BADALONAOur city

Where is Badalona?

• In this map you can see Badalona in Catalonia.

Badalona from the air.

• Here is Badalona. It’s bigger than other cities, but Barcelona is the largest.

• Barcelona is down Badalona, between the two rivers.

Beautiful and interesting places in Badalona

La Rambla

• It’s the most important street in Badalona. Here, you can sit in a pub while drinking and eating delicious things.

El carrer del Mar

• In this street you can buy anything.

• There are a lot of clothes shops and other things.

• Everybody in Badalona goes to this street to meet with their friends.

Badalona Museum

Badalona was once a Roman city called Baetulo. It was founded in the 1st century b.c.

You can see an old excavation in the area of the roman forum of the city at the Museum.

Meet Baetulo

La Església de santa Maria.

• Santa Maria church is the most beautiful and the most important church in Badalona.

Sant Geroni de la Murtra

• It is one of the mountains that surrounds Badalona.

• It’s very beautiful, and there is a small church on it.

Can Solei

• The biggest park in Badalona.

L’Anís del Mono

• It’s a factory that produces a spirit made of herbs and anise.

• This factory is the oldest in Badalona. It’s very big!

La platja (The beach)

• It’s the most beautiful place in Badalona.

• In the summer, a lot of people go to the beach every day.

• In the winter, some people who practise bodyboarding, surfing, and skimboarding.

Sports at the beach

More things about Badalona

DKV Joventut (Badalona’s basketball team)

Transport in Badalona

Local traditions

Els castellers

• When we have a fiesta in the city some people make “castells”. They are big castles of people.

• This tradition is all over Catalonia.

Les festes de maig.

• In May, we celebrate a week-long festival. During this week, we have concerts, “correfocs”... and the party ends with “la cremada del dimoni”. (It’s when we burn a devil made from cardboard and wood).

La cavalcada dels reis• On the night of 5th

January, we watch the Orient Magic Kings riding in carriages and throwing sweets.

• When we go to sleep, they give us presents like Santa Claus.

• The next day, we eat a cake (tortell de reis) with the family.

• This is a tradition celebrated all over Spain.

Sant Jordi• On 23th April boys used to give a rose to

girls,and girls used to give a book to boys. But now it’s changing and everybody gives books to everyone else.It’s a very beautiful and happy day! It’s a tradition all over Catalonia.

Sant Joan

• 23th June is the longest night of the year.

• We celebrate this night with firecrackers.

• It’s a familiar and friendly party.

A place for us!

Titus Carpa• It’s a very big pub,

where you can go on Sunday afternoons if you are more than 14 years old, and on Friday and Saturday nights if you are older than 16 years.

It’s a lot of fun!

The end

Amal and Laura