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How to Visit Camp Nou: Barcelona Stadium Visit Info 2024

Wanna know how to visit Camp Nou? Camp Nou Stadium tours can take this already historic stadium to a new level.

Home to legendary FC Barcelona, aside from taking the field yourself (you actually can!) the Nou Camp tour is the best way to experience world class football.

In fact, this Barcelona stadium tour is the second biggest tourist attraction in Catalonia behind the epic Sagrada Familia.

Here’s everything you need to know about how to visit Nou Camp in one handy guide.

Can You Visit Camp Nou?

ATTENTION (01/29/24): On May 29th 2023 Camp Nou started an aggressive renovation project. During the renovation it won’t be possible to book traditional Camp Nou tours. There is only one, which I’ll get to below.

Yes, you can visit Camp Nou, the iconic home stadium of FC Barcelona.

There are several ways to visit Barcelona football stadium:

• Camp Nou Immersive Tour : This is the only way to visit Camp Nou in 2024 . It includes access to the museum, an audio guide, some looks into the construction, and the Spotify Camp Nou Live immersive room.
• Match Days : Attending a live football match at Camp Nou is an incredible experience, but in 2024 you won’t be able to! They’re currently playing at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys until November 2024.
• Guided Tours : Opt for a guided tour if you want a more in-depth and informative visit. These will return in November 2024!
• VIP Experience : For a premium visit, consider VIP packages that offer exclusive access, premium seating, and hospitality services.

How to Visit Camp Nou: Visiting Barcelona Football Stadium

Again, from June 7th 2023 the only tickets you can get to visit Camp Nou are for the Immersive Tour .

This includes the museum visit with an English audio guide + access to the audiovisual space Spotify Camp Nou Live.

You’ll find many online ticket resellers, but we recommend relying on our collaborator Tiqets, which help us to keep this blog (which we’ve dedicated 1000’s of hours to) free.

Here’s a link to book the only current Camp Nou tour left:

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Visit Nou Camp: The Museum

It’s here in this modern and interactive space that you appreciate just how good this club is.

You’ll start off listening to the team anthem with a translation in just about any language needed.

It’s in the museum where you can flip through touch screens with tons of info on the club’s greatest players. You’ll also get a great snapshot into the team’s history watching a video presentation of some of the club’s biggest moments on a massive screen.

⚠️  Warning ⚠️ : Barcelona’s top two attractions must now be booked in advance .

You can book fast track tickets to both individually or get them as part of a discount pass:

• ⛪ Buy now:  Sagrada Familia Fast Track Admission (skip the lines)
• 🏞️ Buy now:  Park Guell Fast Track Admission  (skip the lines)
• 🎟️  Buy now: Best of Barcelona Bundle (Sagrada + Park Guell + 10% discount code for all else)

You will not be able to book these tickets on site – lock in your tickets ASAP or you could miss out.

You can visit Barcelona football stadium and take a selfie with the 22 League trophies and 4 Champions League trophies .

There’s just a ton of memorabilia and equipment spanning the club’s 100+ years of history.

Top it all off with a visit to the largest official FC Barcelona team shop.

Camp Nou Visit Prices

Adding the camp nou museum audio guide.

The audio guide to visit Nou Camp, available in English , is not included in the standard ticket and  must be added during the booking .

It costs €6.00 and I recommend it only to those who are truly interested in curiosities about Barça.

You can request earphones or bring your own headphones .

The duration of the audio guide is about 1 hour and is concentrated in the museum part, so if you are accompanied by someone who has little patience, perhaps it is not for you.

During this visit of Barcelona Football Stadium it’ll go into deep detail about:

• Paulino Alcantara’s shoes (the first Messi of 1910)
• The history of the first FC Barcelona stadium
• What happened during the Franco dictatorship
• Anecdotes about the goalscorer Kubala in the 1950s
• The construction of Camp Nou
• Tidbits about Johan Cruijff, Maradona, Ronaldinho, and Messi

This is our favorite part of the Camp Nou visit! Here you can try to beat the world’s best keeper – which is actually a robot.

Three shots cost €6 . 00 and you can pay it straight to the guy at the start of the queue.

There’s really only one way to score here, and that’s burying it Beckham-style into the top corner 😉

In fact, there’s a video online of Messi and Neymar missing – so good luck!

Oscar naturally buried his first shot, then decided to retire.

Final score: Barcelona Hacks 1 – FC Barcelona 0.

Camp Nou Visiting Hours

FC Barça stadium tour opening hours and accessibility vary depending on scheduled matches (more info below).

Once you’ve entered there is no time limit on your Camp Nou visit, as long as it’s within the opening hours.

Last entry is 90 minutes before closing time.

Entrances times are staggered every 30 minutes (9:30, 10:00, 10:30 etc.).

The stadium portion of the Camp Nou tour is closed to visitors the day of La Liga matches.

For Champion’s League matches the stadium is closed both the day before and day of the match.

In both cases only the museum and the stadium panorama (until 6 pm) remain open.

Visit Barcelona Football Stadium Hacks

• Get there as early as possible to avoid the crowds (just after lunch is the busiest).
• Leave 90-180 minutes for the tour depending on your football love.
• If you want to tour Nou Camp don’t wear green if you want a picture with the pitch!
• Bring comfortable shoes (not flip flops or heels) cuz you’ll be walking a lot.
• If there’s a chance of rain dress accordingly (the stadium has no roof!).
• Get the audio guide for the full experience.
• The massive club shop has everything but watch the prices.
• Don’t eat there – go to the best restaurants near Camp Nou .
• If you have restricted luggage for the flight there’s an FCB shop at Duty Free.

