Walking in Poblenou (Barcelona), 4K, Spain 🇪🇸

Walking in the Rambla of Poblenou (district of Barcelona), 4K, Spain 🇪🇸 Poblenou, once referred to as ‘Catalan Manchester’, has given way to an open, quiet seaside district that fosters innovation and creativity. The Poblenou district, the city’s largest industrial area in the 19th century, was completely overhauled for the Barcelona ’92 Olympic Games and is now undergoing another artistic revolution. Why visit the Poblenou district? The origins of Poblenou date back to the old settlement of Sant Martí de Provençals around a marsh area, whose wetland lagoons and Juncus rushes have lent their names to streets in the area such as Carrer de la Llacuna and Carrer del Joncar. In the 17th and 18th centuries its abundance of water, large open spaces and cheap land made it an ideal location for bleaching fields, where fabrics were boiled, bleached and dried. In the mid-19th century steam-powered factories rose up and were subsequently transformed into electricity-powered fac