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hey only went and won it! Yes, just in case you hadn't heard, on 11 July Spain beat Holland 1-0 to lift the World Cup, prompting wild celebrations on the streets of Madrid the like of which the city has never seen tel: 91 523 30 91 before, nor is ever likely to see again (you only win the email: World Cup for the first time once, after all). Overleaf you editor@in-madrid.com can find Jeff Wiseman's account of the two nights of festivities, as people filled the streets to set off fireworks, climb street furniture and jump into fountains after the final whistle, then repeated it all again the following night as the players toured the centre on an open-top bus. Also in our scorchingly hot August issue, we discover cool spots to find quality beer in the city, take a stroll along the newly landscaped banks of the River Manzanares and ask the city's foreign residents what they miss about their home countries while living in Madrid. There's plenty more besides, so get stuck in!
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Two nights of triumph On 11 July Spain won the World Cup and around Madrid celebrations erupted, continuing the following evening as the players returned. Jeff Wiseman reports on how events unfolded on Paseo de Castellana, while InMadrid contributors capture some unforgettable scenes espite the thousands of people lining Paseo de la Castellana, the atmosphere initially appeared a little muted. Vantage points become a priority, with people climbing trees, bus shelters, kiosks and each other. There’s a shortage of action in Johannesburg, and of toilets along Castellana. After 90 minutes the most apparent fact is that most of the Dutch team have been booked. The crowds get edgy in extra time—will it go to penalties? Suddenly, minute 116 changes everything. Spain score and all hell breaks loose. People hug and kiss complete strangers. Was it Villa’s goal? “There’s only one David Villa” sings the crowd. It turns out to be Iniesta’s. The big screens are obscured by everyone’s flags. They think it’s all over… …it is now! Four minutes later the final whistle blows and all hell breaks loose again. A man dressed in just a pair of shorts produces a selection of fireworks and almost blows several people into a side street. It doesn’t matter. Spain are world champions! Castellana is a sea of red and yellow. Everyone is taking photos or using their mobiles. The most popular phone comment is “I can’t hear you.” It’s all smoke, song and celebration. “We are the champions” and “Y Viva Espana” are musts, and everyone is chanting “Yo soy Español”, even though many obviously aren’t. Come 3.30am, the streets are still teeming with people and cars full of flagwavers honking their horns. The vuvuzelablowers are now almost breathless, and sound like herds of dying elephants. “Campeones” echoes around the sky, again and again and again. Opinions differ, but the afternoon after the night before either one million, two million or the entire population of Spain turn out to welcome the victorious Spanish team. Following meetings with the Spanish royal family and Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the players and staff board an open-top bus to go on a 5km parade through the city, culminating in the Plataforma del Rey by the newly landscaped river banks near Príncipe Pío. Everyone keeps partying… the waving of millions of hands resulting from one single wave of euphoria.
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August music festivals El Subterraneo Throughout August, the Costello Club near Gran Vía will be hosting El Subterraneo—an initiative to support Spanish independent record labels. Those involved in the project include Nooirax Productions and Algoenblanco, both based in Madrid, and La Produktiva from Barcelona. Among the bands and DJs playing are Phoneless, Trigger, Bleach, Modoluk Trio, Breton Armada, Presidente & Gallina, Mala Cabeza and El Sobrina de Diablo. El Subterraneo, Costello Club, C/Caballero de Gracia, 10 (Metro: Gran Vía). 2–29 Aug. See www.costelloclub.com for more information. Aquasella This dance music festival in Arriondas, Asturias, will have you strutting your stuff to the hottest techno, house, hard tech and Schranz music. Headlining artists include Sven Väth, Dubfire, Dave Clarke, Vitalic, Luciano, Lee Van Dowski, Luke Slater, Ben Sims, Robert Hood, Rob Hall and Scan 7 to name but a few. There is also a VIP area, where for an extra 50 a day you can enjoy the party in ultra-comfort. Aquasella, Arriondas, Asturias. 6-7 Aug. Tickets: 40 for one-day pass, 65 for two days. www.aquasella.com Playmusic Scottish band Teenage Fanclub will headline this festival, playing tracks from their new album Shadows. Other performers include Aquasella Spanish indie rockers Pias Nites, French electro outfit Rinôçérôse and Iván Ferreiro (former lead singer of Los Piratas). There will also be video art installations and movies from the Almería en Corto short film festival. Playmusic, Recinto Ferial, Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Campohermoso, Nijár, Almería. 7 Aug. Tickets: 15 in advance, 25 on the day. www.playmusicfest.com Sonorama Held in Aranda de Duero, Burgos, this festival offers an impressive line-up of almost 60 international and national artists including Brett Anderson, The Raveonettes, Los Planetas, The Sounds, Los Punsettes, Love of Lesbian, Loquillo, Sidonie, Teenage Fan Club at Playmusic Delorean and Arizona Baby. Sonorama, Aranda de Duero, Burgos. 12-14 Aug. Tickets: 50 including camping. www.sonorama-aranda.com.
Electro Beach A taste of Ibiza comes to Benidorm this August with the Electro Beach party. Taking place on Levante beach, this electrifying music festival features top DJs Cristian Varela, Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox and the legendary Sven Väth. Other venues include the Mirador del Castillo, which hosts the sunset sessions for a more relaxed tempo and offers spectacular views over the Mediterranean. Electro Beach, various locations, Benidorm, Alicante. 26-28 Aug. Tickets: 30. www.electrobeachfestival.com
This Is War! This exhibition brings together the work of pioneer photojournalist Robert Capa and his partner Gerda Taro. It includes over 250 of their most shocking and thoughtprovoking images from the Spanish Civil War, as well as Capa’s solo efforts from the Chinese Resistance and World War II. Some of these were displayed on the front pages of the most important magazines and newspapers of their day, while others have never been published before.
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August fiestas Every August there are fiestas in and around La Latina in honour of the patron saints San Cayetano, San Lorenzo and Virgin La Paloma. Locals dress up in traditional 19th-century costume, decorate the streets and enjoy live music and dance. These popular celebrations involve religious processions in the evening leaving from churches on Calle Embajadores, Calle de Salitre and Calle La Paloma. On 15 August a statue of the Virgin La Paloma is paraded through the streets to cries of “Guapa!”
Fiestas of San Cayetano (7 Aug), San Lorenzo (10 Aug) and Virgen de la Paloma (15 Aug). Various streets, churches and plazas around La Latina. Free.
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This is War!, Círculo de Belles Artes, C/Alcalá, 42 (Metro: Banco España). Tue-Sat 11am-2pm, 5-9pm; Sun and holidays 11am-2pm. 1. Until 5 Sept. www.circulobellasartes.com This Is War!: Boy Wearing Cap of the FAI
Fescinal 2010 This outdoor film festival in the Parque de la Bombilla offers a wide selection of titles released in the last year, as well as some classics, all in their original version. Celda 211, Agora, REC 2, El Cónsul de Sodoma, Pájaros de Papel, El Baile de la Victoria and Yo También are just a few of the screenings. There are also talks by Spanish film directors. Fescinal 2010, Parque de la Bombilla, Avda Valladolid s/n. Until 5 Sept. Tickets: 5, 45 for 10 sessions. www.veranosdelavilla.esmadrid.com
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Madrid Summer Cinema Various venues including the Terraza del Centro Cultural Paco Rabal—Palomeras Bajas and the Casa Museo Lope de Vega. Screenings in August include Monsters vs. Aliens, El Lince Perdido, Camino and Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino. Madrid Summer Cinema, various venues. Until 14 Sept. Tickets: free/various. See www.madrid.org/cinedeverano A Través Del Espejo La Casa Encendida has a series of open-air screenings featuring films inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, including Jacques Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating, Louis Malle’s The Unicorn, Buñuel’s The Phantom of Liberty, The Science of Sleep by Michel Gondry, and Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits. A Través Del Espejo, La Casa Encendida, Ronda de Valencia, 2 (Metro: Lavapiés/Embajadores). Until 28 Aug. Tickets: 2. www.lacasaencendida.es
Festival Undergranizado Held in Madrid’s famous Gruta 77, this features performances from Gatonieve, La Orquesta de la Primavera Luz del Dia and Modoluk Trio (13 August), plus Fira Fem and Los Teleplasticos (14 August). Undergranizado Festival, Gruta 77, C/Cuclillo, 6, esquina Nicolás Morales (Metro: Oporto). 13-14 Aug. Tickets: 7. www.gruta77.com
Open-air cinema
Head down to Casa de Campo (Metro: Lago) on a Sunday afternoon and buy a big plate of South American food from one of the many BBQs set up near the lake.
August is the last month to enjoy Fiestas verbena Photo: (CC) Flickr/Antonio_Tajuelo this Madrid culture fest. A packed programme includes performances for every taste including classical, soul and jazz from artists such as Monique McDonald, Lou Marini and fado singer Carlos do Carmo; dance from the Russian National Ballet; a Flamenco-style production of Carmen; a zarzuela version of the Barber of Seville, as well as theatre and cinema for all age groups.
Veranos de la Villa 2010. Venues throughout the city. Until 31 Aug. See www.veranosdelavilla.esmadrid.com
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WHY THE PSYCHIC OCTOPUS GOT IT RIGHT
After Paul the psychic octopus’s World Cup performance, InMadrid’s “Strange But True” department decided to dig a little deeper and uncovered some positively eerie facts about the Spanish squad. Jeff Wiseman reports 1
Octopuses are commonly associated with the number eight. Spain scored eight goals to win the World Cup. In the final, they had eight corner kicks, and eight shots on target. Only seven capital cities have experienced a World Cup winning night. Madrid is the eighth.
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Biologically, an octopus has two eyes and four pairs of arms. When he’s in goal, it often appears Casillas has the same.
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An octopus’s camouflage is aided by specialised skin cells that can change collour. These “chromatophores” contain pigments that include the colours red and yellow. Red and yellow? That recalls a certain flag...
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In laborattory experiments, octopuses can be trained to distinguish between different shapes and patterns. No wonder Spain knew dropping Torres to combat Germany’s 4-2-3-1 formation would work so well.
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An octopus does not form a mental image of the overall shape of the object it is handling. While other teams struggled to cope with the Jabulani ball, Spain didn’t stop to think...
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Octopuse es have limited hearing. The vuvuzuelas may have bothered other teams, but Spain...
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Most octopuses have no internal or external skeleton Ever wondered how Iniesta managed to squeeze between those defenders so easily?
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The largest specimen of an octopus to be scientifically documented was one with a live mass of 71kgg. Which is about the same weight as Sergio Ramos.
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The Latin name for the only species of octopus that grows a large head of hair is Octopi puyolus. Actually, we’re just kidding with that one.
