Welcome to the heart of the Mediterranean
BDI Research, formerly Block de Ideas, has recently joined the Schlesinger family. BDI Research helps you access Barcelona’s urban area with a population of around 4.7 million people and our multi-lingual team understands your international research needs. We embrace low-incidence and challenging studies and we are uncompromisingly committed to your success.
Should you require full-service qualitative support, our bi-lingual Spanish-English moderators and analysts and can be briefed directly by you.
Rosa Dalet
Managing Director
Our World-Class Barcelona Facility
Our focus group facility, ideally located in Barcelona’s city center offers four focus group studios and an IDI room. Ask about our studio with client terrace. Our quantitative space and multi-disciplinary staff make conducting product tests at our facility easy to combine with groups or telephone interviews.
BDI Research Barcelona – Directions
Diputacio 180, 4th floor
08011 Barcelona, Spain
+34 934 155 228
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
From Airport (El Prat)
- Option 1: Bus. Take “Aerobus” outside of either terminal. 2nd stop: Universitat. Walk 400m (5 min). Approx.time: 40 min
- Option 2: Train. Take Renfe R2 Train from Terminal 2 train station. Get off at Passeig de Gràcia. Walk 900m (12 min). Approx.time: 50 min
- Option 3: Subway. Take Subway (L9) in either Terminal 1 or 2. Transfer to L1 (Fondo) in Torrassa station. Get off at Urgell station. Walk 400m (5 min). Approx.time: 75 min
From Main Train Station (Sants)
- Option 1: Subway. Take L3 towards Trinitat and transfer to L2 at Paralel station. Get off at Universitat. Walk 400m (5 min). Total time: 28 min.
- Option 2: Train. Take either R1,R3 or R4 towards other stops in Barcelona and get off at the next station: Catalunya. Walk for 1km (13 min) via Pelayo St. Approx.time: 20 min
- Option 3: Walk. Take Avda Roma and walk for approx. 1.8 km. Approx.time: 22 min
BY TAXI
From Airport (El Prat)
Approx. time from Terminal 1 (normal traffic conditions): 30 min
Approx. time from Terminal 2 (normal traffic conditions): 25 min
Approx. fare: 30 Euro
From Main Train Station (Sants)
Approx. time from outside the train station (normal traffic conditions): 10 min
Approx. fare: 10 Euro
BY CAR
Closest parking: Casanova 41
Distance to facilities: 2 min walking (cross Casanova, walk up and turn right on Diputacio)
Hotels Near the Facility
Our most popular nearby hotels are shown here. Please note that Barcelona has hundreds of relatively new hotels within a 5-15 minute cab ride from our centrally-located facility. If you find a hotel that claims to be in the ‘city center’, it is probably close enough to our facilities.
HOTEL CRAM (4*)
Aribau, 54 ∙ Barcelona
+34 932 167 700
H10 CASANOVA (4*)
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 559 ∙ Barcelona
+34 933 964 800
SOHO HOTEL (3*)
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 543 ∙ Barcelona
+34 935 529 552
ACEVI VILLARROEL (3*)
Villarroel, 106 ∙ Barcelona
+34 934 520 000
Schlesinger Barcelona is Ideally Located For…
BDI Research Barcelona Facility Specifications
Sala Miró
- 4th Floor
- Viewing Room: 25sqm (260 sq ft)
- Viewing Room Capacity: 12
- Conference Room: 30sqrm (323 sq ft)
- Conference Room Capacity 10
- Natural Light
- High-Quality SD Recording
Sala Gaudi
- 4th floor
- Viewing Room: 9 m² (96sq ft)
- Viewing room Capacity: 2-4
- Conference Room: 19 m² (194 sq ft)
- Conference Room Capacity: 6
- Versatile as IDI Space
- High-Quality SD Recording
Sala Tibidabo
- 9th floor
- Viewing Room: 18sqrm (194 sq ft )
- Viewing room Capacity
- Conference Room: 20msqr (215 sq ft)
- Conference Room Capacity: 9
- Interpretation equipment
- Natural Light
- Client Terrace
- High-Quality SD Recording
Sala Montjuïc
- 9th floor
- Viewing Room: 12 m² (130 sq ft)
- Viewing room Capacity: 7
- Conference Room: 20 m² (215 sq ft)
- Conference Room Capacity: 9
- Dual viewing option (to Sala Tibidabo)
- High-Quality SD Recording
Consumer Lab
- 45 m² (480 sq ft)
- Capacity: 27 booths
- Observation from adjacent room