Related : How Big is Camp Nou Stadium?

Camp Nou Match Tickets + Seating Chart

A ton of you have been asking how to buy tickets for FC Barcelona matches and I must say that first of all the city’s season ticket holders have been holding on for generations and especially for bigger matches you may be out of luck.

That said, if you’re going to find any at honest prices they’re going to be through tourist ticket giant Tiqets . You’ll find a list of matches for sale and ticket prices by clicking the button below:

The three sections available are GOL 1, 2, and 3 (behind the goal) and LATERAL 1, 2, and 3 (at midfield). The fantastic sight-lines are perfect for seeing Messi and company in action.

Here’s a map of the seats available:

How to Use your Match Tickets

If you’ve bought your Barcelona match tickets using the link above make sure you arrive at Camp Nou about 30-45 minutes in advance – or get there really early for some romantic time between you and the field before crowds arrive.

The tickets can be printed or shown on your smart phone .

For premium matches like Real Madrid or any of the Champion’s League playoff fixtures you’ll probably find slim pickings: if you’re having trouble drop me a line at [email protected] and I’ll try to pull some strings for you!

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Camp Nou Stadium Tour History

By the late 1940’s rising football power FC Barcelona had outgrown the Camp de Les Corts and needed a new stadium to house all the new fans generated by star striker Ladislao Kubala .

Cue the aptly named Camp Nou (‘New Camp’).

The city broke ground on this UEFA five star stadium on March 28th, 1954.

When the last brick was laid Camp Nou had a capacity of 99,354 . The ground was set for some of the greatest teams in football history to frustrate opponents – like hated rivals Real Madrid.

Long before any tours of Camp Nou the stadium hosted the Olympics, World Cup (with 120,000 spectators including added standing tickets), the Champions League Final , and even the Pope.

A €600 million Camp Nou renovation project is currently underway – but the games go on!

So, make sure to make your Barcelona football stadium visit in 2024 count 🙂

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Camp Nou Stadium Visit FAQ

Yes, you can visit Camp Nou by booking tickets to tour the stadium and see the Camp Nou Museum.

No, tickets for Camp Nou are not free. They must be bought for the Camp Nou Experience (museum/tour) or a match to visit.

To visit Camp Nou you can buy tour and museum tickets online, then take public transport from central Barcelona and be there in 20 minutes.

Camp Nou Stadium Tour tickets cost €26.00 for adults and €21.00 for children and seniors.

Yes, you can visit Camp Nou during renovations but it’s a restricted tour including the museum visit + access to the audiovisual space Spotify Camp Nou Live.

The best time to visit the Camp Nou is during weekdays in the morning to avoid crowds and have a quieter experience.

A typical visit to Camp Nou can last around 2 to 3 hours, including time for exploring the museum, stadium, and any additional activities.

Yes, Camp Nou is worth visiting, especially for football enthusiasts. It offers a glimpse into the history and passion of FC Barcelona, with a chance to explore its museum and stadium.

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• January 29, 2020 at 9:02 pm Emma Pomells Firstly ... your site is incredible!!! My son is a huge Messi fan so will probably want the the whole FC barça card ticket. However as I am just tagging along, and definitely not joining in with a virtual training session, can I just buy a standard open ticket and be allowed to go wherever he goes?? Thanks Emma Reply
• November 20, 2019 at 3:22 am spankwire The Camp Nou is the biggest football stadium in Europe, and it has been the setting for countless dramatic moments and wild celebrations. If you are a fan of FC Barcelona (or football in general) you will relish the opportunity to visit the stadium when it is empty. You will be able to enjoy getting up close to the trophy gallery and European cups while learning more about the master himself, Lionel Messi. Reply
• September 12, 2019 at 1:27 pm Lucile Hola Brandi, I will advise you to go there on your arrival date in order to have the full experience, moreover if your sons are huge fans. If necessary, the stadium has a locker where you can leave your luggage and bags. Anyway, I'm sure your sons will still be more than happy with only the museum and the match ;) On a Champion's League match day you can access to the museum and panoramic view until 3 pm. Cheers, Lucile Reply

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Camp Nou Stadium Tour

Visit the Camp Nou Experience : Barcelona's fantastic Camp Nou stadium and the museum of one of the most successful football clubs in the world, FC Barcelona ! Even if you're not a big football fan, the stadium tour will still impress you. During the tour, you will learn more about the club's unique story and how it represents a city, the Catalan region, and even their Catalan language. FC Barcelona is part of the identity of the Catalan people. Barça 'més que un club', meaning 'more than a club'.

Camp Nou Experience & FC Barcelona Museum

The ticket for the Camp Nou Experience includes admittance to the museum, the impressive Camp Nou football stadium, and the interactive zone where you can experience FC Barcelona's greatest moments.

The audio guide will give you a tour of the football stadium and the FC Barcelona Museum at your own pace. You will see everything on this tour of the FC Barcelona stadium : the dressing rooms, the player tunnel, the press room, commentator boxes, and of course the Camp Nou Museum with all the major awards FC Barcelona has one. The club's list of cups includes the Champions League, the national cup 30 times, and the national championship 26 times.