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Madrid Kills me By Peter Domankiewicz
Caught out by the sun Feeling permanently tired and stressed? Even the tiniest problem makes you irritable? Suffering from headaches, exhaustion and night sweats? Do you feel drawn towards sitting on terrazas sipping cold beer at the kind of hour you should be tucked up in bed? You’re clearly exhibiting MSS (Madrid Summer Syndrome). Being an English lad I always thought that the British were the most tedious people on Earth for constantly talking about the weather. But having passed a few years here, I am happy to concede the Gold Medal for Statement of the Bloody Obvious to Madrileños. I mean at least the British have something to talk about in summer e.g. “Well, it was ever so grey this morning but it brightened up nicely around lunchtime. Mind you, I think we’re in for a downpour before the day’s out.” Whereas the standard conversational opener around these parts is “Ufff! Que Calor!”, said in a manner to imply the wholly unexpected arrival of unforeseeable freak weather conditions. In truth, it was hot last year, the year before that and down through the centuries. It is ALWAYS hot in Madrid in summer, the only variations being between hot, very hot, insufferably hot and mind-buggeringly hot. In the UK, weather forecasting is a mug’s game, given that it is so capricious and variable that whatever you say everybody’s going to end up hating you. In Spain, however, they could chop five minutes off the news in summer by just placing a large sun symbol over the entire Iberian peninsula and getting back to doing their Sudoku and planning cosmetic surgery. Given the incontestable inevitability of the arrival of extended heat every year, you’d expect the Madrileños to be old hands at dealing with it, with a host of tricks up their sleeves. Nothing of the sort. They are as hopeless and lost as a toddler abandoned in a pushchair in the middle of the Sahara while its parents go off to have a nice hot cup of tea. In Córdoba or Granada, people do the sensible thing, proved the world over—ventilate the house at night and then when the temperature starts to rise in the day, close the windows and shutters to stay cooler until nightfall. Not my long-term Madrid flatmate/landlady. Her strategy is the following: at midday, when you start to feel hot, open as many windows and doors as possible and let in a heatwave of epic proportions while declaring “Hay una brisa!” (there’s a breeze). Pointing out that a breeze of 38ºC cannot possibly refresh an apartment where the temperature was formerly 29ºC only hardens her Canute-like rejection of the basic laws of thermodynamics. On the other hand, when you’re heading home in the early hours after going out because it was too hot to sleep, thinking “Aaah, at least the house will be fresher now”, you could be in for a nasty shock. I’ve entered many times to find my flatmate in bed and the place shut up like a safe, trapping a repulsive calorazo that carries the faint whiff of roasting human flesh. Check out I wish I could say she was a one-off, but in my experience photographs, that heat catches them out every time. drawings and unedited films related to Italian film director Federico Fellini at the free El Circo de las Ilusiones exhibition at CaixaForum (Paseo del Prado, 36)
Marty Delfín dissects the past month’s news headlines
Metro chaos
the 5-per cent salary slash would remain in effect. More than 60 per cent of the membership voted to call off the strike. The paycut would mean those making 2,000 a month would see their wages drop by 20.
Tens of thousands of Madrileños were left stranded on 29 and 30 June when striking metro employees surprised city officials and shut the entire underground system for two consecutive days. The strike, which had been previously announced, was only to affect half of the Spanish capital’s underground rail service. However, angry metro workers decided to take it a peg higher. The whole city came to a halt as commuters sought to find other means of transportation. Buses were jammed pack, taxis scarce and car drivers, who wouldn’t normally use their vehicles for daily jaunts, were forced to take them out on to the congested streets. Others decided to walk to work under the 30ºC-plus sun. The metro unions are protesting the decision by Esperanza Aguirre’s regional government to include the metro’s 7,300 employees among public workers who got a 5-per cent wage cut due to belt-tightening measures. The unions argue that their metro members’ salaries should not be cut because the workers are not public employees, but the regional government begs to differ. Throughout July, the metro was running with at least 50-per
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After months of bitter allegations and angry denials, on 15 July a judge investigating charges of political espionage by members of Madrid’s regional government ordered a temporary stay and shelving of the proceedings. Investigative Judge Carmen Valcarce said it couldn’t be determined how much public money, if any, had been used to spy on public officials. The spook case first broke last year Manuel Cobo when El País newspaper reported that aides to Esperanza Aguirre, the Partido Popular regional government chief, ordered security agents in 2008 to tail Madrid Deputy Mayor Manuel Cobo and former deputy regional premier Alfredo Prada. The two officials were seen as rivals of Aguirre, who was trying to wrest control of the PP after the party’s defeat in the general election. A bitter internal battle, which continues today, ensued between her and Madrid Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón. Both Cobo and Prada are seen as backers of Gallardón. Following the filing of civil lawsuits by Cobo and Prada, Judge Valcarce opened an inquiry in which she took testimony from dozens of witnesses and ordered the tracking of mobile phones used by security agents to determine what their positions were at the time the two officials were tailed. The lawsuits alleged that then-Madrid security director Sergio Gamón set up a surveillance team of former civil guard officers to keep tabs on their meetings and day-to-day activities. Gamón, a former bodyguard to Aguirre when she served in Congress and as Culture Minister, resigned June 23 after his former wife Yolanda Laviana told El País that her ex-husband was tailing politicians on the orders of Aguirre’s
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cent service on an average of two days per week. Although the trains were infrequent and often overcrowded, the public transportation situation was not nearly as bad as during the last days of June. On 19 July the unions voted to end the nearly month-long strike by accepting the government’s final offer—a one percent across the board wage cut or, in case workers rejected it,
current deputy premier and Prada’s successor, Ignacio González. Laviana was fired from her job as executive secretary to the president of Telemadrid just hours before Gamón handed in his resignation. Despite the fact that Judge Valcarce found that one of Aguirre’s employees, José Manuel Pinto, did take notes on the whereabouts and daily activities of Cobo and Prada, she said that “to follow a person is not a crime.” Ruling that there was “insufficient evidence” that the regional government used public resources (vehicles and so on) for conducting espionage, Valcarce explained “even if it had occurred, given the laxity and vagueness, it would be impossible for the defendants to determine an amount” for indemnity.
In what the PSOE government calls a diplomatic coup, the first wave of Cuban political prisoners began arriving in Madrid on 12 July to begin a new life with their families following an historic agreement between Spain, Cuba’s communist regime and the Catholic Church in Havana. The prisoners are part of the socalled Group of 75, who were corralled by the communist regime during a crackdown in spring 2003 and handed prison senMoratinos Photo: © PSOE tences of up to 28 years for crimes against the Revolution. Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos flew to Havana on 5 July to meet with Cuban President Raúl Castro and Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega to hammer out an agreement that allowed for the inmates to be released, put on a plane, and flown to Madrid. Under the accord, some 52 prisoners are expected to be released, but only those who choose to leave the island will be allowed to settle in Spain. Still, Moratinos said that hundreds of people are expected to arrive because the former inmates’ families will also be allowed to immigrate. T H E E N G L I S H - L A N G U A G E M O N T H LY
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Sun A golden suntan is the mission for many on their summer holidays and here in Madrid there are plenty of key hot sunbathing spots where you can top up your tan undisturbed. The Retiro Park and the Parque Juan Carlos are two obvious places for bronzing. You can take advantage of the many grassy areas or benches dotted around, lie back on your beach towel and soak up some rays. Another key sunbathing spot is along the River Manzanares where the Madrid Río construction project (see p8) is landscaping the banks with a series of parks and gardens. Work is still ongoing near Puerta de Toledo, but if you head along to the area around the Puente de Segovia and Príncipe Pío, you can set up camp on the grass or on one of the many benches that line the riverside path. If you’re willing to splash out, head up on the roof. Both the Hotel Emperador (Gran Vía, 53) and the Room Mate Oscar (Plaza Vázquez de Mella, 12) in Chueca have swish rooftop pools where you can lounge around and take in some great views of the city. Prices start from 30 at the Emperador, while entry to the Room Mate Oscar pool costs 40 with towel rental—though there is a rooftop bar next to the pool which is free to enter. Finally, you’re not allowed to go nude in the public parks, but there are pools around the city that allow you to get an all-over tan. Canal Isabel II (Avenida Filipinas, no. 54) and Barrio del Pilar (Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 13) both have nudist areas.
Sea After all that sun, you’ll want to take a refreshing dip to cool off. OK, the nearest sea is a three-hour drive away, but there are plenty of open-air public pools around the city, open every day from 11am to 9pm. Just outside the centre there’s also the city’s two Aquópolis water parks for real aquatic fun.
Casa de Campo Next to Lago metro in the Casa de Campo, you can find one of the city’s most luxurious public pool complexes spread out over several acres. Here you can soak up the sun, but there are also plenty of shady areas where you can rest in between swims. You’ll also find a snack bar and cafeteria selling cold drinks (including ice cold beer and sangria) and ice creams. Paseo Puerta del Angel, 7 (Metro: Lago). Tel: 91 463 00 50. Open daily 11am-9pm. Entry: 4.35.
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size and children’s pools. It is surrounded by trees, a sunbathing terrace and a grassy area. There is also a volleyball court on site and a cafe/bar. Topless sunbathing is permitted. Francos Rodríguez, C/Numancia, 1 (Metro: Francos Rodríguez). Tel: 91 459 98 71. Open daily 11am-9pm. Entry: 4.35.
Centro Deportivo Municipal La Elipa Here you will find five different swimming pools, one with a water slide. There are grass areas, a restaurant and sun-
Ojalá Awareness Club For a bite to eat on the beach, head to Malasaña—really! The basement of Ojalá has cushions to sit on, low tables for eating and, brilliantly, a sand-covered floor! The menu is varied, featuring tapas and salads, coffees and cocktails, plus there’s also WiFi. The beach experience without the risk of sunburn! C/San Andrés, 1 (Metro: Tribunal). Tel: 91 523 27 47.
La Musa Latina Set in the heart of La Latina, this is another trendy bar with a sandy dance-floor in the basement. A varied and reasonably priced menu boasts refreshing cocktails, breakfast dishes, salads and snacks. There’s also a decent menú del dia for 11.Costanilla de San Andrés, 12 (Metro: La Latina). Tel: 91 354 02 55.
BBQ And what about a barbecue on the beach? Although an outdoor BBQ isn’t really an option in the city, there are specially dedicated food outlets to cater to your needs.
Alfredo’s Barbacoa Located in the Salamanca area, Alfredo’s serves up tasty delights such as burgers, kebabs and baked potatoes. Open since 1981, it is one of the most popular BBQ restaurants, frequently visited by locals and tourists. The menu is extensive and reasonably priced, including desserts and sangria. C/Lagasca, 5 (Metro: Retiro). Tel: 91 576 62 71. bathing areas. You will also find plenty to keep you entertained and fit, including baseball and football pitches, racquet ball and tennis courts, a beach volleyball court and more. Prices are reasonable. Acceso Parque de La Elipa, 6 (Metro: Estrella). Tel: 91 430 35 11.
Aquópolis Villanueva de la Cañada Madrid’s most famous water park offers a wide range of ways for you to get wet and have fun, including slides, boats, waterfalls, rapids and more, plus grass and picnic areas. There’s also another Aquópolis to the south of the city in San Fernando de Henares, see www.aquopolis.es for more information. Calle de la Mirasierra, s/n, Villanueva de la Cañada (Cercania C-8: Las Rozas, Bus: Line 623, 627, 581). Tel: 90 234 50 06. Open Mon-Fri noon-7pm; Sat, Sun, noon-8pm. Entry: 22.95, children 17.50. www.aquopolis.es
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Bar Hawaiano
Head to Bar Hawaiano for a taste of Hawaii in Madrid. Located on Plaza de Santa Ana, it offers a true Hawaiian experience, decked out in rattan walls and wooden furniture, with relaxing ocean music. The cocktail menu is vast and varied, and cocktails are served in smoking giant volcanos, with extra long straws. Light tapas are also available. Plaza de Santa Ana, 23 (Metro: Antón Martín). Tel: 91 429 70 62.
Delic This La Latina cocktail bar offers an alternative ambience, incorporating 1950s retro, with a fashionable diner. Gather some friends, park yourselves on the terrace (open from noon until midnight) and sample the delicious and refreshing cocktails. The perfect remedy to a hot summer’s day. The bar also features a reasonably priced international menu. Costanilla de San Andrés, 14 (Metro: La Latina). Tel: 91 364 54 50. AUGUST 2010
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Take me to the river The city’s Manzanares river used to be considered a joke by most Madrileños, barely more than a putrid stream. Not any more, says Elizabeth Ellis. As years of investment come to fruition, its newly clear waters and greened, pedestrianised banks make it a perfect place for a Sunday afternoon stroll. Photos: Jonathan Buffard
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hen you’re having that old, never-ending argument between where’s best to live, Barcelona or Madrid, there’s one argument Catalan-loving expats can always floor you with: “We have the sea.” But, you reply, “we have a river”. At which point everyone falls on the floor laughing and you realise that as an argument, citing the Manzanares as a river really holds no, er, water.
