Every year, Madrid gets dressed for Christmas in the form of thousands and thousands of twinkling lights all down the main streets of the city. On days like Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and the 5th of January (Three Kings Day), the lights will be on well into the night, and on other days between
At the National Anthropology Museum, on Friday the 16th of December, there will be a performance entitled “Afrolyrics: Poetry to the Rhythm of the Drum.” It is described as the fusion of poetry and African percussion music. The presentation combines visceral sound with mental and emotional words to create a performance. It will take place
If you have moved to Madrid and still have questions about the day-to-day life here or about the legal steps necessary to live here, the offices of Madrid Convive may be a way to clarify your concerns. Located in the center of Madrid and also in an office in Carabanchel, Madrid Convive runs Municipal Offices
In between the Iglesia and Bilbao metro stops on the light-blue line 1 metro, there is an abandoned station that was once the Chamberí metro station. Now, you cannot get off the metro train there, but if you walk to the station you can enter ¨Platform Zero¨or Anden 0, an interpretative center about the history
While the metro system is a strong choice and owning your own car is sometimes a necessity, there are also times when you could use a car but don’t have one in Madrid. A way to improve your mobility while not wasting energy is with amovens.com, a new site for coordinating carpool groups. The site
