There are specialized restaurants where meals are served around the clock. At the JCI World Congress Barcelona 2001, we will try to observe European meal times, adapting them to the Barcelona schedule. Big department stores and shopping malls do not close for lunch. All shops and large stores are open on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, and except for some especially authorized stores, all businesses are closed.
People go out to restaurants, the theatre or a concert.
Those are the nights when young people pack the city's discotheques, music bars, jazz bistros, etc. Saturday afternoon is a very busy time for downtown businesses. Coffee shops are the ideal place to unwind and recharge your batteries after a hard day's work and spend some quality time with friends. Sunday morning is set aside for walking the city. They go indoors if Mother Nature proves uncooperative.