An apprentice stream Over the years, the Manzanares has been the butt of many jokes. Goya’s washerwomen may have happily aired their dirty laundry there, but this trickle of a river has not had much to recommend it. In fact, the renowned writer Quevedo dismissed it as an “apprentice stream”— “Manzanares, Manzanares, arroyo aprendiz de río”—and apart from being the final resting place for the city’s rubbish over the centuries, it has served little purpose in the daily life of Madrileños. After a nice spot to take a paseo? Head to Retiro. A cool place to picnic on those hot summer afternoons? Then it’s the Sierra. The river it most definitely is not. Or is it? Thanks to our trusty alcalde, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, all that is changing. And indeed, some of it has already changed. When I first visited the city
While any early morning commuter will tell you the tunnels are not a delight to drive through—and the fact that 40 per cent of all speeding fines in Madrid come from them does little to endear them—the impact they have made on the area around the river certainly is impressive. By 2007, a six-kilometre swathe of land had become free of traffic, the most significant being the area around the historic Puente de Segovia, with its nine columns majestically striding the water below. A whole new world of possibilities had opened up for the “apprentice”.
The river project Which is how the Madrid Rio project came into being. With the redevelopment, Gallardón and his buddies decided to totally transform the city around the
er’s—or cyclist’s—paradise. A true green lung for the city. Large, wide paseos finally gave the city what it was lacking—a river walkway—and with the redbrick puente reflected in the clear water, it makes for a beautiful sight. Journeying down from Los Franceses, the next bridge you will encounter is the Puente del Rey, which joins the city to the Casa del Campo. From this point, the changes to the riverside are truly dramatic. Now more than 3.5 kilometres of space is given over purely to pedestrians—with not one car in this vehicle-loving country allowed! While once you could barely see the bridge for vehicles, now it has regained its position as the entrance to the former royal hunting grounds. (The new walkways are also wheelchair friendly). What’s more, the Ayuntamiento has created the Plataforma del Rey, a new space dedicated to the celebration of all things cultural and artistic. In June, it held the Solar Decathlon Europe, which saw 17 universities compete to design, build and operate an eco-friendly house, while in July it played host to the city’s World Cup celebrations (see p4). All that on top of an amazing view of Madrid’s historic centre, with the Plaza de España and the Palacio Real dominating. Around here, you also pass through the first of several Salón de Pinos, areas that
Wider and flowing, it can be a beautiful sight—and there’s no longer the interesting smell that used to accompany it. Around the Puente de Segovia, it has been taken off into small lakes, with the water looking highly appealing in the heat. So appealing, in fact, that several teenagers were enjoying a dip. But be warned, if you’re caught, you’ll be fined. The water is for the fish only. Yup, there’s fish: as well as widening the river, part of the Madrid Rio project has been to clean up the water and on the day I went for a walk, I saw several fish swimming happily—although the one that had been caught by the fisherman nearby didn’t look too amused. It was a fine, big beast and the fisherman was clearly pleased with his catch, which he photographed before, I’m pleased to report, placing it back into the depths to join its mates. The walkways continue meandering down and round and it’s incredible to think you are so close to the city centre. Sol is a mere 20-minute walk away. With ducks and birds all around, the river has truly become a getaway from the hectic life of the city. By the time I arrived at the Puente del Y—the new Yshaped bridge—and started the walk back to the centre, I felt truly refreshed, if a little foot-weary. The development is
The perfect place for a Sunday evening stroll
The view across the river to Príncipe Pío
The Salón de Pinos
back in 2001, the area around Manzanares was an environmental nightmare thanks to the M30 motorway that ran past large sections. The noise from the never-ending traffic put paid to any quiet riverside stroll while exhaust fumes filled the air. And so, in 2003, it was decided to reroute large sections of the M30 west into tunnels, one of them now popping its head up around the Vicente Calderón stadium to let drivers see a little sun before plunging back down again.
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river, with an ambitious plan of public works that would stretch from the Puente de los Franceses in Moncloa to the Salón de Pinos in the south, taking in six barrios: Moncloa, Centro, Arganzuela, Latina, Carabanchel and Usera. Essentially, the idea was for a giant park of public walkways, green areas, bicycle lanes and children’s play areas. And the crème de la crème, an urban beach in Madrid, just like Paris. Take that, Barcelona fans! A few years on, and what a difference hard work—and the best part of a total estimated investment of 250 million— has made. While not one of the Madrid Rio initiatives, one of the first areas to benefit from the plans was in the north, with the regeneration of the historic Senda Real around the Ciudad Universitaria down to the Puente de los Franceses. More than 700 trees, 9,900 bushes and 26,000 metres of meadows have transformed the area into a walk-
someday will be filled with pine trees but sadly, at the moment, are just collections of saplings. (Handy hint, take a hat with you if you’re walking in the heat. At the moment, the trees are small and offer no protection at all from the Spanish sun.) From there it’s on to the most recent upgrading of the river: from the Puente de Segovia to the Vicente Calderón, a segment inaugurated by Gallardón in May. On the Sunday morning when I hit this area, it was as if I were walking through the Retiro: young couples strolling handin-hand alongside old ladies gabbing away 20 to the dozen, all looking as if they had been taking their paseo there all their lives. It’s an ideal spot for rollerbladers and cyclists alike, while the play areas along the route give children a place to go wild. There are four of them in this section, all with a nature theme that fits in with the surroundings.
Fish and dips The “apprentice” truly shines here, too.
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You’ll even find a few fish lurking in the cleaned-up waters
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What do you miss? Some 555,000 foreigners live in Madrid and while pining for home comforts in a city as sassy as ours is rare, it can happen. So, family, friends and pets apart, what do Madrid’s expats miss most while living in the Spanish capital? Andrea Maltman finds out
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s some genius once said: “Home isn’t where you’re born but where you’re understood.” And as any expat living in Madrid will no doubt agree, that’s pretty much bang on the money. While life here is stunning, fantastic, and a bunch of other nice adjectives, if you wear a varsity jumper or put ketchup on, like, everything, the Spanish just don’t get that. But us guiris put up with not being got because the frustrations of living in a foreign city are nothing compared with the benefits to be reaped. So far, so fiesta, but moving abroad is never as simple as cramming your life into a suitcase, boarding a budget airline and flying into the sunset to live happily ever after. There are consequences in the form of people, places and practices that you inevitably miss. So InMadrid decided to get nosy and find out what our fellow expats were nostalgic about. The answers might rouse recognition and make you long for your roots, which is all fine and nice. But just remember that nostalgia is a warped emotion that makes you hazily remember things as they never really were. Case in point: one outtake from this article included the response: “Hmm, what do I miss? Those good old rainy Mondays!” Really? Let’s get real here. We all get a little thrill from saying we live in Madrid because it sounds great, and it is—most of the time.
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25, language trainer from Chicago, USA
30, TV presenter from New York, USA
Too old, journalist from Newcastle/ Edinburgh, UK The light. In the UK it’s cold, stark and crisp, whereas here it’s bright and shiny.”
Microbrewed beer—Mahou just doesn’t cut it when paired up with the food I like.”
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The two Cs: convenience and customer service. In New York City everything is much more at your fingertips and you would never hear ‘Sorry, we can’t do that’.”
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Believe it or not, I miss fast food. As much as I love Cien Montaditos I sometimes crave some cheap and delicious Taco Bell. Spain doesn’t do a hearty breakfast very well.”
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Boots the chemist— what’s with all the random pharmacies here? Oh, and original Topshop.”
Katrina Spencer 33, social worker from Los Angeles, USA
Aydee García 30, web editor from Bogotá, Colombia Going out to party and being given a BOTTLE of vodka and a BOTTLE of Coke in the bar—none of these ‘copas’!”
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Naama Sarid 32, architect from Tel Aviv, Israel
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30, manager from Hertfordshire, England UK supermarkets and their mix-andmatch, DIY curry and stir-fry selections!”
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Roberto Nicoletti 28, engineer from Palermo, Sicily Television in the original version without the gruff Spanish voiceover.”
Claire Williams 29, TV producer from London, England Being able to use a credit card when you want, where you want, for as little as you want, and without national ID.”
My college sweatshirts. They’re the most comfortable clothes ever—but if I wear them I’m identified before I even open my mouth.”
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Louise Politano 27, desktop publisher from Kettering, England
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Kettles! Their instant boiling magic hasn’t landed here just yet.”
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Sleeping in on Nils Wittig Saturdays when I 24, MBA student have errands to run. The from Berlin, siesta means I have to be Germany up, out and sorted by 2.30pm.”
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Natalia Diaz 30, English The powder- teacher/ white sand journalist and clear blue water from the Philippines of the islands.”
29, ONG Executive from Córdoba, Spain The MezquitaCathedral in Córdoba is the place I always return to. It’s spiritual, powerful and the images and sound of the birds always leave me feeling reborn.”
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Walking down familiar streets. I also miss being able to jump in the car and go anywhere I want, at any time of day.”
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24, teacher from Boston, USA
The tonguenumbing flavour and strength of a wellcrafted American India Pale Ale.”
Elena Rodemann
21, student from New York, USA I ache for the ‘freegan’ initiative and movement where you freely give and receive secondhand goods. I used to get most of my stuff this way.”
Andrew Stott 54, consultant from Surrey, England
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English summers and cricket, where every day is cherished and not suffered like the August heat here. There’s nothing better than the sound of a willow bat being cracked against a ball.”
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25, sports journalist from Washington DC, USA "Hip-hop music and taking advantage of my dual nationality to pick up the ladies with Spanish.”
Ian Cowley
34, editor, Hellomagazine.com from Wormit, Fife, Scotland The one major thing I miss is going to watch Dundee United play at Tannadice. I wish there was somewhere in Madrid dedicated to showing Scottish football that’s not just Celtic and Rangers.”
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Craving something other than Mahou or Cruzcampo? Amy Segreti tells you where you can find great beer from Germany, Belgium and beyond without leaving Madrid
Just beer No distractions means no television to watch the football on, no WiFi for checking email, no cigarette machines, no fruit machines, nor anything else characteristic of old Spanish bars, even though Oldenburg was founded over two decades ago. And although you’ll find pinchos, salchichas
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(hot dogs) and a wonderful tortilla de patatas on Fridays and Saturdays, you won’t find anything else to drink besides beer and Coca-Cola, which Ramírez only started serving two years ago when his long-time clients began to have children. “When you come, you must come only to drink beer,” says Ramírez firmly. And that is something he makes very easy. Oldenburg offers more than 150 bottled beers from all over the world, as well as half a dozen on draught. And despite the great variety, there is a distinct lack of snobbiness about the bar, which is decorated in beer memorabilia and showcases a small model of Oldenburg, the city in Germany the bar is named after. “There is no such thing as ‘bad beer’,” says Ramírez. “They are all different.” While some of us may beg to differ, there are enough options in the thick menu to satisfy everyone. Toward the back of the menu you’ll find a glossary of terms defining each style of beer and lengthy descriptions of the areas in Belgium in which each beer is made.
A taste of Belgium And if you’ve seen Te Deum beer around Madrid—it’s because Ramírez helped to create it in Belgium in 2002, hecha al gusto español (made to suit the Spanish taste). Eight years later, it is still only manufactured and bottled by Du Bocq brewery in Belgium and shipped to Spain, the only country permitted to sell and distribute it. “The Belgians say the only defect Te Deum has is that it doesn’t contain enough alcohol,” says Ramírez. If you can’t decide what to order, you can always try the beer of the month; order two and you’ll receive a glass especially made for that beer. Ramírez started the programme in 1998 because he found a lot of his clients always drank the same thing, year after year. “It’s easier to say, ‘Have you tried our beer of the month?’” says Ramírez. “If you start listing specific beers, they don’t pay you any attention.” If you want to focus specifically on Belgian beer, just
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behind Plaza Mayor you’ll find Cafeeke (C/Cuchilleros, 3, Metro: Sol), where attentive waiters speak several languages and there are plenty of small flat screens to watch the games. Prices are a bit higher, which is to be expected because of its central location (you’ll pay 5.40 for a Delirium Tremens, a bit less for others). However, it has a cosy upstairs salon and if you come with your pet to have a drink on the terrace, dog treats are provided free of charge. Cafeeke carries 50 bottled Belgian beers and five on draught. Try the Mongozo coconut beer, which comes in a coconut shell (but ask for a spoon, as the rich mixture quickly separates).
