As reported in Público (which doesn’t seem to like Ryanair much), a resident of Granollers outside Barcelona, had his wallet stolen whilst in Barcelona’s El Prat airport in April 2011. In his wallet was his DNI, or national identity card, which he was relying on to identify himself for his upcoming flight from Barcelona to Valladolid....
Thanks to “Robbed in Barcelona” collaborator Don Simon for informing us about this new scam, first seen in the wild this month in Barcelona. Don’s friend tells us his story in his own words: “I was in this bar, just having a beer, and this boy who looked like Michael MacIntryre was in the...
Perhaps the Mayor will pay attention to this story, because it affects the pockets of the hotel owners in Barcelona. Barcelona lost visitors, Mr Mayor, it lost visitors, bednights, airport taxes paid, taxis hired, beers bought, trinkets purchased. It lost money. Why? People were afraid of being robbed in Barcelona. Here’s the story, from...
Major credit card payments provider Visa and local Catalan bank La Caixa have partnered to launch Europe’s first citywide contactless payment system in Barcelona. More here. Quick-thinking tweeters have asked why a new one is needed when the world’s best contactless payment system – pickpocketing – is already so popular here? Whilst technological developments...
Longtime “Robbed in Barcelona” collaborator Summer Fingersmith provides us with a story (*.pdf) written before most of you were born–March 2005–from El Periódico, entitled “I rob a bicycle every day.” The article highlights that back in the day two out of every five cyclists in Barcelona had had their bicycle stolen at least once. Further, for...
An initiative by “Platform Raval per Viure” has seen Barcelona’s new mayor Xavier Trias receive hundreds of identical Christmas cards. The cards display a “letters soup”, a puzzle containing various words – 12 in total – such as “Robatoris” (Robbery), “Prostitucio” (Prostitution), “Drogues” (Drugs) and “Sorroll” (Noise). They group says the words describe what...
Barcelona apartments are frequently supplied with A4 information sheets to pin to communal noticeboards. The sheets are usually supplied by locksmiths or removals companies to ensure their phone number is on-hand should someone in the building need it. In addition to their own phone numbers, the sheets list useful numbers such as those of...
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