En el BARRIO del RAVAL en BARCELONA, Peligroso para Turistas?
Greetings, friends, I’m Rubén from Masai Adventures Channel and this time I invite you to accompany me to what is considered one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Barcelona, the Radal neighborhood located in the historic and tourist center. You want
To know if this place is really as dangerous as They say it, Come with me until the end, the Rabal neighborhood was once an extension of the city of Barcelona outside its medieval walls that culminated. Precisely in what is today the Rambla de
Canaletas, it is an area that at the time was a large open field . agricultural which was dominated by a monastery that we will talk about later and it is here following the layout of the carrer del tall that we will continue to discover the city and
Show the atmosphere of what is today the most cosmopolitan neighborhood of the city in which 50% of its inhabitants More than 50% of its inhabitants Sorry are of foreign origin And this is how well-known chains such as 365 bakery share space with restaurants run by Indians and Pakistanis and served by
Mainly Latin American staff, although people of other origins are also found sharing space with stores historical buildings like this one that we have here that are specialists in imports and collections of all kinds and following our path towards the ship market
We will find another of the places that is already part of the history of the city, the bar black sheep, a place where many young people, including people from my generation, came to come at the time to share time with their friends on various nights. In general, the
Boundaries of the neighborhood form a kind of rhombus, which limits, among other streets, one of the main streets. from the center of Barcelona La Ronda de San Antoni Since in ancient times it was with the main arteries and entrances of the medieval walls of the city, already at the
Entrances of the neighborhood you can see that there is an important cultural offer in terms of theaters in which We have two buildings, one of them is the Goya [Music] theater and we will begin the tour by going down what is today Joaquín
Costa street following a relatively logical layout. Here we have what remains of the Aragonese center and we will find more places of this style As we go down towards one of the main arteries of the neighborhood, currently the Rambla del Rabal, starting in the 17th century, the
Neighborhood was an important industrial center of the city of Barcelona and it was in these streets, specifically in the street of the workshops or el carret talles as they say in Catalan where the first worker and union struggles in the city began in which the precarious
Working conditions that existed at the time when average days of 12 hours existed or that even surpassed them were child labor. and very low salaries in which they practically depended on a soup from Charity and quite low salaries in general without days
Of paid rest as it is today, thanks to these union struggles, what is today would be formed at the end of the 19th century. It is one of the main unions in Spain, the well-known UGT or General Union of Workers of which the workers who were in this area
At that time were part of that entire union movement. We continue contouring along one of the limits of El Barrio del Rabal following the layout of the old town, specifically, we are on Carr de la Merced, which is currently an important youth meeting center since
One of the faculties of the University of Barcelona is located not far from here and following the layout of El carre karma It is a place where, since I have been in this area, there has always been a youth movement and nightlife and here we have the mythical
Workshop street where the union struggles that we talked about previously took place throughout the 19th century. Various movements were carried out against the use of machinery, mainly in the Catalan textile industry that was housed in this place since this was the only neighborhood in Barcelona in which
Industrial activity was allowed following the tradition of the past in which this neighborhood developed as a kind of drainage of problems in which at one time it was the headquarters of all agricultural production that supplied food to the city in case of siege and later from the
18th century it would be an important Industrial center to supply the needs of the city and later from the Catalan textile industry that exported its products mainly to the colonies that still remained of the Spanish empire, mainly that of Cuba, continuing within the
Same carrer del talles we have vestiges of what were the old factories and textile workshops in which following a small crossroads where, going down Pelay Street, one of the natural limits that were established in the neighborhood, we will find a
Historic stationery and printing press in the city and at the same time the historic building of one of the main companies that existed from the 19th century onwards. electrical company of Catalonia, this was the headquarters building of one of the first electrical companies
Developed in the country, we go to the centric café bar, quite well known within the city, we will make our way to another of the emblematic points of the city, the ship market along Various departments have been developed over the years and
To remove the stigma of a neighborhood of cabarets and prostitution apart from drug trafficking, a number of educational institutions have been developed over the years, including, for example, the Faculty of Geography and History of the University of Barcelona and not far from here in the Plaza Universidad is the historical headquarters
Of this university, also combining samples of modern art such as this graffiti that we find now next to shops that have been in business for years. this city and now practically in the center of the neighborhood we find the Plaza de Vicen Mar
Turil where we are going to find another of the symbols of the history of Barcelona, the House of Mercy, one of the few assistance centers practically run entirely by religious in which assistance was given to single mothers, let’s say it.
