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When does it snow in Barcelona?

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Barcelona Guide

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain which is also the capital city of the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain. Barcelona is located on the eastern coast on the Iberian Peninsula so the city has Mediterranean climate which means winters are mild and summers are warm.

The average temperature in Barcelona at the day time is 20 °C and at night it is around 11 °C. The winters in Barcelona are really mild and the coldest months of the year in the city are December, January and February. At the winter the temperature ranges from 8 °C to 17 °C during the day time and at night it ranges from 2 °C to 10 °C. The temperature never really falls below 10 °C in the winter so it never really snows in Barcelona due to its climate but it is most likely to have snow in the city is in January.

The biggest snowfall since 1962 in Barcelona was in 2010 when public transport and roads were shutdown. Although Barcelona does not get too much snow during the winter the Pyrenees do and that’s why Barcelona is a good place for holidays even in the winters. The closest ski resorts to the city are La Molina and La Masella which are only a one and a half hours drive away.

If you want to know more on the climate in Barcelona check the following site.

How to watch UK TV online in Spain?

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Barcelona Guide

I was born in the United Kingdom, but have now lived in Spain and in Barcelona for a while. I love the weather, but I really miss watching the UK TV channels such as BBC, ITV, Channel 4 etc. Is there anyway I can watch these channels online? As I try now I always get an error message telling me that it is not possible because I am in Spain.

This is a problem thousands of people in Spain suffer from, so you are not alone. The good thing is then that when lots of people have a request and a problem, some people always look for a way to help, and the solution in this case is provided by the UK company named Privax and their service HideMyAss. What you need is a membership to HideMyAss (visit their website to sign up) and with that membership you can at once get yourself an IP address in the United Kingdom. That is the solution to your problem, because once you get that you can start watching online streams from ITV, Channel 4, BBC and other UK channels online in Spain within a few minutes.

This was a short answer to your question, but you can also read a much longer and more thorough answer (with the same solution) in the following article written in the IP Address Guide.

How can I watch Netflix in Barcelona?

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

I am bringing my family to Barcelona for winter holidays. Every evening we watch something together on the laptop on Netflix, but I have heard that Netflix is unavailable in Spain. What can I do to make Netflix work in Barcelona and in Spain?

That is a brilliant question, and as someone located in Barcelona we of course enjoy Netflix ourselves, so the answer to this question is based on our very own personal experience. It is true as you wrote, that Netflix is in general unavailable in Spain and in Barcelona, meaning that you will only get an error message as you try to visit Netflix.com from Spain. As of know Netflix has not yet arrived to the nation, and that is the general problem.

The solution – How to watch Netflix in Barcelona!

Therefore, as you want to watch Netflix in Barcelona, what you need to do, is to make the Internet and Netflix believe that you are located elsewhere. If you already have a Netflix subscription in let us say the United Kingdom, then you should get yourself an IP address in the United Kingdom, and once you have such an IP address, you will be able to watch Netflix in the UK in Barcelona. The same is true if you want to watch Netflix in the United States and you have a subscription there, then you will need an American IP address.

If you do not have a Netflix subscription yet, but would like to watch Netflix in Barcelona, then you simply get an IP address in the UK or in the USA, and visit Netflix.com. There you can sign up for your free thirty day trial, and start watching Netflix at once.

Since we are a Barcelona Guide (and not a tech guide) we will leave the hard details on how to get an IP address in another country to someone else, so if you want to know more about getting an IP address in the UK or in the USA, read one of the following articles.

There are quite a lot of films available on Netflix, so hopefully this little answer will help you, so that you and your family can have some quality time together watching your favorite series and films on Netflix together, even in Barcelona and in Spain.

Earlier we have answered somehow similar questions, for example on how to get a Spanish IP address. Read the answer by following the link, or if you have another question, then visit our questions and answers page, and hopefully we will be able to help you out as well!

