Kalart
2026-03-12T12:17:33.553Z
My time at Kalart was truly a transformative period in my life, mostly due to the wonderful people I got to know there. It is a unique place where you can reconnect with nature, your playful side and get out of your comfort zone to learn more about yourself.Be aware that you are expected to play an active role within the community: cleaning tasks, weekly gatherings and shopping/preparing the lunch for the whole group once every 2 to 3 weeks. Especially the lunch can ask some preparation to fit into your schedule when you are also working fulltime (grocery shopping/ cooking/ cleaning) especially if you haven’t cooked for 15 people before. But I do believe this arrangement brings a lot of value to the community experience, and all the other days you can enjoy the food prepared by others. Lunch in that way, was truly a special time for me to connect with everyone and discover new dishes.The location is beautiful, and I haven’t found something like it before. It is right at the entrance of a national park, has a village and river within walking distance and is by train close to cities like Barcelona and Girona. Just keep in mind that getting to the station can add significant to your travel time when you do not have a car. Although most of the time there will be someone willing to take you along by car if they have to pass the station anyways.Another good thing to know is that Kalart has a mix of long term (sometimes 2+ years) and short term residents. You will therefore find here a mix of digital nomads, locals, people with day jobs in the city, travelers, entrepreneurs and everything in between. I think this allows you to learn and connect with people from ‘different bubbles’ so to speak, in a beautiful way. Which is different from most coliving concepts that focus more on temporary ‘digital nomad’ stays, but also from several other ‘community projects’ where the upfront commitments are often times bigger.Most of the time, the long term residents stay in the main house, and short term residents stay in the house next to it down the road. You share the coworking/ lunch/ outside spaces and some activities, and are always more then welcome in the main house, even if you are not staying there, but I do believe that because of this set up, you will get the most out of your experience if you stay here at least 3 months. Just to fully dive into the community experience, and get to know everyone properly. I stayed 6 months total and noticed that every month, the experience would touch me in a slightly different/ deeper way.Go with an open mind and heart, and I’m sure Kalart and its people will bring you something on your journey.Thanks guys for everything!