Come Alone · English
You just moved to Barcelona. This page walks you through the first month: paperwork in order with official links, and this week's events you can go to on your own and meet people.
Registering as a Barcelona resident opens the door to the health card and other paperwork, and you do not need regular residency to do it. Do it online, at a Citizen Advice Office (OAC) or by calling 010; bring your ID and proof of your home.
Book on the official appointment platform and pick the exact procedure: NIE assignment, TIE fingerprints or TIE collection. Services that sell appointment "help" are private, not official.
Barcelona International Welcome, TIE · Cita previa de extranjería
You need it before you start work. Apply with form TA.1 online or at the Treasury office; if you have a contract, your employer can do it with you.
The TSI gives you access to Catalonia's public healthcare (CatSalut). You must be registered at the padrón first; the first request can be made on Tràmits Gencat.
Tickets are loaded on a T-mobilitat card. T-usual is personal and unlimited for 30 days; T-casual is a 10-journey ticket. Check prices and zones on the ATM website before you buy.
Look at your district civic centre: workshops, reading clubs, sport and open activities that are easy to join alone. Or go to one of the events below.
Rules change: always confirm on the official page before you go.
Free or low-cost places, open to everyone, where you can chat, practise a language and make friends. Check each page for upcoming dates.
A public programme that pairs someone who speaks Catalan with someone who wants to practise it, for relaxed chats outside the classroom. Join as a learner or as a volunteer.
Biblioteques de Barcelona run free book clubs, including language-learning clubs in Catalan at different levels and in other languages. Check the page for times and sign-up.
The City Council's welcome programme runs info sessions, city walks, workshops and networking events in English, Catalan and Spanish. Free with registration; see upcoming activities on the page.
The city's network of civic centres, spread across every district, offers courses, workshops and cultural activities where you meet your neighbours. Find your nearest centre and its programme on the page.
One of the city's biggest language exchanges, with several meetups a week in bars. Entry is free, you just buy a drink; check the calendar on the page.
A free drawing-and-movement workshop: draw together to the music of Giselle, La Sylphide and Coppélia, sketch each other without looking at the paper and create one big shared artwork. No skills needed — just come on time.
Join a free, inclusive community parade with Les Tumberas and their Afro-Brazilian drums and dances — no experience needed. Street art and an open “tumbe” dance workshop follow along the Rambla del Carmel.
A free guided stroll through the Farró, a small hidden neighbourhood at the foot of the Putxet hill: where the name comes from, who lived there and the stories behind its old windows.
Barcelona's big autumn sardana gathering: three live cobla bands play and everyone can join the circle to dance Catalonia's traditional dance. Morning dance from 10:30, another in the afternoon from 16:00. Free.
A free guided visit to Fabra i Coats, a historic textile factory in Sant Andreu that is now a centre for artistic creation: its past, its present and what artists make there today. Meeting point: inner lobby.
A guided visit at the Fundació Joan Miró on Montjuïc built around the idea of the circle: explore how Miró created his works and how they connect with the building and with your own way of looking.
A free guided walk from Plaça Vila de Madrid to the Pou de la Figuera park to discover the plants, birds and other animals that share the city centre with us — and how they adapt to urban life. Organised for the International Day of Climate Action.
Make panellets — the small almond sweets of Catalonia's autumn Castanyada festival — with original recipes in many flavours and colours. A sweet, hands-on way to meet people and learn a local tradition.
Once a year the historic Poblenou Cemetery opens at night: the paths are lit with candles and guides in period costume lead you to the most remarkable tombs and sculptures, with stories and curiosities about famous people of Barcelona's past. Meeting point: the main façade.
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Choose something this week from the list on this page — easy to join on your own.
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Walk in already knowing a name or two — a good start in a new city.
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