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By "you", if you mean the city, I presume so—when I see the cafés, restaurants open almost until 03:00 AM (at least during the ten days of the festival), and pr
by kashyapc 8y ago
By "you", if you mean the city, I presume so—when I see the cafés, restaurants open almost until 03:00 AM (at least during the ten days of the festival), and probably the local musicians and artists might also make a buck or two from their performances (not to mention people renting out their homes via AirBnB; I don't know how popular that option is here, as I certainly see lots of closed and 'dark' homes at night).
But many locals say that they don't feel like being in the city during summer due to overcrowdedness and they feel like they can't get the day-to-day errands done in the city without going through a sea of people.
- skohan 8y agoIt was like this in Barcelona. In August the center is crowded to the point of disfunction; it's like being at a festival or something. I used to live a few minutes from Las Ramblas and I dreaded even going down the block to pick up milk from the corner store during high-season.
- kashyapc 8y ago/me can relate; I recall that neighborhood (was in Barcelona a couple of times in winter, for conferences). Here I just bicycle the complete opposite direction from the center to go to "known quiet spots" where we can get errands done. And pleasantly enough, the city has also recently implemented a plan to expand the "no cars" zone in the city, thus it has become even more safer for bikers and pedestrians.