{"id":68924,"date":"2016-07-04T13:34:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T11:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=68924"},"modified":"2018-05-31T10:15:39","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T08:15:39","slug":"groups-expats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/groups-expats\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook groups for expats in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You\u2019ve most likely already been a member of one or more <strong>Facebook expat groups<\/strong> if you\u2019ve settled yourself in a few different places around the world. Whether you\u2019ve <strong>arrived alone in Barcelona<\/strong> or you\u2019re with your partner or family, <strong>online expat communities<\/strong> are a great resource while you\u2019re navigating your way through a move\u00a0to a new city. Types of questions you may look to these sites for could be about <strong>rooms to rent in Barcelona<\/strong>, <strong>how to get your NIE<\/strong>\u00a0or where to find the <strong>best gym<\/strong> or <strong>yoga classes<\/strong> in the city. So if you\u2019re new in town, why not sign up to one or more of these <strong>Facebook groups for expats in Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/3-apps-for-expats-that-you-should-know\/\" target=\"_blank\">3 Best Apps for Expats<\/a><\/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\/groups-expats\/#Barcelona_Expats\" title=\"Barcelona Expats\">Barcelona Expats<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/groups-expats\/#Girls_Gone_International_Barcelona\" title=\"Girls Gone International Barcelona\">Girls Gone International Barcelona<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/groups-expats\/#Moving_to_Barcelona\" title=\"Moving to Barcelona\">Moving to Barcelona<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Barcelona_Expats\"><\/span>Barcelona Expats<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_68933\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68933\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Barcelona-expats-Facebook-group-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo via VisualHunt\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via VisualHunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A public Facebook group with nearly 10,000 members, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/373820439330038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barcelona Expats<\/a><\/strong> was set up for <strong>foreigners living in Barcelona,\u00a0<\/strong>describing itself as a public forum to help expats \u201cfacilitate life in the city\u201d through tips, solving issues and answering questions about everyday kind of issues. The topics you\u2019ll tend to see on Barcelona Expats include people looking for <strong>rooms to rent<\/strong> as well as listings for the places available. There also many posts about\u00a0completing the different types of <strong>Spanish Government paperwork<\/strong> you\u2019re likely to encounter, as well details of <strong>upcoming social events in Barcelona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Girls_Gone_International_Barcelona\"><\/span>Girls Gone International Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/barcelonagirlgoneinternational\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Girls Gone International Barcelona<\/a><\/strong> is a closed group with around 750 members, forming part of a wider and worldwide online network for <strong>women living overseas<\/strong>. It positions itself as being a site for the new \u201cdigital generation of internationals, expats, travellers, wanderlusts and repats\u201d and counts over 70,000 members around the world across\u00a0its different Facebook groups. It\u2019s a great group to join if you\u2019re <strong>new to Barcelona<\/strong> and looking to meet other likeminded and independent women abroad, not just online but by attending many of the organised social events posted and shared among\u00a0members. Girls Gone International (the overarching body of the Barcelona group) also has a <a href=\"http:\/\/girlgoneinternational.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">free online magazine<\/a> as well as presence across many other social media platforms including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/girlgoneinternational\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/GirlGoneIntl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pinterest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Moving_to_Barcelona\"><\/span>Moving to Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_68934\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68934\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Moving-to-Barcelona-Facebook-group-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo via VisualHunt\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-68934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via VisualHunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Movetobarcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Moving to Barcelona<\/a><\/strong> is another public Facebook group and has nearly\u00a05,000 members. It refers to itself as the &#8220;place for advice&#8221; on people looking to make a move to\u00a0Barcelona. The types of posts you\u2019ll find are usually shared from local business pages, with anything from <strong>job listings in Barcelona<\/strong> through to advertisements for <strong>long board classes<\/strong> or <strong>language exchange opportunities<\/strong>. It\u2019s less conversational and more promotional than some of the other expat Facebook groups\u00a0in Barcelona but still serves as another handy resource for those new to the city.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"68924\"\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: 107.5px;\">\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\">3.7<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">3<\/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>You\u2019ve most likely already been a member of one or more Facebook expat groups if you\u2019ve settled yourself in a few different places around the world. 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