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0:56 you got the rivers inverted there.

In my opinion, you missed one of the most curious things about Cerda's urbanistic plan. Avinguda del Paral·lel is aligned to the Earth's parallel lines and Avinguda Meridiana is aligned to the Earth's meridians. Extending two imaginary lines along those two avenues, they would intercept each other with a perfect 90º angle, right over the old Barcelona lighthouse from 1772 called Torre del Rellotge (The clock tower) at the port by the seaside. 🤓🤓 This distribution makes the whole thing make much more sense. Opposite to the classical Nort-South orientation in most North American cities, in Barcelona, thanks to Cerda's geniality, every side of every block receives direct sunlight at some point during the day. This is absolutely genius. 👏👏👏👏👏

I'm from Barcelona. And, as many other comments, I must say your video is very, very accurate. Great video! Yes, there are minor (very minor) mistakes, but, mate, the work you've done is great! Thanks. And also, thanks for trying to keep the real catalan names of everything. Again, congratulations

Born& raised by St.Antoni here! LOVED the video and the accuracy. I always tell visitors about the geniality of Cerdà's planning and how all the different neighborhoods wherebefore independent villages. Also, how the left party has been trying to get back to Cerdà's green areas idea and how beautifully this is modifying the city. Unfortunately I think we went a bit too crazy with tourism and it's complicating things for us locals, but guess u can't have it all. Thanks for making it!

Fabulous video, very well done and explained! At 0:51 min, the rivers are the other way round. West Llobregat, east Besòs.

you got the rivers wrong at 0:55. They are one each other's place. But apart from that, as a Catalan I find most of your historic and urban elements very well explained.

I know for a fact that you did an amazing research for this video. Accurate information and great maps you have to dig in archives to find in goog quality. As a catalan and barcelonian, thank you. By the way, you live in my dream house with those views to Montserrat, a sacred and magic mountain for many catalans.

Great video, I just want to add a minor detail. As you perfectly said, Avinguda del Paralel is called that way because it runs parallel to the equator (from east to west) like the parallel lines of a globe. In the same way, Avinguda Meridiana is called that way because it goes perfectly from north to south like the same globe meridians.

I've watched so many videos about Barcelona's history (I visited a year ago and fell completely in love with the city), but I've never heard them narrated by a South African accent. Very comforting.

As a resident of Barcelona, this is the most comprehensive, engaging and concise history of the city I've seen. Thank you!

A part from the minor river swapping error, the video is really good, great job!

I'm for Barcelona, I LOVE how much you respect places explained in yours videos. From the accuracy to the fact of saying names in the original language. Great video man!

As a person from Barcelona I love this video! But at 6:40, the map shows the territories of the Crown of Aragon, which were the Principality of Catalonia, and the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia and Mallorca. By 1653, Spain was already formed. Many People considers that Spain was formed when the king Ferdinand II of the Crown of Aragon and the queen Isabella I of Castile married in 1469 (Catholics Monarchs). The 2 crowns, had their own laws and worked practically as different states. Basically Spain was a decentralized state. But when the Succession War began, Catalonians decided to support the Habsburgs because of Philip V's ideas of centralization of Spain. When Catalonia was abandoned by its Allies and lost the war, Philip V retired all privileges Catalonia had and they punished them with things like, as you mentioned, construction limitations

Great video! One critical change for the city that the Olympics brought was the construction of "Rondas", Ronda de Dalt and Ronda Litoral. 2 "urban highways" at the edges of the city (Dalt on the mountain neighborhoods, Litoral at the sea) limited to 80km/h which massively improved mobility.

this is such a cool way to tell the history of the city

Thx for this excellent visual explanation of Barcelona’s growth. Outstanding insights not available in one cohesive, concise narrative anywhere else

Thanks for being so respectful with the catalan society and their history across Barcelona, as well as for the research about the composition of the city. It has been a really enjoyable pleasure to see the video. Good job.

To add a bit more to this great video, "ramblas" refer to dry riverbeds that temporarily fill with water after heavy rainfalls. In urban settings, these have been transformed into broad promenades. So, it is not a concept unique to Barcelona; other places, such as Alicante, also have ramblas. Loved the concent!

Good effort! A few minor glitches but one of the best concise timelines I’ve seen of this fantastic city.

Wow. Visited Barcelona last year and now, thanks to this video, a lot of things we noticed finally fall into place. Amazing video!