So they emigrated from the countryside to work in the industries developed in the Rabal neighborhood. Now we continue moving through the medieval layout of the streets in which we can see trends. For example, this one that corresponds to the city hall of Barcelona, which is currently the headquarters of the
City council, let’s say one of the offices of the city council of Barcelona, in this case that of the Ciudad Bella district, to facilitate the procedures of citizens in a city that exceeds one million inhabitants, it has various delegations distributed throughout throughout
The entire urban area and where we will find various public fountains like this one spread throughout the historic center and which in principle are still in operation to supply drinking water as in ancient times to the inhabitants of the
City and In general, not far from the car workshop you will find another classic building in the city, one of the historical ones, the old Dror Mazo Arumi Pharmacy that still exists today, not far from the famous Rambla de Canaletas where these stalls Nowadays they only offer souvenirs and press, they once
Offered exotic animals among which are precisely the famous tropical parrots that have formed colonies as an invasive species that are already part of the city landscape and always following the limits of El Barrio. of the rabal that coincide
With those of the rambla de canaletas you find the church that is on the corner of calle del Carmen and now re-entering from the limits of the rambla we enter the boat market, the most internationally known in Barcelona, it is A place visited by
Millions of tourists a year, the number of foreign visitors in this market is impressive and its offer is in line with the international clientele. Originally called the San José market, it has practically developed an entire tourist industry around it, in which hotels and hostels swarm. and hostels of
Various categories accompanied by a whole sybaritic gastronomic offer or let’s say more traditional or simple for all tastes and palates, although in general there are high-priced products and delicacies sold in this market at the moment. We are only going to take a
Short tour of this market so that you can get an idea of what it is like and what is located within it. the limits of the raval Since in due course we will make a specific video about This market
Specifically, this is a place where there were quite strange and exotic stores such as one that sold insect delicacies until not many years ago, however the time of pandemic during the covid affected this type of offer a little, which is currently recovering
With the recovery of travel and tourism as time goes by and everything becomes normal , we are almost at night and they share a place with the typical stops large chains such as Donking Donuts that is in the background and restaurants and stops that in some cases are run by
Families that have been in the area for generations running these family-owned businesses, however this is not the objective from the video to do This municipal market in depth but to continue on our walk through one of the neighborhoods considered most dangerous in Barcelona, the Rabal neighborhood where we also come to check
If they really are as they say and we are going to show them to you as almost no one dares to do That is to say, we are going to show this neighborhood during the hours of the night and we are going to check to see how
Dangerous it is. How true is everything they say about this place not far from the boat market. We have already arrived at the hospital carré in which We will find some historic buildings that are essential to see if you want to know the original raval in which we find the church
Of San Agustín, which is the one we have here and I think that with a little luck we will be able to appreciate it. It combines the classic decoration which I think here you can see part
Of the layout of the walls of Barcelona in this sense I am not very sure right now along with the most recent decoration I think we are in luck and we will be able to go in to see it we have asked we are
In luck entry is free and normally this not only find it open So this is a unique opportunity in which we are going to be able to show a historic building from Rabal. Inside it is a building that seems to have some
Baroque or even neoclassical origin. Rather, I would say that this is a combination This being a temple I have to try to maintain maximum silence since it is not really a museum but really a center of Christian worship, specifically
Catholic, which, however, the samples of sacred art are as impressive as what I had expected and now continuing the layout of the hospital carre we find samples of Eastern culture, specifically the Muslim culture in which these boys want to appear in the [Music] [Laughs] video [Music] where I lived I lived
Here in the rabal you live here in the rabal you Well, what? It’s like living here well, well , well, well, thank you very much, eh. And let it go well, here we are next to the
Anvar butcher shop and we find other types of shops, as we enter, there is the Aruma theater, which is one of the classics of the city, also classic businesses like and furniture and now we are going to enter here, this is a classic
