Playgrounds on Passeig de Sant Joan, Barcelona

The playgrounds on Pg. de St. Joan should have their own entry: there are five or so of them, every 100m a new one. This is the highest playground density I know of. As far as I have observed, they are all equipped by Lappset, a Finnish maker of playground equipment. Wherever a bolt could result dangerous for a kid’s play it is covered in plastic. But some of the climbing structures are really high and difficult – and recently I watched a girl that had just gotten a bloody nose by falling down from one of it.
In the mornings there are few kids who come escorted by their parents; normally those who come are taken there by their grandparents or a South-American or African nanny. In the afternoons, there are more kids, and more with their parents. One realizes that this must be a well off area of the city if one looks closely at the clothes these kids wear: a lot of them come with uniforms of private, usually religious schools. (From their behavior towards smaller kids you would not guess that they get a value-based education though. ) Shoes by Geox seem to be essential, the rest of the apparel by the likes of Hilfinger, Lauren, and Levi’s – for children who outgrow their stuff in a few weeks time sometimes.