Botellón

Workers began buying alcohol to drink outdoors in areas such as plazas or parks instead of spending money in a bar or club.

[citation needed] Young people, especially students, adopted the concept of botellón in the mid ‘80s and it is thought to have first appeared in the city of Punta Umbría (Huelva, Spain).

The majority of participants are male, who make up about 58% of the group, while the other 42% are female, with over two-thirds of them (70%) taking part in botellón on a weekly basis.

[6] The most common side-effects of botellón are headaches, loss or increase in appetite, insomnia and lack of energy the following day.

[citation needed] However, the measure is a controversial one because people can still buy alcohol before the selling limit hour and consume it in public.

Another measure that has been attempted by local authorities is alter the opening times of public parks to remain closed at night and not allow entrance.

Therefore, there has been a recent movement to open designated botellón areas called botellódromo ("bottle track") to contain the activity.

[13] The macro-botellón was organized in cities around Spain, such as Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Oviedo, Murcia, Vitoria, Málaga, Córdoba, Granada, and Jaén.

[13] One of the purposes of the macro-botellón on 17 March 2006, near the Faro de Moncloa in Madrid, Spain, was to protest against the municipal restrictions on drinking alcohol in the streets.