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Holy Week 2026 in Madrid is gearing up for its three central days (known as the Easter Triduum): Holy Thursday (April 2), Good Friday (April 3), and Holy Saturday (April 4). And on that first day, some of the most&helli...
Madrid regains its most literary café. With over 135 years of history and after a five-month closure for renovations, Café Gijón reopens its doors, allowing the city to regain one of its most iconic landmarks. Since its...
This Holy Week, not all supermarkets in Madrid will operate the same way, so it’s good to know which ones you can go to if you run out of bread, ice, or torrijas at the last minute. Between Holy Thursday…...
Madrid is building a new wildlife overpass, covered in soil and plants, that will span the M-607 so that animals can cross the road without risking their lives. It will have no cars or asphalt, only holm oaks, broom, ro...
The scene could easily be that of a period garden in a Shonda Rhimes series: geometric terraces, marble sculptures, fountains, staircases, and, above all, pergolas and walls covered in blooming wisteria. But there&rsquo...
Connections between Madrid and the United States continue to grow. Since Sunday, March 29, Iberia has been operating its first direct flight between Barajas and Newark Liberty Airport in New York. With this addition, th...
With a forecast of good weather, the 2026 Holy Week celebrations in Madrid are shaping up to be a worry-free event, with no concerns regarding the possibility of the large processions and floats taking place—which...
A metro extension that results in poorer connections and mobility for some passengers seems like a paradox, but it is the situation that residents of the Sanchinarro, Pinar de Chamartín, and Virgen del Cortijo neighborh...
You no longer need to travel to Japan to find the famous manhole covers with artistic designs. Madrid, to mark the 175th anniversary of the Canal de Isabel II, will also feature 50 custom manhole covers depicting images...
For years, the neighborhood has been fighting for this, and it is finally going to become a reality: the residents of the Rejas neighborhood (San Blas-Canillejas) will have a commuter train station. This week, Adif put...
