Barcelona itself is a major international city, a cosmopolitan hotbed of culture and art that moves at a dynamic pace and arguably one of the finest cities in Europe.
At the west of the Barcelonaprovince, inland, L’Anoia is a fertile region in the valley of the River Anoia.
In the north of the province, situated in a fairly narrow valley between the pre-Pyrenees and the Serralda mountain ranges, Osona is largely an agricultural region with one of the highest concentration of Catalan speakers in Catalonia.