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Gran Via () is the second major
business district Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." A business entity is not necessar ...
of
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, after Diagonal Mar. It forms part of the Fira de Barcelona, the second largest trade fair and exhibition centre in
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. It straddles the borders between
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat. The Gran Via business centre consists of the following subdivisions: ''Gran Via'', which has 240,000 m2 of exhibition floor space divided into 8 pavilions; the ''Gran Via Convention Centre'', with capacity for 5,600 delegates and a surface area of 14,000 m2; the more than ten skyscrapers alongside Plaza de Europa; also ''Gran Vía 2'' near Barcelona International Airport, which has a shopping centre with 200 shops, 20 restaurants, 15 cinemas and a hypermarket.About Gran Vía 2
- granvia2.com Gran Via is also adjacent to Ciutat de la Justícia de Barcelona i l'Hospitalet de Llobregat which hosts most of the legal departments of the Barcelona metropolitan area.


Public transport

The "Gran Via" center is served by line 8 of the
Barcelona Metro The Barcelona Metro (Catalan language, Catalan and Spanish language, Spanish: ) is a rapid transit network that runs mostly underground in central Barcelona and into the city's suburbs. It is part of the larger public transport system ...
and FGC commuter train network, at the Europa-Fira station, and also by the bus line 79.


Skyscrapers


See also

* Diagonal Mar, major business district of Barcelona * Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, more simply known as Gran Via, street in Barcelona * 22@ * Blau@Ictínea ( ca)


References


External links


Aerial photographs of Gran Via on Fira de Barcelona page
{{coord missing, Spain Neighbourhoods of Barcelona Economy of Barcelona Central business districts Financial districts in Spain Skyscrapers in Barcelona