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Our little guests left us a note!

Check out these lovely drawings from our small guests Chiara and Alicia from Switzerland. The top one is us, Mari and Petz, and below the whole family and us, their hosts. So cute!

Invitation to Vi Calent + Mantes

On sunday the 13th December we will serve delicious mulled wine by Vinyes L’Albà and collect items for Fundació Arrels to fight homelessness in Barcelona. We need: • Blankets (this is the most urgent as they use around 600 each year) • Men winter […]

Baluard, were we get our bread from!

Say hello to Miriam and Juanjo, the lovely people at Baluard bakery where we get our break for the breakfast from! Baluard was set up by Anna Bellsolà and specialises in traditional bread-making. Their bread is best enjoyed on our rooftop terrace, overlooking […]

Happy guests make us happy!

Reviews like these by our guests make us very happy and we are forever grateful when people take the time to write nice things. Feedback helps us to improve or at least maintain a great service and to offer an authentic experience.  You […]

Park(ing) Day: more green spaces, less cars!

Once again we occupied a parking slot to manifest our wish for more green spaces and less cars in cities, especially Barcelona’s city center. Here some photos of this year’s spot in from of the Arc de Triomf, 5 minutes walk from […]

The making Off of Pedro Azevedo’s video about yök

Here is Pedro Azevedo Dias’ story of the making off his video about photographer Benjamin Julve’s vision of our space. “In the beginning it was definitely very spooky to be inside but as soon as I started to film it, I became […]

There’s a film star in our apartment!

It’s not every day that film stars turn up in our apartments, but this week we had German actor Raul Richter (Petz remembers Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten!!) and his family stay with us. We think he looks good in Casa A!

Utopia is no Silliness – the story of our picture

Here is the story of how “La Utopía no es una Tontería” (Utopia is no Silliness) ended up at yök! Basically, Petz and her partner found the huge picture in the street, on a summer evening in the Gótico! They didn’t think much about […]

yök is 1 year old!

A year ago we opened yök! Thank you everyone who made this possible. We had a fantastic year with amazing guests, providers and collaborators.  

Sunny Design Days at yök!

Here are some photos from the Sunny Design Days we had at yök, organised by RED.

Come and absorb our view of Barcelona

This is our terrace, the #terrazayök! Check out our cultural events and join us up here. If you stay with us, you can hang out on the terrace when we are working in the office. Have a glass of wine, read your […]

upcycled Bidon lamp design

DIY Bidon Lamp workshop

To celebrate this year’s Barcelona Design Week, we hosted a DIY Bidon Lamp workshop on our terrace! Guests and Barcelonians could make their own lamp from an upcycled jerrycan while enjoying the view, a Segareta beer and eachother’s company.

Grateful for this lovely guest review!

Of all the lovely reviews we have received so far, we are very moved by Nat’s. Read more reviews on our Tripadvisor page. 

Lucirmas upcycled lamp in Casa B

Lucirmás and Nutcreatives‘ La Flor Lamp is now hanging over the dining table in Casa B. Casa B is our smallest rental apartment but still very spacious for four people. The Flor Lamp is made from an upcycled wine bottle in the […]

eco-design flower pots in apartment rentals

Real plants and locally-made flower pots by Bas

We love plants and believe that even apartment rentals should not be without them. They look good and filter the air. These flower pots are hand-made in Barcelona by Bas Barcelona, and for sale at yök, or directly via their web site. […]