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osé Luis Ramírez doesn’t want you to have any distractions when you come to his bar. His beer haven, Oldenburg (C/Alburquerque, 13, Metro: Bilbao), appears in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the world’s largest selection of cerveza in the smallest space—14.4 square metres to be exact.
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Microbrews If you’re looking for microbrewed beer made in Madrid, try both Naturbier (C/Plaza de Santa Ana, 9, Metro: Sevilla) and Magister (C/Príncipe, 18, Metro: Sevilla). Naturbier claims to produce the only “natural” beer in Madrid; it doesn’t use any chemicals in the beer’s production, and you’ll get it straight from the cask in which it was produced. Right down the street is Magister, which is similar to Naturbier with the wonderful exception that you can choose which of the 10 free tapas you’d like to accompany your brew. The quality of the beer is adequate, and there are usually around three options. Finally, a Spanish chain named La Fábrica: Museo de la Cerveza (C/Princesa, 5, Metro: Plaza de España, and C/Génova, 21, Metro: Alonso Martínez, among others), offering almost 20 different types of Spanish and world beer, deserves an honorable mention. It serves as a restaurant as well, so you can eat your meat and potatoes with your beer and admire interesting collectibles showcasing the evolution of the Spanish brewing industry since the 19th century.
Learning or teaching English? Free downloadable glossary and worksheet available for this article at www.in-madrid.com/didactic.html
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Season’s Eatings
Tapping into Madrid’s finest watering holes
Almonds In late August and September almonds are harvested across Spain, the second-largest producer of them in the world. They can be used in many Spanish dishes, eaten on their own—raw or toasted—and as a snack with wine or beer. They are also used in marzipan, turrón and sweet cakes such as mantecados; or the famous ajo blanco—delicious chilled soup made with almonds and garlic. Almonds are a fruit of the Prunus family, which includes plums, cherries and peaches. There are two types—sweet almonds (used for cooking) and bitter almonds (processed and used to make oils). The almond tree is one of the first to blossom in spring. For that reason, it has been historically regarded by many cultures as a bringer of new life and fertility. The word “almond” or Spanish “almendra” derives from the Latin word “amandola” and the Arab “al”. Research shows that almonds can lower blood cholesterol levels since 90 per cent of their fats are unsaturated. They are high in protein, fibre, calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin E, and other antioxidants. Almonds are believed to prevent osteoporosis and regulate blood pressure.
Taste It was the Arabs who first cultivated almonds in Spain, so why not sample almond in Arabic desserts, toasted and candied at the Umayyad pasteleria (C/Alcalá, 125, Metro: Principe de Vergara).
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they should last three months. For something special select Marcona almonds, which are reputedly the finest in the world. These large flat nuts are grown along the Mediterranean from Málaga to Tarragona and are flatter and paler than regular almonds, with a rich nutty flavour. Marcona almonds are usually sold in jars for around 9.50 per kilo in specialist shops such as Frutos Secos Ignacio Lopez (C/Torrecilla de Leal, 32, Metro: Antón Martín).
Cook Almonds can be used in many sweet and savoury recipes and are excellent in salads, as snacks, or to accompany cheeses. The sweet-toothed should try this delicious Spanish almond cake recipe.
Ingredients 250g ground almonds, 280g butter, 280g sugar, 6 eggs 150g flour, 1 tbsp icing sugar
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You can buy almonds in many forms— in shells, in their skins, flaked, ground or as an essence. Check freshness by cutting one in half—it should have a solid white texture throughout. If yellowish or of a honeycomb texture, it should not be used. Store unshelled almonds in a cool, dark place in an airtight container and
Cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl. Separate eggs. Add yolks to butter and sugar, mix well, then stir in ground almonds. Beat egg whites until light and fluffy and add to mixture gradually. Add flour and mix ingredients together with wooden spoon. Grease a cake tin and pour cake mix in. Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for approx 40 mins until cake has browned on top. Remove from cake tin and sprinkle with icing sugar and a few whole almonds. Serve ■ LAURA EDGECUMBE with vanilla ice cream.
Where? Puerta Cerrada, 7—C/Segovia (Metro: La Latina). Tel: 636 664 823. When? Tue-Fri 7pm-2am; Sat-Sun 6pm-close. Closed Mondays. What? A new, medium-sized innocuous bar on Calle de Segovia set up by folks who thought that while Madrid has plenty of good places to drink, talk and hear music, it lacks quality places to drink, talk and listen to music. Brothers Jimmy and Andrew came to Madrid from their native Burgos in November 2009 with the idea of establishing a comfortable bar where good people and music mix like gin and tonic. When you walk in, you’re quite quickly impressed with several things. First the deliberate décor—stylishly arranged from items procured in many market and boutique raids; then the excellent music—ranging from current indie and alternative to classic anthem and power rock (depending on the hour and clientele)—and then the friendliness of the staff, who are the owners themselves. Order your drink and discover the package nearly completed with Alhambra—draught or bottle reserve—or one of the very well-made cocktails. Then either appreciate the music or request a new song; the boys are very accommodating, and opt either for a small armchair/banquette corner or stay at the bar and engage in an inevitable conversation with some nearby guests. People? An eclectic mix of 20- and 30something music enthusiasts, partygoers, and local foodies and restaurateurs make up a healthy base of regulars. There are also occasional guiris as the place grows in popularity, and sporadic members of the older generation who haven’t lost their spark. Drinks? Like the bar itself, Jimmy and Andrew make spectacular cocktails from scratch. Their Hendricks G+T with cucumber ( 9) is a great way to impress your date, although they make an evil martini for the drier drink fan and claim to specialise in mojitos and caipirinhas for those into sweet frozen drinks. Food? Standard mixes of crisps, nuts and other bar-top fare help mediate the effects of the killer cocktails, as well as weekly cakes ( 3.50), tostas like salmon or jamón ( 4), empanadillas ( 2.50), and their specialty, Provoleta, a plate of cut cheese, tomato, virgin oil and fresh oregano ( 5). Anything else? It wasn’t until recently, when the boys went to Berlin that they saw cafés and bars with such individual style and personality. From then on they hit the Rastro and other markets and boutiques incessantly ■ THOMAS SPAETH until satisfied with their own unique hedonist’s den.
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¡Pour favor! What to drink this month For the final month of summer we head back to La Rioja, where the reds take all the credit and the whites often go unsung. In the transitional landscape between the broad planes of Castilla y León and the mountainous País Vasco, viura is the dominant white grape, while malvasia is often added for complexity and aroma. While most white Riojas are fermented in steel tanks, occasionally you find a barrel-aged or fermented bottle. Never pass up the opportunity to try one. Appearance Because the wine is only barrelfermented and not aged, it’s taken on a full, yellow colour that is neither deep golden nor pale straw. This looks like a wine with body in the prime of its youth—gorgeous and crystal clear in the glass. Aroma This is a nice, aromatic pour. It seems to mix apples, honeysuckle, fresh baked bread and a bit of vanilla like a traditional panadería. Aromas are
Marques de Cáceres 2008 “Antea” DO: Rioja. Oak fermentation. ~90 per cent Viura, ~10 per cent Malvasia. 13 per cent ABV. Available from El Corte Inglés: €6
pleasant and well-blended, while the acidity of viura prevents it from becoming cloying. Taste Viura is an acidic grape with a slightly viscous texture, which is why barrel fermentation is perfect. Ageing might bring out too much of the viscosity, while simple steel tank elaboration could leave a tart, unfinished wine. Antea, on the other hand, attains the perfect mix of the two, giving you a wine that is smooth, medium to full bodied, and refreshing. The apples and honeysuckle slide down your throat with an almost velvety texture, while hints of lemon oil tell you the wine’s got strong structure and can stand up against a chicken or fish dish. It’s almost buttery in its smoothness, and could be compared to an oaked California chardonnay if not for its strong acidity. Try it with Most cheeses, with which it makes an interesting combination, standing alongside confidently as most whites do. Gruyère creates new textures and flavours, while less pungent cheeses such as manchego will simply highlight texture or flavour. But this is a Rioja we’re dealing with, and an oaked one at that. It’s designed to go with more substantial
fare. It will match beautifully with nearly any chicken dish, as well as many pork and fish recipes. The citrus background comes out brightly with a lemon-dressed grilled option, while the texture would go very well with an oily fish like salmon. That bakery sweetness would be a perfect addition to a peach and pork dish, as well as an excellent foil to a salty, sharp plate like seaweed and black pepper bass or trout. Basically, bring this wine to a summer dinner and you win. Final thoughts Spain is mostly known for its reds and a few whites. Albariño, sherry, and more and more Rueda are what the world associates with Spanish white wines. This may be a good thing, because those of us who are here get the pick of the litter of the rest of Spain’s great whites. While an Albariño can set you back more than €10, a delicious, full-bodied food wine like Antea won’t be more than €6. And viura is a great grape to know—tart and acidic while still able to produce warm, fruity flavours and a velvetlike texture. So take a break from verdejo and albariño and grab some Rioja blanco. ■ THOMAS SPAETH
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Malasaña The second in our series of guides to Madrid’s neighbourhoods sees local resident Chris Moore take you round the sights and delights of the city’s barrio of “maravillas”
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f it’s Friday night and for some terrible reason you happen to be all dressed up with no place to go, there is one area of Madrid that offers a plethora of options: Malasaña. During the day its streets teem with shoppers perusing the wide range of retail establishments, while at night young people hop from bar to bar or simply share a beer in one of the gorgeous plazas. The eclectic, bohemian population who call this part of the city home generate an atmosphere that is both electric and welcoming.
in the centre of Plaza Dos de Mayo which commemorates Daoiz and Velarde, the two Spanish soldiers who died in the same uprising as the barrio’s namesake, Manuela Malasaña (see History, below). No world-renowned art museums around here. If fashion is your passion, you might start on Calle de Fuencarral on the east side of the neighbourhood where you’ll find high-end garb by big brands such as Diesel, Levi’s and Adidas. Looking for something a little more boutique? Then venture further inward into Calle de Espíritu Santo and Calle de Velarde, which each have a
from that fateful day and there is a street named after the martyr as well. In more recent history the barrio was the epicentre of the Movida Madrileña in the late 70s and early 80s. The loosened social restrictions that followed after Francisco Franco’s death in 1975 created a renaissance of music, art, film, graffiti, fashion and literature, with the youth of Madrid revelling in the social uproar with drug-fuelled parties and drinking.
House prices One room in a shared flat: anywhere from €300 to €600, plus utilities. Studio or one-bedroom flat: €500 to €1,000 plus utilities. To buy: studios start at about €120,000 and run to about €200,000, while one- or two-bedroom flats start at around €180,000 and can rise to €300,000 or more at the high end. Just so you know: the area closest to Gran Via tends to be louder and sleazier than the areas further north, so don’t pay too much for a place down there.
Best bars In the spirit of the Movida, Tupperware (Corredera Alta de San Pablo, 26) continues to rock and includes a façade covered in a mind-bending piece of street art. For a vintage and retro theme, check out Picnic, just off Calle del Pez at Calle de Minas, 1. La Vía Láctea puts on a similarly vintage vibe at Calle de Velarde, 18. One place that is an absolute must is Palentino, on the corner of Calle del Pez and Calle de la Madera. Run continuously by one family for the past 35 years, the food and drinks are extra cheap due to the fact the price list was never changed over from the peseta to the euro. The ageing décor might make it too tacky for some, but this quintessential locals’ cervecería makes up for any design shortcomings with charm. Malasaña’s lively street life
Where is it? Officially part of the Universidad district, Malasaña lies right in the heart of Madrid, north of Gran Vía and south of Calle de Carranza. To the east it is bordered by Calle de Fuencarral and to the west by Calle de San Bernardo. If you want to reach this section of town by metro, it is serviced by the Callao, Gran Vía, Tribunal, Noviciado and Plaza de España stations.
