Mostly practising music under the arches, kickabouts on the open ground and skating on the granite ledges, busiest on weekend afternoons and into the evening.
Playing musicBetween Pont de les Arts and Pont de Sant Josep — under the arches of Pont de les Arts
The underside of the bridge acts like a room, so people bring drums or a horn down and practise there for the echo — percussion groups rehearsing rather than busking, since there's nobody to busk to. Weekend afternoons it can carry two stretches down the riverbed.
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SkatingIVAM forecourt — the granite ledges and banks on the Guillem de Castro side
The museum's own plaza is a skate spot: smooth granite, ledges at the right height, a bank to run at. Sessions run into the evening and pick up hard at weekends; half the people there are sitting on the ledges watching the other half.
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Informal sportTúria riverbed floor between the Arts and Sant Josep bridges, at the foot of the Petxina ramps
The closest patch of riverbed to El Botànic, so it's the default kickabout ground for people who live in the flats around the garden — jumpers down on the open grass rather than booking anything. It fills from the ramp end first and the far end stays empty.