Cost of living in Barcelona

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

I’m thinking about studying in Barcelona. The only thing I’m worried about is the prices and if I have enough money. Everything with the places I’m staying is paid for. But I get 600 euros a month to buy food and other stuff with like paying the cellphone bill, gym and also other things. I like to shop a lot also. I wondered how is the prices in Barcelona on the stores? And is 600 euros enough. I live in Norway which is very expensive, but I think Barcelona has the same prices.

Thank you for the question! We can of course not guarantee you that this is a good answer for you, but we will do our best. If you have 600 Euro a month to live for, and all your common costs and flat costs are arranged already, it is of course possible to survive on 600 Euro a month in Barcelona. If you come from Norway the prices for groceries are cheaper and you can easily eat quite nice food at home and still have lots of money left. If you like to shop a lot, then 600 Euro is not enough anywhere in the world, maybe especially not in Barcelona. You can of course find cheaper shops, but in general wherever you go in Europe, if you buy a sweater, a trouser and a t-shirt, 100 Euro can leave your pocket easily… and if you have a total of 600 Euro to spend a month, then that is not a lot.

Your cellphone bill does not need to be very high, at least not if you use WiFi, WhatsApp and similar tools to save money. If you want a gym ticket for a month, then that will also require quite a lot of money, so you should be prepared at paying between 70-100 Euro a month for a good membership at a local gym.

To make it short… it is easy to survive on 600 Euro a month in Barcelona if your flat and all costs connected to that is paid for. But, it will require that you shop less clothes, and you should be prepared for some time without the biggest luxury.

Good luck on your decision!

Which is the best five star hotel in Barcelona?

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

I am going to Barcelona later this year and would like to live centrally in the best five star hotel in Barcelona. Which five star hotel should I choose?

Thank you for the question. There are quite a lot of five star hotels in Barcelona, in fact there are almost 30 of them to choose from. So, to choose the right one of these hotels is very important.

To recommend a hotel is always a subject of personal opinion, so, what we are going to recommend and write about here, might not be your personal favorite, but we believe that still these recommendations will be more than satisfying for most people coming to Barcelona.

Per definition the center of Barcelona is located near La Rambla, so in our eyes a central hotel should be located near this area. So, ready to go… best five star hotel in Barcelona!

Best five star hotel in Barcelona

There are two hotels which we would like to write about, which be believe both are qualified for the title “Best five star hotel in Barcelona.”

Mercer Hotel

This hotel is a five star hotel, located a ten minute stroll from La Rambla. It is not that much, especially considering that you can make the stroll from your hotel to La Rambla in some very nice areas in Barcelona. The hotel has free wireless Internet, which is very useful, and it has very nice areas where you can sit down and relax during a busy trip to Barcelona. In addition the hotel has a swimming pool at the roof.

The hotel is a few minutes away from the Jaume metro station, and it is located in the Gothic district of Barcelona.

El Palace Hotel

This hotel is also known as the GL Palace Hotel. This is a hotel built in a beautiful neo-classicist style, they do have wireless internet available, but they will charge you extra for it. The hotel has a Micelin starrred restaurant, Caelis, inside its walls and if you want to see some nice Barcelona attractions Casa Battlo and La Pedrera is only five minutes away.

In general our favorite is the Mercer Hotel, but we would check out the prices of both, and if the El Palace Hotel would be much cheaper, we would go for that instead.

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Where can I watch FC Barcelona play in La Liga online?

Posted on March 12, 2014November 21, 2022 by Barcelona Guide

The best football team in the world is Barcelona and I want to watch FC Barcelona play online. Where can I do so?

FC Barcelona online — The best is of course to visit Barcelona and to watch FC Barcelona play their matches at Nou Camp

Thanks for asking! FC Barcelona truly is the best and coolest football team in the world, at least according to the citizens of Barcelona and some millions elsewhere in the world. If you are a fan of FC Barcelona and want to watch their matches online, then the best is of course to move to our beautiful city and watch the matches played at Nou Camp. Imagine watching Lionel Messi, Xavi, Neymar and the other players and cheer for them together with almost 90,000 other Barcelona fans? Sounds great? Read more about watching Barcelona live and buying tickets here.

