Parc de l'Espanya Industrial is the main meeting point for people from the neighborhoods of Sants, Badal, and Hostafrancs: from parents with small children to amateur dance troupes practicing their routines, and from teenagers playing basketball to working-class folks walking their dogs or smoking on their lunch break, the people who make up an important cross-section of the community from these three neighborhoods overlap in this spot.
Designed by architects Francesc Ruis and Luis Peña Ganchegui; the park includes a dog park, a children’s play area, a basketball court, ping-pong tables and more. The most recognizable of the park’s structures is a 32-meter-long metal dragon sculpture, which also functions as a slide for kids; this work was created by Basque sculptor, Andrés Nagel.
