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Everything on the board — events, plans, places, tour maps, intercambios and guides.
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…
Big intercambio night — six tables, Malasaña
Fifty-odd people, tables by language, free entry.
How to read a menú del día
The €14 lunch that tourists walk straight past.
Making friends in Madrid when your Spanish is bad
The honest version, from people who have done it.
Reyes — Epiphany
The day Spanish children actually get their presents.
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.
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.
Cine Doré (Filmoteca Española)
€3 films in an art nouveau cinema. The best-value evening in Madrid.
Malasaña & Chueca: the modern Madrid walk
Street art, record shops, the 1980s Movida, and where to stop for a caña.
Spanish that actually sticks — ELE certified, Chamberí
Small groups and 1-to-1, real conversation from day one.