However, if you can not come to Barcelona to watch the matches, it is still possible to watch the Spanish heroes play their matches online. There is an Austrian TV channel named Laola1 broadcasting all matches from the Spanish La Liga, and all you need is an Austrian IP address or a German IP address to watch.

It is quite easy, and to find out exactly how to watch FC Barcelona online and and watch all other matches played in La Liga as well, read the following article by Christine Wilson on how to watch La Liga matches online.

How to book a taxi from Barcelona Airport to Barcelona cruise terminal?

Posted on February 10, 2014October 14, 2023 by Barcelona Guide

I will be traveling on a cruise departing from the cruise terminal in Barcelona this summer. How can I book a taxi taking me from Barcelona Airport to the cruise port easily? And can I book a return transfer from the cruise port to the airport as well?

Thanks a lot for your question! It is easy to book a transfer from Barcelona Airport to the cruise port. If you use the link further down you will be able to not only book a transfer from the airport to the cruise terminal, but you can also book your return transfer there. It is a comfortable and easy way of getting in both directions, especially useful as you come with tons of luggage (as most people do) to such cruises as the one you might be going on!

Link: Transfers in Barcelona

Ps: The transfers are from the El-Prat airport in Barcelona, not Girona!

Enjoy your trip!

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Spanish IP address and web TV from outside Spain

Posted on October 16, 2012February 4, 2013 by Barcelona Guide

We will not write an article about how to get a Spanish IP address and how to watch Spanish web-tv only available to people inside Spain ourselves, but our friends in the Madrid Guide have just written articles about both the subjects, and we can warmly recommend them to all our readers interested in how to get a Spanish IP address or maybe watching some tv broadcasts online only available to those with a Spanish IP address, or in other words only available to those inside Spain.

You might be on a holiday somewhere around the world, or maybe you are a Spanish guy or girl who have moved to some other country in the world, but once there, you find yourself desperate for some spanish TV show you have fallen in love with, or maybe you want to see a soccer match live which can only be seen if you have a Spanish IP address or maybe there is some other reason, but if you have this request and need a Spanish IP address for some reason, check out the following articles written by Madrid Guide.

– How to watch Spanish web-tv from abroad?
– How to get a Spanish IP address?

The solution described in the articles will not only give you a Spanish IP address, but it will also give you the chance to get IP addresses in lots of other countries around the world such as Norway, Hungary, Italy, England, USA and many, many more. It will also encrypt your connection, making your surfing safe and protected to people who would like to get hold of your private information.

If you want to find out what you current IP address is, visit this page: What is my IP address?

How can I get a Spanish IP address?

Posted on August 1, 2012May 5, 2017 by Barcelona Guide

How can I get a Spanish IP address? I need it to be able to watch online Spanish tv broadcasts only available to viewers in Spain, thus having a Spanish ip address.

Thank you for the question. The solution to your problem is quite easy but it costs some money. There are several services available online able to give you local Spanish ip addresses and one of those is HideMyAss. With this software you can get local ip addresses in more than 39 nations and in that way you can watch programs only available to viewers with local ip addresses in those nations, so also in Spain. This can be very useful during Olympic tournaments, soccer championships and other sports events and happenings. This means that if you later would like to see broadcasts from other nations outside Spain, for example in England, this software can be used for that as well.

If you have other ideas or feedback just write a comment.

Visit the HideMyAss webpage.

Such an IP address can be useful also for other things, and it is created through a VPN connecting you to a server in Spain. A VPN is a Virtual Private Network, and as you create an account and connect to such a server it will for example encrypt all data sent, making it impossible for people to steal information from you. This can be especially useful if you for example use public networks, WiFi and so on. So instead of having all your data easy to steal, connect to the open WiFi, use the VPN and suddenly all your data is encrypted and safe. You can find more information about these services and so on the HideMyAss webpage, so look it up for further information on the subject.