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Category: Architecture - The Bad: Cubics
Published on 2012-02-07 15:46:12
Cubics, Santa Coloma This hotel/apartment/entertainment centre project really is one of the most misplaced architectural projects in the greater Barcelona. The entrance to the cinema looks like a parking entrance with an inclination steep enough to preventing those with weaker legs from ever leaving the premises. The buildings are completely "dead" with the appearance of lego pieces dropped by some gargantuan child from above. The height naturally adds to the whole "out of placedness" of the bui
Category: General - The Bad - Drivers
Published on 2012-02-05 09:07:08
In Catalonia a worryingly large number of drivers seem to drive with two demons on each shoulder: Incompetence & Recklessness. One can make a list of typical driving errors and tick of every box when observing traffic here during longer drives. The most dangerous being overtaking other cars and the most inopportune times and places. Here is a typical example from a narrow mountain road.
The Ugly: Mossos d'Esquadra - Barcelona Police
Published on 2011-05-27 07:32:44
Mossos - Barcelona Police Today, May 27th 2011, there was a demonstration at Plaza Catalunya, Barcelona. This is a result of many young people in Spain feeling "robbed of a future" with the unemployment rate being as high as 40% for the young. The politicians failing to deal with the economical crisis the country is experiencing, many take to the streets to show their frustrations. The local police decide to communicate with batons, in classics Spanish style "policing". Somehow authorities here
