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Park life: Collserola

Overlooking Barcelona, Collserola Park offers an escape from the city with open spaces and winding trails waiting to be explored

Jan 1, 2007 by Alexander McSpadden in LIVING (2 Comments)

Summer camps for kids

These places close to Barcelona offer the younger set a chance to really enjoy the holidays

Jul 1, 2007 by Nicola Thornton in LIVING

Lorenzo Vecchia

Catering to little ones

The number of resources in Barcelona for mothers-to-be, and for mothers of newborns and toddlers, is growing

Sep 1, 2007 by Carrie Frais in LIVING

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Homebirth

For anyone considering a homebirth, this article describes your options in Barcelona

Jan 1, 2008 by Zoe Koumbouzi in LIVING (1 Comments)

Secondary school

This article explains how secondary school education works here

Feb 1, 2008 by Susanna Jacobs in LIVING

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Wild in the city

Coming with your family to Barcelona and want to see another side of the city? Why not join an eco-safari?

May 1, 2008 by Kirsten Foster in VISITING

Homeschooling in Catalunya

Homeschoolers are coming out of the closet in Catalunya

May 2, 2008 by Zoe Koumbouzi in LIVING (1 Comments)

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Play time in Barcelona

Parents looking for somewhere in Barcelona to take their children for fun out-of-doors should look for their nearest 'ludoteca'—a play space for kids

Jul 1, 2008 by Zoe Koumbouzi in LIVING

Cycling Catalunya

Bike trails from family-friendly to hard-core

Sep 1, 2008 by Regina W. Bryan in LIVING

Baby gap

Spain's government wants more babies born in this rapidly aging country

Feb 1, 2009 by Simon Newman in LIVING

Top 10: For the family

Worried about how to keep your children happy on holiday? Fear no longer with our top tips to a family-friendly holiday in Barcelona

Mar 3, 2009 in VISITING

Photo by Lorenzo Vecchia

The third language

Can Catalunya's schools become trilingual?

Apr 27, 2009 by Nick Mead in THE ARCHIVE

Go get wet

Swimming pools are a great way to beat the heat and Barcelona has a lot of different ones to try

Jun 1, 2009 by Stefana Serafina in LIVING (2 Comments)

Park yourself

It costs a small fee to enter, but this spectacular garden in the district of La Horta is well worth it

Aug 28, 2009 in VISITING

Q&A: Large families

Spain offers help to families that have three or more children

Sep 30, 2009 in LIVING

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Too many kilos

Why is juvenile obesity becoming a common problem in a country where it was practically nonexisent a generation ago?

Feb 1, 2010 by Matt Elmore in THE ARCHIVE (1 Comments)

Diary of an adoption: New arrival

Last year, Meredith Gales successfully adopted a girl from a West African country, a process that she wrote about for our website. Here she explains what life has been like for her new family

May 30, 2011 by Meredith Gales in LIVING