created with the know-how and 20 years experience of the Barcelona Guide Bureau and are designed to provide the best possible quality. |
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For further information:
www.BarcelonaGuideBureau.com
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Barcelona City Tour is the name of the new tourist transport operator that shows you the city’s sights on open-topped double-decker buses.
From the panoramic upper deck, you’ll be able to see the city’s landmarks from a different perspective and enjoy its wonderful climate.
The audioguide service provides you with information about the city and its most attractive sights and monuments. There is also a professional guide on board to answer any queries you may have while on the route.
The Barcelona City Tour ticket allows you to get on and off the bus as many times and for as long as you like throughout the day.
The one-day (adult) ticket costs 21 €, and the two-day ticket, 27€. |
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www.barcelonacitytour.cat |
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From June this year, Barcelona will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Cerdà Plan, the project that marked the beginning of the future Eixample district which laid the foundations of modern Barcelona. The gradual industrialisation and growth in the city’s population made it necessary to look for a solution beyond the city walls that encircled in the city and in the middle of the 19th century still gave Barcelona the appearance of a fortified medieval town. The engineer, planner and politician Ildefons Cerdà (1815-1876) designed a grid system which had, and still has, as its key element residential blocks measuring 113.33 metres on each side, with their corners chamfered at a 45º angle to ease pedestrian and traffic mobility. The blocks were originally intended to be open on two, three or four of their sides and with gardens in their interior courtyards. Although the Cerdà Plan wasn’t fully adhered to – the height and depth of the buildings were increased, and the interior courtyards made private –, its most fundamental aspects still shape the city today.
The programme of events marking the 150th anniversary commences on 7th June and ends in June 2010.
Organisers: Barcelona City Council |
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For further information:
www.anycerda.org |
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The 22nd Barcelona Summer Festival, the “GREC”, will be held from 20th June to 2nd August. The festival programme features a broad spectrum of plays, dance performances and concerts. The Teatre Grec, on Montjuic, will once again be the main venue for a hive of creativity that seeks to make the city a showcase for the finest in the performing arts, with quality performances also held at different venues throughout the city.
This year’s guest country is Italy, and the theme of the festival will therefore have an Italian flavour. |
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For further information:
www.bcn.eng/grec |
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The city’s municipal museums have extended their opening times to Sunday afternoons. They will stay open from 3pm to 8pm and admission will be free. The participating museums are the Museu Picasso, Museu d’Història de la Ciutat, La Virreina, Museu de Ciències Naturals, the Botanical Gardens, Disseny Hub Barcelona, Museu Barbier-Mueller, Museu de Ceràmica, Museu Frederic Marès, Museu Etnològic and the Museu de la Música.
The aim is to attract more visitors and to extend the city’s cultural and leisure offerings at weekends. |
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For further information:
www.bcn.cat |
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The Museu Picasso has launched an on-line ticket service selling individual tickets to make access to the museum easier and to save people queuing. On-line bookings are limited to nine people at a time.
For individual ticket sales visit the museum website:
www.museupicasso.bcn.cat |
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Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday (including public holidays) from 10am to 8pm
Prices:
Combined admission, museum + temporary exhibition: 9 €
Admission to temporary exhibition: 5.80 €
Group visits can only be made by prior arrangement. These can be booked by phone, fax or e-mail.
The group minimum is 10 people and the maximum is 25. If the group is larger, it must be split and enter at 15-minute intervals. Tickets must be paid for in cash or by credit card at the museum ticket office
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Contact for group visits and guided tours:
Tel. 34 932 563 000
Fax 34 933 150 102
museupicasso@bcn.cat
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The Vila Casas Foundation opens its new premises in Barcelona: a showcase for contemporary painting.
The Vila Casas Foundation has opened its new premises, Can Framis, devoted to contemporary painting, which brings together 270 works by artists such as Tàpies, Cuixart, Hernández Pijoan and Joan Ponç within a 3,400 m2 area.
