Montjuïc, the 700-foot high mountain

The 700-foot high Montjuïc to the south of the city center is one of two mountains in Barcelona, the other being Tibidabo. Avant-garde architects created the sports facilities for the 1992 Olympic Games on the plateau of the mountain by converting and adding to what was already there.
Notable additions included the swimming stadium, the Olympic [...]

Rijksmuseum

Year after year, Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’, behind its protective screen of reinforced glass, attracts more than a million art lovers from all over the world into the neo-classical brick building in the center of the museum district.
Founded by Louis Bonaparte in 1808, the Rijksmuseum now contains not only the world’s largest and most important collection [...]