FC Barcelona
Learn about the most famous football team in the world
«More than just a club». That's the slogan of the Football Club Barcelona, a statement that reflects the spirit of the club. Used for the first time in 1968, the slogan of a club intended to express the ambitions of the FC Barcelona to become more than a football club, to become the most important sports institution of Catalonia - but not just that. Even if the «més que un club» (the original slogan in Catalan) was created after 60 years of history, the founder of the FC Barcelona already had in mind for his football club to be something else. Gamper intended for the FC Barcelona to be patriotic, a pride for Catalonia. And thus he brought it closer to the Catalan political and cultural movement.
And we can now say that FC Barcelona really is «more than just a club». In Barcelona, its victories are celebrated and transcend politics - not all FC Barcelona's supporters sympathise with the independent movements, but we can't deny that is a source of pride for those who do. And, of course, it did manage to become the most important sports institution of Catalonia, and, together with Real Madrid, also the most important of Spain.
The FC Barcelona has its stadium, the magnificent Camp Nou, in the beautiful city of Barcelona. The Camp Nou is a mecca for football aficionados, so don't miss the following lines in order to learn all about it - including information about FC Barcelona online tickets for the stadium, the football matches, and the history of the club and the stadium itself!
The best football club in the world
Football Club Barcelona, also known as FC Barcelona or just Barça, was founded in year 1899 by former Swiss sportsman Hans Gamper - who would be later known in Catalonia as Joan Gamper. He moved to Barcelona in 1899, and wanted to contribute to the popularisation of football and thus founded the first FC Barcelona, then known as Club Football of Barcelona. After its first decade, the club had already won its firsts trophies, but it started to grow and win more and more in the decade of 1910.
The 1920s would be its first golden age: The FC Barcelona won four Cups of Spain and its first Spanish League, and they inaugurated their first big stadium, the Camp of Les Corts, that could seat 30.000 people. However, the club's darkest times were about to start as well. The stadium was closed in 1925 by Primo de Rivera, a Spanish dictator, and in the 1930s the real crisis started. Joan Gamper committed suicide, and the Spanish Civil War only deepened the crisis of the club. After Franco's dictatorship started, the president of the club started to be designated directly by the authorities.
However, in the 40s, the FC Barcelona started to recover in terms of sport and number of members, and it became a symbol of the fight against Franco. The stadium became one of the few public spaces where people could express their views, and then the slogan «more than just a club» was born.
The Camp Nou was inaugurated in 1957, and suffered later works to host more people until the almost 100.000 seats it has today. It has seen the consecution of many of the 119 official titles the FC Barcelona has won, which make it one of the best and most successful football clubs in the history world, together with its eternal rival, Real Madrid. Nowadays, it is at the top of the rankings.
What to visit
Visiting the Camp Now is mandatory for all football fans, since it is one of the greatest stadiums in the world - in fact, it is the largest in Europe in terms of capacity, and the fifth in the world! It can host 99.354 people exactly, and it has been declared an elite stadium by the UEFA. If you can manage to go see a football match there you will live an unforgettable experience, but seeing it empty is also very impressive.
The go-to option is what is called the Tour Camp Nou Experience. In that visit, you will be able to discover all the secrets about the stadium and the FC Barcelona, and visit the Barça Museum, which is the most visited museum of Barcelona, with around 1,5 million visitors per year! The Barça Museum turned 30 years old in 2015, and it is nowadays a big source of income for the club. But any football fan would enjoy such a tour: with the Tour Camp Nou Experience, besides the playing field itself, of course, you will be able to visit the lockers and the lockers' tunnel, which is full of large photographs of the players, the press conference room, the press cabins for the journalists who narrate the games, as well as all the trophy rooms and special rooms - as the one dedicated to Messi. Besides, the Museum is full of interactive games and multi-media activities so your children can have lots of fun.
And, of course, the shop is another mandatory visit - there, you will be able to buy all sorts of FC Barcelona merchandise, like T-shirts and other clothing items, balls and other souvenirs. If you don't have time to visit it, remember that there are other official Barça stores in the city, like the one located in Ronda Universitat, right next to Plaça Catalunya, in the city centre.
