Barcelona Stadium is the largest and most spacious football stadium in Europe. A visit to the Camp Nou or the stunning museum on its territory is a must when visiting Catalonia, even if you are not a passionate football fan.
Construction history
The previous stadium in Barelona was called Camp de Les Corts. However, due to the increasing popularity of football matches and high competition, Francesc Miro-Sans, President of FC Barcelona, thought about creating a more modern and spacious stadium. He entrusted the project to his cousin, Frenses Mitjans.
Construction work began in 1953, and four years later, in September 1957, Barça began playing on the new field. It was named “Estadio del Club de Fútbol Barcelona” (the stadium of the Barcelona football club), and this famous and well-known name Camp Nau was not official for many years. The fact is that from the very opening, local residents began to call this building “new field” or “new land”, because for them it was, first of all, a new stadium, as a replacement for the old Camp de Les Corts. The name stuck, and in 2001, as a result of a big conference, it was decided to assign this popular name to the stadium.
Camp Nou has already been rebuilt: in 1981, for the World Cup, the number of seats for spectators was increased from 90,000 to 120,000. But twenty years later, UEFA introduced new standards that all seats must be equipped with seats. I had to reduce the number of seats to 99 thousand. Even with these cuts, Barcelona FC is the second largest stadium in the world, with a 5-star rating, which is extremely rare.
Description of the stadium
The Camp Nou is home to the FC Barcelona office and the museum, which contains almost all of the club's awards (for example, the Champions Cup from Wembley Stadium). Only the Intercontinental Cup cannot be found on the territory of the museum.
In addition to trophies, visitors can enjoy photographs and recordings of matches, as well as players' personal belongings. For example, Lionel Messi's golden boot.
Tickets and excursions
During the excursions, you can visit a museum, a multimedia room, changing rooms and benches, a chapel, a coach's area, commentary booths, a press conference room and, of course, the stadium itself. The exact rates, schedule of matches and excursions can be found on the official website of FC Barcelona. There you can also buy tickets for matches, virtual tours and the museum.
How to get there
Camp Nou stadium is located at: C. d'Aristides Maillol 12, Barcelona, España. There are four metro stations very close to it: Maria Cristina and Palau Reial on the green line (L3), Callblanc and Badal on the blue line (L5). It is impossible to get lost on match days, as a crowd of people is always heading towards the stadium. On other days, you will always be helped by signs, which are a lot on the way to Camp Nou.