Cocktail store and here we are entering towards the square of what is the hospital car or what was the Old Hospital of Barcelona here we have the remains of the decoration of what It was the Old Hospital that was run as was almost every charity work in the city. Formerly
Religious were the religious orders or those promoted by well-known patrons. Like the Indians, those who carried out this type of social work in which the state, let’s say, was not the actor. main as it is today here we have our spontaneous actors who enter the neighborhood and here
We enter the entrance of the Old hospital that maintains the original decoration of the pediment and which is currently a square with various cultural institutions inside It is an area of recreation and let’s say relaxation within the city within which one of the
The most well-known schools of arts and crafts currently More like an artistic school in the city of Barcelona, specifically the La Manzana school, a famous school from which artists such as Or Febres and well-known ceramists have emerged in the area of Catalonia,
We have the conservatory. municipal arts school here is the historic headquarters of the la mazana school, it is a school in which many women have studied arts and crafts for a few years at its doors, climbing these stairs in the courtyard of what was the old hospital we still have an
Impressive decoration sample of various artistic styles some medieval others more recent here we have a gothic style decoration Simply impressive They simply look like the remains of an old cloister and now at night with the lighting they have a tone that is coming out quite well camera level
Eh we are going to continue showing you a little the downtown area here we have an inscription Med here it seems that Hub an art exhibition that was deteriorated Unfortunately let’s see what is here okay this is the
Public library one of the various cultural spaces that has The city council of Barcelona and the generalitat have been developing over the years to change the image of the neighborhood from being an area of drugs, narco flats and cabarets and from here we begin to enter a
More dangerous area and moment as We are entering towards the Rambla del Rabal area and as the hours progress towards the no so I will have to take out the microphone This is going to
Affect the sound and its quality possibly but there is no other way to do it to be able to teach a little the movement of the neighborhood at night and not far from the entrance of the old
Hospital here we are with the carrer de enrad which is considered one of the most dangerous streets in Barcelona it is an area in which there have been many robberies and above all all prostitution in the past and here we can see as we move towards the Rambla de Rabal
The cosmopolitan character especially Arab with Arabic tones as we enter towards the Raval well-known chains of second-hand stores such as Humana share a place with hostels from all over the city. typical life and businesses run by Pakistanis and Indians
In which we see some of the changes that have occurred in the neighborhood as the years have gone by. Here is the building of the old Roman printing press that I don’t know if it is still in
Operation and here we have nothing more and nothing less than a sic temple of the famous sic community of India, those who know a little about the history of this country will know that this is a community with origins in the punjab, I’m sorry you had to interrupt the video because someone had
Back that I didn’t want to be filmed and I wanted to pass we continued with the story I told them about the temple of the community that exists here in the raval it is a community with a
Unique religion that has this name and that comes from the area of the punjab in the India and have been subject to repression in the past by the Indian government, specifically Operation Blue Star carried out by the Indian army, is well remembered by this community over the years, those who
Want to find out a little more about this community and their religion and especially what happened during that military operation, I suggest you search the networks a little to learn more about this community currently present in Barcelona and here we have another of the passages that is also
One of the most dangerous in the area del Rabal and which has normally been home to brothels and prostitutes. Currently, prostitutes still exist in the neighborhood, only to a much lesser extent than they existed before, but I am not going to film them. I have spoken with them
And in some cases they simply confess that Their families in their countries of origin do not know that they practice this profession, let’s say it as the objective of this video is not
Precisely to harm anyone because we are not going to teach them but I am going to point out that prostitution in this neighborhood continues to exist as it already existed throughout the 20th century this is undoubtedly one of the The most interesting businesses in the area The Arab Bazaar practically sells you anything
From the Middle East here in this place from what you see inside, however before entering the Rambla del Rabal it is important to show other things such as the fountain. of Santa Ulalia and the Plaza del Padró, one of the oldest monuments in the
