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Barcelona can fine you for wearing swimwear off the beach

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Wandering into a tapas bar in your Speedo doesn't make you look carefree; it makes you a target for local police. Barcelona got so tired of tourists treating their metropolitan city like a giant beach resort that they officially outlawed wearing swimwear off the sand.

Barcelona can fine you for wearing swimwear off the beach
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