{"id":1917,"date":"2021-05-18T15:54:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2021-05-18T18:24:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:24:59","slug":"catalans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalans\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are The Catalans Like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;ve traveled a bit through Spain, you\u00b4ve probably realized that the differences between the regions are remarkable, and make this country a nation full of contrasts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is true for its landscapes and geography; with arid areas in the south, particularly lush vegetation within the northern coastal and mountain climate, and a subtropical climate in the Canary Islands; as well as its culture and economy, with &#8220;<em>Comunidad Aut\u00f3noma<\/em>&#8221; (region) under the influence of its own characteristics.<\/p>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-104522\" style=\"max-width: 850px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-20-3 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-104522 ml-slider\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_104522\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_104522' class='rslides'>\n            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"850\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/en-1.jpg\" class=\"slider-104522 slide-104523\" alt=\"rental apartments in Barcelona\" rel=\"\" title=\"Banner medio home inquilinos\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is due to its strategic location within the European geography and the fact of being a peninsula surrounded by water, with an old <strong>trading history<\/strong>. How does Catalonia really differ from other regions? Keep reading this article to find out!<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalans\/#What_you_need_to_know_about_Catalan_people_and_Catalan_culture\" title=\"What you need to know about Catalan people and Catalan culture\">What you need to know about Catalan people and Catalan culture<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalans\/#The_Catalan_character\" title=\"The Catalan character\">The Catalan character<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalans\/#A_Catalan_friend_is_forever\" title=\"A Catalan friend is forever\">A Catalan friend is forever<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalans\/#Shall_we_get_into_politics\" title=\"Shall we get into politics?\">Shall we get into politics?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_you_need_to_know_about_Catalan_people_and_Catalan_culture\"><\/span>What you need to know about Catalan people and Catalan culture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Catalan_character\"><\/span>The Catalan character<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Focusing on the &#8220;<em>Comunidad Aut\u00f3noma&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;where Barcelona is located, Catalonia&#8217;s economy, which is the European entry into Spain, is based on tourism, so we are used to welcoming foreigners visiting the capital&nbsp;for leisure, work or studies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1920\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1920\" class=\"wp-image-1920\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" title=\"mapa-espanya-catalunya\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mapa-espanya-catalunya.jpg\" alt=\"map with spain and catalonia\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-1920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Catalans are used to accommodating people of all cultures throughout the year, making them an open and friendly population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still, we must not forget that foreigners are, historically, a &#8220;source of income&#8221; and the Catalans are traders used to deal in favorable trades, so as a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/how-to-be-a-little-less-guiri\/\">tourist<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>if you go into a store their kindness may depend on the money you are willing to spend on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyway, if you are staying long-term in Barcelona, you have to interact with more people than just traders, and it will be very useful to have some knowledge beforehand about the Catalan character and their way of socializing with other people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-chevron-circle-right broken_link\" style=\"background-color: #850909; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit Barcelona, rent an apartment<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Catalan_friend_is_forever\"><\/span>A Catalan friend is forever<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First of all, you should know is not easy to &#8220;enter&#8221; the heart of a Catalan person. We are a bit distrustful and <strong>shy<\/strong> at first, but once you have a Catalan friend, this is forever. Despite what is said, <strong>you don&#8217;t need to speak Catalan to live, work or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/cheap\/\">study in Catalonia.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All inhabitants speak perfect Spanish and even English, but you must respect the Catalan language and understand that for many Catalans, is how they communicate more comfortably with each other.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1922\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1922\" class=\"wp-image-1922 size-full\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" title=\"barcelona-las-ramblas-musicos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/barcelona-las-ramblas-musicos-e1475144000326.jpg\" alt=\"street music in Barcelona\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-1922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is said that the English sense of humor is similar to Catalan sense of humor; ironic, intelligent, and sort of eschatological. It\u00b4s true, we like to laugh, but not to &#8220;give away&#8221; our smiles, we prefer to be <strong>discreet and polite in public<\/strong>, and let us go in the privacy of our homes or when we feel safe in our group of close friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Catalan character is closer to the French by geographical proximity than to the Spanish, but <strong>we also like to go out, have good food and have some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/drink-beer-barcelona\/\">beers<\/a><\/strong> after work and enjoy the Spanish quality of life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Catalan person is usually a hard worker, and an honest, fair, timely and respectful person, and expects the same from the people around him or her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_67846\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67846\" class=\"wp-image-67846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/barcelona-views-catalonia-city-cities-landscape.jpg\" alt=\"view over the city of barcelona\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-67846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via VisualHunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maybe that&#8217;s why they say that we are stingy &#8211; by that sense of justice and honesty, we don&#8217;t like to pay more if we don&#8217;t think we should.&nbsp;Due to the European influence, we have a <strong>taste for aesthetics<\/strong>, design, art and culture of all styles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We love to dress well, go to exhibitions, be well informed, to read, to learn about what happens in the world, to express our opinions about it, to speak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/language-bookstores\/\"><strong>languages<\/strong><\/a> and absorb knowledge from those who visit us without being invasive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/castellers\/\">The &#8220;Castellers&#8221;, a Catalan Tradition<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shall_we_get_into_politics\"><\/span>Shall we get into politics?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Politically<\/strong> Catalonia has always been a boiling pot due to the independence claim. The media and politicians have enlarged the myth of &#8220;Catalans hate Spain&#8221; and they are not interested in reaching an agreement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1923\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1923\" class=\"wp-image-1923 size-full\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" title=\"catalonia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/catalonia-e1475144029317.jpg\" alt=\"protests in the streets of barcelona\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-1923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But if you come to Barcelona or Catalonia you will realize that this is a&nbsp;false stereotype. A large majority of Catalans have parents or grandparents who come from all parts of Spain, who would like politicians to devote to solving the problems, not to creating them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being Catalan is much more than those things listed in this article, but from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> we wanted to sketch some of them. To know all sides of the multifaced <strong>Catalan character<\/strong> or <strong>Barcelona&#8217;s population<\/strong> you would have to live in this wonderful part of Spain that has so much to offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-chevron-circle-right broken_link\" style=\"background-color: #850909; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/long-term-rental\" rel=\"nofollow\">Move to Barcelona for a couple of months<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What is your opinion on the people in Barcelona or Catalonia?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tell us what you think!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"1917\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 72.5px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">2.5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">728<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve traveled a bit through Spain, you\u00b4ve probably realized that the differences between the regions are remarkable, and make this country a nation full of contrasts. 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