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Joe Donnohue

I visited Barcelona's breathtaking Spotify Camp Nou reopening as new era in Catalonia finally underway

BARCELONA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 07: Fans of FC Barcelona follows the training session during their first FC Barcelona open training session at Spotify Camp Nou. 23,000 fans will watch Barcelona play during a sold-out open door training session at the new Spotify Camp Nou today, as the stadium reopens following it's closure for refurbishment on May 28, 2023, on November 07, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Eric Alonso/Getty Images).

'Goosebumps' read the headline of major Barcelona newspaper 'SPORT' at newsstands across the city on Sunday morning. Los Cules ended their two-and-a-half year, 909-day Spotify Camp Nou exile in style with a convincing 4-0 win over Athletic Club.

Culers young and old reacquainted themselves with their pre-match rituals, paused for so long. Les Corts metro station bustled once more on a Saturday afternoon. Those who had looked longingly down from Montjuic, where the team had spent the past 29 months, tutting at the bureaucracy of an engineering project of such scale, shelved their complaints - this was a day to be enjoyed.

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