Your first month, step by step
Week 1
Register at the padrón (empadronament)
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.
Empadronament (Ajuntament de Barcelona) · Oficina Virtual
Weeks 1–2
NIE or TIE
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
Weeks 2–3
Social Security number
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.
Seguridad Social, afiliación
Weeks 2–3
Health card (TSI)
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.
Tràmits Gencat, TSI
Week 3
Transport: T-usual or T-casual
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.
ATM, T-usual · ATM, T-casual
Weeks 3–4
Your first plan to meet people
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.
Centres cívics (Ajuntament)
Rules change: always confirm on the official page before you go.
Where to practise languages and meet people
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.
This week: events to go to alone
Sun15Nov
FreeOutdoorsBarcelona
09:00–13:00
Caminada de Montjuïc, a 12 km popular walk from Poble-sec
Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 09:00 the Caminada de Montjuïc starts and finishes at the Jardins de les Tres Xemeneies, by the Paral·lel metro in Poble-sec. The listing gives the departure window as 9:00 to 9:30, a closing time for arrival at 13:00, a distance of about 12 kilometres and an approximate duration of four hours. It describes 290 metres of climbing and 290 of descent, with a checkpoint and refreshments on the Avinguda de l'Estadi, at the access to the IBE and the Olympic Ring, between 10:00 and 11:00. The route passes the Mirador del Poble Sec, the Mirador de l'Alcalde, the Botanical Institute of Barcelona, the Olympic Ring, the Magic Fountain and the Plaça dels Ocellets before returning. The checkpoint and the finish close at the stated time or when the sweeper team arrives. Entry is free. A popular walk where everybody sets off alone and falls into step is easy to join.
«Distància: 12,00 km aprox. Durada aproximada: 4.00 hores.»
Starts 09:00, ends about 13:00. Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN, Agenda diària (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives 13:00 as the end. The listing gives the entry as free.
Sun15Nov
CultureBarcelona
12:30–14:00
Guided visit, Barcelona, ciutat i treball, Fabra i Coats, Barcelona
Fabra i Coats. Museu d'Història de Barcelona
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 12:30 the Fabra i Coats branch of the Museu d'Història de Barcelona, in the Sant Andreu district of Barcelona, offers a guided visit to the exhibition Barcelona, ciutat i treball. The listing says the exhibition is dedicated to the history of work in the city and begins with a reflection on what work is, who works and how this has changed over time. It covers the transformation of Barcelona from the preindustrial era to today, focusing on working conditions, inequalities and social struggles. Through a wide variety of objects, documents, images and testimonies, it presents the different worlds of work, from industry and construction to services, trade and domestic and care work. The visit runs from 12:30 to 14:00. General admission costs 8 euros, or 5 euros for Friends of the Museum, and prior registration is required. A guided visit like this is easy to join alone, since the group follows one guide through the rooms.
«Visita a l'exposició dedicada a la història del treball a Barcelona, que s'inicia amb una reflexió sobre què és el treball i qui treballa»
Starts 12:30, ends about 14:00. Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN, Agenda diària (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives general admission as 8 euros and 5 euros for Friends of the Museum, with prior registration required.
Sun15Nov
MusicBarcelona
17:30–19:30
Mozart Requiem with García Calvo at the Palau de la Música, Barcelona
Palau de la Música Catalana
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 17:30 the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona hosts Mozart's Requiem with the conductor Guillermo García Calvo and the Franz Schubert Filharmonia. The listing calls it musical spirituality, and says it is García Calvo's third collaboration with the orchestra and a long-awaited reunion to present one of the cornerstones of the symphonic and choral repertoire. The concert opens with Shostakovich's gripping Chamber Symphony, which will prepare the emotional climate of the night. With the Cor Madrigal and a quartet of voices of great sensitivity, the concert promises emotion and spirituality. The soloists are Irene Mas, soprano, Tànit Bono, mezzo-soprano, Roger Padullés, tenor, and Josep-Ramón Olivé, baritone. The programme is Shostakovich's Chamber Symphony op. 110a and Mozart's Mass of Requiem in D minor, K. 626. The end shown is estimated. Tickets cost from 18 to 68 euros plus booking fees. A seated concert is an easy Sunday outing alone.
«Espiritualitat musical.»
Starts 17:30, ends about 19:30. Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN, Agenda diària (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. Tickets cost from 18 to 68 euros plus booking fees.
Sun15Nov
CultureBarcelona
18:00–20:00
Massa tard, tribute to Lluís Gavaldà, Sala Paral·lel 62, Barcelona
Sala Paral·lel 62
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 18:00 Sala Paral·lel 62 in Barcelona presents the show Massa tard, a tribute to Lluís Gavaldà, the singer of Els Pets. The listing explains that the tribute is staged while he can still attend, listen to what is said about him and deny it in person. Joel Díaz hosts an evening of music, interviews and comedy dedicated to the songs of Els Pets and to more than forty years of the band. He is joined by Ana Polo, Víctor Lafuente, Andrés Fajngold and Quim Carandell, who say to the singer the things they have long wanted to tell him, in front of an audience described as 900 people. The listing notes that the band has sung about love, heartbreak, growing older and everyday life. General admission is 24 euros plus booking fees, and doors open at 17:30. A show like this is easy to enjoy alone, since the whole room shares the same laughs.
«Joel Díaz conduirà un show curiós dedicat al cantant d'Els Pets, a les seves cançons i a més de quaranta anys»
Starts 18:00, ends about 20:00. Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN, Agenda diària (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives general admission as 24 euros plus booking fees, with doors opening at 17:30.
