BNE might not be that special to you or I, but I remember my first entry into a lounge. I was so excited that I called just about every to brag (this is in the days before facebook, status updates had to be done manually). 
It's pretty special to go through those frosted glass doors (and get past the desk) for the first time, esp if you'd had many flights in the past where all you could do is look at those lounge doors and wonder what it must be like inside.
