Drinking age in Spain/how strictly enforced?

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Bars and supermarkets will ask for identification if the person looks very young. Drinking in Spain requires a fair amount of stamina. Countries where 16 year olds are allowed to drink are often used as examples for why the age should be lowered in other countries. hi, Ayelle, i'm from Spain and that i will permit you recognize that the legal age for eating (and so finding out to purchase liquids) in Spain is eighteen. ... Additionally, the age to enter a club is typically 16, making the minimum drinking age of 18 largely meaningless in that context. Italy has set a minimum legal drinking age at 16 years, one of the lowest MLDA in the world.

From 1919 until 1933 the U.S. underwent a complete prohibition of alcohol brought about by the eighteenth amendment. It was only in the last couple of decades that the drinking age became 21 throughout most of the U.S. by coercion from the federal government, though I think Montana is a holdout. Spain's laws can be different from the laws in your home country.

Hey ryder, Sounds like your cousin should be okay, as the legal drinking age in Spain is 18, according to wikipedia.The probable reason there seems to be so much confusion about the actual age is because drinking laws in Spain are not handled the same as they are in the States.

The minimum legal age to drink in Spain is 18, although each Autonomous community has his own legislation At some bars, or in summer little towns or festivals you can be served without beeing asked for an ID. CORONAVIRUS UPDATE - It is currently obligatory to wear masks on public transport, including taxis, in shops, as a spectator during indoor cultural and sports events, and in public spaces, where a safe distance of 1,5m cannot be maintained. In 2002, Renato Balduzzi, the then Health Minister proposed to raise the minimum drinking age to 18 years. Spain: 16: 16: WHO lists the drinking age as 16; other sources say that the minimum age varies by region, that it is 18, or that minors may purchase alcohol if accompanied by their parents. If you decide to head home at 3am you’ll probably be made fun of for cutting the night short waaaaayyy too early. Raúl’s is one of around 280,000 bars throughout Spain: that’s one for every 165 people, the highest ratio in the European Union. Sri Lanka: 21: 21 : Sudan: Total ban: Total ban : Suriname: 18: 18 : Swaziland: 18: 18 … At a societal level, the European Union is the heaviest-drinking region in the world, with over one fifth of the European population aged 15 years and above reporting heavy episodic drinking (five or more drinks on an occasion, or 60g alcohol) at least once a week. and that's the legal age to pass to pubs, discos... and so on. BUT you do not have to drink alcohol in bars and clubs.