PARTIES AND NIGHTLIFE

A Coruña's night-life lasts until the early hours of the morning in indoor or outdoor premises. Calle Orzán y del Socorro, Plaza de España, La Marina, Riazor, Ciudad Vieja, Juan Flórez, Matogrande, Monte Alto or Santa Cristina are some of the areas of cafés, pubs and discos that bring to life the night-life of the city. Spring brings with it the first rays of sunshine, inviting strolls, music and terraces on the streets. ‘Andar de parranda' is an institution from A Coruña, like tapas and beers with friends or running and walking with the sunset. The party continues and the summer is not summer until San Juan: the shortest night and the longest party. The promenade is closed to traffic and people from A Coruña and those from abroad take to streets and beaches to jump the bonfires, dine on sardines and turn the 'churrasco' around. Heroine of the city and guardian of the town hall, María Pita also gives her name to the festivities in A Coruña, which occupy the whole month of August and, if that were not enough, include a prelude in July with the 'Feira das Marabillas', a return to the Middle Ages in the heart of the Old City whose melody contrasts with the sound of 'Noroeste Pop Rock', which in the eighth month of the year makes the Riazor beach vibrate and, in recent years, also the city's emblematic neighbourhoods.