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New Year’s Eve in Barcelona 2012 – 3 different plans

Maria Climent Barcelonian, Only-Be, Things to do in Barcelona

If you´re from Barcelona, you´ll already know that New Year´s Eve is usually spent with family or friends. Afterwards, it´s time to head to the bars and clubs, and there are all sorts of them in the city. If you were thinking of spending New Year´s Eve in the Catalan capital, you might want to choose your plan in advance, since you probably won´t find a restaurant where to eat without a booking, since those restaurants that don´t do special NYE dinners will be closed. So read carefully and choose which is your style to know what to expect. Gay friendly Barcelona embraces the gay-friendly places like no other city in Spain. You have many partying options if you´re looking for this type of environment. Bar-wise, take note: El Cangrejo Raval, possibly the most bizarre, kitsch and fun place in the city, with drag queens putting on a cabaret show and music that will make you laugh. There´s also this bar in the Eixample district, the gay district par excellence in Barcelona, and it´s on Villarroel 84. In the same part of town there´s Sweet Café (Casanova 75), a perfect place for early drinks that will accommodate everyone. Nearby is Punto Barcelona (Muntaner 63-65) and this is definitely the pre-club bar since for every drink you have here, you´ll get a ticket for one of the five Arena clubs. Just like Arena is for guys, Aire is for girls. For the most stylish ones If you want to start the new by the sea, surrounded by beautiful people, glamour, elegance and exclusive DJs, perhaps you´d like to check out... read more

New Year’s Eve at Times Square in New York

Mónica Boixeda New Yorker, Only-Be, Practical Guide of New York

All across the United States and the world, people tune in via television to see the end of another year at this mega-party in New York City. If you’re traveling to the Big Apple, you can be there to witness it live in person on December 31, and say good-bye to 2012 and welcome in the year 2013 in style. The always bustling Times Square is the setting of the much-awaited countdown and party to welcome in the New Year. One million people attend this huge event each year while an estimated one million people in the United States and one billion people around the world watch the events take place. This party has a long history, and Times Square has been the place to go in New York City to countdown the hours and minutes and welcome the New Year since 1904, and the tradition of lowering the ball has been around since 1907. Revelers begin arriving early, and by 3:00 PM the main area of Times Square is already filled. The ceremony begins at 6:00 PM, which is when the New Year´s Eve Ball is raised. Free hats, balloons, scarves and other items are always distributed to the attendees. The hourly countdowns begin starting at 7:00 PM. There will be music concerts to help pass the time. Last year, for example, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga performed. At 11:59 PM the illuminated Waterford Crystal New Year´s Eve Ball begins its descent at One Times Square as people join in on the countdown to the New Year. The giant ball descends 70 feet as people count down the... read more

The Cirque du Soleil is back in Barcelona with ‘Alegría’

Diana Rodríguez Pretel Barcelonian, Only-Be, Things to do in Barcelona

Those that have already seen a live show of the Cirque du Soleil know that they´re not actors or trapeze artists or even clowns; they´re everything at once. They make people laugh, they thrill them and their jumps are amazing. Now, their show ´Alegría´ has arrived in Barcelona, and since alegría means joy in Spanish, that´s how you´re going to feel after seeing them. It´s a perfect plan for this Christmas for adults and children, because the magic of the Cirque du Soleil does not have age limits. If you enter the world of ´Alegría´ in the circus, you´ll come across a universe inhabited by the King of the Dumb, aristocrats, storytellers and popular characters with contemporary aptitudes. They will take you to a world you never imagined, in which you´ll feel a judge of it and part of it at the same time. It´s a tribute to baroque, to the elegance of the old facing the modernity of its movements. Acrobats, clowns, actors, dancers… the Cirque du Soleil doesn´t leave anyone indifferent. When you see them, you´ll feel like they´re risking their life in each of their moves. ´Alegría´ will take you directly to an imaginary royal court filled with magic and fantasy that undoubtedly will remind you of a carnival. The colours, the shine, the textures… everything will make you feel like you´ve just landed in the middle of the Rio de Janeiro carnival. The truth is that it´s a great visual show. In this event of the Cirque du Soleil, different characters coexist among each other that apparently have very little to do with one another. The... read more