We always thought the Barcelona bird market on the Ramblas — that long road filled with street performers and tourists — was kind of creepy.

Sure, people loved to walk through the market snapping pictures of caged squawking birds as they quoted Maya Angelou. But there was a sadness to the market too, there was just something foul about it.

Well, mourn no longer — the market is closed. After 150 years, the city has shut down the market. The market no longer meets animal protection laws in Spain. (It kind of never did, but that’s an entirely different issue.)

It could be replaced with a Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Photo by Pramieonthego