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Everything on the board — events, plans, places, tour maps, intercambios and guides.
Your first 48 hours in Madrid
A short list, in order, of what to actually do first.
How to read a menú del día
The €14 lunch that tourists walk straight past.
The August thing nobody warns you about
Half the city leaves. Here is how to enjoy the half that stays.
Your first week in Madrid: a checklist
SIM card, bank, empadronamiento, and the things that will bite you.
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.
Tapas crawl: five bars, Lavapiés
One caña and one tapa in each. Bring €20.
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.
100 Montaditos — Euromanía
Nearly the whole menu at €1, Wednesdays and Sundays.
Veranos de la Villa
The city's summer festival: music, film and theatre, July to August.
Cine Doré (Filmoteca Española)
€3 films in an art nouveau cinema. The best-value evening in Madrid.
Meet & Speak intercambio
Wednesdays 21:00 · Calle 365, Calle Echegaray 18. Organiser: Meet & Speak. Free entry.
Day trips from Madrid by train
Toledo, Segovia, El Escorial and Alcalá — how and what it costs.
Barrio by barrio: where to stay, drink and live
An honest guide to Madrid neighbourhoods.
Mirador de la Cornisa (Las Vistillas)
A small park with the best cheap view in Madrid.
Open-air cinema at La Bombilla
Films under the trees, summer evenings, cheap tickets.
Cañas y Conversación
Tuesdays 20:00 · Carmencita Bar, near Noviciado metro. Organiser: Carmencita Bar. Bellinis €1
Menú del día — the everyday deal
Weekdays ~13:00–16:00. The set lunch: starter, main, drink and often dessert for roughly €12–15 at ordinary re…
Beer buckets and cheap jarras
The student-budget standby, any night.
Día del Espectador at the cinema
Most chains discount one weekday, usually Wednesday.
Azotea del Círculo de Bellas Artes
The rooftop everyone recommends. It earns it.
Mercado de San Fernando
Lavapiés market where the neighbourhood actually shops and eats.