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Last Updated: Friday, 30 July, 2004, 16:47 GMT 17:47 UK
The best and worst of accessibility
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Disabled people using Barcelona's beaches can be lifted into amphibious chairs by teams of Red Cross volunteers
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The beaches are also equipped with accessible changing facilities and disabled toliets
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Barcelona's bus drivers can give disabled passengers access to their vehicles at the touch of a button
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Wheelchair users in Brussels have to negotiate a variety of obstacles including high kerbs and cobbled squares
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The main entrance to the EU building housing the Disability Unit has an inaccessible main entrance
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Although the Brussels metro has tactile flooring to help visually impaired travellers, it is so pronounced that it is all most a trip hazard




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