The Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF), an official partner of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), provides nonpartisan voter services for US citizens overseas and uniformed services members. You can find here deadlines for voter registration, ballot requests, and ballot returns for the primaries and general election as well as contact information for all the election offices in the United States and links to nonpartisan candidate information.

The FVAP provides absentee Voting Assistance to Uniformed Services Members and Overseas Citizens, and provides a list of 10 things you can do to ensure your absentee vote is counted. Responsibility has no borders. Vote!

is an association of American Clubs, Societies and Organizations world-wide who share reciprocal membership benefits. ASB members, upon visiting these reciprocal-club-cities may attend any AAC club’s events at local member’s prices. Contact us for more information if you are planning to visit an AAC member city and wish to attend one of their events.

issues Public Announcements to disseminate information quickly about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term conditions that pose significant risks or disruptions to Americans.

serves a consular district composed of the Spanish regions of Catalonia, Aragon and the Balearic Islands.

The AARO provides a wealth of information for US citizens living abroad. The site includes links to the IRS, State Department, Customs, Social Security Administration and more.

Find out about retirement, medicare and disability and apply for your benefits online.

Download all your tax forms online.

Founded in 1931, FAWCO is a non-partisan, not-for-profit corporation that serves as an umbrella network linking over 75 independent American and international volunteer organizations for citizens living overseas.

Barcelona’s Town Hall publishes a wealth of information on the city’s culture, history, city services and its repository of statistics covering economic, immigration, population and much more.

Send a friend or relative a postcard with breath taking views of the Barcelona.

Weather for the city and province as well as coastal conditions and climate statistics.

the Department of Statistics, is a department of the Barcelona Municipal Council. Here you can find statistics on the city and province of Barcelona.

Useful City Phone Numbers for: Emergencies, Breakdown and repairs, Municipal services, Official centers, Transport, Roads, Lost bank cards, specialized information, etc.

provides practical information for planning your trip to Barcelona, be it for business or pleasure.

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sells only English language books, new and used. Second-hand books are never more than three Euros (3€) and they buy all second-hand books for sixty cents (0,60€) a book. No quibbling. If it is English and complete, they buy it.

is a Castilian and Catalan bookstore with an excellent selection of humanities and literature and lots of English-language titles. Café/restaurant and jazz venue upstairs.

offers a vast selection of products in English for children of all ages in all formats - books, music, video, software.

(IEN) is a private, non-profit, cultural organization founded in 1951 with the mission of promoting, from Catalunya, mutual understanding between Spain and the United States of America. The IEN has a large English Language library with books, periodicals and videos.

has six screens offering original version movies. Located at C/ Eugeni d´Or, 12, the nearest metro station is Les Corts (Line 3 - Green). Tel: 934.90.55.10

is located at C/Salvador Espriú, 61; the nearest metro station is Ciutadella Vila Olímpica (Line 4 - Yellow). With 15 screens, they offer a wide selection of original version movies. Tel: 932.21.75.85

The Verdi theaters have nine screens offering V.O. movies for 6 euros. Verdi (C/Verdi 32) is connected to Verdi Park (Torrijos 49). Tel: 932 387 990

located at Paseo de Gràcia, 115 (Diagonal, Metro Line 5) has two screens offering 5 - 6 original version films every week for 5.80 euros. Tel: 932.18.43.45

located at Calle Villarroel, 102 (Urgell, Metro Line 1 - Red), has two screens offering a variety of V.O. films at only 4 euros everyday. Tel: 93.451.00.51

has seven screens offering original version movies. Located at Calle Floridablanca, 135, the nearest metro station is Universitat (Line 1 - Red). Tel: 934.26.33.37

offers route maps and timtables for the Metro, Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) trains, city busses and the Tram, as well as leisure transports such as the tourist bus and Montjuic cable car.

is Spain's national train system. Find time tables, prices and even buy your tickets online.

The aim of the Museum of the History of Catalonia is to put the history of Catalonia on display and make people aware of their shared heritage, and so help them identify with their national history.

is very rich in regard to work from the formative periods in the life of the artist. A large part of the present collection comes from the donation that Picasso himself made in 1970 of his early work.

is located in the Plaça dels Angels. Its collection is dedicated to international post-war art with an emphasis on Catalan art.

houses the collection of Frederic Marès. He transformed his early fondness for collecting into an untiring and fruitful passion to gather all kinds of objets d'art and objects from everyday life belonging to past centuries that today make up the rich and varied museum collection.

has built up a major group of collections that are illustrative of the Catalan seafaring culture and which make it easier to understand the factors that have given rise to and the nature of the country’s maritime history.

is responsible for the conservation, research, and dissemination of the objects and buildings that are significant for our collective history and that exemplify the city's past.

