Fira de Barcelona (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈfiɾə ðə βərsəˈɫonə]) is a trade fair ground and organizer that was officially constituted in 1932 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.[1] It is publicly owned company with autonomous management, organizing more than 80 trade shows, bringing together 40,000 companies and receiving three and a half million visitors.[1]
Fira de Barcelona has 365,000 m2 of exhibition floor space, one of the largest areas in Europe, divided into two exhibition centres, the initial one at Montjuïc (165,000m2 of exhibition floor space, 50,000 outdoor) and the new one at the Gran Via business district, opened in 2007 close to Hospitalet de Llobregat (200,000m2 exhibition floor space).[1]
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There is a full event calendar here: http://www.firabcn.es/showsCongresses/begin.do
The "Montjuïc" center is served by the Barcelona Metro lines 1 and 3, at the Espanya metro station, and other transport links to Plaza España such as bus lines 9, 13, 27, 30, 37, 50, 56, 57, 65, 79, 91, 109, 153, 157.
The "Gran Via" center is served by line 8 of the Barcelona Metro and FGC commuter train network, at the Europa-Fira station, and also by the bus line n. 79.