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SOUVENIRS FROM BARCELONA YOU’LL WANT TO KEEP

Quality local products, made in Barcelona. And not a straw donkey among them.

Category: Shopping | 26 June, 2015
Editor: Sara Peredo

It’s an unwritten law of great holidays that whatever you choose to bring home as a memento will stop being funny from pretty much the moment your plane takes off. You might think that Catalan Independence flag T-shirt shows you off as ‘in with the locals’, but you’re never going to wear it out (and besides if you bought it on las Ramblas it was made in Bangladesh).

Better to get something that’s actually made in Barcelona and that you wont immediately want to burn as soon as you get home. Here’s some ideas for gifts and products 100% made in Barcelona.

Notebooks from Barcelona Paper.

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Everyone loves notebooks. Even if you’re only going to use about 5 pages of it before putting it on a shelf at home next to all the other ones, you should still definitely get one of these. They’re 100% organic, made from locally recycled paper and are made without bleach or toxic additives, which, all snarkiness aside is a good thing. 

Polaroid Camera from the Impossible Project.

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Polaroids might seem more 80’s than perms and Golf GTI’s, but thanks to The Impossible project they’re back in a big way. The shop in Born was one of the first in the world to open and have a big range of cameras and films, as well as exhibitions of polaroid art by some of the city’s leading photographers.

The most Barcelona DSObcn trousers of all time

Although it might not seem like it, living in Barcelona has its drawbacks – basically the heat and pickpockets. Both these things make jeans (especially skinny jeans) totally useless. Makes sense then that these trousers from DSObcn, are uniquely designed to address both these problems, whilst remainingly stylishly tight.

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Personalized sunglasses

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Unlike say, trainers, sunglasses are the first thing people notice. Which makes it kind of difficult to stand out from the crowd. Barcelona brand Rebel Blood have risen to the challenge, letting you create your own combination of high quality  frame, style and lenses for less than the price of a slap up meal.

A rucksack for the beach, or for the city.

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Wheelie bags on the beach is not a good look. And while you can pick up canvas bags pretty much anywhere, when you get home they’re only going to be added to the fraggle rock sized pile behind your bedroom door. Better to splash out on one of these babies from the Nordic sounding, but 100% local brand Olend.

You’re welcome

Category: Shopping | 26 June, 2015
Editor: Sara Peredo
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