The new facility is housed in a disused cotton mill comprising two 19th-century industrial units and a brand-new section, and will be the permanent home to the Foundation’s collection of paintings. In addition to its 3.800 m2 of exhibition space, Can Framis will also dedicate an area to educational workshops.
The Vila Casa Foundation collection of paintings comprises works by artists who hail from or live in Catalonia, with key works from the most representative movements from the latter half of the 20th century, such as minimalist or neo-conceptual art.
Espai de Pintura Contemporània Can Framis
Roc Boronat, 16
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Tuesday to Saturday: 11am-6pm
Closed: Monday, Sunday and public holidays
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www.fundaciovilacasas.com |
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CaixaForum will be hosting an exhibition about Andrea Palladio from 19th May to 6th September 2009. This is the first exhibition in Spain dedicated to the Italian Mannerist architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) and has been produced in association with the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio and the Royal Institute of Architects in London.
From 2nd July to 18th October, the centre will be hosting Maurice de Vlaminck. A Fauve Instinct. The exhibition focuses on the essence of the work of Vlaminck (1876-1958), a key figure in the renewal of European avant-garde painting at the beginning of the 20th century. |
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From 11th June to 27th September, the Museo Picasso will be staging the exhibition Kees Van Dongen. This is the first Spanish retrospective devoted to the artist and brings together some 100 works which clearly show his connections with Picasso and fundamental contribution to Fauvism.
From 7th July to 27th September, the MNAC (Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya) will be hosting This is War! Robert Capa at Work which brings together 150 photographs taken by Capa when he was working as a photojournalist during the 1930s and 40s: images which made him one of the most famous photographers of the 20th century. On the same dates, the museum will be staging Gerda Taro, presenting for the first time in Spain a retrospective exhibition of works by the photographer Gerda Taro, a female pioneer in war photojournalism. The show brings together 83 photographs from the Spanish Civil War and other documentary material.
The Fundació Joan Miró will be presenting Miró-Dupin. Poetry from 16th June to 18th October. The exhibition is being held as part of the commemorations of the 25th anniversary of Miró’s death and looks at the close relationship between Joan Miró and Jacques Dupin. From 19th June to 4th October, the exhibition Murals will feature works by artists from different countries who work directly on walls.
La Pedrera, Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, will be staging an exhibition on R.B. Kitaj from 8th June to 13th September and another on Arístide Maillol, from 19th October until early January 2010.
The programme of temporary exhibitions at the MACBA (Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona) includes Time as Matter. MACBA Collection: a major exhibition devoted to the museum’s new acquisitions, featuring works by Constant, Hans Haacke, Matt Mullican, Lawrence Weiner, David Lamelas, Palle Nielsen, Rita McBride, Dan Graham... From 22nd September to 10th January 2010 the museum will be hosting Modernologies, contemporary artists in search of modernity and modernism:a project examining modernity as a promising socio-political movement which aspired to form a universal language based on the underlying notion of progress and continual development.
The temporary exhibitions at the CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona) will include Gangs of the 80s, from 26th May to 30th August, and The Jazz Century, which will give the public the opportunity to assess the influence of jazz on the entire spectrum of the arts, and will be on from 21st July to 18th October 2009.
For further information:
CaixaForum
http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/centros/caixaforumbcn_es.html
Museo Picasso
www.museupicasso.bcn.cat
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya – MNAC
www.mnac.cat
Fundació Joan Miró
www.bcn.fjmiro.es
La Pedrera – Fundació Caixa Catalunya
www.fundaciocaixacatalunya.org
MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona
www.macba.es
CCCB – Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
www.cccb.org |
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This summer, the city’s pleasure boats, “Las Golondrinas”, will once again be offering a fun and unique entertainment. Night-time cruises along the coastline in the moonlight and the screening of silent films on board with live piano accompaniment. The programme includes a selection of silent gems and the first images of the Seventh Art.
