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The Madrid intercambio week: a free language exchange every night
We mapped Madrid’s free bar-based language exchanges across the week — when, where, who runs them, and how pop…
Newcomers picnic in Retiro 🧺
New in the city? So is half this picnic.
Las Expateñas — expat women in Madrid (30s)
Las Expateñas. A welcoming circle of expat women in their 30s meeting for coffee, dinners and city plans.
Your first 48 hours in Madrid
A short list, in order, of what to actually do first.
The August thing nobody warns you about
Half the city leaves. Here is how to enjoy the half that stays.
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.
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.
Parque del Retiro
Madrid's back garden: rowing boats, a glass palace and a lot of shade.
Templo de Debod at sunset
A real Egyptian temple, given to Spain, facing the best sunset in the city.
Sunday vermut
The city's actual Sunday ritual, and it is cheap.
Veranos de la Villa
The city's summer festival: music, film and theatre, July to August.
Noche de San Juan
Bonfires and the shortest night, 23 June.
La Asunción — Assumption
National holiday in the middle of the quietest month.
Fiestas de la Almudena
The city's November fiesta, around its patroness.
La Almudena — Madrid's patroness
City holiday, with a mass and a procession from the cathedral.
Barrio by barrio: where to stay, drink and live
An honest guide to Madrid neighbourhoods.
Madrid Río
10km of riverside park where an urban motorway used to be.
Matadero Madrid
A converted slaughterhouse that is now the best free cultural space in the city.
Museo de Historia de Madrid
Always free, always empty, genuinely interesting.
Se Habla Español intercambio
Tuesdays 21:00 · El Estudio, La Latina. Organiser: Servando group. Beer from €2
AFTERHIKE 30–40 — rutas y tapas
AFTERHIKE 30-40. Sunday hikes not too far from the city for the 30–40 crowd, finishing with tapas. Occasional …
Day trip: Toledo
City guides. A plan worth a full day: Toledo’s Christian, Muslim and Jewish heritage, 30–60 minutes from Madri…