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International Volvo Photo Locations Part 419

2018 – Volvo S60 R-Design at Mirador Sarrià on Carretera de Sarrià a Vallvidrera or BV-1462 near Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸

2018 – Volvo S60 R-Design at Mirador Sarrià on Carretera de Sarrià a Vallvidrera Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸

2018 – Volvo S60 R-Design at Mirador Sarrià on Carretera de Sarrià a Vallvidrera Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸

2020 – Mirador Sarrià on Carretera de Sarrià a Vallvidrera in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

2020 – Mirador Sarrià on Carretera de Sarrià a Vallvidrera in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

Mirador Sarrià is a location where you have a great panoramic view over Barcelona, you find it on Carretera de Sarrià a Vallvidrera in Barcelona, Spain.

A nice view especially at night when surrounded by the peace and tranquility of the secluded park/cove. Sarria is an area of fewer tourists than the centre and there is hardly anything around this park except for a road, shrubbery and quiet. A great place to collect your thoughts and look down on the city.

Sarrià is a neighborhood in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona, Catalonia. Its main street is Major de Sarrià.

Today what was the old municipality is divided into various neighborhoods and districts. Most are in the district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, the neighborhoods of Sarrià and les Tres Torres, two small areas in the neighborhoods of Sant Gervasi – la Bonanova and Sant Gervasi – Galvany. Vallvidrera independent town but was added to Sarriá in the 1890. The neighborhood of Pedralbes was also part of the old town before local boundaries were redrawn in 1984, but is currently included in the district of les Corts.

In 1858 Sarrià was connected to Barcelona by a railway line, which today forms a part of the conurbation’s urban metro system, part of the Catalonia Railway company.

More information at ca.wikipedia.org and parcnaturalcollserola.cat.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 418

2000 – Volvo V40 at La Terracccita restaurant on Plaça de Joan Coromines in Barcelona, Spain.

2020 – La Terracccita on Plaça de Joan Coromines in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

2020 – La Terracccita on Plaça de Joan Coromines in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

La Terracccita is a restaurant located on Plaça de Joan Coromines in Barcelona, Spain.

La Terracccita is the quiet terrace of the CCCB bar restaurant that is located just behind MACBA and CCCB. It has a wide range of breakfasts, creative menus and refreshing cocktails. It also offers a catering service for private events.

Joan Coromines i Vigneaux also frequently spelled Joan Corominas (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain 1905 – Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, Spain, 1997) was a linguist who made important contributions to the study of Catalan, Spanish, and other Romance languages.

His main works are the Diccionario crítico etimológico de la lengua castellana (1954-1957), in four volumes, first version of his etymological dictionary of Spanish (with an abridged version, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana, first published in 1961); the Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, which investigates the origin of most words in the Catalan language (9 volumes); the Onomasticon Cataloniae, documenting place and person names, old and new, in all the Catalan-speaking territories (8 volumes); and the Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, the most thorough etymological dictionary of Spanish extant today. Following this research, he—along with Koldo Mitxelena—made key contributions to the study of the Basque language’s geographical extent across the Pyrenees during the early Middle Ages.

Coromines studied at the University of Barcelona, and started working on linguistics from an early age. At the same time, he held strongly Catalanist convictions all his life. He was forced into exile after the Spanish Civil War, eventually holding a professorship at the University of Chicago, in 1948. He returned to Catalonia later, and spent his last years working on his main works: the etymological dictionaries and the Onomasticon.

He refused several prizes from the Spanish government, in protest at the treatment of the Catalan language and culture in Spain.

In honor of Coromines, in April 2006 the University of Chicago inaugurated the Càtedra Joan Coromines d’Estudis Catalans, a teaching chair for visiting professors of Catalan language and literature.

More information at ca.wikipedia.org and terrazeo.com.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 417

2018 – Volvo XC40 at Quiksilver Surfshop on Carrer de la Drassana and Placa del Mar on Barceloneta Beach in Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸

2018 – Volvo XC40 at Quiksilver Boardriders Surfshop on Carrer de la Drassana and Placa del Mar on Barceloneta Beach in Barcelona Spain

2018 – Volvo XC40 at Quiksilver Surfshop on Carrer de la Drassana and Placa del Mar on Barceloneta Beach in Barcelona Spain

2018 – Volvo XC40 R-Design at Quiksilver Boardriders Surfshop on Carrer de la Drassana and Placa del Mar on Barceloneta Beach in Barcelona Spain

2020 – Quiksilver Surfshop on Placa del Mar in Barceloneta (Google Streetview)

2020 – Quiksilver Surfshop on Placa del Mar in Barceloneta (Google Streetview)