Being from Barcelona, must say this is such a well made video! Thank you!

Amazing video! Very accurate and well explained, coming from a barcelona local :)

I'm from Barcelona, I didn't know a lot of this history and it's so interesting!

I am Spanish and Catalan and I learned more about our history in this video than in school.

Fantastic! That's what I call a good informative video. Pointing on a map different locations and then immediately supporting your explanations with real image (pictures) of those locations can make anyone understand what you're talking about.

Im from Barcelona thank you for this amazing and detalied story of my city, thanks

I am from Barcelona. And i have to congratulate you. Great explaining. Just one mistake: you confused Besós and Llobregat position as you swap it... the rest perfect!

Excellent video, thank you for sharing and big shoutout for all the effort you put in to get accurate facts and catalan names :)

Barcelona was where my husband and I went for our honeymoon, and I can't think of a better city to spend a week!

this was a really informative video. been living here a year or so and was wondering about this.

I just learned so much my own city! Moltes gracies!

Great video! I'm a Barcelona resident (well, a bit up the coast now) and appreciated the effort you put into this. I look forward to watching your other videos!

Congrats! as from someone born and bred in Barcelona, I really enjoyed this video

As a catalan, i gotta say thay you almost made no mistakes. I love to see you trying to include catalan ❤

As a Barcelonan I can only say congratulations on an amazing job 👏 I learnt from this video things about my city which i did not expect, subscribed, thank you for this!

LLobregat and besos rivers are swapped in the map

As a catalan, thanks to explain really well the story of the map of our capital :)

Great, great video. Thank you very much.

Great video, thanks, and I must say, it’s the first time I really got interested in the company sponsoring the video and I’m very impressed by what they’ve created❤️✊🏻

This is a great video, thanks!

It’s insane how we have almost no green in Barcelona today. Turned into parkings… it’s such a shame and the worst aspect about Barcelona. Great video :)

the beSos river being pronounced as Bezos is insane 😭

Also iconic camerawork from the olympic - A lot of sports were filmed with either art or architecture in the background. Segrada Familia was in all pictures from the diving competition.

I learnt more from your video than from all the years i lived in barcelona.

Barcelona is truly a magnificent city.

Horta-Guinardó is a non gridded neighborhood next to Gracia that u left off and I live there! Besides that 10/10 video u left tiny details that i don’t expect everyone to know so 10/10

Thia is fascinating, thoughtful and scholarly presented. I am researching the city for my upcoming visit and this is a fantastic intro to the history and the growth of the city.

Well…home to Picasso,…he lived there for some years but was Born and raised in Malaga (Andalucía) and lived most of his adult life in Paris.

absolutely insane video, i now love barcelona even more

Fantastic breakdown! It's fascinating how some locations maintain the essence of their original purposes, despite their transformations over time. Places like La Rambla often leave a peculiar aftertaste if you linger too long, and Plaça Espanya has a similar vibe. It’s also intriguing to witness Barcelona embracing Ildefons Cerdà’s visionary urban plan. It’s great to see such recognition for a true mastermind in city planning.

Really nice video had fun watching it and learnt new things about my city. Thank you :)

An excellent and comprehensive overview of the city, few foreigners get so much right. Allow me to add a few details. - As pointed out elsewhere, the labels on the rivers, the Besos and Llobregat are inverted. - Besides the Parallel running, well, parallel to the Equator, the Meridiana runs perfectly north to south, over an Earth's meridian, hence its name. They were meant to converge on the Port Vell, where the historic clock tower is, but by practical reasons, it misses by a few feet. - The very slim city blocks of the Barceloneta are meant to provide everyone with light an air. This, as you well point out, was better achieved by Cerdá's plan with the hollow city blocks in the Eixample. - BTW, the inside of those blocks are not 'mainly' parking space. There were not many cars when the Plan Cerdá was being mended, they could park in the sidewalk all right, no need for dedicated parking space. What they were destined for was for commercial space. The many stores you see in the Eixample stretch well into the center of the block, providing lots of rental income to the landowners. Some of those commercial spaces were converted to parking, but that was a later adaptation, it was not by design. The roof over the back of the commercial spaces becomes the terrace for the high-end apartments above the store. Notice that at the time, lower floors were better priced than higher ones. - You forgot to mention along the main avenues the Passeig de Gracia, which is Barcelona's equivalent to the Parisian Avenue des Champs-Élysées, with many of the same high-end brands on it. It was the connection from the old town to the town of Gracia, hence its name. - Via Laietana was in no one's plans. It was a later addition because both the Eixample and the port grew a lot, and they needed a connection, thus, needs must. The most significant houses in its way were not demolished but dismantled and re-assembled within the Gothic Quarter, in the area between the Cathedral and Sant Jaume.

