{"id":91863,"date":"2020-02-11T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T09:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=91863"},"modified":"2024-07-03T10:35:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T08:35:44","slug":"barcelona-district-22-renaissance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/barcelona-district-22-renaissance","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona - 22@ district: at the heart of a renaissance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reported by C\u00e9cile Balavoine \/ Photos by Ludovic Maisant<\/em><\/p>\n

Almost 30 years ago. It was in 1992<\/strong>Barcelona was preparing to welcome the Olympic Games<\/strong> and, for the occasion, opened up its seafront and rediscovered its beaches. The event was a resounding success, highlighting the potential of the Poblenou district<\/strong>next to the Olympic port. It's a hip and popular spot today, as it's here, on some twenty hectares, that the 22@<\/strong>an urban space dedicated toinnovation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the XIXe<\/sup> century, it is the many textile mills<\/strong> which flourished in what was then known as the \"Catalan Manchester<\/strong>. Abandoned in the 1960s, these industrial wastelands gradually became a den of thieves. The year 2000 saw the launch of a public-private initiative aimed at transforming warehouses and wasteland into a new \"city of crime\". high-tech cluster<\/strong>based on the media industry, R&D and education. A total success story.<\/p>\n

Today, 25,000 students<\/strong> spread across various campuses dedicated to new technologies, navigate through the district, which also boasts 93,000 jobs<\/strong> and is set to grow by 25,000 over the next five years. The district has recently added new housing and several hectares of parkland. However, the success of 22@ is measured above all in terms of the number of new stores opened.spaces coworking<\/a><\/strong> with supply increasing by more than 50 % since 2017. That's why major companies are turning to 22@. Amazon, HP, Criteo, Suez, PepsiCo and DHL have all recently set up operations here, and by the end of 2019 there should be a total of\u00a0129,000 m\u00b2 of new office space<\/strong>. The Glori\u00e8s Tower, designed by Jean Nouvel in 2005, has been empty for a long time following the relocation of the Agbar group (Barcelona's general water company), and is now attracting an influx of tenants, including software publisher Oracle and Facebook, with its 'anti-fake news' centre. A booming sector.<\/p>\n

How to get there<\/h1>\n

In 2018, theEl Prat airport<\/strong> recorded a turnover of record 50.2 million passengers<\/strong>This represents growth of 6.1 % compared with 2017. Barcelona is extremely well connected to Europe's major cities, especially France. Vueling<\/strong> offers fifty weekly flights from Paris-Orly and Transavia<\/strong><\/a>the low-cost subsidiary of Air France-KLM, operates seven flights a week. From Paris-CDG, Air France<\/strong> operates thirty-six weekly routes, while easyJet<\/strong> offers twenty and Vueling twenty-four. But other French cities such as Toulouse<\/a>, Nice<\/a>, Lyon<\/a>, Marseille<\/a>, Lille<\/a>, Nantes<\/a>Brest, Rennes or Bordeaux\u00a0<\/a>are also directly linked to the Catalan metropolis.<\/p>\n

Vueling<\/strong> : www.vueling.com
\nAir France<\/strong> : www.airfrance.fr
\nTransavia<\/strong> : www.transavia.com<\/a>
\nEasyJet<\/strong> : www.easyjet.com<\/a>
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