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Contributed by: Rene Husken

Yes, I have the qualifications to be a Cool Old Guy (65) and have a favorite city:

Barcelona. Why??
It’s is not Catalan and not really Spain and it is the first city coming from the Netherlands.

The accessibility from the Netherlands is perfect by car (Highway from my house to Barcelona and by air (many budget flyers like Transavia and Ryanair). Barcelona has of course some hotspots like the Parc Guell, the Sagrada Familia, the Market La Boqueria, the Rampla, Placa Catalunya and more. Unfortunately most of the places mentioned above are overcrowded in the travel season – that is in almost the whole year the case.

But there are still many, many places worth to visit like the Caixa Forum, the Macba and the Forum region. North of the Passeig the Gracia are fancy neighbourhoods with beautiful plazas and interesting restaurants. New in Barcelona are the Routes literature and cinematography. See the places of the Sgadow of the Wind (Zafon) or the movie Perfume. See for some impressions on my website: (Dutch)

Rene Husken is a COG and Senior Expert at PUM-Ministry Economics & Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers. His web site is: http://www.verkeersbureaus.info/Verkeersbureaus/Catalunya/