The flabiol is a unique instrument in the world. A short, narrow, and high-pitched flute, heir to medieval wind instruments, with five holes for tuning the notes. Three-holed flutes and piccolos can be found throughout the Peninsula, in Zamora, Aragon, or the Basque Country, but five-holed ones, like the flabiol, only in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. And one of the Catalan municipalities where this instrument is most deeply rooted is Arbúcies, at the foot of the Montseny. Since 1985, the Flabiol Festival has been held there, which this weekend of October 24th and 25th reaches its 42nd edition. The gathering brings together flabiol players from all over the Catalan Countries, roots musicians, and lovers of popular culture with a program that includes concerts, parades, colloquiums, and workshops.

How lucky we are to have great restaurants scattered throughout Catalonia. Perhaps we don't realize how lucky we are, but you only have to leave your home a little to see that few places in the world have what we have: an extraordinary product and a culinary talent that draws people from all over the world to see how we work. Because the Catalan ecosystem isn't just two or three restaurants; it's many, in very diverse locations. Like the gastronomic gem we'll talk about today. It's located in Arbúcies and is called The Magnolias.

The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested a 20-year-old man for raping a 15-year-old girl in Arbúcies, in the Selva region. According to sources consulted by ARA, the incident occurred two weeks ago in the area behind the municipality's CAP (Central Police Station), where there is a bar that closes late. The alleged sexual assault occurred after 4:00 a.m., taking advantage of the easily accessible, poorly lit path from this area.

You've played all the roles of the auca. You've worked with wine in the restaurant world, as a promoter with the program "Glops," and you're also a consumer. Which of these facets do you have the most special memories of?

Remei de Ca la Fresca was born as a love story in times of Covid in a modest farmhouse perched in a solitary and privileged spot in the Montseny massif. Below, battered, Arbúcies. The confinement of Xantal Rodríguez and Artur Piera, then a recent couple, bore wild and rabiüts musical fruits. It is the house where Artur spent his creative childhood as an only child, with solitary games and worlds of his own, with no friends within reach unless they drove him to Arbúcies. This space where Artur recorded films and breathed nature has ended up becoming the musical group's rehearsal and recording studio and the set of the music videos they make themselves.