offers permanent exhibits of archaeological relics which illustrate the evolution of Catalonia and its environment during Prehistory and Ancient History.

is a private, not-for-profit body that sets out to disseminate Spanish and Portuguese photography from 1950 to the present day and encourage photography collecting in both countries.

embraces all the arts (sculpture, painting, objets d'art, drawing, photography, coinage, etc.) explaining the general history of Catalan art from the Romanesque period to the mid-20th century. In addition, the MNAC oversees restoration efforts, directs operations in painting, sculpture and other artistic techniques, and cunsults other museum centres on safety, museography and preventive conservation.

is the oldest Catalan art museum. It holds some of the most representative works of Catalan modern art by such artists as Damià Campeny, Antoni Solà, Josep Flaugier, Claudi Lorenzale, Lluis Rigalt, Pau Milà i Fontanals, Pelegrí Clavé, Joaquim Espalter, Marià Fortuny, Martí i Alsina and Antoni Caba among many others.

one of the most important in Spain, embraces a wide period, from the 12th century to the present. Specialized in Mediaeval sculpture and painting, it has a fund of more than 500 pieces of Spanish pottery from the 14th to the 19th centuries, and an important selection of modern art with works by artists such as Ramon Casas, Isidre Nonell, Joaquín Sorolla or José Gutiérrez Solana.

was created in the very heart of Barcelona with the clear intention of furnishing the city with a center of didactic information, both interesting and ludic, based on a monographic theme, a classic of humanity's history and culture: E R O T I C A

The Chocolate Museum is the first facility of its kind in Catalonia. Its creation has been possible thanks to the determination and efforts of the members of the Guild and their suppliers.

is probably Antoni Gaudí's most famous building. In the latter years of his life, he refused all other work and moved to the office and workshop inside the church itself, until the first belfry on the Nativity façade was covered (1925); construction continues to this day.

is the largest of Gaudí's works in Barcelona. It covers an area of 20 hectares, which was originally to have been an English-style garden.

commonly known as "la Pedrera", is a unique building, built between 1906 and 1912 by Antoni Gaudí, and was declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Currently, the building houses the main offices of the Fundació Caixa Catalunya which organizes a number of activities for public use. A visit allows access to the patios, the Espai Gaudi (loft and roof) and The Pedrera Apartment.

were comissioned to Antoni Gaudí by the financier Eusebi Güell, his great patron and sponsor.

was comissioned to Antoni Gaudí in 1904 by Josep Batlló. He asked Gaudí to remodel an original building dating from 1870, and his fabulous riches allowed the architect to set his imagination free.

is one of the world's leading concert halls. Considered to be one of Modernism's chief exponents, it was built by architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner between 1905 and 1908.

is a magnificant hospital complex designed by Domènech i Montaner. Surrounded by gardens, it covers a large area with several brick pavilions decorated with polychrome tile; when it was built it was an innovative concept of what a hospital should be like.

is one of most magnificent houses of one of most important avenues of Barcelona, the Passeig de Gracia. Project of the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, other collaborators were: sculptor Eusebi Arnau, ceramicist Antoni Serra i Fiter, mosaic designers Lluís Brú and Mario Maragliano and Gaspar Homar who designed interior decoration and furniture.

is an itinerary that takes you through the Barcelona of Gaudí, Domènech i Montaner and Puig i Cadafalch, the architects who, together with others, made Barcelona the world capital of Modernism.

is made up of the Palau Condal, the King Martin lookout tower and Padellàs House. A visit to the underground archaeological site displays remains from the 1st cen. BC to the 8th cen. AD, allowing visiters to see what the Roman colony was like.

is one of the best examples of Catalan Gothic architecture. It contains numerous works of art, liturgical objects and furniture that the community of St. Clare nuns has collected since it was founded in 1327.

is dedicated to the memory of Jacint Verdaguer, an important author in the Renaixença, who laid the foundations for contemporary Catalan literature. The museum occupies two floors of Vil·la Joana, an eighteenth-century farmhouse located in the Collserola mountain range.

is located in the Barri Gòtic. Construction began on present-day basilica in 1298, during the bishopric of Bernat Pelegrí and the reign of King Jaume II. The façade remained unfinished until the end of the last century, inspired by a drawing from the 15th century by Mestre Carlí.

is an opera house that has retained its role as a cultural and arts centre throughout its history. In a single season the Liceu offers more than 40 different shows, which means nearly 300 performances and attendance by over 400,000 visitors.

is, externally, the only perfectly-finished Catalan Gothic church. Its outer walls display the features which differentiate Catalan Gothic from European.