City. In principle, there is a theory that the name of the Rabal neighborhood refers to the Arabic language, which refers to the fact that it is a neighborhood of arrabal, that is, a neighborhood on the outskirts as its origin really was and more specifically refers to the
Fame it had throughout the 20th century for being a neighborhood of prostitution and cabarets, a neighborhood, a bohemian neighborhood in which characters such as like Salvador Dalí Pablo Picasso in the well-known Marseille bar that is around here and about which I have a special report that
I invite you to see and Ernest Hemingway, the famous writer who also passed through these streets and here we have what is one of the most famous monuments. ancient of the city of Barcelona the fountain of Santa Eulalia inside the Plaza de Empadro and I see that there is a temple
In the background that is open and we are going to see if there is the opportunity to show it to see and without showing this man who is there who See what the Fuentes and the surroundings are like and now
We are going to enter the historic carré de la cera, a place where candles were normally made for lighting and churches and it is assumed that this place has been home to an important historical gypsy community with presence in the neighborhood that according to the information that
I have been obtaining in my research of the place where we found a more Arab atmosphere tailor shops I have to lower the camera so as not to film people who do not want to be filmed and to be able to show the neighborhood without problems Here we have style products
That are a sample of the prevailing fashion at least in this area of the neighborhood. However, you can also see the deterioration and contracting of alarm systems as already happened at the time in the mine neighborhood and now Here we are
In the current Rambla del Rabal, which is supposed to be in a space that was formerly winding and dangerous streets that ended up being converted into a meeting point where the famous Botero cat is located, symbol of the neighborhood and the work of the famous Colombian sculptor. and has changed its location
In different parts of the promenade over the years, the cat has been here since approximately the 2000s and has been changing places until it is currently here in the area. There are some high-class hotels spread throughout the area. For example, there is
This one where there is a viewpoint from which you have a unique panoramic view of Barcelona in 360 gr and that we are going to try to show now as we progress through the night and here we are
In the panoramic viewpoint of the category hotel Located on the Rambla del Raval with a 360 gram view of practically the entire city and with a panoramic view and a truly incredible atmosphere within all the efforts that have been made to clean up the neighborhood and remove its well-known bad
Reputation that it acquired over the years. of the years due to its proximity to the port that facilitated the activities of prostitution and cabarets apart from being an area of poverty and union struggles in the past we continue to show the
Views it may be windy but I can’t use the microphone now because it’s already We begin to be in the hours of greatest danger there is the Tibidabo area with its antenna we are in the middle of the sunset there is the national pal along with the old
Telephone telecommunications tower that was used in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 in view How long it takes for the elevator to go up and down Well, look, we are going to discover this space of the hotel in which the viewpoint is located. It is a hotel with very good taste, very
Modern. Here is a small panoramic view of what the viewpoint is like and one thing that What I am observing is that they have designed the hotel to prevent people who go up to the viewpoint and who
Are not clients of the hotel from finding the room area and the clients there are accesses separated and now like this as the night progresses we are going to verify the reputation of the supposed dangerousness that this neighborhood entails and what I do observe is people living on the streets
And the presence of the occasional prostitute on these streets not far away from the headquarters of precisely one of the unions that was born in this neighborhood, the UGT, one of the
Largest union headquarters that exists. By the way, it is a huge building, far from here, there is another one of the same style, there we have someone on the street and everything is not very Far from one of the cultural headquarters, this space has undergone a
Radical and incredible transformation over the years in which there is even a children’s playground and the headquarters of the Film Library of Catalonia, the main historical film archive that exists in Barcelona and that shares space with historical places of the city such as the Marseille bar
That I am going to show you. Now further on and even in these streets precisely you will find some prostitutes practicing their trade in that sense with respect to the 20th century, let’s say that this is still carried out. type of activity in the area along with all the transformations that
Have taken place in the neighborhood throughout these years and here we have the historic Marsella bar which, together with the Amiral bar that we will look at later, is one of the oldest bars in the city.