During your tour, you will follow a fixed route through the stadium at your own pace. Along the way you get the chance to take photos (with a little trickery) with your favourite Barcelona football heroes. The Camp Nou Experience tour will take you about 90 minutes.

Book Camp Nou stadium tour tickets

Order tickets for the Camp Nou Experience tour online . Simply order your tickets in advance and prevent long queues at the stadium's ticket windows. Always check the times for the Barcelona stadium to avoid disappointment when this FC Barcelona stadium tour is not available.

Visit an FC Barcelona match in Camp Nou?

It's a dream come true for all football enthusiasts to attend an FC Barcelona match in the football stadium. Getting tickets is not always easy. The most convenient and reliable way to buy tickets for a football match is via the official website or via this official Barcelona Ticket Agent .

Video: Camp Nou Experience

How do you get to the camp nou stadium by metro.

The stadium can easily be reached by metro . The closest metro stop for visiting the stadium tour is metro stop 'Palau Reial' of the green metro line 3. From this stop, you only have to walk to the end of the 'Carrer de Marti i Franques' street. After 500 metres, you'll reach the entrance for the Camp Nou Experience.

An alternative stop is metro stop 'Collblanc', of metro line 5. Turn into the street 'Travessera de les Corts' and follow it for about 300 metres. However, you will still need to get to the other side of the football stadium. Go left and follow the stadium premises. This stop is a better choice if you're visiting a match of FC Barcelona, as the gates at the side will be open then.

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Visit fc barcelona stadium & museum, attention: spotify camp nou is under construction until the end of 2024.

During the renovation works of the stadium , the Camp Nou Experience tour will no longer be available. This tour will be transformed into an immersive tour.  Tickets for FC Barcelona Immersive Tour & Museum are already on sale!

Camp Nou Tour : Price, Tickets and Pass

Camp nou immersive basic, basic tour 2024.

During the construction of the new stadium, Camp Nou will offer an immersive tour. This tour includes :

> Visit to the museum + Audio Guide. > Spotify Camp Nou Live immersive room. > Future Stadium Construction Viewpoint.

Camp Nou Tour: Pure emotion!

The Camp Nou Tour is actually the discovery of two places within the club: The FC Barcelona stadium and the museum, that's why this visit is called  Camp Nou Experience ! Fans will also visit the club store "FCB MEGASTORE".

What to see at the FC Barcelona Museum?

Visit the FC Barcelona Museum at Camp Nou and relive the fantastic adventure of a football club like no other. Its history, its players, its matches, its trophies, including the Champions League Cup. The museum is divided into several sections: the historical museum, the trophy gallery, the Messi area and temporary exhibitions. Incredible audiovisual and multimedia installations take you through 120 years of the club.

What to see at the Camp Nou stadium?

During your visit to the Camp Nou stadium , you'll have the pleasure of seeing what the Barça players see! The visiting team's changing rooms, the tunnel leading from the changing rooms to the stadium, the pitch, the substitutes' bench, the grandstand, the press box and finally the mixed zone and press room. There is also mention of the new Camp Nou , the future stadium with a much larger capacity . Fans are sure to be thrilled!

What can you see in the Official FC Barcelona Shop at the Camp Nou?

In the FC Barcelona Official store at Camp Nou, you can find all the equipment of the Barça players. Shirts, shoes, balls, flags, caps, watches, books, videos. The list of temptations is very long because it is the biggest Barça store in the world. So it's time to think about pleasing yourself and your loved ones with little souvenirs! The visit to the official FC Barcelona store at Camp Nou, called FCB Megastore, is of course free! It is not part of the Camp Nou tour, so you can visit it without reservation or ticket from 10 to 16 hours on weekdays and from 10 to 20 hours on weekends.

Plan your visit to Camp Nou

The best time to visit the Camp Nou is in the morning, when it opens at 10am, and from 3pm onwards. The Camp Nou is one of the most visited places in Barcelona. The FC Barcelona Museum is quite simply the most visited museum in the city.

> We help you find the best  hotels near the Camp Nou  

What is the address of Camp Nou in Barcelona?

The address of Camp Nou is Av. de Joan XXIII, 1, 08001 Barcelona.

At this address you will find access number 9, where you can visit the Camp Nou stadium and the FC Barcelona Museum, as well as the ticket office for those who have not purchased tickets in advance.

Telephone number: +34 902 1899 00

Official website:  Camp Nou

E-mail: [email protected]

What are the opening hours at Camp Nou?

• Opening times for visiting Camp Nou vary according to the season:
• January to 18 March: Monday - Saturday 10.00 am - 6.30 pm; Sunday 10.00 am - 2.30 pm
• 19 March to 16 October: 9.30am - 7.30pm
• 17 October to 18 December: Monday - Saturday 10.00 am - 6.30 pm; Sunday 10.00 am - 2.30 pm
• From 19 December to 31 December: 9.30am - 7.30pm
• Camp Nou is open all year round, except on 1 January, 6 January, 24 September and 25 December.
• On match days , the FC Barcelona Museum, Trophy Room and Messi Area are only open until 3pm.
• Visits are not possible on the day before or after a Champions League match.

How to get to Camp Nou?