Sun15Nov
FreeMusicBarcelona
18:30–20:00
Torna-la a tocar, Sax audiovisual concert, La Sagrera, Barcelona
Envelat de Festa Major
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 18:30 the Envelat de Festa Major in Barcelona, in the La Sagrera neighbourhood, hosts the audiovisual concert Torna-la a tocar, Sax with Daniel Hernández, a saxophonist and film lover. The listing describes a cinematic and musical journey through emblematic moments of cinema of all times, for all audiences. Besides being a concert, the show is a game in which the spectator tests their film knowledge, as the title is revealed at the end of each projection. It is called an intimate show that aims to move the audience in an exercise of film and musical memory, where everyone makes their own journey while sharing a collective tribute to the cinema of our lives. Entry is free. The organiser is the Comissió de Festes de la Sagrera, and the end time is estimated at 20:00. A guessing-game concert like this is easy to enjoy alone, since the whole audience plays along.
«Un viatge cinematogràfic i musical per moments emblemàtics del cinema de tots els temps i per tots els públics.»
Starts 18:30, ends about 20:00. Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN, Agenda diària (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives free entry for an 18:30 concert and names Comissió de Festes de la Sagrera as organiser.
Sun15Nov
MusicBarcelona
19:00–20:30
CrossingLines, contemporary music, in Sala 3 Tete Montoliu
Sala 3 Tete Montoliu
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 19:00 the Sala 3 Tete Montoliu in Barcelona hosts CrossingLines, a concert of contemporary music. The listing gives a programme that crosses several eras. It starts with Anton Webern's Quartet for violin, clarinet, saxophone and piano, Opus 22. Then come two pieces for solo electronics by Robert Gerhard, Caligula and Automobiles, Part 1 (sculptures), and the ensemble piece Libra. The programme continues with Kintsugi, for flute, accordion, saxophone, percussion and electronics, by Ariadna Alsina, the resident artist of L'Auditori with the support of the Fundació Banc Sabadell. It closes with two commissioned works for ensemble and electronics, one by Arnau Brichs and one by Rubens Askenar. The listing gives no other details, so this description is limited to the programme. The concert starts at 19:00 on a Sunday, and the end time shown is estimated. The ticket costs 15 euros plus booking fees. A contemporary music concert in a small hall is an easy evening alone.
«Un programa que creua èpoques, de Webern a les obres d'encàrrec.»
Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN, Agenda diària (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The ticket costs 15 euros plus booking fees.
Sun15Nov
CultureBarcelona
19:30–21:00
Un mal normal, a play on imagining futures, at Baixos 22, Barcelona
Baixos 22
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 19:30 Baixos 22 in the Raval, Barcelona, hosts Un mal normal, a play by Maria Jover and Gerard Franch. The listing calls it a work that imagines other possible futures. It says the story is born from the need of the two creators to break with the dystopian fictions that power puts forward. It asks what happens when bureaucracy acts without critical human control, and when, under the pretext of efficiency and progress, great leaders decide to launch crusades with post-fascist ideas. Taking Hannah Arendt as a reference, the duo assumes that responsibility begins with the capacity to imagine, and from the meeting space that we call theatre it invites the audience to imagine other futures. General entry costs 5 euros plus booking fees. The end shown is estimated. A small theatre piece at a low price is easy to join alone.
«Una obra que imagina altres futurs possibles.»
Starts 19:30, ends about 21:00. Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN, Agenda diària (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives general entry at 5 euros plus booking fees.
Sun15Nov
CultureBarcelona
20:00–21:15
Laila Roth, El Unipersonal, stand-up at Teatre Borràs, Barcelona
Teatre Borràs
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 20:00 the Teatre Borràs in Barcelona hosts Laila Roth with her new one-woman show, El Unipersonal. The listing says that after touring Latin America and much of the world with Lucy, her previous show, which is now available for free on YouTube, she returns to the stage with new material. In recent years Roth has become one of the best-known comedians of the scene, with international tours and awards. In 2025 she was part of the Argentine programme Otro día perdido, broadcast by Canal 13 with Mario Pergolini and Agustín Rada Aristarán, where a mass audience discovered her. The page says this is a chance to see her humour live: stand-up without filters and new material. The show lasts 75 minutes and is not recommended for children under 13. Tickets cost from 35 to 38 euros plus booking fees. A stand-up night is an easy evening alone.
«Stand-up sense filtres, material nou i l'experiència completa de l'escenari.»
Starts 20:00, ends about 21:15. Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN, Agenda diària (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives a duration of 75 minutes, which the end shown follows. Prices run from 35 to 38 euros plus booking fees.
Sun15Nov
CultureBarcelona
20:30–22:30
Roast al Foraster, Quim Masferrer, Sala Paral·lel 62, Barcelona
Sala Paral·lel 62
On Sunday 15 November 2026 at 20:30 Sala Paral·lel 62 in Barcelona hosts Roast al Foraster, the closing event of the Hilària 2026 comedy festival. The listing says the night puts Quim Masferrer, known for the programme El Foraster, at the centre of the stage as the target of the jokes. Manel Vidal hosts, and Oye Sherman, Irene Sango, Uriol Gilibets, Enzo Vizcaíno and Març Llinàs go through Masferrer's career with affection, admiration and a good deal of malice. The material covers El Foraster, Teatre de Guerrilla, the towns of Catalonia, television and more than a decade of putting a microphone in front of strangers. As in any roast, he gets the right of reply at the end. General admission costs 24 euros plus booking fees, and doors open at 20:00. A comedy night like this is easy to enjoy alone, since a laughing audience makes strangers feel like company.
«El Roast al Foraster tanca Hilària 2026 posant Quim Masferrer al centre de l'escenari»
Starts 20:30, ends about 22:30. Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona — Open Data BCN, Agenda diària (CC BY 4.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The listing gives general admission as 24 euros plus booking fees, with doors opening at 20:00.
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