We strongly recommend the book “How bad are bananas. The carbon footprint of everything” by Mike Berners-Lee. It is very interesting, well argued, useful and entertaining! It tells and explains you the CO2 footprint of pretty much everything from sending an email to […]
Illustrator Lapin came with Urban Sketchers Barcelona and the Inky Fingers to sketch for a day on our terrace and Casas! His piece of our marble staircase is now featured in the book “modernisme, beyond gaudi“. Here some photos of the workshop:
Smart Magazine came to Barcelona and visited yök, as well as AOO and Bamboo Bikes Barcelona. Thank you Federica, Jan, Lars and team for spreading the love!
This is Alberto, aka Gino Latino! You can hire him as your personal chef when you stay at yök. Gino takes you to the market to shop for local ingredients and gives you an insight into the history of food in Barcelona. […]
Here some of our favourite Instagram reposts from guests and visitors. Follow @yokbarcelona.
Happy New year everyone! Come and visit us in 2015!!
On sunday 21st and 28th of december we invite you to a tour around Barcelona’s old town’s rooftops, including yök’s! The “Ruta pels terrats de Ciutat Vella” is organised by Barcelona Rooftops, an initiative that promotes the sharing of forgotten rooftops. Sign […]
To enjoy a 20% discount at yök during this christmas, enter the voucher code BONNADAL when you book a rental apartment on our web site!
Joan Palau just published an extensive analysis about the history of the building we are in in c/Trafalgar 39. Built in 1900 by the constructor José Padró and architect Antoni Costa i Guardiola, the building is full of catalan Modernism features. For […]
We love a good breakfast and nice coffee, overlooking the city of Barcelona from our rooftop terrace! Our coffee is freshly roasted by Nømad Coffee here in Barcelona, and the Moccamaster makes it justice.
We dedicated this month to our over 100-year-old mosaic floors and the work of local artist José Antonio González Robles. José exhibited his “100 birds” and worked on one of his mosaics at yök for a few weeks.
Artist and friend América Sánchez came with the Club del Dibujo to do a drawing session at yök. Here some of the results!
Today we launch our web site: www.helloyok.com! Design by Katie Barcelona, back-end by Iquadrat.
Wall artist Damon Bopp, BoppArt, did some stunning features in our entrance. The pattern is the same one from the building’s facade, built in 1900, using the colours from the mosaic floor tiles. Damon hand-painted the walls, doing his own stencils. Visit […]
We participated in this year’s Park(ing) Day. Together with our neighbours, we occupied the parking slot in front of the Arc de Triomf! Everyone brought plants in the morning to fill the space, and picked them up again in the evening. Together […]