• By metro : You can stop at Palau Reial station (line L3), which is 6 minutes' walk from entrance 9. Collblanc station (line L5) is a 5-minute walk from entrance 14. Badal station (line L5) is about 6 minutes' walk from entrances 17 and 18.
• By bus: The following bus routes stop at Camp Nou: D20, H6, H8, 7, 33, 54, 56, 57, 59, 63, 67, 68, 70, 75, 78, 113, 157 and L12.
• By tourist bus : The blue line of the tourist bus stops in front of the Barcelona stadium.
• By car: The nearest car park to the stadium is 400 metres away, called "BSM Tanatori Les Corts". The Riera Blanca car park Carrer de la Riera Blanca, 17 is 500 metres from the entrance.

Camp Nou Map: metro access and main attractions to visit

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Camp Nou FAQ

Answers to your most frequently asked questions about the Camp Nou visit.

Yes, it is necessary to book the visit to Camp Nou as soon as possible. The number of tickets is limited for sanitary reasons (Covid19) but also to guarantee the comfort of the visitors. Our advice is to buy your ticket on this page as soon as you know the dates of your stay in Barcelona. However, you can also buy tickets at the stadium's ticket office, but you will have to wait in a queue and you will not be sure to get your ticket in the end. 

The entrance for the Camp Nou visit closes one hour and a half before the official closing time of the whole site. This is the ideal time to visit the stadium and the museum. For example, if the official closing time is 7:30pm, you must arrive at 6pm to do the tour.

The average length of the visit to the Camp Nou - stadium and museum - is between 1h30 and 2h. None of the tours are time-limited, so you can stay as long as you like!

No, the price of the ticket at the stadium ticket office is higher than the ticket purchased online because it includes additional management fees. On the other hand, Camp Nou advises buying your ticket online in order to avoid queues depending on the availability of the different time slots. 

Yes, you can show your Camp Nou tour ticket on your smartphone or tablet.

Unfortunately not. Once the "Camp Nou Experience" tickets have been issued, it will not be possible to postpone the visit, cancel it or get a refund.

The entrance to the Camp Nou Tour - stadium and museum - is in front of the FC Barcelona ice rink. The access is between the Barça Café and the Barça Store Camp Nou.

Yes and no, on match days, some of the Barça facilities are reserved for the match. The full tour or guided tours are not possible:

• The museum will be open.
• You will have access to the Gallery of Trophies, the history of the Club, and the Messi Area.
• You will be able to enjoy a panoramic view of the field, until 3 hours before kickoff.

>> Note that there is a discount on the price of tickets for the Camp Nou on match days - this discount is shown when you select the number of tickets.

Please note: On Champions League days, this restriction extends from the day before as well as the price reduction applies.

Unfortunately you will not attend a training match of the Barcelona football club players during the visit of the Camp Nou. Since 2008 the training is no longer done at Camp Nou but at La Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper which is located in Sant Joan Despi, 8.5 kilometers from Camp Nou. These training sessions are not open to the public. The only way to meet the champions now is to go to the Mini Estadi around January 5 of each year, date on which the blaugranas train for the only time of the year in public. The entrance ticket is 10€. Ticket to be found on the spot that day. (Check the date of this match which may be moved due to Liga calendar).

The visit of the Camp Nou is not suitable for the people in wheelchair due to a very large number of stairs throughout the course. Nevertheless the museum with the trophy room, the historical frieze, the Messi space as well as the panoramic view of the stadium are wheelchair-friendly.

The club also offers a special service for the disabled - The Specialized Services Office (OAE) available on +34 902 1899 00

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Barça Stadium Tour & Museum

Top choice in Barcelona

A pilgrimage site for football fans around the world, Camp Nou is a must for FC Barcelona fans. On this tour, which can be guided or self-guided, you'll get an in-depth look at the club, starting with a museum filled with multimedia exhibits, trophies and historical displays, followed by a tour of the stadium. Set aside at least 1½ hours.

Visits begin in FC Barcelona's high-tech museum, where enormous touch-screens allow visitors to explore arcane aspects of the legendary team. You can also watch videos of particularly artful goals. Displays delve into the club's history, its social commitment and connection to Catalan identity, and in-depth stats of on-field action. Sound installations include the club's anthem (with translations in many languages) and the match-day roar of the amped-up crowds.

You can admire the golden boots (in at least one case literally) of great goal scorers of the past and learn about the greats who have played for the club over the years, including Maradona, Ronaldinho, Kubala and Lionel Messi, considered to be one of the greatest footballers playing the game today.

Gazing out across Camp Nou is an experience in itself. The stadium, built in 1957 and enlarged for the 1982 World Cup, is one of the world’s biggest, holding nearly 100,000 people. After current renovations wrap up in August 2023 (the stadium will remain open throughout) it will have a capacity of 106,000. The club has a membership of 140,000.

The tour of the stadium takes in the visiting team’s dressing room, then heads out through the tunnel and on to the edge of the pitch. You'll also get to visit the press room. A Players Experience ticket (adult/child €149/99) allows you to visit the FC Barcelona dressing room and includes two free photos, a virtual experience and a leaving gift.

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FC Barcelona Museum | The Ultimate Guide for Football Fans

Top things to do in Barcelona

Visit the FC Barcelona Museum, located within the Camp Nou stadium , the largest stadium in Spain. Explore trophy-filled cabinets, interactive displays, and reminders of previous legendary players. The FC Barcelona Museum at Camp Nou is the second most visited museum in Barcelona after the Picasso Museum. Read on to find out more about what makes it so special!