Get your FC Barcelona online tickets
Did you know that you can get your FC Barcelona online tickets with GowithOh? If learning about Barça is one of your top priorities for your trip to Barcelona, you're in luck, because, as you have seen, there are many things to do there!
Of course, the main FC Barcelona online tickets that you can get are tickets for a game. The price of the tickets ranges from 60 euros to around 360 euros, depending on the location of the seats. The prices can range much over those prices for the most demanded games, like the classical Barça-Madrid. If you intend to watch one of those, we recommend to get your FC Barcelona online tickets very much ahead of time! The football matches of the Spanish League are already set in the calendar, but don't forget that they are subject to changes - however, those aren't too frequent.
You can also get FC Barcelona online tickets for other sports, since FC Barcelona is, again «much more than a club»! You can get tickets for basketball, handball, hockey and futsal - you won't enjoy those in Camp Nou though, but in the other stadiums for those sports.
Finally, you can also get your FC Barcelona online tickets to visit the stadium and the Barça Museum. They offer discounts for groups, kids younger than 13 and for those over 70 - besides, kids younger than 6 can enter for free! They open every day except for New Year's and Christmas, and the schedules can change. Most days are from 9.30 am to 7.30 pm or from 10 am to 6.40 pm, but, before buying your FC Barcelona online tickets you should know that there are frequent exceptions due to the celebration of the games. When there is a game, the Tour to the stadium is closed during the whole day, and also the day before if it's a match of the Champions League - except for a panoramic view of the stadium only allowed until 3 pm. This means that you will only be able to visit the Barça Museum, which includes the trophies, the history of the club and the area dedicated to Leo Messi.
Other useful information
The headquarters of the FC Barcelona aren't right in the city centre, so you will need to take a taxi or public transport to go there. It's located in the district of Les Corts, one of the smallest in Barcelona and which is located in the western part of the city. It is not a touristic district (although it is right next to the district of Sants-Montjuïc, where there is plenty to see, like the Montjuic castle and palace or the Magic Fountain), so your only destination there will probably be the Camp Now, so you can enjoy your FC Barcelona online tickets.
So how can you get there? Well there are many bus lines that stop nearby, but the easiest way to go is by tramway or by metro. The tramway lines that stop near the Camp Nou are T1, T2 and T3 - all three stop in station Avinguda de Xile. Then, you will have a short walk towards the stadium.
The metro system includes more options, and they will depend on which access of the stadium you're going to. As you probably imagine, the Camp Nou is a circular structure that has several access - it's huge, so it couldn't be any other way! All the information about the access you're supposed to go to will be on your FC Barcelona online tickets, that if you're going to a football match. If you're going to accesses 1-10, the most convenient metro station is Palau Reial (L3 - green line); if you're going to accesses 11-16, it's better to stop at station Collblanc (L5 - blue line); for access 17-18, station Badal (L5) and finally, for accesses 19-21, you should stop at metro station Les Corts. Both the metro and the tramway close at midnight (at that time, two trains start from each end of every line), except on weekend nights: On Fridays, the metro is open until 2 am, and on Saturdays, it runs all night.
If you're going to Camp Nou to visit the stadium and the Barça museum (remember that you can also get FC Barcelona online tickets for those with GowithOh), the closest stations are Palau Reial (L3) and Collblanc (L5).
After you visit the Camp Nou, you can go to the neighbourhood of Sants, where you will find plenty of little restaurants and taverns where you can enjoy a meal or a drink. It isn't a touristic neighbourhood either, but a very familiar and charming one - besides, it's been gaining young adepts in the last few years, which has provided him with a few trendy and interesting options. However, if you go there to see a match, keep in mind that the surroundings of the Camp Nou aren't a nice area at night. We recommend you to go back to the city centre instead of lingering there - besides, that will be your almost 'mandatory' thing to do if Barça wins, because you will have to go to the Canaletes fountain to celebrate with the locals!
In GowithOh, you can find the best apartment deals so you can stay near Camp Nou, and you can also buy your FC Barcelona online tickets there - so what are you waiting for? Plan your trip to Barcelona with GowithOh!
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