La Barceloneta is a neighborhood in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The neighborhood was constructed during the 18th century for the residents of the Ribera neighborhood who had been displaced by the construction of the Ciutadella of Barcelona. The neighborhood is roughly triangular, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, the Moll d’Espanya of Port Vell, and the El Born neighborhood. This neighborhood has its own flag, and is serviced by its own stop on the Barcelona Metro line 4. This is a good starting point for whatever itinerary there may be to adventure through La Barceloneta. The yellow line, L4, which is the metro line that stops at La Barceloneta, is the most popular for pickpocketing. The neighborhood can also be discovered by taking Las Gorondrinas, which leave from the front port of the Columbus monument. This way the marine strip can be discovered, but the real charm of this neighborhood is by getting lost in the side streets or alleyways. Torre Sant Sebastià is the terminus of the Port Vell Aerial Tramway; opened in 1931, it connects La Barceloneta with Montjuïc across Port Vell.

La Barceloneta is known for its sandy beach (which made an appearance in Don Quixote, book 2) and its many restaurants and nightclubs along the boardwalk. Over the past several years the quality of the sand on the beach has become a source of continued controversy. In February 2008, the World Health Organization began an inquiry designed to ascertain whether the sand meets WHO beach health and safety guidelines.

With its modernity, La Barceloneta continues to inhabit the scent of salt and marine life. For many, this is considered a luxury. La Barceloneta also attracts many cruise ships to dock.

Among the attractions on Barceloneta’s beach are German artist Rebecca Horn’s “Homenatge a la Barceloneta” monument, and, where the beach gives way to the Port Olímpic, Frank Gehry’s modern “Peix d’Or” sculpture.

In the center of the neighborhood, there is a small museum, called “Casa de la Barceloneta”, which is housed in a preserved building dating back to 1761. Admission to the museum serves as an insight into the evolution of the neighborhood and its history. The house has a stone façade with letters and number engraved that are inscriptions of the plots used in construction.

More information at en.wikipedia.org.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 416

2018 – Volvo XC40 at Parking Saba Aeropuerto Barcelona at Terminal 1 on Aeroport de Barcelona-El Prat in Spain 🇪🇸

2018 – Volvo XC40 at Parking Saba Aeropuerto Barcelona at Terminal 1 on Aeroport de Barcelona-El Prat in Spain 🇪🇸

2020 – Parking Saba Aeropuerto Barcelona at Terminal 1 on Aeroport de Barcelona-El Prat

2020 – Parking Saba Aeropuerto Barcelona at Terminal 1 on Aeroport de Barcelona-El Prat

Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport, previously named Barcelona-El Prat and also known as El Prat Airport, is an international airport located 12 km southwest of the centre of Barcelona, lying in the municipalities of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans, and Sant Boi, in Catalonia, Spain, Europe. It has been named after a former President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Josep Tarradellas, since 27 February 2019.

It is the second largest and busiest airport in Spain, and the sixth busiest in Europe. In 2019, Barcelona Airport handled a record 52,686,314 million passengers, up 5.0% from 2018. It is a hub for Level and Vueling, and a focus city for Air Europa, Iberia, EasyJet, Norwegian and Ryanair.

The Barcelona–Madrid air shuttle service, known as the “Puente Aéreo” (in Spanish), or “Pont Aeri” (in Catalan) literally “Air Bridge”, was the world’s busiest route until 2008, with the highest number of flight operations (971 per week) in 2007. The schedule has been reduced since February 2008, when a Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line was opened, covering the distance in 2 hours 30 minutes, and quickly became popular.

A new Terminal 1, designed by Ricardo Bofill was inaugurated on 16 June 2009. It is the fifth largest in the world, and has an area of 548,000 m2, an aircraft ramp of 600,000 m2, 13,000 new parking spaces and 45 new gates expandable to 60. This terminal is also capable of handling large aircraft like the Airbus A380-800 or Boeing 747-8I.

The terminal handles both Schengen and non-Schengen flights. It is split into 5 Modules with Module A handling flights to Madrid, Module B handling Schengen flights, Module C handling Air Nostrum flights, Module D handling non-Schengen European flights and Module E handling non-Schengen non-European flights.

More information at en.wikipedia.org and aena.es.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 415

2018 – Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 AWD Denim Blue at Can Framis Museum in Barcelona 🇪🇸

2018 – Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 AWD Denim Blue at Can Framis Museum in Barcelona 🇪🇸

2018 – Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 AWD Denim Blue at Can Framis Museum in Barcelona 🇪🇸

2018 – Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 AWD Denim Blue at Can Framis Museum in Barcelona 🇪🇸

2020 – Museu Can Framis de Barcelona

2020 – Museu Can Framis de Barcelona

2020 – Museu Can Framis de Barcelona

Museu Can Framis de Barcelona is located on Carrer de Roc Boronat in Barcelona, Spain.