The history of the FC Barcelona Museum

• 1984: The FC Barcelona Museum was inaugurated under the presidency of Josep Lluís Nuñez. Its designed to showcase the club's history and achievements.
• 2000 : Under the presidency of Nuñez's successor, Joan Gaspart, the museum undergoes a name change and is renamed the President Nuñez Museum, reflecting the club's gratitude towards its former leader.
• June 15, 2010: After an extensive period of restructuring and renovation, the museum is reopened to the public. This marks a significant transformation as the museum is divided into 3 distinct sections to enhance visitor experience.

FC Barcelona Museum highlights

Things to see in FC Barcelona Museum

The Historic Section

This is the largest area of the museum, the Historic Section invites you on a chronological voyage through the club's past. From its beginnings in 1899 to its rise as one of football's most well-known clubs. Through a mix of printed information, videos, 3D cinema and archival documents, you can trace Barcelona FC's evolution.

Trophy Cabinets

The museum's most captivating feature is its wall-to-wall trophy cabinets. Containing trophies and medals from FC Barcelona's history. Among the treasures on display is the prestigious Champions League Cup. You  even have the opportunity to capture a photo with the famous trophy, keep in mind though that you will have to purchase the photo for an additional cost. 

The FC Barcelona museum contains works by famous local artists such as Dalí, Miró, and Tapies. Art enthusiasts will appreciate the collection of prints and artwork dedicated to the museum and football team specially crafted for the club. This addition adds depth to your experience, offering insights into Barcelona's artistic heritage.

Messi Space

The Messi Space is an area that pays homage to the footballer Lionel Messi, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players. You can explore Messi's career through a collection of exhibits, including interactive touchscreens, photographs, and videos. You can also learn more about Messi's personal life, upbringing, and the values that have shaped him into the footballing icon he is today.

Audiovisual Area and Multimedia Installations

This is an immersive experience that will transport you into FC Barcelona's history spanning nearly 120 years.This interactive space has hundreds of photos and videos that showcase the club's journey through wins and losses. Whether you're a die-hard fan or a casual observer, the Audiovisual Area offers a memorable experience. 

Plan your visit to FC Barcelona Museum

Timings : The museum welcomes visitors from 10 am to 6.30 pm every day of the year

Closed: January 1st and December 25th. 

Last Entry: The last entry is at 5.45 pm

• It's recommended to allocate at least an hour to explore all the displays in the museum.
• Notably, the museum is one of the few parts of the tour that remains open on match days, ensuring that fans can immerse themselves in the club's history and culture regardless of the day.

• By Bus: Take buses 54, V1, or M12 and get down at Riera Blanca - Les Cort
• By Car: Reach Camp Nou via Carrer Arístides Maillol and enter through Entrance 14
• By Metro: Reach Palau Reial or Les Corts on Line 3 or Collblanc or Badal on Line 5
• By Bike: Bike through Carrer Arístides Maillol and reach Camp Nou to access pedestrian entry.

• Photo Opportunities : Don't miss the chance to capture memories with iconic items like the Champions League Cup or Lionel Messi's memorabilia. Keep in mind that purchasing photos may incur an additional cost.
• Combine with Stadium Tour: Consider combining your visit to the museum with a tour of the rest of the stadium. This allows you to experience the full ambiance of the iconic Camp Nou and learn about its significance beyond the museum walls.
• Accessibility: The museum is completely accessible but if you have specific accessibility needs, you can inquire about accessibility features and accommodations.
• Extend Your Visit: If time allows, consider extending your visit to explore nearby attractions or landmarks, such as the Legends museum, another great museum for football fans.

Legends Museum : The Legends Museum is a football museum created in collaboration with LaLiga, FIFA, UEFA, CONMEBOL, and the IOC. Located at Puerta del Sol, spanning 4,200 square meters across 7 floors, it includes a 4D cinema, game area, and a rooftop restaurant. 

Atletico Madrid stadium : The Metropolitano Stadium stands as the proud home of Atletico Madrid since the 2017–18 season. It currently has a seating capacity of 70,460 fans.The Atletico Madrid Stadium Tour offers an unforgettable experience for football enthusiasts of all ages. 

Frequently asked questions about FC Barcelona Museum

Yes, guided tours of the museum are available here for visitors who wish to understand the club's history with the guidance of knowledgeable tour guides.

Photography is permitted in the museum, but visitors are encouraged to respect any specific guidelines and restrictions, especially near sensitive artifacts.

Yes the museum is accessible, however it's advisable to inquire about specific accessibility features and accommodations available at the museum.

Yes, there is parking available near Camp Nou stadium for visitors arriving by car. However, parking availability and fees may vary depending on factors such as time of day and events taking place at the stadium.

Yes, the museum offers multilingual information and displays to accommodate visitors who do not speak Spanish. Information is often available in languages such as English, Catalan, and others.

Yes, it's possible to visit the museum independently without purchasing a stadium tour ticket. However, we recommend visiting the  museum as part of the overall Camp Nou Experience package, which includes a tour of the stadium as well. 

Yes, the museum is suitable for visitors of all ages, including children. There are interactive displays and exhibits designed to engage younger visitors and educate them about the club's history in an entertaining way.