What’s it like? Put simply, Malasaña is all about nightlife and shopping. If you want to do touristy things that require a camera and a map, you’re better off in Sol or Plaza Mayor. Perhaps its only notable landmark is the statue
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collection of stores ranging from trendy to vintage. Meanwhile, excellent bar hopping can be done on Calle del Pez, where the names of the places alone are enough to entertain: Cadillac, Zombie, Picnic, El Pez Gordo. Note: as you wander keep your eyes peeled for some top-notch street art, such as the enormous piece near the corner of Calle del Desengaño and Calle de la Ballesta of an intricately detailed and surreal-looking saxophonist.
History The neighbourhood’s name dates back to 2 May, 1808, when French troops executed a brave 15-yearold seamstress by the name of Manuela Malasaña at the beginning of what would become the Spanish War of Independence. Plaza Dos de Mayo takes its name
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you need something more enlightening to read than the Skymall catalogue you stole from the plane. On the corner of Calle de Espíritu Santo and Calle de las Pozas, you’ll find J & J Books and Coffee. The friendly, multi-lingual staff are happy to pour you a coffee or beer while you browse its excellent selection of secondhand books, and it is a known hangout for all species of English-speaking expats. On Calle de Velarde, 2, La Mona Checa Vintage Market & Art has great old-school clothing, a cool collection of typewriters and classic cameras that are also for sale. Whether vinyl or CD, Jazz, R&B or Funk, Big Mamma at Calle de Divino Pastor, 22, offers a selection of classics from the 60s and 70s in an appropriately decorated venue.
A local speaks... Belén San Julian, 23 Occupation: Art student and proprietor of La Mona Checa “Each place has its own atmosphere. That’s what I really like… It is very accepting and welcoming. You
Best restaurants For breakfast, check out La Musa, in the north on Calle de Manuela Malasaña. The food is both delicious and affordable (€3-€8), and the decorative lighting is vaguely reminiscent of a Rube Goldberg device. For cheap eats try Hombre Moderno on the corner of Corredera Baja de San Pablo and Calle del Pez. The Milanesas are great, as are the pizzas, empanadas and salads (€2-€7). If you have the itch for something a little more high-end, El Cocinillas at Calle de San Joaquín, 3, is worth a go. Opened earlier this year, it offers traditional Spanish fare with an international twist (€7-€13).
Best shops So you finished your book on the flight over and now
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could be sitting down next to a punk and then on the other side of you could be a 40-year-old writer.”
Anything else? Musician Manu Chao makes mention of the area in several of his songs including “Me Llaman Calle” (the music video is filmed in Palentino), and “Me Gustas Tu”.
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If you can’t escape Madrid for real this summer, at least you can free your imagination in some of the city’s excellent comic shops. Go on—be a Daredevil… Arte 9 This shop specialises in English-language comics, selling both well-known and not-quite-so famous titles. Most of them are from the USA, but it also has editions from Spain, Japan, France and Germany. There are reissues of old comics and roleplaying games, too. C/Cruz, 37 (Metro: Sol). Tel: 91 532 47 14. Price: €0.40-€100. MonSat 10.30am-2pm, 5.15-8.15pm.
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order copies on request. Figures of comic, cinema and music heroes are a specialist line. C/San Bernardo, 9 (Metro: Santo Domingo/Noviciado). Tel: 91 521 39 75. Price: €0.50-€120. Mon-Fri 10.30am8.30pm; Sat 10.30am-2pm, 58.30pm. Generación X Any one of this chain of shops (there are 11 branches in the capital) is great for all things fantasy. It has an enormous selection of products, including books, games, merchandising, collectors’ items, and, of course, comics of all kinds, in Spanish and English. It often holds comic-related events, too. C/Puebla, 15 (Metro: Callao). Tel: 91 521 99 85. www.generacionx.es. Price: €1–€1,200. Mon-Sat 10.30am-9pm.
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Madrid Cómics Opened in 1982, this is one of the pioneer comic shops in Madrid. The great majority of its stock is European, although there are also titles from the US and Japan. There’s a basement too, where you can find interesting independent comics from the United States, France and Belgium, as well as magazines on comic-related subjects. C/Silva, 17 (Metro: Santo Domingo/Callao). Tel: 91 559 11 33. www.madridcomics.com. Price: €1.95-€100. Mon-Thur 10.30am2.30pm, 5-8.30pm; Fri-Sat 10.30am-9pm.
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Football International friendlies 11 Aug Mexico v Spain 11 Aug 8.45pm—Rep of Ireland v Argentina 11 Aug 8.45pm—Wales v Luxembourg 11 Aug 9pm—England v Hungary 11 Aug Sweden v Scotland 11 Aug Montenegro v Northern Ireland European Supercup 27 Aug 8.45pm—Inter Milan v Atlético Madrid Spanish Supercup 14 Aug Sevilla v Barcelona 21 Aug Barcelona v Sevilla La Liga 29 Aug Mallorca v Real Madrid 29 Aug Racing Santander v Barcelona 29 Aug Atlético Madrid v Sporting Gijón 29 Aug Espanyol v Getafe Community Shield 8 Aug 4pm—Chelsea v Man Utd Premier League 14 Aug 1.45pm—Tottenham v Man City 15 Aug 5pm—Liverpool v Arsenal 23 Aug 9pm—Man City v Liverpool
Hoops and glory With the World Cup gone, Dani Hidalgo looks ahead to another tournament Spain could win, the FIBA World Basketball Championship in Turkey
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ith South Africa’s 2010 World Cup now in the past and humanity’s football fix temporarily satisfied, the next must-not-miss event for sports fans the world over arrives: the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship in Turkey, a meeting of the planet’s top 24 basketball-playing nations. To the dismay of basketball aficionados, the tournament lacks much of the hype surrounding its football counterpart, but along with the Olympics, still serves as one of the sport’s two main international outlets. The tournament will take place in five venues located in four different Turkish cities—Ankara, Istanbul, Kayseri and Izmir—from 28 August to 12 September. In heavy contrast to the World Cup, where key players do anything in their might to participate, this edition of the FIBA tournament will unfortunately be missing most NBA players, who will take advantage of the meet’s duration to extend their holiday time. Among those who have confirmed they won’t participate in the tournament are Manu Ginóbili (Argentina), the whole USA Olympic gold medal team from 2008 (except for Chris Paul and Deron Williams), Dirk Nowitzki (Germany), Tony Parker (France), Mehmet Okur (Turkey) and Pau Gasol (Spain).
Teams to watch United States of America
1 Aug 2pm—Hungarian GP, Hungaroring 29 Aug 2pm—Belgian GP, Spa
Coach Mike Krzyzewski Group opponents Croatia (28 Aug), Slovenia (29 Aug), Brazil (30 Aug), Iran (1 Sept), Tunisia (2 Sept) Key absences Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Dwayne Wade. What are their chances? Co-favourites with Spain. After placing third in 2006, the US rallied its superstars and showed the world what they could do by soaring to gold in Beijing. This time around “Coach K” will once again have to work with a new set of players. Player to watch Chris Paul, 25. The US will depend on the New Orleans Hornets’ talented point guard for leadership, as he was present in both the 2006 debacle and the 2008 Olympic triumph.
30 Aug—12 Sep US Open, Flushing Meadows
Rugby Union 7 Aug New Zealand v Australia 21 Aug South Africa v New Zealand 28 Aug South Africa v Australia
Cycling 28 Aug-19 Sep La Vuelta a España
Basketball 20 Aug 8.30pm—Spain v Lithuania, Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid 22 Aug Spain v USA, Caja Mágica, Madrid 28 Aug-12 Sept FIBA World Basketball Championship, Turkey
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Coach Jonas Kazlauskas Group opponents China (28 Aug), Puerto Rico (29 Aug), Turkey (30 Aug), Ivory Coast (1 Sept), Russia (2 Sept) Key absence Theo Papaloukas What are their chances? Good. When it comes to the big tournaments, the Greeks are always dangerous. Greece won gold at EuroBasket 2005, silver at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, reached the semi-finals at EuroBasket 2007, the last eight of the 2008 Olympics and captured European Championship bronze last summer. Player to watch Antonis Fotsis, 29. The 2.09-metre Panathinaikos power forward can mix it up with the big guys down low, but also pummel teams with his longrange shooting.
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Spain Coach Sergio Scariolo Group opponents France (28 Aug), New Zealand (29 Aug), Lithuania (30 Aug), Lebanon (1 Sept), Canada (2 Sept) Key absence Pau Gasol. What are their chances? Co-favourites with the US. The “Generación de Oro” of Spanish basketball has as great a chance as any to expand its legacy in Turkey. There is only one doubt concerning the reigning champions of 2006 and winners of the 2009 EuroBasket tournament: how will they cope without Gasol? Player to watch Felipe Reyes, 30. Along with Marc Gasol (Pau’s brother),
Coach Dusan Ivkovic Group opponents Angola (28 Aug), Germany (29 Aug), Jordan (30 Aug), Australia (1 Sept), Argentina (2 Sept) Key absence Peja Stojakovic What are their chances? Decent. Serbia come into the tournament as one of the top candidates and, at the same time, one of its biggest mysteries due to Ivkovic’s philosophy of “youth renewal”. The head coach has decided to discard some of the nation’s most renowned veterans to make way for a new generation. Player to watch Novica Velickovic, 23. The Real Madrid power forward leads this generation of young Serbians. However, more is expected of him after his discreet debut season in Madrid.
Turkey Coach Bogdan Tanjevic Group opponents Ivory Coast (28 Aug), Russia (29 Aug), Greece (30 Aug), Puerto Rico (1 Sept), China (2 Sept) Key absence Mehmet Okur (injured). What are their chances? Fair. When it comes to international competitions, the host nation always has a boost, and even more when the local press considers it to be “the most important event ever held on Turkish soil”. Under new coaching and with a few NBA players, the “12 Giant Men” are strong candidates for a topthree finish. Player to watch Hedo Turkoglu, 31. The Toronto Raptors’ forward and NBA’s 2008 Most Improved Player will have more pressure on his shoulders after Okur’s recent Achilles’ heel injury.
Games over? So, Madrid won’t be hosting the 2016 Olympics, but many of the buildings planned will still be going ahead. Andrea Maltman takes a look round our Olympic-standard city
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nyone who spent a considerable amount of time in Madrid last year couldn’t fail to have noticed the ubiquitous advertising campaign for the city’s 2016 Olympic bid.You know, the one that featured a big, multicoloured hand logo and the slogan “Tengo una Corazonada” (literally, “I feel it in my heart”, or “I have a hunch” as we would say). Unfortunately, the “corazonada” turned out to be more like a cardiac arrest, with Madrid’s second big-hearted bid stopped in its tracks by that of Rio de Janeiro. End of story, it seemed. Or maybe not. Like a woman who has spent a fortune dressing to impress but ultimately failed to lure her man, Madrid is blushing. And as it’s the most indebted city in Spain, it’s obliged to put its 38 million bid investment to good use and many of the developments and cultural projects that were designed to drive the bid are still going ahead and, in some cases, have already been completed. Here we take a trip around our Olympic-standard city.
Caja Mágica This world-class tennis venue opened in 2009 in the Parque de Manzanares in the south of the city. The steely, futuristic site was sculpted by the innovative hands of French architect Dominique Perrault and will also be used for concerts, exhibitions and conventions when it’s not serving up tennis championships such as the Madrid Masters.
Proyecto Madrid Río The statement “Madrid has a river” looks good on paper, but until now that river has taken the form of
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a nasty trickle that you wouldn’t consider entering in even your most delirious, heat-stricken moment. The objective of the Madrid Río Manzanares Project (also see page 8) was to re-route the M-30 motorway underground and replace it with a lush landscape that would have acted as “the lungs of the games”, hosting outdoor sports such as rowing, swimming and biking in a natural setting. This won’t happen now, but citizens will still be able to escape to this idyllic green belt. It’s still under construction, but there’s enough finished, especially around the Puente de Segovia, for you to enjoy a pleasant Sunday afternoon stroll along its banks.
order to keep up with its rival, the Comunidad de Madrid is to pump funds into the plan, not to mention 70 kilometres of cycle lanes around the neighbourhoods within the M-30. The track will be pounded by an estimated extra 1,600 bikes to be made available at key points around the city to take Madrileños on their sweaty way.