is remarkably intact, given its age. Remains of the original 9th-century structure can be seen on the capitals and bases of the portal. The church was rebuilt in the 11th and 12th centuries and is shaped in the form of a Greek cross with three apses. The small cloister however is the highlight, with its Moorish arches and central fountain.

in the Barri Gòtic adjoins the cathedral on the west. It was first recorded as long ago as 926; the oldest parts of the present building date from the 12th, 13th and 15th C.

retains its Roman art-style structure, with certain Romanesque & gothic reformations; the cloister and the capital hall were built in the 15th century.

stands opposite the entrance to the Plaça del Rei. This giant hall is of historical importance; it was here that Christopher Columbus, following his first expedition to the New World, was received almost as an equal by the Spanish rulers Ferdinand II and Isabella I.

belongs to the Palacio Real Mayor. It is pure Gothic in style and was built at the beginning of the 14th century at the behest of Count James II. It was built on top of what was a Romanesque chapel dedicated to Saint Mary, which itself was built upon the ancient Roman city walls.

is considered one of the best beloved churches in Barcelona. Founded in the 10th century, it was rebuilt in 1322 (1322 - 1453) and is considered a text book example of Catalan Gothic.

is one of the oldest churches in Barcelona and is dedicated to the two martyrs, Justo and Pastor, who were the subjects of veneration during the 4th century. However, much of the building is of later, Visigothic construction.

was built at the end of the 19th century on the place where originally the main synagogue of the city was located. Only the front remains from the original construction, which dates back to the 15th and 16th centuries.

is characterized by its heavily embossed stonework. Located at the crossing of the Rambla with the Carrer del Carme, it was built between 1681 and 1732, formerly a Jesuit church.

is a municipal institution that conserves collections of Mediterranean plants. The mission entrusted to this institution includes particularly that of conserving and documenting Catalonia’s natural heritage.

is a family amusement park, not just because family visits have been and continue to be traditional, but also because all people, whatever their age, will find attractions to suit them.

of the “la Caixa” Foundation, is in a modern, spacious building, and has been specially designed to be attractive both to children and adults, with a wide range of scientific and educational information, exhibitions, conferences, workshops, seminars and debates.

is set in a magnificent garden over 100 years old, covering 13 hectares of Ciutadella Park and containing a collection of some 7,500 individual animals belonging to more than 400 species from all over the world.

a marine leisure and educational centre on the moll d’Espanya del Port Vell, is an ideal place to see the sea bed, and a fantastic option for enjoying your free time.

get ready to embark on a trip through five exciting lands featuring rides, shows and attractions for all the family.

is PortAventura’s water park. Enjoy the rush of steep waterslides, vast wave pools and splashing around with family or friends. Live the wildest water park adventures under the sun in a tropical atmosphere!

is the biggest touristic and cultural complex in miniature in the world, and the only one in Spain. lts purpose is to let the visitors know the monuments, buildings and the most representative achievements of the Princedom.

Find information on Children's play parks, Barcelona parks, swimming pools, arts, crafts, music, museums, children's party entertainment, family-friendly accommodation and child-friendly restaurants in Barcelona, getting around Barcelona with children and how to keep kids entertained whilst you are here...

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El Poble Espanyol on Montjuïc is a village constructed in 1929 which synthesizes the architecture of various regions of Spain and is a showcase for Spanish crafts.

Tour on a yacht as you sail along the city’s coastline to enjoy a panoramic view of the city from the sea.

The double-decker Barcelona Bus Turístic is the most convenient way to discover the city's most interesting and attractive sights.

Enjoy a flavour-filled journey through the old town and discover Barcelona’s gastronomic culture.

Adopt a loyal friend, volunteer and walk the dogs along mountain trails, donate and help our organization. English service/website.

BCN [inside] online is a cultural magazine and guide to Barcelona that gives you all you need to know to get the most out of the city. There are pages and pages of information on how to get your bearings in Barcelona, both in terms of the practical side of life and culture and entertainment.

Hitting the streets of Barcelona every Month! The latest issue of the Barcelona Connect Magazine is packed with useful information about what’s on and where to go out: nightlife, bars, restaurants, plus hundreds of classifieds for jobs, flats language exchange and much more!

was founded in June 1996. Its mission was and still is to open up Barcelona to all 120,000 English-speaking residents who live and work in the city, and to provide a point of reference for all of our readers.

International news, analysis, opinion and breaking news. International Herald Tribune, the world's daily newspaper online.

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Nation, world, technology and Washington area daily. Offers news, opinion, sports, arts and living and entertainment. Includes archives since 1977 and subscription information.

NewspaperLinks.com, hosted by the Newspaper Association of America, is the official gateway to local American newspaper sites on the Web.

A large collection of links to all the British newspapers online.