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With songs like ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Band on the Run’,  ‘Let It Be’ and so many more, the Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover could ever want from a rock show: hours of the greatest moments from the last 60 years of music – dozens of songs from Paul’s solo, Wings and of course Beatles catalogues that have formed the soundtracks of our lives.

This will mark Paul’s first European show since his iconic Glastonbury headlining performance in 2022. Hailed as “one of the greatest gigs of all time” by The Times and “a masterclass from the greatest living cultural figure in this country’s history” by The i, it was also Paul and his band’s 500th show together! These dates will see McCartney return for his first live performance in Paris in six years - in 2018 he played at La Defense Arena, where he is making his return. The wait has been longer for Spaniards, where he last played eight years ago, in 2016 at Estadio Vincente Calderon.

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In 1988, the Tuvan Archaeological Expedition (led by M. E. Kilunovskaya and V. A. Semenov) discovered a unique burial of the early Iron Age at Saryg-Bulun in Central Tuva. There are two burial mounds of the Aldy-Bel culture dated by 7th century BC. Within the barrows, which adjoined one another, forming a figure-of-eight, there were discovered 7 burials, from which a representative collection of artifacts was recovered. Burial 5 was the most unique, it was found in a coffin made of a larch trunk, with a tightly closed lid. Due to the preservative properties of larch and lack of air access, the coffin contained a well-preserved mummy of a child with an accompanying set of grave goods. The interred individual retained the skin on his face and had a leather headdress painted with red pigment and a coat, sewn from jerboa fur. The coat was belted with a leather belt with bronze ornaments and buckles. Besides that, a leather quiver with arrows with the shafts decorated with painted ornaments, fully preserved battle pick and a bow were buried in the coffin. Unexpectedly, the full-genomic analysis, showed that the individual was female. This fact opens a new aspect in the study of the social history of the Scythian society and perhaps brings us back to the myth of the Amazons, discussed by Herodotus. Of course, this discovery is unique in its preservation for the Scythian culture of Tuva and requires careful study and conservation.

Keywords: Tuva, Early Iron Age, early Scythian period, Aldy-Bel culture, barrow, burial in the coffin, mummy, full genome sequencing, aDNA

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How to retire from tennis: Federer’s tears, Williams’ ceremony, Giorgi’s mystery

“There’s no wrong, only right,” Roger Federer says.

He is speaking with  The Athletic about one of tennis’s defining issues this year, and possibly the defining issue right now: how best to retire.

As Wimbledon approaches, two fellow ‘Big Four’ members, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray , are entering the endgame. Both are involved in valedictory tours — which, in Nadal’s case, could yet extend to next year — and in April and May, a flurry of retirement announcements and pre-warnings included former Grand Slam champions Garbine Muguruza and Dominic Thiem , both 30. They did it in very different ways and for very different reasons, just as Nadal and Murray are doing it their way, for their reasons.

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This is totally fine, according to Federer, who was 41 when he retired. “With Andy, Rafa and Novak (Djokovic), I could not tell you what I would now suggest and advise them,” he says. “I don’t know. It’s super deeply personal.”

Federer was speaking at the premiere of his new film Federer: Twelve Final Days, which will be released on Prime Video tomorrow (Thursday). It documents the period between him announcing his retirement because of a knee injury in September 2022 and his final appearance on a tennis court, at the Laver Cup, playing doubles with his old rival and friend Nadal.

One of the themes that runs through the film is also central to tennis in 2024: the agonising difficulty of picking the right moment to step away from the thing that has defined you for almost your entire life. Serena Williams even avoided using the word “retirement” when she said farewell two years ago. “Evolving away from tennis,” was her preferred expression.

Federer’s view? Don’t stress about the how of it.

“Everyone does it differently,” he says. “There’s no script. And very often we don’t remember how people retired. You just have to take the best decision in the moment. And sometimes you run out of options too, depending on what your body does.”

Save for a few exceptions, that’s probably true. Pete Sampras went out in a slightly misremembered blaze of glory; Williams brought late-night thrillers to Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, but the story of her retirement was her redefinition of tennis in America and around the world.

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In late April, the former French Open and Wimbledon champion Muguruza announced that she was formally retiring — calling a press conference and explaining that she wanted a new challenge. The news was unsurprising, given she hadn’t played in 15 months. The following week, Alize Cornet, 34 and a former world No 11, announced in a social media video that she would retire after the French Open.

A couple of weeks after that and within a few days of each other, former U.S. Open winner Thiem and one-time top-10 player Diego Schwartzman, 31, announced on social media that they would be retiring soon. The former at the Vienna Open in his native Austria in October, the latter in his home country at the Argentina Open next February. This is a pretty standard retirement route these days — setting a hard deadline and giving yourself a few months to say goodbye.

“The decision came some weeks before I made it public, and at first I told my family and closest friends,” Thiem told The Athletic in a video call a couple of weeks ago about a decision that was largely brought about because of a debilitating wrist injury.

“So the decision to make it public was a small step but it was a relief and it meant that all the fans and everyone were clear about it.”

He explained that it wasn’t a particularly difficult decision because, although he is only 30, he has no interest in carrying on in such a diminished form. “I played some great matches (after the injury) but that was more because of my fighting spirit than my game,” he said. “It wasn’t because of my actual playing level — and that was always unsatisfying. That helped with the decision in the end.”

