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26th October 2022 THE LEGENDARY DJ CHIMO BAYO
Wild & free, the region of Valencia in the 1980s to the early 90s had a very active nightlife that ending up making headlines around the world with clubbers sometimes calling it ‘Ruta Destroy’ or the press dubbing the 24 hour party lifestyle as ‘La Ruta de Bakalao.’ Along a strip of the Valencia coast, […]
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Nightlife 
12th June 2022 La Ruta: Valencia’s Hidden Underground, Coming to the Surface
Just a day after I arrived in Valencia, my attention was drawn to a cultural movement existing here in the 80s and 90s. Labelled ‘La Ruta del Bakalao’ (also known as the Destroy Route, or simply La Ruta), this was a scene that represented many things at once: unlimited expression, the acceptance of all, and […]
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Art 
28th March 2022 ART Exhibition at IVAM…. ‘RUTA GRÁFICA, DESIGNS FOR THE SOUND OF VALENCIA’
The exhibition “Ruta Gráfica, Designs for the sound of Valencia” has recently arrived in the city and opened its doors at the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM). The exhibition is an appreciation of the graphic designs depicted in the posters and flyers of Valencia’s famous la ruta del bakalao– the rapid growing rave and clubbing […]
