Dancing in “La fira”
Apr 7th, 2009 by 2ohholidays
Last Friday I found a really nice place to go for a dance in Barcelona. “La Fira” is a huge bar, which is characterized as a “barmuseum” by the owner. This expression is more than fitting. The club is based on a fairground namely in a way that you can only imagine if you would have seen it with your own eyes: Fair swings, bumper car wagons or shooting ranges. Everything is very colourful and there is also a selection of animal masks for decoration.
If you stand in front of the access you would think that this bar could only hold about 50 people.
Well, that was at least the impression we had standing in front of it at 1 am on Friday. However, you will be surprised as soon as you enter “La Fira”. The area is incredibly extensive despite it looking small from the street.
You feel like you are in one big fairground. The attention to detail is impressive. There are figures, you might know from ghost trains, are allotted through the whole location and you can also find lots of collectibles shown in cabinets on the side of the club.
The 2 bars look like as if someone had taken them straight from a fair in order to place them here again in Carrer de Provença 171.
The music, however, luckily was not like what you would expect in a fair. In “La Fira” the music is not limited to one type during the whole night. Far from it! I have never been to any other disco in Barcelona, which offers such a broad range of music.
I personally really loved the assortment and I don’t think I was the only one…
Unfortunately the drinks are comparatively expensive: Long drinks 8€, beer 5€ and a shot 3€ but therefore the entrance, compared with the huge discos, is pretty cheap.
Unlike Razzmatazz, Apolo, Opium and all the other gigantic clubs in Barcelona, “La Fira” includes only one floor, which also means that you don’t lose your friends so easily.
A little highlight of the night was the barkeepers who performed and danced to 2-3 songs up on the bar…
Well, whoever prefers going out to smaller clubs and has already booked a hotel in Barcelona should definitely visit “La Fira”. It provides you with such a unique and special experience.
The opening hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 10 pm to 3 am, Friday and Saturday from 7 pm to 4:30 am and Sunday from 6 pm to 1 am.
Let’s go dancing on the fair!