Spain forum: Barcelona or Madrid?

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• Dora Böhm

  07 Aug 2008, 19:41

  Barcelona or Madrid?

  I'm looking forward to moving to Spain in the near future - but haven't yet decided where to exactly. I want to live in a vibrant place, so it's probably either Barcelona or Madrid. Any advice or first-hand experience?

  Last edited 05 Dec 2008, 14:54
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• Raquelle L'Orean

  18 Aug 2008, 18:47

  Definitely Barcelona

  Barcelona has a beach, mediteranean climate and it's working quite well...

  Madrid is cold in winter, incredible hot in summer, has only a desert around and is packed with traffic and polution

  Does this help on your decision??? ;o)

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• Junior .

  23 Aug 2008, 19:42

  my opinion

  Both cities are nice and have beautiful places like park, squares, museum, etc..
  The biggest difference in my opinion it´s thta Barcelona has beach, is more clean and is not dangerous as Madrid. Madrid is beautiful, but Barcelona is charming. If you have any crazy ‘project’, for sure your place is Barcelona.

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• Nadine Santos

  25 Aug 2008, 13:28

  Barcelona versus Madrid

  I agree with Raquelle and Junior - Barcelona is definitely much nicer!

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• Tassos Maliamanis

  10 Sep 2008, 16:46

  Barcelona and Valencia

  hello there! I'm planning to move to Spain next year and I'm thinking of Valencia. I need to see and smell the mediterranean sea!

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• Julia Murbach

  23 Sep 2008, 16:35

  madrid vs barca

  I had to make a similar decision, and in the end I picked Madrid! Mostly because I wanted to improve my castellano and not starting learning catalán...I couldn't get along with it!

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• Caroline Lacerda

  25 Sep 2008, 07:05

  Hola.

  Madrid es mas barato, pero Barcelona es mejor.  

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• Angel Caido replied to Caroline Lacerda

  19 Oct 2009, 19:13

  hola

  La gente de Madrid es mas abierta, mas autentica y tiene muchas mas cosas que ver (quitando el mar claro).

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• Crisis wl

  20 Oct 2009, 10:16

  What do you want to learnt? spanisch?

  Then madrid, in Barcelona speak catalan, and this is another language. Barcelona is nice and cool but they speak catalan mostly. Valencia is a nice place too, but a lot of people speak valenciano. With sea?? murcia, andalucia, cantabria, asturias. But if you want speak a very perfect spanich, then salamanca, valladolid...., inside the country. That is my opinion only.

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• Juan Ubide Barreda

  20 Oct 2009, 10:30

  For example PAIS VASCO.

  For example they're most speaking Spanish.

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• Angel Caido replied to Juan Ubide Barreda

  04 Nov 2009, 17:51

  dangerous

  A police crime research says Barcelona is the most dangerous city in Spain.

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