Every Friday and Saturday from 19th June to 29th August. Embarkation and screening at 10pm. Drink included in the ticket price |
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www.lasgolondrinas.com
www.noucinematograf.com |
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Sightjogging Barcelona is a new way of discovering the city. This novel approach to sightseeing will show you a different side to Barcelona, taking in the most breathtaking views of the city, and with anecdotes about its history and culture provided by our run-guides, who are all expert runners.
Sightjogging offers eight itineraries with varying degrees of difficulty, and participants can tailor their own routes to suit their needs. The Sightjogging tours take place from 6am to 10am (except for the Montjuïc route), and this makes them ideal for business travellers, visitors to trade fairs, and congress and meeting delegates.
Tours cost 70 € per hour for one runner and 35 € per person for four runners.
Tours are available in English, Catalan, Spanish, French and German. |
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For further information:
www.sightjogging-barcelona.com
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Barcelona gives a boost to gay pride when it plays host for the first time to Pride Barcelona 2009. From 20th to 28th June, the Pride Barcelona programme will include all kinds of activities: film, culture, fun, sport, debates, and will end with a colourful parade and party which everyone can join in.
The parade will go along Gran Via, from Plaça Universitat to the Avinguda Maria Cristina (Plaça Espanya), which will host the gay associations’ fair and the closing party for Pride Barcelona.
In the week leading up to 28th June, a number of places and venues around the city will host activities ranging from the film festival LGTB Fire! to a community sporting event.
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Dates |
Sport |
Event |
Website |
3rd- 6th
January
2009/2010 |
Hockey |
61st International Epiphany
Hockey Tournament |
hockeyreyes |
8th February |
Motorcycle
racing |
32nd Barcelona Indoor Trial
Championship |
rpmracing |
1st March |
Athletics |
Barcelona Marathon |
maratobarcelona |
18th-26th April |
Tennis |
Banco Sabadell Barcelona Open
2008 – 57th Conde de
Godó Trophy |
opensabadellatlantico |
8th-10th May |
Motor-racing |
53rd Telefónica Spanish
Grand Prix |
circuitcat |
8th-10th &
15th-17th |
Polo |
41st International Polo Tournament
- Barcelona Polo Classic |
rcpolo |
23rd-24th May |
Sailing |
36th Conde de Godó Trophy |
rcnb |
12th-14th June |
Motorcycle
racing |
Cinzano Catalonia MotoGP Prize |
circuitcat |
9th-10th July |
Cycling |
Tour de France 2009 |
letour |
25th July |
Athletics |
15th Ciutat de Barcelona
International
Athletics Meeting |
bcn2010 |
2nd fortnight
August |
Football |
44th Joan Gamper Estrella Damm
– FC Barcelona Trophy |
fcbarcelona |
2nd fortnight
August |
Football |
36th Ciutat de Barcelona
– R.C.D. Espanyol Trophy |
rcdespanyol |
August '09
- May 2010 |
Football |
First Division Football
Championship |
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8th-13th
September |
Beach
volleyball |
Swatch FIVB Beach Volley
World Tour Barcelona |
worldtourbarcelona |
17th-20th
September |
Equestrian
events |
98th International Showjumping
Competition – Promotional
League Final |
csiobarcelona |
29th November |
Athletics |
86 Jean Bouin (86th Jean
Bouin Race) |
elmundodeportivo |
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26th July
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Athletics |
20th European Athletics
Championship
Barcelona 2010 |
bcn2010 |
Dec. 2010
-Feb. 2011 |
Sailing |
Barcelona World Race |
barcelonaworldrace |
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For further information:
www.barcelonaturisme.eng/bcnsports
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Barcelona’s Marathon and Half Marathon have already set the dates for 2010. The Half Marathon will be held on Sunday 14th February, while the Marathon will take place on Sunday 7th March.
The Barcelona Marathon continues to attract more and more participants, with almost 10,000 taking part in 2009. The organisers envisage an increase in the amount of race number tags available in 2010, but the best way to guarantee yourself a place is to book well enough in advance.
