Little Known Facts About Camp Nou

Camp Nou is the largest stadium in Europe yet there are some facts which are known little. We have information about the seat capacity, matches played, the history of Nou Camp and similar things. If you call yourself a real traveler then Camp Nou is a must see place in Catalan region as the stadium has had many idol players such as Ronaldinho, Messi, Kubala and Rivaldo, etc. Here in this article we try to let you know about interesting facts of Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona city. Let's have a look at the interesting facts below. 

1) Camp Nou means New Stadium in Catalan. 

2) Due to roof of the stadium which prevents growth of the grass needs to be regularly changed.

3) Barcelona Camp Nou Stadium with 98.000 seats now was once one of the largest stadium in the world with 120.000 seats such as Brazil and Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

4) Fans of FC Barcelona are called ''cules'' which derives the word from Bum as the only thing we can see is their backsides when the spectators stand.

5) A new version of Camp Nou which will be designed by Norman Foster will cost approximately €300 million.

6) The stadium hosted Olympic Games in 1992 and at this match Spain beat Poland with 3 goals to 2.

7) The Original name was Estadi del FC Barcelona.

8) The construction took 3 years with 336% over budget more than estimated!

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La Sagrada Familia Travel Tips

If you visit a city or country, it's better to know the travel tips beforehand. This will make you save time  and money. Every  place has its own travel tips. In this article we will give tips about visiting La Sagrada Familia. These are our suggestions but we think that you will like when you read the tips. Barcelona city is beautiful in every season but if you plan Barcelona travel especially in summer then this tip is really suits you.

La Sagrada Familia Tips:

1) Especially in tourist season like summer times , there is a long queue in front of the basilica. It's likely to wait for long hours ( sometimes 2 hours) to enter into La Sagrada Familia so you had better buy the entrance tickets online and you won't wait in the queue. 

2) If you don't have chance to buy the tickets online then don't forget to take water and umbrella with you and also put on some suntan cream so you won't get sunburnt.

3) If you stay in the centre of Barcelona city, La Sagrada Familia is not far away from the city centre so you can access there on foot if you like walking in 20 minutes. So don't get cheated if you are told it is too far. Of course you can get there by metro or taxi. This is just a suggestion:) 

If you would like to add any Barcelona city travel tips please do not hesitate to  make your comments. We would really appreciate your ideas.