Pepe, an old friend from my Erasmus days in Granada, is one of the most devoted book readers I know. And when I a few months ago came across a Spanish translation of my favourite Danish novel – ‘The Fall of the King’ by Johannes V. Jensen – I bought it straight away and sent it to him....

I hate discothèques just about as much as I on occasions love to dance. Which would be a problem if not for the fortunate Spanish concept of the ‘bar musical’: A space that combines drinking while listening to good and not necessarily...

Do as Miro, Picasso, Gaudi, Hemmingway and other famous artistes and enjoy your absinthe at Barcelona’s legendary Bar Marsella. This authentic little bar in Barcelona’s Raval-district looks as if it hasn’t chanced a bit since it opened in 1820. It’s often...