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Everything on the board — events, plans, places, tour maps, intercambios and guides.
Cabalgata de Reyes — the Three Kings parade
The biggest street parade of the year, the evening of 5 January.
Reyes — Epiphany
The day Spanish children actually get their presents.
Dos de Mayo — Comunidad de Madrid day
The region's own holiday, born from the 1808 uprising.
Fiestas de San Isidro
A week of free concerts, chotis and picnics around 15 May.
San Isidro — Madrid's patron saint
The city's own holiday and its biggest fiesta.
Orgullo / MADO — Madrid Pride
One of the largest Pride celebrations in the world, in Chueca.
Fiestas de San Cayetano, San Lorenzo y La Paloma
The August verbenas in La Latina and Lavapiés.
Navidad in Madrid — lights, markets and Cortylandia
The centre from late November to Reyes.
Free museum hours in Madrid, all in one place
When each of the big ones stops charging.
Your first week in Madrid: a checklist
SIM card, bank, empadronamiento, and the things that will bite you.
Getting around Madrid: metro, bus and what it costs
The transport card, the zones, and the airport supplement that catches everyone.
Language Café Wednesdays — six languages, one terraza
Tables for Spanish, English, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.
Sunday walking intercambio in Retiro
One lap in English, one lap in Spanish, coffee after.
Habsburg Madrid: the two-hour old-town walk
Sol to the Royal Palace through the oldest streets, with the tourist traps marked.
Working from Madrid: wifi, cafés and the unwritten rules
Where to open a laptop without being that person.
Eating well in Madrid for under €15
Menú del día, the market rule, and where not to eat.
Parque del Retiro
Madrid's back garden: rowing boats, a glass palace and a lot of shade.
El Rastro flea market
Sunday morning chaos in La Latina. Go for the walk, not the bargains.
Templo de Debod at sunset
A real Egyptian temple, given to Spain, facing the best sunset in the city.
Tapas crawl: five bars, Lavapiés
One caña and one tapa in each. Bring €20.
Day trip: El Escorial and the mountain air
Cercanías out, monastery, lunch, walk back down.
Free tapa with your caña
Still standard in a lot of Madrid bars — here is where.
Sunday vermut
The city's actual Sunday ritual, and it is cheap.
Menú del día
Three courses, bread and a drink, weekday lunchtimes.