A Rayo Vallecano fan enjoys one of the most unique vantage points for watching his team’s matches without leaving home. While the TV in the living room shows a 2-0 victory for the home team, a quick walk...
White rice is one of those recipes that everyone seems to know how to make. A pot, water, rice, and a few minutes of cooking. It is to those who uphold this dogma that renowned Madrid chef Juanjo López Be...
Madrid will once again come together around soccer this summer. Plaza de Colón is the venue chosen to watch Spain’s matches live at the 2026 World Cup, thanks to a giant screen installed by the Royal Span...
Ordering a beer in Madrid and getting the bill without a shock has become a challenge. The chalkboards with affordable prices are disappearing in favor of Baos, the bar that boasts of having authentic tor...
In the late 19th century, the capital’s cultural and aristocratic elite shared a café table with an unusual guest. He wore neither a top hat nor a noble title. His passport to high society was sheer self-...
The asphalt wasn’t always there. Between the 1940s and 1960s, thousands of people arrived from Extremadura, Andalusia, and La Mancha to settle on agricultural land in the southwest of the Usera district....
Leganitos Street and the area around Plaza España are home to a small number of restaurants that form a sort of Chinatown. Among the options, there is one spot that can boast of being one of the Madrid establishments...
Just as the soul of a pasta dish lies in the pasta itself (and not so much in the sauce), it makes sense to say that the soul of any taco lies in its base. And it’s no less true that for years, the dough...
There are endless ways to explore Madrid. Perhaps as many as there are people who live in or visit the city. Some can be squeezed into a morning, a long after-dinner chat, or a simple aimless stroll. Others are one-of-a...
Flor's secret (if there is one) lies in its ability to combine three passions—all beginning with v—in a single space. The first "v" stands for vinyl records, which are the musical soul of the place. There are no imperso...