Registration opened on 2nd March and the fees are as follows: 2nd March to 20th December, 45 €; 20th December to 31st January 2010, 55 €; 1st to 21st February 2010, 65€. |
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For further information:
www.barcelonamarato.es
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Barcelona will play host to the 2010 European Athletics Championships for the first time from 26th July to 1st August. The Olympic Stadium on Montjuïc will be the nerve centre of the championships and will bring back memories of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1992 Olympic Games which were held at the venue.
In 2010, Barcelona will pull out all the stops to host this major international sporting competition.
The organisers have already published the programme and the prices of event passes.
Tickets are already on sale. |
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For further information:
tickets@bcn2010.org
www.bcn2010.org
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Barcelona Airport’s new passenger terminal, T1, is the most spectacular project undertaken in Barcelona in recent years.
The terminal will come into operation on 17th June 2009 and consolidate Barcelona’s position as a major air hub in the Mediterranean and the south of Europe.
The figures for the new terminal speak for themselves: it will handle over 100,000 passengers a day, and will be able to operate 90 flights an hour and cater to 55 million passengers a year. The terminal will have 166 check-in desks, 101 gates, 43 fingers, 15 baggage reclaim carousels, ... |
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The architectural project is characterised by the natural light which floods into all the passenger areas. A representative and unique design which is bound to set the benchmark for future airport projects.
The Star Alliance partners will be the first airlines to operate from the new terminal: they will make their maiden flights on 17th June. The airlines from the OneWorld alliance will move to the terminal in late September, and Sky Team will use the terminal from December onwards.
Flight operators that don’t belong to these alliances will continue to use the present terminal, which will be renamed T2. |
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For further information:
www.aena.es
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The Italian ferry operator Grimaldi Lines has launched a new route connecting Barcelona with Porto Torres (Sardinia). From 2nd March, Grimaldi Lines will operate three departures a week, with daily departures in summer, from Barcelona harbour to the Sardinian port.
The boats operating on this new route will be the Cruise Roma and Cruise Barcelona, the largest ferries in the Mediterranean, which can hold 2,300 passengers, 150 cars and up to 187 commercial vehicles. On board, passengers can enjoy the restaurant, swimming pool, casino, discotheque, wellness centre, ...
Grimaldi Lines continues with its commitment to the Motorways of the Sea in the Mediterranean. The new route will complement the already existing routes operating between Barcelona and Civitavecchia (daily), and Barcelona to Livorno (thee times a week). |
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For further information:
www.grimaldi-lines.com
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Air Transat is Canada’s leading holiday travel airline and is continuing with its expansion project with the launch of a new non-stop flight from Vancouver to Barcelona this summer. Flights will operate once a week from 5th June to 9th October.
Air Transat will continue to operate its flights from Barcelona to Montreal and Toronto from May to October. |
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For further information:
www.airtransat.es
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Year |
Hotels |
Rooms |
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2008 |
310 |
29.143 |
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2009 |
+23 |
+2546 |
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2010 |
+19 |
+1.627 |
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2011 |
+6 |
+736 |
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T.B.C. |
+12 |
+362* |
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Total 09/12 |
+60 |
+5.271 |
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Year |
Type |
Dates |
Approx no.