Can Framis is the latest Fundació Vila Casas museum, an art center devoted to the promotion of contemporary Catalan painting. Located in the old Can Framis factory complex, the museum displays more than 250 paintings from the sixties to the present made by artists born or currently living in Catalonia. In addition to the permanent collection which is divided in three floors, Can Framis Museum has an area dedicated to temporary exhibitions named Espai Aø. The permanent collection is updated periodically, and two new temporary exhibitions are opened every three months.

The museum has an education program that offers activities designed for pre-school to secondary school, as well as for people with special educational needs. They also offer guided visits.

The museum is open to the public Tuesday to Saturday from 11.00–18.00 and on Sundays from 11:00–14:00 h.

The Can Framis Museum is located in Roc Boronat Street in the 22@ District of Barcelona, Spain. It was opened to the public on April 27, 2009. The museum is situated in an old textile factory that dates backs to the 18th century and was originally owned by the Framis family. Over the years it fell into disuse, becoming a monument to the industry of the area. The renovation was directed by the architect Jordi Badia, founder and director of BAAS architecture studio. This project consisted of restoring two current factory buildings and constructing a new one to link them, coinciding with the site of another former warehouse which, as a whole, forms a courtyard. This square contains a Jaume Plensa sculpture named Dell’Arte (1990), a donation from the Vila Casas Foundation to the city of Barcelona in 2012.

All the interventions were made in situ using concrete in line with the old structure. Outside, the lime mortar which blends with the existing stonework merges with the exposed concrete of the new buildings. The façade then becomes a collage of textures, niches and coverings which reflect the different ups-and-downs of the building throughout time. The Can Framis Museum is located 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) below the contemporary city roads, since the factory was built based on the former agricultural sketches prior to the implementation of the Cerdà Plan (1860). The road surface is covered by ivy and other plants and the museum is surrounded by white poplars and oaks. Inside, the museum is divided in 36 rooms and there’s an elevator in each of the three floors.

The permanent painting collection is housed in the Can Framis Museum of Contemporary Painting. It has almost 700 pieces between the ones exhibited and the ones that are kept in the warehouse. The museum displays more than 250 paintings dating from the 1960s onwards by a wide range of artists born or living in Catalonia selected by the private collector and owner Antoni Vila Casas.

More information at en.wikipedia.org and fundaciovilacasas.com.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 414

2016 – Volvo V60 on Av. d’Eduard Maristany near Carrer del Mare Nostrum in Badalona Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸.

2020 – Av. d’Eduard Maristany near Carrer del Mare Nostrum in Badalona (Google Streetview)

2020 – Av. d’Eduard Maristany near Carrer del Mare Nostrum in Badalona (Google Streetview)

Av. d’Eduard Maristany is located near Carrer del Mare Nostrum in Badalona, north of Barcelona, Spain.

Badalona is a municipality to the immediate north east of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the small Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Barcelona metropolitan area.

Badalona has a RENFE (train) station R1 from Barcelona to Mataró – Blanes, as well as a small harbour. There are also links to Barcelona via the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB) metro (underground) and bus system, as well as the Trambesòs line.

The city’s most important sport complex is the Palau Municipal d’Esports de Badalona (Municipal Sports Palace), which won the Mies Van der Rohe award in 1992. The Palace was the setting for basketball competition during the Olympic Games in 1992. Nowadays, it is home of the basketball team from Badalona, Joventut Badalona, also known as la Penya. This place will also be the centre of the Badalona Capital Europea del Bàsquet, which is intended to be a theme park celebrating basketball – with a basketball museum, shopping center, cinemas, basketball courts, a harbour, indoor karting and more activities.

More information at es.wikipedia.org.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 413

2016 – Volvo XC90 at Carrer A near Carrer Lletra A de la Zona Franca in Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸.

2016 – Volvo XC90 at Carrer A near Carrer Lletra A de la Zona Franca in Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸.

2020 – Carrer A near Carrer Lletra A de la Zona Franca in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

2020 – Carrer A near Carrer Lletra A de la Zona Franca in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

Carrer A is a street in Carrer Lletra A de la Zona Franca in Barcelona, Spain.

Zona Franca also called in Catalan: Polígon Industrial de la Zona Franca) is a logistics and industrial area located in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona, Spain. Together with the adjacent Port of Barcelona it forms the neighborhood Zona Franca – Port.

It is located in the Llobregat Delta between the Port of Barcelona and Barcelona Airport. The metro line L9 station Parc Logístic connects Zona Franca with central Barcelona and the rest of the metropolitan area since 2016.

Opened in 1953, the original SEAT, S.A. automotive industry factory and production line is located in Zona Franca. Following SEAT’s acquisition by the German automotive giant Volkswagen Group, the plant no longer produces cars, but is instead now solely used as a press shop, stamping out metal body panels. It currently employs 1,269 people.