Thiem was so decisive that some players, such as his good friend Alexander Zverev, even thought he was being too hasty. Zverev explained to reporters at the Italian Open in May that he wondered if Thiem could have opted for wrist surgery — like Zverev’s brother, Mischa — in a last-ditch attempt to save his career. Thiem says that, in consultation with medical experts, they concluded this wouldn’t provide the answer.

This is in stark contrast to Nadal and Murray, who have battled through this year with no confirmed end dates, just indications that this will be their final season, which speaks to how hard it is to let go. Especially when they both still love competing.

“In lots of careers, retirement is something you celebrate and people really look forward to that day — that’s not something I feel,” Murray said on Sunday, as he strongly hinted that he was unlikely to go on beyond the Olympics . “I love playing tennis.”

Nadal said something similar in January 2023, after suffering an injury in defeat to Mackenzie McDonald at the Australian Open — his last match for almost a year.“It’s a very simple thing: I like what I do. I like playing tennis.”

This is a recurring theme among players who are close to the end. Vera Zvonareva, the former world No 2 and Wimbledon finalist, turns 40 in September and is still competing, primarily in doubles. She is fresh from partnering the 17-year-old sensation Mirra Andreeva to the French Open quarterfinals and puts it simply: “I enjoy playing tennis. It’s my job but also my passion. I enjoy it or I would not be here. Mirra has great energy on the court, which also helps, and I try to support her.

“I like to play.”

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Retirement doesn’t just happen to players. For a player of Nadal and Murray’s stature, and for players who choose to retire on home turf, it brings a huge amount of ceremony, occasion, and logistics. Few players find all that comfortable — even ones as venerated as them or Federer.

“You know inevitably that we’re all going to stop working at some point — and for us, it’s the same,” Federer said.

“The only problem for us is that maybe we can’t just send a quick text and say, ‘OK, goodbye everyone’. I have had too many incredible fans and incredible people who have helped me along the way — you need to get out there and do it the hard way. Face your demons, even though it’s a nice thing to do.”

That last line is very revealing. It’s little wonder that Nadal and Murray are desperate to pick the right moment after two decades on the tour, conscious that they’ll never be able to find something quite like professional sport. Tennis is also unlike many other sports, where a manager or someone from a club tells the player their time is up. It’s all down to the individual.

Some players do take Federer’s “quick text” route, or even go to another extreme.

Camila Giorgi, a former world No 26 with a colourful past, won the award for the most low-key farewell when her departure was revealed by her status being changed to retired one morning on the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) website. It was another few days before she announced her retirement, following reports of investigations by Italian tax authorities into her affairs. A few weeks after that flurry of retirements, Dutch player Botic van de Zandschulp, 28, said at the French Open that he was “thinking about” quitting because he no longer enjoyed playing. A couple of days later, he told The Athletic that he had been mistranslated and that he was carrying on.

Swedish 23-year-old Mikael Ymer, who is serving a drugs ban for missing three anti-doping tests in a year, announced in April that he would not be retiring but would attempt a comeback once his suspension was over in 2025. “Retirement was boring,” Ymer wrote on X. “See u in 8 months.”

When more ceremony is required, tournaments have to make several contingency plans depending on what players decide. At this year’s Wimbledon, the All England Club has numerous options in place depending on what Murray announces over the next few weeks. They feel they have prepared for every eventuality, which is a logistical challenge. How you pitch these sorts of farewells is not easy.

In 2019, the Australian Open put on a big farewell celebration for Murray after he revealed on the eve of the tournament that he needed hip surgery and that the end could be nigh. After watching various luminaries of the sport wish him well on a video montage, Murray had to say that, er, he wasn’t definitely retiring.

This year, Nadal’s victory lap at various clay-court events meant that tournaments in Barcelona, Madrid and Rome had to have ceremonies ready for every match in case he lost. This occasioned the awkward sight of Nadal walking off as the Italian Open prepared its celebration; the Spaniard was in no mood for adulation after a heavy loss to Hubert Hurkacz. At Roland Garros a couple of weeks later, the French Tennis Federation planned a farewell ceremony for Nadal, only to shelve it once he said it might not be his last French Open after all.

One of the problems Nadal and Murray have found is the media’s obsession with when they are going to retire (sorry, guys). They are at the extreme end of that interest because of their huge fame, but even for less high-profile players, there is an awareness that once you start talking about retirement it adds to the media interest.

Cornet took a different approach. She decided she would retire last year but didn’t announce her plans until April, a month before her final tournament at the French Open because she “didn’t want the media to talk to me about it too often”.

Cornet found she was liberated by making the announcement, and went on her best run since realising it was time to go some months earlier. She reached the semis and quarters of a couple of Challenger events and then bowed out at Roland Garros. “It was a lot of ups and downs,” she says. “Emotionally, it was not easy. Some days, I was excited about retirement and other days, I was scared and uncertain.”

Danielle Collins , who is also in some of the best form of her career in her last season on tour, has been unequivocal about how endometriosis and arthritis have contributed to her decision to retire, and the fact that tennis is something she does, not who she is. In March, at Indian Wells, she told The Athletic , “I’ve loved what I’ve done and the opportunity and the doors it’s opened, but it’s not easy.”

More often for players who retire, tennis is all they have known, and they are acutely conscious that they will never get the same high again. “ It’s super difficult because that’s the only way you know to live since you were a kid,” Thiem says. “And e very tennis player who is probably even in the world rankings will never be able to do something as good as playing tennis.”

