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Barcelona Opens 80 New Sports Centers, Now Operates 300 Total

The city maintains 300 sports centres including 80 facilities opened after the pandemic.

By The Daily Barcelona · Published 25 July 2026

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Barcelona has 300 sports centres, including 80 new facilities opened after the pandemic, forming an ecosystem of large chains and small neighbourhood centres according to item [20].

Functional training leads fitness trends in Spain for 2026, followed by small-group training, personal training and programmes for older adults per the same source. Pilates records the highest reservations in Barcelona with an 84 percent increase from 2023 to 2024.

Boutique studios offering classes of four to eight people focus on strength training, mobility and functional fitness. Strength training participation among women in the city rose from 4.8 percent in 2017 to 11.6 percent currently, while 20.7 percent of residents now exercise from home.

Sources: perplexity-sonar.

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