The area also has a Nissan Motors factory, which produces the Nissan Navara, the Nissan Pulsar and the Nissan NV200 (both electric and combustion engine versions).

The Mercabarna food-trading estate opened in the Zona Franca in 1971 with the transfer of the central fruit and vegetable market, which since 1921 had been in el Born. It was followed by the slaughterhouse in 1979, the central fish market in 1973 and the central flower market in 1974.

The origins and the name of the area date back to an attempt to create a free port in Barcelona which ultimatively failed in 1929. With Catalonia’s industrialisation in the 1950s the space was used to construct factories.

More information at es.wikipedia.org.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 412

2017 – Volvo XC40 R-Design at Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona on Plaça de Willy Brandt in Barcelona, Spain🇪🇸.

2019 – Volvo XC40 R-Design T5 Twin Engine at Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona on Plaça de Willy Brandt in Barcelona, Spain🇪🇸.

2020 – Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona on Plaça de Willy Brandt in Barcelona (Goolge Streetview)

2020 – Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona on Plaça de Willy Brandt in Barcelona (Goolge Streetview)

Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona is located on Plaça de Willy Brandt in Barcelona, Spain.

Located facing the sea in the Diagonal Mar area, the CCIB (Barcelona International Convention Centre) is part of Barcelona’s new technology and business district known as 22″. The Convention Centre was designed by the Catalan architect Josep Lluís Mateo and the aim was for natural light to play an important role. The Forum Auditorium, designed by the Swiss architects Herzog & DeMeuron, has become a symbol of modern Barcelona with its huge 25m-high blue triangle.

The CCIB was opened in 2004 for the Universal Culture Forum and is a modern, versatile and practical venue with 100,000m2 of floor space distributed between 38 halls of different sizes, an 11,340m2 multi-purpose hall without columns and an auditorium with 3,140 seats. Access is easy from the outside and the centre is equipped with the latest technology, it provides both organisers and private individuals with a wide range of top-quality services which can be adapted to suit the requirements of any type of event.

More information at catalunya.com.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 411

2019 – Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD at Parc Central de Poblenou on Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona Spain🇪🇸.

2020 – Parc Central de Poblenou on Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

2020 – Parc Central de Poblenou on Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

Parc Central de Poblenou is located on Avinguda Diagonal in Barcelona, Spain.

The park of the Poblenou Center is located in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, in the Provençals del Poblenou district, which gives it its name. It is in the so-called District 22 @, an area dedicated to the new economic and technological sectors aimed at development and innovation. It was created in 2008 with a project by the French architect Jean Nouvel, author of the Torre Agbar skyscraper in the Plaza de las Glorias Catalanas, very close to this park.

The park has a triangular shape, in the space formed by Diagonal Avenue and the streets of Bac de Roda and Marroc, within which it is divided into three areas formed by the intersection of the streets of Bilbao and Espronceda —transversally— and that of Cristóbal de Moura – lengthwise. The park area is completely fenced by high concrete walls covered with climbing plants, which isolate it from the surrounding noise, since Diagonal Avenue has a high traffic density. These walls regularly have circular windows decorated with silhouettes of birds, and the access doors to the park are openwork grilles shaped like birds. It should be noted that the entrance arch of these doors is inspired by the one designed by Antoni Gaudí for access to Finca Miralles, in Sarrià.

More information at barcelona.cat and es.wikipedia.org.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 410

2017 – Volvo XC40 Inscription at Carrer de Badajoz in Barcelona Spain🇪🇸.

2017 – Volvo XC40 Inscription at Carrer de Badajoz in Barcelona Spain🇪🇸.

2017 – Volvo XC40 Momentum at Carrer de Badajoz in Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸

2020 – Carrer de Badajoz in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

2020 – Carrer de Badajoz in Barcelona (Google Streetview)

Carrer de Badajoz is a street located in Barcelona, Spain.

You know you’re on Carrer de Badajoz because you can see the obelisk for the Nova Icària beach looking towards the sea and Torre Glòries (or as persons call it, el pepino as in “cucumber” among other things…) looking towards the hill. It’s just four blocks from the Rambla de Poblenou towards the Parc de la Ciutadella and an energetic and creative stretch of the city.

In the building above, you’ll find the Valkeria Hub Space.

In 2018, Valkeria Hub Space hosted over 200 events and can host groups of 10-200 for meetings, workshops and parties. According to CEO Yolanda Trevino, the goal of Valkeria is “to promote change, innovation and learning for businesses and organizations with particular interest in supporting women entrepreneurs.” With a café open to the public, the space also lends itself to nourishing the mind and body and the cooking and team building activity is available for all size groups.

More information at barcelona-metropolitan.com.