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Along with Caja Mágica, the Aquatics Centre was one of the “jewels” of the Madrid 2016 bid. The site was designed by distinguished Spanish architect Juan José Medina and is nestled snugly in the San Blas Olympic Park in the east of the city. Completion of the site is scheduled for 2011, but the so-called “Water City” will be worth the wait, sprawling over 104,500 square metres and acting as a stylish haven where Madrileños can practise everything from synchronised swimming to water polo or good old belly flops in top-class facilities.
The magnetic Cuatro Torres (Four Towers) that are pulling business and services to the north of the city will soon flank a dazzling new International Convention Centre that is designed to look like a rising sun. The project is the brainchild of Mansilla+Tuñón—the Spanish architectural firm perhaps most famous for its bright MUSAC art museum in León— and is the symbol of the slogan “Madrid, donde no se pone el sol” (“Madrid, where the sun never sets”). Although not directly funded by the Olympic bid, this project was fundamental in reinforcing an Olympic state of mind and painting the city as an economic powerhouse that works as hard as it plays.
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Any city looking to host the Olympic games needs to foster sport and physical activity at the day-today level, which was perhaps the thinking behind the city’s plans to launch a bicycle hire scheme in 2011. A similar initiative is already wildly successful in the former Olympic city of Barcelona and, in
Despite the failure of the 2016 bid, Atlético Madrid football club will still be reaping some benefits. After years eating Real Madrid’s dust, the team will finally get a home ground to rival the grandeur of the Bernabéu in the form of La Peineta, the city’s Olympic Stadium up near Barajas Airport, which
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was being remodelled to increase its capacity from 22,000 to 73,000 for the Games. Atlético are stumping up most of the cash for the expansion, and if all goes to plan they will abandon their current home of the Vicente Calderón Stadium for their new, pimped-up pad in 2013. The new development will position them as Real Madrid’s equals, at least in terms of facilities. Consistently winning games is something they’ll have to master themselves, however.
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Pabellón Olímpico Olympic pavilions serve as small but symbolic structures that stand apart from the other venues and invite some serious architectural grandstanding. Madrid’s would-be Olympic Pavilion was to be sculpted in the shape of a hand, much like the one used in the publicity campaign. Hmmm, it’s probably for the best that this one won’t be going ahead then...
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Miralda De gustibus non disputandum Palacio de Velázquez Retiro Park (Metro: Retiro). Tel: 91 774 10 00. Mon-Sat 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-8pm. Free. Until 11 Oct Catalán artist Antoni Miralda was among the first to shun galleries and museums and stage his art events in the open air. In 1970 he teamed up with Joan Rabascall, Dorothée Selz and Jaume Xifra to mount Fête en Blanc, where 300 guests dressed in white capes washed down meringue with white wine served to them by 22 brides in the French countryside. Then there was Fest Für Leda in 1977, inspired by the classical myth of Leda, who was raped by Zeus in the guise of a swan. On that occasion, “bearers” dressed in black carried models of black swans
(some of which are displayed at Palacio de Velázquez) on mirrored trays through the streets of Kassel during the Documenta 6 art festival. Photographs from both of those events play on video screens in the Reina Sofia exhibition. Among other works in the retrospective are assorted items from Miralda’s six-year Honeymoon project which culminated in the wedding between the Statue of Liberty and the Christopher Columbus statue in the port of Barcelona in 1992 in order to mark the 500-year anniversary of the discovery of America. The wedding gifts included a 880-pound strappy sandal from Spain, a 21-foot tea-pot, four 10-foot tea cups, a 720kg necklace from France
Museo del Prado P° del Prado, s/n (Metro: Atocha). Tel: 91 330 28 00. Tue-Sun 9am-8pm. €8. Turner and the Masters British Romantic painter JMW Turner’s competitive streak comes under scrutiny at El Prado’s summer blockbuster exhibition. It was not only the Masters, such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian and Canaletto that Turner both emulated and tried to outdo, but also contemporaries such as John Constable. The Prado show features 80 paintings by Turner, his contemporaries and the Masters. Decide for yourself which painters he aced and which got the better of him. Until 19 Sept
Centro de Arte Reina Sofía C/Santa Isabel, 52 (Metro: Atocha). Tel: 91 774 10 00. Mon-Sat 10am-9pm; Tue closed; Sun 10am-2.30pm. €6 general admission, €3 temporary exhibition, free: Mon, Wed-Fri 7–9pm, Sat 2.30-9pm and Sun 10am-2.30pm New Realisms: 1957-1962 A look at the fiveyear span between the end of the reign of abstract painting and the consolidation of Pop art, which set the criteria for the artistic movements of the 60s, such as Minimalism, Fluxus, Pop and Conceptual art. Until 4 Oct.
Other galleries Cartográfica. Madrid Diseña More than 600 designers have taken part in this exhibition, which aims to show the best graphic design generated in Madrid, and where design in the city is heading next. Matadero, P° de la Chopera, 14 (Metro: Legazpi). Tel: 91 252 52 53. Tue-Fri 410pm; Sat-Sun 11am-10pm. Free. Until 5 Sept Encubrimientos A selection of photographs by 10 artists from Latin America. Andrea Aragón’s series Super-Rubias looks at the Guatemalan trend of going blonde as a way of bumping oneself up the social ladder. Originally a political phenomenon, with its origins in European and then North American domination of the country, it is now firmly rooted in Guatemalan culture. The diptychs in Sebastián Friedman’s Familia y Doméstica pair photos taken in Argentina of domestic servants with the families that employ them, alongside photos of the servants at home with their own families. Among the most arresting of the series is
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza P° del Prado, 8 (Metro: Banco de España). Tel: 91 369 01 51. TueSun 10am-11pm. €8. Ghirlandaio and the Renaissance in Florence Domenico Ghirlandaio’s 1489 portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni—part of the Thyssen’s collection—is the starting point for this exhibition which surveys Florentine portraiture in the 15th century. Until 10 Oct
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Axiomas Inevitables, in which photographer Arelí Vargas takes letters written by people aged between 15 and 49 who committed suicide in Guanajuato, Mexico, and places them beneath photos of interiors in which Vargas imagines these people might have lived and worked. Instituto Cervantes, C/Alcalá, 49 (Metro: Sevilla). Tel: 91 436 76 00. Mon-Sat 11am-2pm. Free. Untill 12 Sept El Amor y el Éxtasis: Isabel Muñoz The ecstasy attained during the Iranian ceremony of the Dervishes and via the spiritual dances undergone by Syria’s Whirling Dervishes is the subject of this photographic exhibition by Barcelona-born artist Muñoz, which has been organised by the Comunidad de Madrid. Canal de Isabel II, C/Santa Engracia, 125 (Metro: Canal, Rio Rosas). Tel: 91 545 10 00. Tue-Sat 11a am-2pm, 5-8.30pm; Sun 10am-2pm. Mon closed. Free. Until 29 Aug Quinquis de los 80: Cine, Prensa y Calle An exhibition exploring the phenomenon of juvenile delinquents in Spanish cinema that had its heyday between 1978 and 1985. The show will feature record sleeves, snippets from films and TV, press cuttings and photographs, and will be complemented by a season of the Quinqui films. For more information visit www.lacasaencendida.es. La Casa Encendida, Ronda de Valencia, 2 (Metro: Embajadores). Tel: 91 506 38 84. Mon-Sun 10am-10pm.. Until 29 Aug
Círculo de Bellas Artes C/Alcalá, 42 (Metro: Sevilla/Banco de España). Tel: 91 360 54 00. Tue-Sat 11am-2pm, 5-9pm; Sun 11am-2pm. €1. Todo es Diseño Posters, books, typographies, packaging and more by 40 Spanish designers and 20 from other European countries. Until 31 Aug
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A surreal comedy originally written by Jardiel Poncela, one of the 20th century’s most prominent Spanish comic playwrights, Un Marido de Ida y Vuelta premiered in Madrid in 1939. Directed by Francisco Vidal, this production poetically brings to life the most unlikely scenes. The story revolves around a couple who go to a costume party where Pepe finds out his wife, Leticia, is in love with his younger friend Paco. Dressed as a bullfighter, Pepe suddenly dies at the party but beforehand asks Paco to promise he will not marry Leticia. Two years later, the pair are married and Pepe returns from the dead, still in bullfighting attire, to try to win back his wife’s love. One unique benefit of this slightly absurd production is that it takes place on the theatre’s patio which opens an hour ahead of the show so that you can enjoy a drink and grab a bite to eat. Teatro Galileo, C/Galileo, 15 (Metro: Quevedo/San Bernardo/Argüelles). Tel: 91 591 01 06. Tickets (entradas.com) 23.50. Mon-Sat 10pm (until 14 Aug). Mon-Sat 9.30pm. 16-28 Aug
Adolfo Cayetano choreographs and stars in this contemporary piece that is a tribute to his great-uncle, Cayetano Ordoñez, the bullfighter also known as “El niño de la Palma”. Not a biography, but rather inspired by the spirit of Cayetano, the work explores how the Spanish Civil War squashed artistic creativity and features dancers, bullfighters and live musicians. Adolfo Cayetano has worked with wellknown figures such as Victor Ullate, Carmen Roche and Luis Fuente and danced with various respected Spanish and Portuguese companies. Teatro Arenal, C/Mayor, 6 (Metro: Sol). Tel: 91 523 76 79. Tickets (theatre box office or entradass.com) 14-15. Tue, Wed 10.30pm. Until 25 Aug
Confidencias Muy Íntimas An uplifting story of how even strangers can provide support and comfort in a world where many feel isolated. The main characters find themselves alone until an unexpected turn in their lives connects them to other people, allowing them to rediscover interests, and learn not only to talk, but also to listen. Teatro Bellas Artes, C/Marqués de Casa Riera, 2 (Metro: Banco de España/Sevilla). Tel: 91 532 44 37.. Tickets (box office, telentrada.com) 15- 25. Wed-Fri 8.30pm; Sat 7.30pm, 10.30pm; Sun 7pm. Until 15 Aug
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open their studio in August to show work done in the last year. Uncertain Sexuality, a project by Leo, features modified underwear that blurs the gender lines, and Lund will be exhibiting his bright, full colour “instantaneous” photographs taken in Madrid, and his large format “Show Portraits” series. You can get your portrait taken for a fee during the open studio. Contact lundsimon@yahoo.com for more information. Open Studio, C/Olivar, 5, piso 2 (Metro: Tirso de Molina). 7-9pm, 10, 11, 12 Aug
Paint 4 the City Part of the Critica Urbana festival, this event sees street artists E1000 from Madrid (look out for his skater-less skateboard on Calle del Pez), Mascaras and Earl from Vienna, Ring HDA from Barcelona, and Loaf from Berlin doing their thing. More information at www.estaesunaplaza.blogspot.com Esta es una Plaza!, C/Doctor Fourquet, 24 (Metro: Lavapiés). 1 Aug
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(included in the exhibition), giant petticoats for the Statue of Liberty (see photo), and wedding rings filled with the water from the oceans Columbus travelled (also in the show). Reproduced for the first time at Palacio de Velázquez is Patriotic Banquet, with its centrepiece of a table layed with edible rice flags that are designed to rot over the course of the exhibition, which references, among other things, the idea of post-colonial dissolution. Tricky to pigeonhole, art critic Pierre Restany says of his friend Miralda: “With his relentless gentleness, Miralda will continue to show that play is the essence of the world and that celebrations are the tireless guerrilla forces of freedom.”
