With the Olympic Games of Barcelona 92, the city condal was projected internationally between the main European capitals. Place where it still remains.
The 1992 Olympic Games have bequeathed a city with a modern image and a comfortable environment to live.
From the Olympic Village of Poblenou to the Olympic Ring of Montjuic, and from Badalona to Castelldefels or Sant Cugat. The city with the best Olympics in history today has an international projection.
A unique opportunity for Barcelona, ??both birth and adoption, to enjoy Barcelona 92 ??a quarter of a century after that magical summer.
The Olympic Village of Barcelona
With a density of population well below the Barcelona average, the area that welcomed Olympic athletes has become a privileged residential neighborhood.
It stands out for its proximity to the beaches and the Olympic port of Barcelona. In addition to an urban design where the interiors of the blocks of buildings welcome gardens and large common areas.
Many associate this residential neighborhood with a garden city, in contrast to the urbanism of other areas that surround it. Although the truth is that the vast majority of housing in the Olympic Village have residents who enjoy it. Tranquility, sea and multitude of public spaces of first level.
From Vall d’Hebron to Sarrià
One of the great contributions of Barcelona was the construction of the ring roads. One of them, the busy Ronda de Dalt, communicated the areas of Nou Barris and Horta Guinardó with the rest of the city and its surroundings.
Areas that were initially unattractive to residents, today are positioned as some of the most profitable in the real estate market.
Even more when covering the whole of Dalt to give way to new facilities and ways to enjoy an area with medical centers and educational reference.
But if something left the Olympic Games, it was the transformation of the whole city and not a single neighborhood. Sir go further and in the upper area, the Espanyol field in the Sarrià area gave way to new equipment that today residents enjoy.
Barcelona 92 ??and its metropolitan area
From Granollers to Banyoles, Seu d’Urgell or Reus. Many Catalan municipalities hosted sports competitions, spreading the Olympic spirit.
Some of them are intimately linked to the city.
Badalona, ??for example, proved to be the city of basketball. Its Olympic Pavilion welcomes from music to sports. And its sea front one of the most beautiful areas of the coast, with houses in first line of sea.
Castelldefels, meanwhile, has the Olympic Channel. An equipment that next to its admired residential market, on the shores of the Mediterranean, does not go unnoticed for many residents. A very sought after area.
While Sant Cugat del Vallès can boast of having a sports reference equipment: the High Performance Center (CAR). Complex that after 30 years of history continue to frequent elite athletes. Some of them reside in one of the most admired municipalities in all of Spain.
Source: ‘Barcelona 92. Les seus olímpiques‘. Diari Ara
