Tom
@tom_teaches · joined 26 Jul 2026 · seen 1mo ago
🏡 Expat / resident
🌍 from Manchester, UK
📍 Lavapiés
English teacher, six years in Madrid. Cambridge and IELTS prep, and honest conversation practice over coffee. Ask me anything about the paperwork, I have suffered all of it.
Speaks:
Learning:
📋 Their Madrid list
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Day trips from Madrid by train
City Info · 📍 Outside Madrid
planning
✅
Your first week in Madrid: a checklist
City Info · 📍 Sol / Centro
planning
🚇
Getting around Madrid: metro, bus and what it costs
City Info · 📍 Sol / Centro
planning
🎾
Padel Tuesdays — always one short
Sport & Move · 📍 Arganzuela / Delicias
going
~€5
🎲
Thursday board games near Tribunal
Nightlife · 📍 Malasaña
going
Drinks only
📚
English with a Mancunian — business & exam prep
Language · 📍 Lavapiés
planning
€18/hr
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Sunday walking intercambio in Retiro
Language · 📍 Retiro
going
🎁 Free
🎸
Malasaña & Chueca: the modern Madrid walk
Tour Maps · 📍 Malasaña
planning
🎁 Free
🍸
Azotea del Círculo de Bellas Artes
Nightlife · 📍 Sol / Centro
planning
€5 entry + drinks
☕
La Bicicleta Café
Work & Nomad · 📍 Malasaña
planning
€3–12
🚴
Madrid Río
Parks & Views · 📍 Madrid Río
planning
🎁 Free
🍽️
Mercado de San Fernando
Cheap Eats · 📍 Lavapiés
planning
€10–15
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Matadero Madrid
Free Madrid · 📍 Arganzuela / Delicias
planning
🎁 Free
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Parque del Retiro
Free Madrid · 📍 Retiro
planning
🎁 Free
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Museo de Historia de Madrid
Museums & Art · 📍 Malasaña
planning
🎁 Free
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Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Museums & Art · 📍 Sol / Centro
planning
€13 / free Mondays
📣 Hosting
👥 Groups
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Madrid Intercambio Crew
Weekly language exchanges around the centre — free, friendly, all levels.
💬 Language · 👥 4
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Madrid Remote Workers
Cafés with plugs, coworking day passes, and coffee-shop coworking meetups.
💻 Work & Nomad · 👥 4
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Madrid Río Runners
Slow, social, conversational running along the river. Croissants are mandatory.
⚽ Sport & Move · 👥 4