Want to start your own business? Move to Barcelona!

Want to start your own business? Move to Barcelona! 

It does not matter how old are you, everyone during its life wants to be independed, free, and sure to have a lot of money to allow yourself different things to do. 

When do you think about your own business or cities, countries where huge amount of reach people, you might think about Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Tokyo. Probably you might think more about cities in the United States and others, but now start to think about BARCELONA! Yes! Exactly Barcelona! You may ask why Barcelona. What is so special about this city? No one does not even think to start business here! So, why Barcelona is suitable for doing business?

After reading this article you will understand why, you will have no doubt why you should start your own business here! 

BarcelonActiva is a well-known, popular place where you will go, if you have plans, ideas for doing business in Barcelona. This place is also known as Aramiento de Barcelona (Barcelona City Council).

Imagine for a minute that you have a really good interesting project for starting your own business for example in Samara. What is your first action? What to do? Where to go? Whom to ask? How to start? What documents are required? If you are in Barcelona, you do not have all these problems, you know why? Because of BarcelonActive. BarcelonActive was established to help you with all these as it seems first hard solving questions! BarcelonActive’s work staff are experts in their fields. They will provide you with mentoring, evaluation. Can you imagine, you can visit FREE seminars! Professional free advices is only a small part of available service you can receive at BarcelonActiva. Barcelona is an example to follow! BarcelonActiva is a perfect place, it is the premier entrepreneurial support environment in the world. The model for fostering start-ups in Barcelona could be implemented in every country, in every city. 

More detailed information you can find here. 

· www.barcelonActiva.cat

· www.barcelonanetactiva.com

· www.porta22.com

P.S. Everything sounds like a fairy tail, but here is the statistic: 76% of the businesses started with help from the program were still in business four years later.

Studying abroad!

Studying abroad! 

Are you young, brave, full of energy person? Are you thinking about studying abroad? It´s great! 

It is an incredible feeling while you are studying abroad. While learning abroad, especially in Barcelona you will explore a new culture. Probably, first time you will fell a little bit scary or nervous. That why, here you will find special advices how to study abroad. So, this way you will know how to do everything right.

First step: you should find right study abroad program or course you want to visit. It is the first and one of the most important steps in preparation for studying abroad. It depends only on you, nor on your friends or relatives. Only you decide what do you want to learn, where do you want to study, which city, country, college. So, how to choose:

1) If you did not find something particular on mind (languages, culture, climate, country) just do some Internet research, find travel guides. Make a good list to choose from. Than make it just a few best places you wanted to go. You should ask students that made this programs to know better if t is something you were looking for.

2) On the other hand, if do you have some preferences you have you check all the advantages and disadvantages of each program you have. 

3) Now you have two options to think about. The first one you choose program directly through your university, the second one is another one. Sure, it has its own pros and cons to both. If do you like more the courses to study abroad through your university everything will be easier, because you will know student and will feel more relaxed. What is about paper work. Sure this way, you will not do as much paper work as for programs from another university to make everything to be prepared. If you want to try a program from another university, you will find more opportunities to find the program you want and it will be more exiting! You'll be studying with students you've never met, but there is more paper work :( to apply for a program.

4) At last, when you decided with the program, you have to ask what paper do you need to prepare, for example,student visa requirements, probably some additional documents and check information about your passport. Each country has different requirements, so be sure not to miss important things!

Shopping in Barcelona

Shopping in Barcelona

Shopping in Barcelona will satisfy your buying hanger. There are about 3500 of shops and a lot f outlets with the all year round discounts in the suburbs of Barcelona are attractive destination could be at the same level as Milan and Paris.What should you know?Tax free in Barcelona: Firstly, let's talk about good things. Remember that leaving the country you could take back your tax. For that you need tax free check Global Refund, which you will receive in every shop were you bought more than 90,16 euros. For Spain there are next rules of to make tax free (due to Global Refund web site):The period to receive the custom stamp on your check is about 3 months you received it.Check is valid for 5 years since the date of receiving it.The place where you could fill down all the applications for tax free: you can take it back in the office of Global Refund at the airport in Barcelona. You could do it in the others offices within the European Union with connecting flights or, in the presence of Customs seals in some bank branches.Custom stamp: Spain’s custom stamp or the customs office in the another country of European Union.Tax free check you have to show on the custom control together with the purchasing. If is it possible in the box with cash checks and passport.Secondly, don not plan the shopping in Barcelona on Sunday. During Sundays Spanish people do not not work, well a few of them. All the malls, boutiques and shops are closed all day.Thirdly, you should take into account that Spanish people are not workaholics. That’s why a lot of shops are closed foe siesta, break, lunch that is from 1 p.m.-2 p.m. till 5p.m. Fourthly, the prices on the La Rambla street are higher than in the others shops. Here you can buy souvenirs!Finally, mostly in the all shops credit cards are accepted, so be ready to be asked for passport or others documents.Despite all this facts, shopping in Barcelona it is a pleasure and some kind of good life experience.Sopping in Barcelona is the shops, boutiques and outlets.If you are kind of really lazy person, in Barcelona you will find 20 biggest shopping centers , where you could find everything at the same time and place, starting with simple cheese to linens. Here you can have a snack or a really good dinner.In the most of shopping malls there are children playgrounds for your children and massage chairs. You could find shopping centers in center of the city and in the other districts of Barcelona. One more option for the connoisseurs of shopping who are satisfied with going from shop to shop and make a shopping day like something special is boutiques. Boutiques are everywhere. In the center you can find them everywhere too. Among them you can find really famous brands, like Chanel,  less famous shops of young designers  and local popular ones Custo and Desigual. Along the center of the town lays like locals call it “shopping line”. What is shopping line?! Sound interesting! Shopping line in Barcelona is 5 km boutiques, that are located along the pedestrian streets. It makes shopping walk more pleasant.

Read moreabout sales in Barcelona here!