{"id":72122,"date":"2016-06-27T14:18:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T12:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=72122"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:07:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:07:51","slug":"buy-fan-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/buy-fan-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat the summer rush: where to buy a fan in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The beautiful coastal area of <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> often gives very hot and humid night time temperatures. As such, sleeping through the sticky heat of <strong>July<\/strong> and <strong>August<\/strong> can be difficult.\u00a0I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ve all experienced a night of tossing and turning (and tossing some more) in sodden bedsheets when Barcelona seems as hot in the dark as it is during the day.\u00a0For those not lucky enough to have <strong>air<\/strong> <strong>conditioning<\/strong> in their apartment, a good fan (or maybe two) is a necessity in the Barcelona summer <strong>heatwaves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/buy-fan-barcelona\/#Why_buy_a_fan\" title=\"Why buy a fan?\">Why buy a fan?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/buy-fan-barcelona\/#Types_of_fans\" title=\"Types of fans\">Types of fans<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/buy-fan-barcelona\/#Where_to_buy_a_fan\" title=\"Where to buy a fan\">Where to buy a fan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_buy_a_fan\"><\/span>Why buy a fan?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_72128\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72128\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fan1-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"fan1\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mohistory\/11969430506\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Missouri History Museum<\/a> via <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/visualhunt.com\">Visual Hunt<\/span> \/ <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fans<\/strong> circulate the <strong>air<\/strong> and keep it moving, providing a fresh <strong>breeze<\/strong> to cool and keep humidity down.\u00a0They can also assist in providing a supplement to air conditioning. An old trick is to wet a thin sheet, wring it out and then place this in front of a good fan.\u00a0The effect is a <strong>cool vapor<\/strong> blowing through the room, much like an air conditioning unit but without the\u00a0high energy consumption\u00a0or expense.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Types_of_fans\"><\/span>Types of fans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flat and box fans are small and portable. <strong>Oscillating<\/strong> <strong>fans<\/strong> swing back and forth. Open blade fans tend to be much bigger and are fixed onto the ceiling. In the world of fans, you get what you pay for.\u00a0For long term, go for a sturdy option.\u00a0A cheap plastic fan will almost certainly die within a year of use but if you are only in <strong>Barca\u00a0<\/strong>for the <strong>summer<\/strong> then it might be worth it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most fans have different speed settings and some even have timers to save energy meaning they are good for the environment.\u00a0An important point to remember is that leaving a fan blowing directly into your face as you sleep can lead to sinus issues and a blocked nose which can interrupt sleep.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_to_buy_a_fan\"><\/span>Where to buy a fan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_72129\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72129\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fan2-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"fan2\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photo4jenifer\/6139354281\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Photo4jenifer<\/a> via <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/visualhunt.com\">Visual hunt<\/span> \/ <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/\">CC BY-ND<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Miro\u00a0<\/strong>sell\u00a0electrical goods and have a decent selection of fans for different areas of your house\/apartment.\u00a0There are 3 main shops within the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/search\/miro+electronics+barcelona\/@41.3940808,2.126068,13z\/data=!3m1!4b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">city<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcorteingles.es\/electrodomesticos\/search\/?s=Ventilador\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\">El corte ingl\u00e9s<\/a> is another big store\u00a0where fans can be purchased.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/place\/Diagonal+Mar\/@41.4099207,2.214464,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12a4a357358e9543:0xd24295e8243bcbc0!8m2!3d41.4099207!4d2.2166527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Alcampo <\/a>is a chain of hypermarkets and can be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diagonalmarcentre.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Diagonal Mar<\/a> shopping complex.\u00a0They sell both food and home appliances and you can easily find a good fan to suit your needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Carrefour is another big chain of supermarkets which also sell home appliances. Prices are competitive but not cheap.\u00a0They have big stores in Rambla de los Estudios and <strong>Glories<\/strong> on the Calle Llacuna.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<b>Spanish<\/b>\u00a0word for fan is <strong>Ventilador<\/strong>. (This might make things a little easier when asking in the shops.) So don&#8217;t get caught out in the heat. 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As such, sleeping through the sticky heat of July and August can be difficult.\u00a0I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ve all experienced a night of tossing and turning (and tossing some more) in sodden bedsheets when Barcelona seems as hot in the dark as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":72127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4595],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72122"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72122"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111103,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72122\/revisions\/111103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}