24/5 23 days after the official check in of the catalan journalist Bibiana Ballbè in the Hotel Omm, everything has happened! Shall we remember it?

If you don’t want to miss any detail of #BBatOMM, follow it in bworldwith.us. Pictures by Ferran Forné.

21/5 Madama Butterfly, a Grand Opera Illuminating a Japanese Tragedy

The opera Madama Butterfly portrays the tragic story of Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) a geisha who fell in love with an America naval officer. The opera will return to Barcelona 20-29 of July in the Gran Teatro de Liceu.

18/5 La Nit dels Museus, Saturday May 18th

Today we celebrate the Museum’s International Day and the Nits dels Museus. From 7:00 pm to 1:00 am you will be able to access a long list of museums in Barcelona completely fee and enjoy lots of shows and exhibitions.

17/5 Jugada a tres Bandas (until 28.05.2013)

Jugada a 3 bandas arrives for the first time in Barcelona with a view to connecting art galleries, curators and artists.

15/5 X Games, the extreme sports competition for the first time in Barcelona, from May 16th to 19th

Barcelona will be home of the X Games, the extreme sports competition. During four days the Montjuïc mountain will receive the major figures in the world in regards of skating, BMX, Moto X and Rally Cross.

13/5 Franc Aleu and El Celler de Can Roca present the GastrÒpera el somni

The El Celler de Can Roca premiered on May 6th, 2013 its GastrÒpera el somni , a spectacular journey throughout the senses. You can visit the exhibition el somni in the Arts Santa Mònica Centre (Barcelona) until June 7th.

10/5 Tires ready, the Spanish Formula 1 GP is on!

The Formula 1 Grand Prize of Spain has started its 2013 edition in the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Until May 12ve you will be able to enjoy a weekend full of adrenaline.

8/5 Hotel Omm among the four best design hotels in Barcelona. ¡FAD Certified!

We are proud to announce that the Hotel Omm has been recognized as one of the best design hotels in Barcelona, in the scenario of the FAD Certification of Design Quality, first certification of this kind in the world.

30/4 El Celler de Can Roca, world’s best restaurant!

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El Celler de Can Roca, World’s best restaurant!

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17/4 The knight and martyr of a legend: Sant Jordi

When spring rolls around it brings the heat and love is in the air. In reality the Catalans know how to do it right. Not for the heat brought about in late April, but for Sant Jordi, the Catalan version of Valentine’s Day.

11/4 For the lovers of video art: Loop Barcelona 2013

The Screen Festival returns to Barcelona for the eleventh time from the 16 to 25 of May. The Festival, created to give exposure to artistic video creators around the world, is the largest annual video art event in Spain at the international level.

4/4 Hats off to spring!

This Sunday April 7, for the ninth year in a row, the Stroll with a Hat (Paseo con Sombrero) will take place in the heart of Barcelona. It is a popular event in which the community walks through the city with one requirement only: everyone must wear a hat. It is a curious and unforgettable event you cannot miss out on.

28/3 You have a date with Barça!

UEFA Champions League is the most important club tournament in Europe and Barcelona FC takes on PSG for the quarterfinals in Paris on April 2nd and they return for the home game at Camp Nou on April 10th.

27/3 Siena, a thoughtful reflection about being human

One of the youngest dance companies in Spain, La Veronal created in 2005 by Valencian director Marcos Morau, is coming this spring to Barcelona. The Spanish choreography group is finally coming to the Mediterranean after spending a long time touring in countries including Iceland (2012), Russia (2011), Finland (2010), Maryland (2009), and Sweden (2008).

25/3 Primavera sound, the most awaited festival of the spring

Primavera Sound is an international music festival organizing concerts for over a decade. The festival comes to Barcelona once again from May 20-26 to delight us with the best music in the international scene.

22/3 Bolaño Archive. 1977-2003

The CCCB is organizing the exhibition Archivo Bolaño 1977 – 2003 as a tribute to the exceptional Chilean writer who passed away ten years ago.

20/3 Contra Tàpies, a different look on a unique artist

“Contra-Tàpies” is a project that began as a book to convert into an exhibition where Tàpies has been situated amongst other great artists, writers, poets and photographers, such as Pasolini or Helen Levitt. After we thought we knew the entire history of Tàpies, the project provides an innovative look around the work of the painter, and we see there are more stories yet to be told. You can visit this exhibition from Tuesday to Sunday from 10h to 19h, until June 9 at the Fundació Antoni Tapies (c / Arago, 255).

12/3 Sara Baras presents her show ‘La Pepa’

We are pleased to announce that our dear guest and friend Sara Baras is coming to Barcelona again. She is a talented artist and we have known her and her family for years. A mutual friend introduced us and she immediately fell in love with our hotel boutique in Barcelona, and we love her as well!

11/3 Sir John Eliot Gardiner in the Auditori de Barcelona

The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists orchestra will perform the Mass in B minor by Bach, under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, in the Auditori de Barcelona on Tuesday March 26 at 21h. You cannot miss one of the most spectacular events of the year!

25/2 Sónar

The 20th International Festival of Advanced Music and New Media Art held in Barcelona on 13, 14 and June 15 comes loaded with new features. The most important: the festival is moving its daytime headquarters to the Fira Montjuïc area in Plaça d’Espanya, an emblematic location in the city.

15/2 Picasso Ceramics. A gift from Jacqueline to Barcelona

This exhibition celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of Jacqueline Picasso’s donation of 41 unique ceramics to the city of Barcelona. These plates, jugs and bowls were among gifts Picasso had made to her over the course of the two decades that they shared their lives.

5/2 Hotel Omm embarks on its new Roca BCN project with the Roca brothers

In its tenth year, the Barcelona-based hotel introduces changes with the makeover of the Roca Moo and the opening of the Roca Bar, as a result of the enthusiasm and teamwork of the Hotel Omm and the Celler de Can Roca.

1/2 Ommsession Club

Located on the ground floor of the Hotel Omm, the Ommsession Club is one of the reference local bars of Barcelona nightlife.

25/1 You shoot. You decide

Would you like to get to know Barcelona the way professional photographers see the city? Barceloneta, Raval, Gotico, Born… see the city the way it really is.

20/1 Javier Mariscal. Dibujar y comer

The author of the mascot of the Olympic Games of Barcelona 92, through its always funny and successful worldview (marked by bright colors) now opts for varied food and kitchen utensils, among others.