Circo Acrobatico Nacional Chino: Alma de China After last year’s success with Dreams, the Chinese National Acrobatic Circus returns to Madrid with a new production sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Known for its ability to achieve impossible feats and coordinate huge numbers of acrobats to create beautiful, colourful scenarios, the group has received over 18 gold medals in international competitions, performed at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and is considered one of the most important circuses in the world. For a night of fantasy-filled flips and surprises, this is the perfect opportunity. Teatro Lope de Vega, C/Gran Vía, 57 (Metro: Santo Domingo). Tel: 91 547 20 11. Tickets (entradas.com) 15- 35. Wed, Thurs 8pm; Fri, Sat 6.30pm, 9.30pm; Sun 7.30pm. 25-29 Aug W W W. I N M A D R I D . C O M
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Stomp Humour, percussion produced from various everyday items, and all sorts of spectacular movement fill the stage of this energetic British production, perfect for all ages. It boasts over 10,000 shows and 14 million attendees in 43 countries on five continents. Teatro Coliseum, C/Gran Vía, 78 (Metro: Plaza de España). Tel: 91 547 66 12. Tickets (entradas.com) 1535. Tue-Thur 9.30pm; Fri 10pm; Sat 6.30pm, 10pm; Sun 7pm. 10-22 Aug
National Ballet has been recognised by UNESCO as an important part of cultural heritage and since 1990 it has performed over 50 shows on five continents. Teatro de Madrid, Avda de la Illustración, s/n (Metro: Barrio del Pilar/Herrera Oria). Tel: 91 740 52 74. Tickets (91 730 17 50, entradas.com) 12- 22. Tue-Sat 8.30pm; Sun 7pm. 4-15 Aug
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Toro y Moi
Sun 22 Aug La Casa Encendida, Ronda Valencia, 2 (Metro: Embajadores) Tel: 91 602 46 41. €3 from www.lacasaencendida.com Toro y Moi, otherwise known as 24-year-old South Carolina native Chazwick Bundick, offer something a little different for those of us choosing to sweat it out in Madrid this August. Part of the critically acclaimed but rather confusing to us regular plebs “chillwave” movement, Bundick produces spacey, heavily layered music in the same vein as Animal Collective and Ariel Pink, that could well end up providing the soundtrack to your summer. The debut single “Blessa” is full of lazy, hazy, sunny sounds with a production so tight it makes you stop and really, truly listen. As this month is a little thin on the ground for live gigs, Toro y Moi at Casa Encendida is an absolute must for anyone in the capital on the 22nd.
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Rock/pop COSTELLO CLUB C/Caballero de Gracia, 10 (Metro: Gran Vía). Tel: 91 522 18 15. www.costelloclub.com 2 Aug: Sonnov + The Rare Sound Machine 5 Aug: Moho + Tinnitia 6 Aug: Lazharus + Scumearth 7 Aug: Toundra + Hand of Fatima 11 Aug: Coffee & Wine + Nahum Garcia 13 Aug: Havalina CONTRA CLUB C/Bailén, 16 (Metro: Ópera). Tel: 91 523 15 11. www.contraclub.es 6 Aug: Coque Malla SALA GALILEO GALILEI C/Galileo, 100 (Metro Islas Filipinas/Canal). Tel: 91 534 75 57. www.salagalileogalilei.com 17 Aug: Jose María y El Taller de Reinsertables 18 Aug: Antonio de Pinto 19 Aug: Andrés Lewin 20 Aug: Jean Bruce & The Fangs 21 Aug: Antilopez 23 Aug: Cómicos 24 Aug: Marta de la Aldea y Antonio Toledo 25 Aug: Tontxtu 26 Aug: Marwan 28 Aug: Ochentaycuatro 30 Aug: Otro Final 31 Aug: Habana Abierta
The Dandy Warhols
Veranos de la Villa Various locations in Madrid throughout Aug www.veranosdelavilla.esmadrid.com The annual Madrid music fest that is Veranos de la Villa, in which the city plays host to two months of Spanish and international music, dance and theatre, continues. Among the musical treats in August to be enjoyed are Madrileño rock group The Right Ons (3 August), the trip-hop and down-tempo elements of Suka (5 August, pictured) and Blues Brothers founder Lou Marini with Red House (12-14 Aug). With everything from opera to flamenco, punk to Portuguese soulsters, there is something for every musical taste. Check out the website www.veranosdelavilla.esmadrid.com to find out more.
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The Mahones Mon 30 Aug Gruta 77, C/Cuclillo, 6 (Metro: Oporto). Tel: 91 471 23 70. €10 from www.gruta77.com Self-described as “Canada’s favourite Irish punk rockers”, The Mahones have been performing since the early 90s, when they met and presumably fell into Irish-punk-rocker love at the Toucan Pub in Ontario. An intentional mash-up of The Pogues, The Who and The Dubliners, with a bit of The Waterboys thrown in for good measure, The Mahones like you to think they are just, totally, like crazy! Jokes aside, they have played at many festivals across Europe and North America in their time, and have a total of eight albums under their belts. If you fancy tapping your toes to some Irish punk rock, hit Gruta 77 at the end of the month.
booking ahead
Sun 1 Aug Sala Heineken, C/Princesa, 1 (Metro: Plaza de España) Tel: 91 547 57 11. www.salaheineken.com €24.40 from www.ticketmaster.es Having announced a run of European gigs throughout August, the Portland rockers are touring with their greatest hits The Capitol Years 1995–2007, a compilation of the few gems that came from this classic 90s American outfit. Strongly influenced by bands ranging from the Velvet Underground to the Beach Boys and Simon and Garfunkel, The Dandy Warhol’s trademark sneery pop rock won them a legion of fans during their heyday. If you fancy travelling back in time to the midnineties when everything still seemed so simple, catch the boys at La Riviera on 1 August.
Alejandro Sanz Wed 8 Sept, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O’Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. www.palaciode deportes.com Limp Bizkit Sun 12 Sept, Palacio Vistalegre, C/Utebo, 1 (Metro: Vistalegre). €28.30 from www.ticketmaster.es Miguel Bosé Thur 16 Sept, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99, (Metro: Goya/O Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. €40 from www.ticketmaster.es Peter Gabriel Wed 22 Sept, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. €45-€125 from www.ticketmaster.es Goldfrapp Sat 25 Sept, La Riviera, Paseo Virgen del Puerto (Metro: Principe Pío/Puerta del Angel). Tel: 91 365 24 15. €26.20 from www.ticketmaster.es Elton John with Ray Cooper Sat 2 Oct, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. €45€120 from www.ticketmaster.es Massive Attack Fri 8 Oct, Palacio Vistalegre, C/Utebo, 1 (Metro: Vistalegre). €35 from www.ticketmaster.es Guns N’Roses Sat 9 Oct, Palacio Vistalegre, C/Utebo, 1 (Metro: Vistalegre). €50.50 from www.ticketmaster.es Sting Sat 30 Oct, Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, C/Jorge Juan, 99 (Metro: Goya/O’Donnell). Tel: 91 258 60 16. €46-€126 from www.ticketmaster.es
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GRUTA 77 C/Cuclillo, 6 (Metro: Oporto). Tel: 91 471 23 70. www.gruta77.com 5 Aug: Los Cavernas + La Motosierra 6 Aug: The Slackers + The Upsttemians 7 Aug: Insaciables + 7 Vidas 12 Aug: Los Personajes 13 Aug: Festival Undergranizado 14 Aug: Festival Undergranizado 17 Aug: Buggirl + 5 Cobras 18 Aug: Confronto (Brasil) + Camino a la Perdición + Dhul Karnine 19 Aug: Motora + His The Majesty the King 20 Aug: Fort-Nighters + The Hot Tones 21 Aug: Distorsión 50 Conflicto + MRK 24 Aug: The Real McKenzies 25 Aug: Iros todos a tomar por culo 26 Aug: Engendro 27 Aug: Family X + Dandy Looser DJ 28 Aug: Tut’n C’mons 30 Aug: The Mahones + Brutus Daughters SALA HEINEKEN C/Princesa, 1 (Metro: Plaza de España). Tel: 91 547 57 11. www.salaheineken.com 1 Aug: The Dandy Warhols CAFÉ LA PALMA C/Palma, 62 (Metro: Noviciado). Tel: 91 522 50 31. www.cafelapalma.com 6 Aug: DJ Angel Santos 28 Aug: DJ Angel Santos SALA EL SOL C/Jardines, 3 (Metro: Gran Vía). Tel: 91 532 64 90. www.elsolmad.com 24 June: Deer Park Mirage
Flamenco LAS TABLAS Plaza de España, 9 (Metro: Plaza de España). Tel: 91 542 05 20. www.lastablasmadrid.com CARDAMOMO C/Echegaray, 15 (Metro: Sol). Go and see one of Tel: 91 369 07 57. www.cardamomo.es three classic Madrid CASA PATAS C/Cañizares, 10 (Metro: Antón zarzuelas (light operas) being Martín). Tel: 91 369 04 96. performed at the Teatro www.casapatas.com
Celtic/folk Molly Malone’s tel: 91 594 16 35 Dubliner’s tel: 91 522 75 09 O’Neill’s tel: 91 521 20 30 Triskel Tavern tel: 91 523 27 83 The Irish Rover tel: 91 597 48 11 Taberna Elisa tel: 91 369 74 26 Finbar’s tel: 91 548 37 93
Compac Gran Vía (C/Gran Vía, 66) between 3 and 22 August. See www.gruposmedia.com.
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dance & mixed CLUB COLORS, Laydown, Plaza de los Mostenses, 9 (Plaza de España). First & third Fri of the month, 12.30am-3am. www.myspace.com/clubcolors Dance, sit, or even lie down while listening to the beats inspired by different electronic and dance genres at this “sexy groove session”. COPOLACLUB, c/San Hermenegildo, 7 (San Bernardo/Noviciado). Wed-Sun 11pm-3.30am. www.copolaclub.com Funky disco-bar with jazz, soul, pop and chilled house upstairs and electronica and techno downstairs. Test out your DJ skills on weeknights. € FOROCIO.COM FIESTA DE INTERCAMBIO, Sala Torero, c/Cruz, 26 (Sevilla). Wed. www.forocio.com. Meet people from all over the world at this awesome international party. € JOY ESLAVA, c/Arenal, 11 (Sol). Daily 11.30pm-6am. www.joy-eslava.com. Hosting lots of guest bands and DJs, Joy attracts a mixed crowd who get all dolled up to dance to an eclectic mix of music. €€ KAPITAL, c/Atocha, 125 (Atocha). Thur-Sat midnight-6am. Over-the-top seven-floor macro-club playing everything from house to hip hop to Spanish pop. €€€ NEU!CLUB, Sala Galileo Galilei, c/Galileo, 100 (Islas Filipinas). Sat 9.30pm-5.30am. myspace.com/neuclub. Electronica, bluegrass, Motown, 60s, rock and pop during the musical, cultural and audiovisual nights, plus live music and DJ sessions. €€ OCHO Y MEDIO, c/Mesonero Romanos, 13, corner of Gran Vía, 34 (Callao). Fri 1-6am. myspace.com/ochoymedio. Popular night featuring electro-disco, bastard-pop, punk-rock, new wave and post-punk. €€ OUI MADRID, c/Jorge Juan, 99 (Goya). Thur-Sat midnight-3am. www.ouimad.com. Start the night off right at this chic restaurant which turns into a nightclub around midnight. Take the elevator to the top floor and dive into the crush of people. Don’t forget to dress to the nines! €€€ PACHA, c/Barcelo, 11 (Tribunal). Thur-Sat midnight6am. www.pacha-madrid.com. Ultra-classy Pacha, a major force in Madrid since the 80s, now plays house, hip hop and commercial music on three floors. Worth a try, but leave those Converse at home! €€€ REINA BRUJA, c/Jacometrezo, 6 (Callao/Santo Domingo). Fri-Sat 11pm-5.30am. www.reinabruja.com. Well-mixed, popular hip hop and R&B for the fashionable youth of Madrid. €€ YA’STA, c/Valverde, 10 (Gran Vía). Thur-Sat midnight-6am. www.yastaclub.net. Thursdays are jazz, funk and soul, Fridays are dirty rock and electro, and Saturdays are techno and psychedelic trance. Talk about a complete weekend! €€
indie pop & rock ESPIRAL POP, c/San Andrés, 23 (Tribunal/Bilbao). Wed-Sun 11pm-3am. myspace.com/espiralpop. Pop and electro pop at this funky café with featured DJs. € INDEPENDANCE CLUB, c/Santa Engracia, 26 (Alonso Martínez). Thur-Fri-Sat midnight-6am. www.independanceclub.com. Enjoy popular, danceable indie-pop and rock at this excellent indie club. Email info@independanceclub.com with your full name, number of people and day attending for free entry! € SALA TABOO, c/San Vicente Ferrer, 23 (Tribunal). Thur-Sat 11pm-5.30am. www.taboo-madrid.com. Hosting both concerts and DJs, this Malasaña venue has it all, from funky electronica to punk-rock to triphop by upcoming artists. Watch out for its indie night, Dots Club, on Thursdays. €€ TRANSMISSION CLUB, Sala Star Studio 54, Plaza del Carmen, 3, lower floor (Sol). Fri 11pm-3am. myspace.com/transmission_club. Here’s a bar with a heavy musical focus, even mixing up the styles— post-punk, gothic, 80s and more—depending on the night. € TUPPERWARE, c/Corredera Alto de San Pablo, 26 (Tribunal). Wed-Sun 10pm-3am. myspace.com/tupperwarebar. Super-kitsch design and an indie-pop vibe that gets everyone dancing. € WILD THING BAR, c/Martín Machio, 2 (corner
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Padre Claret) (Alfonso XIII). Sun-Thur 9pm-close, Fri-Sat 10pm-close. www.wildthing.es. DJs rock this artsy bar with 90s and indie greats every night of the week. Make sure you take advantage of its happy hour on Thursdays from 9pm to 1am, when beers are only €2! €
electro, house, techno & drum’n’bass AUDIUM, c/Ventura Rodríguez, 7 (Ventura Rodríguez). Sat 1-7am. myspace.com/audiumclub. Non-stop techno and deep house music from RedSonja, Miguel Mendoza, Xpansul and more. €€ CAPOTE, c/Santa Teresa, 3 (Alonso Martínez). Tues-Sat 10pm-5am. This little gem of a bar puts on
(Cuzco/Colombia). Fri 11pm-6am. www.grupo69petalos.com With a shake-up of funk, RnB and popular house, plus cabaret, ludicrous outfits and general debauchery, the totally fabulous 69 Pétalos will leave you begging for more. €€ SUPERKLUB, Sala COOL, Isabel la Católica, 6 (Santo Domingo). Sun midnight-6am. Sunday evenings just got better than ever, with Superklub spilling non-stop house music into your Monday morning as if the weekend was never going to end. €€€
TWIST CLUB, Sala Wind, c/Montera, 25 (entrance in Plaza del Carmen) (Gran Vía). Thur midnight-6am. myspace.com/twistmadrid. By far the best drum ‘n’ bass night around. Head over and get hooked on
Zombie Club @ Sala Heineken Nightlife Keeping on dancing throughout August is Zombie Club, held every Wednesday at Sala Heineken.
