Barcelona by bike - a perfect city for cycling?
City council hopes to more than double the number of bicycle journeys by 2024, but accidents have also been on the rise
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Catalonia celebrates first Covid-restriction-free Sant Joan’s eve
Authorities declare "few incidents" during night after more than 5,600 calls to emergency phone number
Major traffic jams in Catalonia ahead of Sant Joan’s eve celebrations
Over 60 kilometers of queues across territory with AP7 highway most affected road
Barcelona regulates walking tours: under 30 people, no speakers, and one-way streets
Legislation to sanction guides not respecting rules with fines of up to €3,000
Firefighters 'control' Artesa de Segre wildfire in western Catalonia
Blaze spreads over 2,700 hectares in a week
Five-year sentence for Scot arrested during Pablo Hasel imprisonment protests
Barcelona provincial court finds him guilty of attacks and disorderly behavior while carrying a skateboard
Jordi Bonet, architect and former director of works at Sagrada Família, dies aged 97
Bonet oversaw construction of Gaudí's famous basilica from 1985 to 2012
Period of simultaneous wildfires 'over' after Baldomar blaze stabilized
Six days of flames in western Catalonia burn 2,700 hectares
Former FCB player Eto’o admits to tax fraud to avoid imprisonment
Footballer sentenced to a year and nine months in prison and must pay €7.9 million
Peramola wildfire 'stabilized' but sixth day Baldomar is active
300 fires break out in Catalonia in under a week
Firefighters tackle wildfire between Peramola and Oliana
77 hectares burned as 55 ground crews and nine air crews combat blaze in northwest Catalonia
Catalonia wildfires: Lladurs 'controlled', Olivella 'stabilized' but others still active
Baldomar blaze in Artesa de Segre burns for fifth day after wind complicates efforts to extinguish
Wind complicates firefighters' effort to tackle wildfires across Catalonia
Over 2,000 hectares burned by Baldomar blaze and 40 hectares by Olivella fire in Garraf massif
Fire service declares Lladurs wildfire stabilized
Main efforts now focused on Artesa de Segre blaze
Two western Catalonia wildfires still active as heatwave peaks
Blazes in Corbera d'Ebre, Castellar de la Ribera and Sallent stabilized, while firefighters expect to control Solsonès fire before the night
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