{"id":92641,"date":"2017-12-13T10:45:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T09:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=92641"},"modified":"2020-03-17T14:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T13:02:07","slug":"venezuelan-culture-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/venezuelan-culture-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"The Venezuelan Culture in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-ta tw-text-small\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"en\">Spain is the leading country in Europe for <strong>Venezuelan<\/strong>\u00a0immigration because of the language and ancestral connections. Despite the unemployment issue which has led to a drastic decline in working permits for <strong>Venezuelans<\/strong> trying to get away from the economic and political disaster at home, a <strong>Venezuelan<\/strong> base has recently emerged Barcelona. Here are a few things to know about the community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/argentinian-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discover Argentinian culture in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/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\/venezuelan-culture-barcelona\/#Venezuelan_meeting_places_in_Barcelona\" title=\"Venezuelan meeting places in Barcelona\">Venezuelan meeting places in Barcelona<\/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\/venezuelan-culture-barcelona\/#Venezuelan_restaurants\" title=\"Venezuelan restaurants\">Venezuelan restaurants<\/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\/venezuelan-culture-barcelona\/#Venezuelan_Products\" title=\"Venezuelan Products\">Venezuelan Products<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Venezuelan_meeting_places_in_Barcelona\"><\/span>Venezuelan meeting places in Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_92670\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92670\" class=\" wp-image-92670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/network-1020332__480-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most popular way of meeting other natives in a city is through social media networking and online sites like<strong> Expat<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.internations.org\/barcelona-expats\/venezuelans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">InterNations<\/a><\/strong>. There is no one single place, but many places where <strong>Venezuelans<\/strong> meet and greet. In Barcelona, there are an estimated 150,000 residents from <strong>Venezuela<\/strong> in the city, either as citizens or on a working visa. There is a <a href=\"http:\/\/consuladobarcelona.gob.ve\/webalterna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Venezuelan Consulate-General<\/strong><\/a> in Barcelona at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.es\/maps\/place\/Pla%C3%A7a+d'Urquinaona,+6,+08010+Barcelona\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x12a4a2f03f72f0f5:0x1a3cd0c8228ca013?sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjQ3pORroDYAhVC1RQKHdMuAhcQ8gEIKzAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Plaza Urquinaona, N\u00ba 6, Piso 6, Oficina 6A 08010<\/a>. This is one of four Consulates in Spain plus their official embassy in Madrid.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Venezuelan_restaurants\"><\/span>Venezuelan restaurants<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_92643\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92643\" class=\" wp-image-92643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3926529515_97ff6f7d9e-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"186\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by arnold\u00a0via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona is home to several popular Venezuelan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/venezuelan-restaurants-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">restaurants.<\/a> One of the best is <strong>La Taguara Areperia<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0where they&#8217;re proud to serve traditional <strong>arepas<\/strong><\/span><strong><em style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">,<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0a typical Venezuelan flatbread made out of ground corn and flour and stuffed with various types of meats, cheeses, fish, beans, or veggies. In addition, they have their own natural juices and smoothies at low cost. Another great Venezuelan option,<\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elrincondelaabuelavenezolana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>El Rinc\u00f3n de la Abuela Venezolana<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;\"> has a mouth-watering menu that includes fried banana with cheese, arepas, and black beans with steak, chicken, or pork. They even have delicious desserts to top it off. Finally,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/category\/Latin-American-Restaurant\/La-Taberna-del-Eixample-Venezolanos-312399445472707\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">La Taberna De L&#8217;EIXAMPLE Venezolano<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/category\/Latin-American-Restaurant\/La-Taberna-del-Eixample-Venezolanos-312399445472707\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">s<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has been paying<\/span><span lang=\"en\">\u00a0tribute to its <strong>Venezuelan<\/strong> heritage for the past ten years. They even have fusion dishes that incorporate the gastronomy Venezuela&#8217;s neighboring regions, particularly the Caribbean and Mexico.<\/span><span lang=\"en\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Venezuelan_Products\"><\/span>Venezuelan Products<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_92667\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92667\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1794551387_cb84f6d861-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by man pikin via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides the traditional foods, you can also find <strong>Venezuelan<\/strong> brands such as\u00a0<b>Empresas Polar.\u00a0<\/b><strong>Polar<\/strong> first started in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/drink-beer-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beer<\/a> production of\u00a0<em>Solera<\/em>, <em>Polar Pilsen<\/em>, and <em>Polar Light<\/em>. They also make a well-known malt called <em>Maltin Polar<\/em>, which has zero alcohol but is made from barley, hops, and caramel. Multiple companies that produce beer have gotten into malt (like this brand in the photo), but the best-produced malt comes from the Caribbean nations like Venezuela.\u00a0There is also <em>MiGurt<\/em> yogurt, <em>P.A.N.,<\/em> white corn flour, <em>Yukery<\/em> juice, and<em> Rikesa<\/em> cheese spread. They all can be found in Barcelona&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/latin-supermarkets-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latin supermarkets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/mexican-culture-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discover the Mexican culture in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona is proud to host multiple nations and cultures in a city accepting of all nationalities. Because the situation in <strong>Venezuela<\/strong> is beyond rough right now, there are thousands of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/activities-expats-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expats<\/a><\/strong> living and looking for work in Spain. They continue to show their pride in restaurants, typical foods, goods, and get-togethers. In Barcelona, the strong communities of\u00a0<strong>Venezuelans<\/strong>\u00a0are happy and proud to share their\u00a0<strong>culture<\/strong>,\u00a0even if they may be\u00a0thousands of miles away from their homeland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Looking for an apartment in the city? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> can help you find the perfect one.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"92641\"\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: 150px;\">\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\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain is the leading country in Europe for Venezuelan\u00a0immigration because of the language and ancestral connections. Despite the unemployment issue which has led to a drastic decline in working permits for Venezuelans trying to get away from the economic and political disaster at home, a Venezuelan base has recently emerged Barcelona. 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