# Barcelona from above

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2019-04-03

aerial-photo, architecture, barcelona, beach, building, cities, density, design, development, drone-photography, europe, la-barceloneta, marton-mogyorosy, midrise, photography, planning, urbanism, waterfront

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Barcelona is one of the densest cities in Europe. And Márton Mogyorósy's recent photo series, called [_Barcelona from above_](https://martonmogyorosy.com/barcelona-from-above), does an excellent job of demonstrating that. My favorite photo is this one here, showing [La Barceloneta neighborhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Barceloneta,_Barcelona) adjacent to the beach:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsa78llAC2c/

None of the buildings are particularly tall (maybe 6 or 7 storeys at the most), but the streets are probably only about 6m wide, including sidewalks. This is one way that you can achieve density without height and it is a good example of what I was getting at in my post, [_European-style height, but not density_](https://brandondonnelly.com/2019/03/13/european-style-height/)_._

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/barcelona-from-above)*