Great video!! But I LOLed hard when Messi appeared as one of the most important people from Barcelona 😂 you obviously googled "Barcelona famous people" or something and you got him

Great video! Earned a gold star by acknowledging your mistake at 13:53

Great video! It's incredible how much history there's in every detail and every part of the city!

Increíble, un resum increíble. Tota una feinada, company. Gràcies, i felicitats per la bona feina. Amazing work here, pal. Keep the good work. Surely, this will help lots of people who just came to the city looking for paella... There are so many places to see. All the cities have a long history to be told, thank you for condensing such long history of my city, so beautifully, in less than 20 minutes. A million thanks, company.

Amazing work, you explain it like a true local

Fantastic video, very well explained and mostly accurate :)) Here's some engagement for the algorithm!!

i’d say the old town windy layout is much more beautiful than a grid but to each their own!!

Thanks a lot for a great video.

Excellent information. Keep these coming.

great work mate ! super detailed and quite accurate

An excellent summary of the urbanistic history of Barcelona. Very accurate, except for the names of the rivers at the beginning of the video 👏👏👏

Fascinating video about the development of a fascinating city. Tons of research well-presented. I love the place. Gracias Mil ...

Lovely video, and accurate information. Thanks!

0:51 the rivers are flipped, Llobregat is in the south(left) and Besòs in the north(right)

Congratulations. You explained it very well.

Although I lived in Barcelona for almost 8 years, I did not know about a lot of interesting things about the past. Thanks for the interesting video.

@brighttriptravel you got the two rivers at the start confused -- llobregat is on the left, and Besos, to the right, ;) Great facts!!! Really enjoyed watching this.

Loved it! Thanks for you work!

what a high quality & informative video - thank you!!

Bon vídeo, bona feina.

"Bullet shaped skyscraper ..." you handle euphemism well

I didn´t realize Messi was from Catalonia. Thanks for the update.

TL/DR they're still quite rebellious. Nice shot of table mountain from your balcony :-)

Some of yall should clean your ears out. He said the city was/is home to those people, he didn’t say they where born there. Shut up about it everyone knows Messi is from Argentina and Picasso was from Málaga.

Amazing video

0:54 They are changed, Besos is to the right and Llobregat to the left

You've done a remarkable job, a few mistakes, but still very accurate and greatly done. You should be proud:)

So much for those courtyards in every building block. Most of the time i just see a fenced off empty concrete area

Awesome video! As an engineer from Barcelona, I believe you really explained the citt in the besg way possible.

Bullet shaped skyscraper. Nice way of putting it 😝

Man! I'm from Barcelona and you nailed it!!

The llogbregat and the besos are inverted at the beginning of the video

omg love the way you used the catalan independence "plight" to segway into your sponsor video. Pure Capitalist Realism. Just for that i'm subscribing.

0:43 dude is right, if it weren’t bc of Messi I wouldn’t know about Barcelona at all

super intéressant ! 00:55 : mistake : Rivers are inverted

Hard flex to have table mountain in the background of the Ad. Cape Town for the win!

The way u explain this city, it amazing New cities around the world should look at barcelona plan. 😊

0:57 This graphic broke my brain for a second: you've labelled the rivers wrong! ;)

u should do a second part, talking about the superilles

Fun Fact: Eixample means to widen in catalan. So Barri de l'Eixample is the widening quarter

i LOVED this. thank you. You did not explain what Eixample meant, but i looked it up lol!

"It's the only avenue that runs parallel to the equator" it's also the only 90 degree angle in the entire country

Bro q Coi, algú mes de Barcelona mirant aquest vídeo i aprenent més q al putu cole?

There are a couple minor mistakes which do not cast a shadow on the accuracy of your presentation. You did a very good and interesting job. 👍

The names of the rivers are swapped. To the south is 'El Llobregat' and to the north is 'El Besós'.

Could you perhaps try a 'New Delhi's Map, EXPLAINED' video? The octagonal plan of the central city looks interesting and i would love to learn more about its history

Super interesting and well done video