Cornet adds: “It means turning a page of 20 years of my life, 20 years of full commitment. When you have to turn that page and realise it’s over, yeah, it’s a void, in a way. And you have to fill it in another way and find stuff that makes you happy.

“Psychologically, it’s one of the most difficult things to handle, and I’m very happy that I have a very good entourage to help me with that.”

Then there is the search for the perfect ending. It’s a tantalising proposition that can convince players they should go on that little bit longer. Whether that’s the perfect venue, or achieving one last goal — Murray has been desperate for another second-week run at a Grand Slam tournament — it’s an elusive promise that is nearly impossible to grasp. When Serena Williams retired at the U.S. Open 2022, she had her ceremony after her first-round win, instead of bookending her career with a final defeat enmeshed with reflective celebration.

Federer feels that the way he went out, surrounded by his closest friends and rivals on the tour — including Nadal, Murray and Djokovic, who were all his Team Europe team-mates at the Laver Cup — was ideal for him. “It ended up being so beautiful,” he says. “Because in an individual sport, being surrounded by your contemporaries is rare. There were a lot of special moments.”

During the film, Murray comments on how appropriate it is that Federer’s last match should be playing doubles with Nadal, the rival who most defined his career. But before that Laver Cup farewell, Federer’s final singles match was a hugely dispiriting defeat to Hurkacz in the Wimbledon quarterfinal more than a year earlier — which included the only 6-0 set he ever lost in the tournament. Federer desperately wanted one last Wimbledon title, but his knee had other ideas.

Did the loss in any way damage his Wimbledon legacy of eight titles? Absolutely not.

Sampras remains the gold standard for bowing out at the top. His last match was the 2002 U.S. Open final where he beat his biggest rival Andre Agassi to win his 14th Grand Slam, aged 31. But even that was preceded by two years without a tournament win and months of calls for his retirement (especially after an embarrassing second-round loss at Wimbledon to George Bastl a few months before that U.S. Open swansong). Sampras also then deliberated for almost a year over whether to retire, before eventually deciding it was the right thing to do.

And might he now wonder whether he went too soon? This is another fiendishly difficult element to all this and is something mentioned by John McEnroe, who returned to the sport to play doubles on a couple of occasions after his retirement in 1992. “Even Pete probably looks back and thinks, ‘I had 14 majors, had the all-time record, maybe I should have played past 31’,” McEnroe says. “So no matter what, you have regrets in a way and things you wish you’d done differently.”

As for the rest of the locker room, has the rash of retirements made them think about how they would like to go?

“I don’t have pressure,” says Zvonareva. “I’m not saying I’m going to play this and this and then I’m retiring. No, if I want to play more tournaments, I will play. If I don’t feel like playing, I won’t. It’s really open.”

Angelique Kerber, a three-time Grand Slam champion who is 36 and returned from maternity leave this year, says: “I really don’t think about this yet. I’ve always said I will play as long as my body allows me, and while the fire is still there.”

Victoria Azarenka, 34 and another multiple major winner, wants to have a low-key exit when she leaves. “I’m not going to have a farewell tour,” she says. “It’s going to be simple. I’ll just say bye. To me, it will be at the point when I’m not learning something anymore.”

She also explains why playing is so addictive and why a lot of players eschew their earlier retirement plans. “When I was 20, I thought I’d never play past 27. Then I thought, ‘OK, 30 will probably be enough’. Now I’m nearly 35 and I think, ‘Why not keep playing?’. I’m still playing well, competing at the biggest events, and feel like I can beat anybody. I’m very competitive.”

Adrian Mannarino, the 35-year-old Frenchman, says that “when it’s time to stop, you feel it”.

Madison Keys, the American world No 12 who, at 29, is a way off from thinking about this, jokes that she’ll go down the Giorgi route. “I saw on Twitter a link to the ITIA site that said Giorgi had gone and I was like May 7, that’s yesterday. So I was like, ‘That’s how I’m going to do it’.

“I’m just going to disappear. You just won’t see me again. You’ll be like, ‘Where is she? We haven’t seen her forever’. I’ll just slowly fade away.”

Keys laughs at the absurdity of what she’s saying, but as Federer alluded to, this probably is a route a lot of players feel they would like to go down if they could.

Perhaps it helps to have an outsider’s perspective. Asif Kapadia is one of Britain’s most respected filmmakers, and his credits include Senna, Amy, and Diego Maradona. He is the co-director of the new Federer film and is more of a football than a tennis fan. He says that one of the themes that most attracted him to the film was the idea that “athletes die twice” — a saying referred to in the movie.

“I was interested in this idea that even if you’ve won it all, and you’re really successful, with a loving family and everything’s great, for him it’s still like a death,” Kapadia says. “’Athletes die twice’. I had never heard that said so succinctly, and it’s right. That’s what they have to deal with.

“He’s crying and the people around him who haven’t retired are crying because they know it’s not that far off for them. And that’s what is really interesting.

“It doesn’t matter how successful you are when your body won’t let you do it anymore. If you’re a sportsperson who’s ever played or had an injury, you know what that’s like.

“That feeling of: what do I do next?”

(Top photos: Jean Catuffe; Tom Jenkins / Getty Images; Design: Dan Goldfarb for  The Athletic)

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