Specifically, I already made a documentary about this place that I invite you to see. Here we continue to San Ramón Street, which is home to important social work buildings and here we have the building of the San Pao monastery, the building that was standing at the time in which the neighborhood
Of Rabal was a large open field outside the city in which there was a small town around it before a third belt of walls was developed and well and now the time has come to verify the supposed danger of this neighborhood by moving along its
Streets in general at the moment even found the inhabitants Ah I must say that officially in the official census in the statistics there is a population of around 50,000 people registered in this neighborhood as inhabitants of the place however
These types of statistics always They usually fail, it is very possible that there are more people living in the census in the place, as usually happens on many occasions. In general, it must be said that, at the moment, I do not see the famous danger that they attribute to the neighborhood
Sincerely. Possibly it is less than a few years ago and now Well, I’m going to leave this area in which, well, if there are some irregularities of this style, but at the moment I can’t say that it is a particularly dangerous place as
Many believe. And we are already heading towards the Rambl del Rabal. Now here we have the center. cultural of Bangladesh puts me together with a mosque which already speaks of the possible origin of some immigrant population and here we have police activity in the
Streets we are beginning to see people homeless or socially alienated in the area now it is beginning to You can see something of the atmosphere that they attribute to the place. The neighborhood is full of movement at night next to the well-known bakery chain 365. We have the headquarters
Of the CNT, which played a prominent role. This union during the Spanish Civil War has its headquarters here next to the ugt which is the largest building that I showed you before and right here we have one of the historic bars in Barcelona the modernist bar almiral which was
Founded in 1860 is a well-known classic and already practically one of the oldest bars in the place The movement in the neighborhood but above all the police activity increases a lot at night patrols of the local police and the Catalan police you find them everywhere
Practically the life of the neighborhood changes completely from day to night but the police presence is undoubtedly increased a lot at night it is incredible how the activity of the neighborhood changes from day to night the street activity increases as the night progresses exponentially both
On the part of the police and on the part of the inhabitants in general as you can see and now we are going to take advantage of the activity to enter ourselves These are the tricks you have to use when you are in an area like
This, this passage specifically has always been one of the most irregularly active. Here you can see the state of one of the portals and you can see that the building has also been restored These places have always tended to be improvised
Prostitution brothels, however you have to know how to take advantage of the moment of relative traffic of people through the place to film what is undoubtedly one of the most dangerous passages in El Raval neighborhood in Barcelona that we have seen. managed to enter and exit without major difficulties
And now we are going to go through another of the most dangerous passages in this city, the place where the most robberies occurred per day, we are going to lower the camera so as not to have problems so much so that even if I remember correctly Hello, the area is
Under video surveillance 24 hours a day by the police, there was a camera around here, we have a soup kitchen operating, all these people are lining up to eat there and there is practically an illegal business in the area in which anyone comes out
To sell you things. They throw themselves on the street with any product and sell it to you. Life in the neighborhood changes completely from day to night, in which you have this contrast of people immersed in a cultured environment mixed with quite precarious conditions like the ones
You will see below. in which we have that man begging for alms or selling things with people on the street like this that we can see here and well this has been all about the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona if you liked this video please
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Recorrido por las calles del Barrio del Raval en el centro de Barcelona, ubicado en el casco histórico de la ciudad condal frecuentado por turistas y con muy mala fama desde tiempos antiguos. Contamos la historia del barrio muy ligada a la historia de Barcelona y comprobamos los lugares emblemáticos para turistas y su peligrosidad de día y de noche.
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