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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…
Retiro Running crew
Retiro Running. Free crew that runs Tue/Thu evenings (20:00 summer, 18:30 winter) and Sundays at 10:00, meetin…
Reina Sofía — free entry hours
Mon & Wed–Sat 19:00–21:00, Sun 12:30–14:30. Free entry to the Reina Sofía on Mon and Wed–Sat 19:00–21:00, and …
National Archaeological Museum — free hours
Sat from 14:00, Sun morning. Free entry to the MAN on Saturday afternoons (from 14:00) and Sunday mornings.
Making friends in Madrid when your Spanish is bad
The honest version, from people who have done it.
Año Nuevo — New Year's Day
National holiday. Almost everything is shut.
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.
Sunday walking intercambio in Retiro
One lap in English, one lap in Spanish, coffee after.
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.
Sunday vermut
The city's actual Sunday ritual, and it is cheap.
100 Montaditos — Euromanía
Nearly the whole menu at €1, Wednesdays and Sundays.
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.
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.
Barrio by barrio: where to stay, drink and live
An honest guide to Madrid neighbourhoods.
Slow Sunday run along Madrid Río
5–7km at conversational pace, croissants after.
Open padel morning — all levels welcome
Courts booked, rackets available, split four ways.
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 …