of people |
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2009 |
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9th-10th June |
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Cerdà Year (150th anniversary of the
Cerdà Plan) |
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Trade fair |
9th-17th May |
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International Motor Show |
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Sport |
12th-14th June |
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MotoGP Grand Prix |
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Congress |
15th-19th June |
3.000 |
29th SEGO Congress |
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Congress |
17th-18th June |
4.000 |
Chemspec Europe 2009 |
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Congress |
17th-19th June |
5.000 |
European Energy Forum Congress 2009 |
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Music |
18th-20th June |
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SONAR Music Festival |
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Congress |
24th-27th June |
3.000 |
11th World Congress of
Gastrointestinal Cancer |
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Congress |
8th-11th July |
3.500 |
Annual Meeting Int. Society for Stem
Cell Research ISSCR |
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Sport |
9th-10th July |
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Tour de France in Barcelona |
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Congress |
20th-23rd Aug |
7.500 |
33rd World Convention of Narcotics
Anonymous–WCNA |
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Congress |
29th Aug-2nd Sept |
30.000 |
European Congress of Cardiology |
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Congress |
12th-16th Sept |
4.000 |
XXVI Congress Cataract and Refractive
Surgeons- ESCRS |
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Trade fair |
27th Oct-1st Nov |
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Barcelona Meeting Point |
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Congress |
29th Sept-1st Oct |
3.000 |
Eurocoat 2009 |
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Congress |
30th Sept–4th Oct |
3.000 |
3rd Southern European
Veterinary Conference |
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Congress |
10th-15th Oct |
3.500 |
European Association of
Nuclear Medicine- EANM |
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Trade fair |
7th-15th Nov |
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49th International Boat Show 2009 |
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Trade fair |
1st-3rd Dec |
10.000 |
EIBTM |
2010 |
Types |
Dates |
Approx no.
of people |
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Sport |
14th Feb |
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Barcelona Half Marathon |
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Congress |
15th-18th Feb |
50.000 |
Mobile World Congress |
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Sport |
7th March |
12.000 |
Barcelona International Marathon |
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Congress |
7th-10th March |
3.000 |
Bio Europe Spring |
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Trade fair |
22nd-26th |
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Trade show for the food and
beverage industries |
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Congress |
23rd–27th March |
5.000 |
European Breast Cancer Conference
– EBCC7 |
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Congress |
16th-20th April |
8.000 |
25th Annual European Association of
Urology Congress-EAU |
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Sport |
May |
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Formula 1 Grand Prix |
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Sport |
June |
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Moto GP Grand Prix |
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Congress |
6th-10th June |
3.000 |
International Conference on functional
mapping
of the human brain -OHBM |
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Music |
June |
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SONAR – Music Festival |
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Congress |
10th-13th June |
8.500 |
15th Congress of the European
Hematology Association |
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Congress |
14th-17th June |
5.000 |
General Session of the International
Association of Dental Research - IADR |
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Sport |
26th July-1st Aug |
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European Athletics Championships |
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Congress |
11th-15th Sept |
15.000 |
Annual Congress European
Respiratory Society |
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Congress |
12th-16th Sept |
5.000 |
European Society Therapeutic
Radiology and Oncology |
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Congress |
22nd-26th Sept |
3.000 |
Global Congress of Maternal
and Infant Health |
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Congress |
29th Sept-3rd Oct |
3.000 |
IV Southern European
Veterinary Conference |
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Congress |
10th-13th Oct |
4.500 |
23rd European Society of
Intensive Medicine |
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Congress |
23rd-27th Oct |
10.000 |
United European Gastroenterology
& World Gastroenterology Organization
-UEGW & OMGE |
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Trade fair |
Oct-Nov |
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Barcelona Meeting Point |
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Trade fair |
November |
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International Boat Show |
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Trade fair |
December |
10.000 |
EIBTM |
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2009: |
- 24th June
- 15th August
- 11th and 24th September
- 12th October
- 8th, 25th and 26th December
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The city’s shops are permitted to open on a number of Sundays and public holidays throughout the year. They will be open on the following dates: 5th July, 12th October, 6th, 8th, 13th and 20th December 2009.
The dates of the sales will be as follows: |
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7th January to 6th March 2010 (T.B.C.) |
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Summer: |
1st July to 31st August 2010 (T.B.C.) |
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| If you require further information about any of the items featured in this newsletter you can contact the organisers directly or our Promotions Department:
Turisme de Barcelona
Departament de Promoció
Rambla de Catalunya, 123. 08008 – BARCELONA
Tel. +34 933 689 742
Fax. +34 933 689 701
travtrade@barcelonaturisme.com |
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