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Everything on the board — events, plans, places, tour maps, intercambios and guides.
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.
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.
Free tapa with your caña
Still standard in a lot of Madrid bars — here is where.
Veranos de la Villa
The city's summer festival: music, film and theatre, July to August.
Museo Reina Sofía
Guernica, and the best modern collection in the country.
Museo del Prado
The big one. Velázquez, Goya, Bosch — and free every evening.
Free-hours Prado run, then vermut
Queue at 17:30, three rooms, then a drink.
MadridBabel Sunday intercambio
Sundays 19:00 · Plaza San Martín / Canalla Irish bar. Organiser: MadridBabel. Free entry.
Beer Station Sunday intercambio
Sundays 19:30 · Beer Station, Centro. Organiser: Beer Station. Free entry.
Free organ recital — San Ginés
Half an hour of Bach in a church older than the country.
AFTERWORK English Club
Tuesdays 20:00 · The Irish Rover, Avda. de Brasil 7 (near Bernabéu). Organiser: The Irish Rover. Free entry.
Tandem Madrid @ Lola09
Wednesdays 20:00 · Lola09, Chueca. Organiser: Tandem Madrid. Free entry.