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The Zombie Kids will be hosting their own brand of a night that attracts a hipster-ish crowd that wouldn’t be out of place in some of the grimier bars of Camden or Brooklyn. The bold and the beautiful have been congregating here since the club opened at the end of last year for debauchery-filled nights that play out to a soundtrack of techno, punk and drum ‘n’ bass. Zombie Club @ Sala Heineken, C/Princesa, 1 (Plaza de España). Wed. Free with guestlist. www.zomestudio.es bie a good show with resident DJs Timo and Roberto Jean. Enjoy some tasty house music to whet your appetite. €€ CASSETTE CLUB, Sala Boite, c/Tetuan, 27 (Sol). Sun midnight-6am. myspace.com/clubcassette. Electro to help ease you into the working week with a smile on your face. A cool night for a cool crowd. €€ DARK HOLE, Sala Flamingo, c/Mesonero Romanos, 13 (Callao/Gran Vía). Sat 1-6am. myspace.com/darkholegothicclub. Madrid’s unofficial gothic headquarters. Listen to dark ambient, electro and goth music until dawn. €€ DOMINION CLUB, Sala Jala Jala, c/la Puebla, 6 (Callao/Gran Vía). Fri 10.30pm-3am. www.myspace.com/dominionclubmadrid Resident DJs Fran Raven and guests spin a dark mix of EBM, dark electro, synth pop, industrial electro and future pop. FREE DU:OM, Sala Heineken, c/Princesa, 1 (Plaza de España). Fri-Sat midnight-6am. www.duomclub.com. Dress to impress and dance the night away to house and progressive house provided by some truly talented DJs: Hugo Serra, Iván Pica and Pombo. €€€ ELIXIR, Changó, c/Luchana (corner of Covarrubias) (Iglesia/Bilbao). Sat midnight-6am. A classy venue with good-looking people, hot go-gos, decadent design and dance music till dawn. €€€ LOW CLUB, Sala Pirandello 1, c/Princesa, 3 (Plaza de España). Fri-Sat midnight-6am. www.intromusica.com. Spend your weekends dancing away to resident and international DJs spinning the latest electro and techno beats. €€€ MOMA 56, c/José Abascal, 56 (Gregorio Marañon). Wed-Sat midnight-6am. www.moma56.com. Dance to resident DJ Koke’s tunes at this disco bar. €€ MONDO, Sala Stella, c/Arlabán, 7 (Sevilla). Thur-Sat 0.30-6am. www.web-mondo.com. Funk and electronica feature in this fantastic venue located smack dab in the centre of town. Fridays lean more towards house, techno and electro under the night’s pseudonym, The Room. This is a place you night-owls won’t want to miss! €€ OHM, Plaza Callao, 4 (Callao). Fri-Sat midnight6am. myspace.com/ohmclub. Great house DJs, great people and a great vibe. And don’t miss Weekend on Sundays, which features funky house. €€ 69 PÉTALOS, Avda Alberto de Alcocer, 32
music from Xol and you’re sure to have your Thursday nights booked. €€ VOODOO CLUB, Sala Moon, c/Aduana, 21 (Sol). Fri midnight-6am. Voodoo is a brand new Friday club session that caters for all the urban tribes, an offbeat night with a wide music policy covering the whole broken beats spectrum (from hip hop, dubstep and breaks to dirty electro and drum&bass). Whether it’s on the main dancefloor with its booming sound system and amazing light show, in the intimate backroom or at the chill-out bar, you’ll just love the venue and the cosmopolitan crowd it attracts.
reggae, funk, jazz & world music BERLÍN CABARET, c/Costanilla de San Pedro, 11. Mon, Tue, Wed: shows 1.30am; Thur: shows 1.30am & 3.30am; Fri, Sat: shows 1.30am, 2.30am & 3.30am. www.berlincabaret.com Located in La Latina, Berlín Cabaret attracts a diverse audience spilling out from the many bars in the area. It offers a lively, funky atmosphere with eclectic music ranging from the Jackson 5 to “La Lambada” and live cabaret shows, such as Psicosis Gonsales and In Drag. €€ LA BOCA DEL LOBO, c/Echegaray, 11 (Sevilla). Wed-Sat 10.30pm-3.30am. www.labocadellobo.com Rock, funk, electronic jazz and rare groove served up four nights a week, plus live music. €€ COSTELLO, c/Caballero de Gracia, 10 (Gran Vía). Daily 6pm-3am. www.costelloclub.com. Everything from funk and electronic jazz to pop, rare groove and rock music. €€ EL JUGLAR, c/Lavapiés, 37 (Lavapiés). Daily midnight-3am. www.salajuglar.com. Get your daily dose of funk, house, reggae and breaks at this neighbourhood hotspot. € EL JUNCO, Plaza Santa Bárbara, 10 (Alonso Martínez). Daily 11pm-6am. www.eljunco.com. Late-night funk and electronic jazz. €€ MARULA CAFÉ, c/Caños Viejos, 3 (La Latina). Daily 10.30pm-6am. www.marulacafe.com. Come and get your funk on at the palace of funk, also known as Marula Café. € SWEET FUNK CLUB, c/Doctor Cortezo, 1 (Sol/Tirso de Molina). Thur-Sat midnight-6am. sweetfunkclub.com. Feel free to get a little dirty at this hip-hop club near Sol. €
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SUMMER FESTIVALS ELECTROBEACH, Benidorm. 26-28 Aug. www.electrobeachfestival.com A dance fest full of big names such as Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin and Sven Väth where the main stage is a beach and you can dance youself into every evening against the backdrop of a beautiful sunset. At night the action is spread through the festival site itself, as well as the clubs in town, turning the whole city into one huge party. €40 AQUASELLA, Arrionda, Asturias. 6-7 Aug. www.aquasella.com Situated in the green and pleasant Asturian countryside this dance music festival features stompingly good dance music from big name DJs such as Ben Sims and Dave Clarke. Expect two days of non-stop partying. €65 BARCELONA MUSIC CONFERENCE, Barcelona. 67 Aug. www.barcelonamusicconference.com This rather official-sounding event is really a massive
dance music festival that prides itself on showcasing the best international dance talent around. The two-day bash is bound to be a sunny tune-filled treat with sets from Paul Van Dyk, Armin van Buuren and Eric Prydz. €50 JUDGEMENT SUNDAYS @ Eden, San Antonio, Ibiza. 29 Aug. www.edenibiza.com And finally, one night that’s a little further afield but seems fitting to mention for the summer clubbing season. This event in a club that has become a temple of worship for dance music lovers is set to be one of the best parties you’ll ever attend on a Sunday evening. With Judge Jules and Matt Hardwick headlining and a whole army of top DJs following them, there’s no better way to finish off the summer. €45 We do our best to keep these listings up to date but clubs come and go so if you see anything incorrect in here, please let us know by sending an email to editor@in-madrid.com. You’ll automatically be entered in a draw to win a free pair of cinema tickets
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for the record Russell Parton gets out his olives and tells us what we should, or shouldn’t, be listening to
The Roots How I Got Over Def Jam How I Got Over is the ninth album by Philadelphia hip-hop group The Roots. Taking its title from an old gospel standard, the album shuns that genre’s insistent optimism in favour of a deliberation on the importance of striving and overcoming, apparently inspired by the relief the band felt at the end of the Bush administration. It starts out all minor key, simply arranged with sustained piano chords providing gravitas over the cut and thrust of Questlove’s drumming. Programmed drums and auto-tuned vocals don’t even enter the equation, something uncommon in hip-hop and an apt move considering the album’s lyrical themes deal with the experience of being human in a modern world. The emotional depth of the lyrics is impressive— in “Walk Alone” the barely contained anger and despair contained in lines like “I’m a loner in a world of clones” later gives way to a more constructive doctrine of persistence in “Radio Daze”, “Now or Never” and “The Day”. Most of the songs follow the age-old pattern of MC-ing in the verses sandwiching a melodic chorus. It’s a tried and trusted formula, but one The Roots pull off as near as damn it to perfection in “The Fire”, a collaboration with John Legend. This is a corker of an album with few obvious pitfalls, and both accessible and complex.
moviereviews Jessica Cogan previews the big-screen releases heading to Madrid this month
Take the kids to the Retiro as part of El Festival Títeres de Madrid to see puppet shows from across the world. Performances every Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 29 August at 7.30pm and 10pm.
Inception (Origen) Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has a rare gift for making the confusing compelling and the unbelievable totally convincing. What he started with Memento he builds on with the impeccable Inception, which is a heist film—sort of. In the future, we can access each other’s dreams. Nefarious folks use this ability to steal secrets. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is an especially talented thief. So he’s recruited by corporate hotshot Saito (Ken Watanabe) on a special project: instead of stealing a secret, he’s asked to implant an idea in his victim’s subconscious. It’s a tough challenge—some people say impossible—but when Saito offers Cobb a chance to see the children he’s been exiled from, Cobb agrees. He assembles a team of muscle and brain and attempts the dangerous process of inception. A lot will be said about the special effects in Inception—and they are terrific. But they work well because they enhance the very smart script and strong characters and performances. It is such a relief to be in such capable hands. Sit back and enjoy. 6 Aug
I Am Kloot Sky at Night Domino-[PIAS] Spain Sky at Night is being touted as I Am Kloot’s masterpiece, an album in the mould of Elbow’s Mercury-winning The Seldom Seen Kid set to propel the Manchester group into the limelight after ten years plugging away in relative obscurity. It’s a familiar script, and not without foundation. Sky at Night has the kind of understated grandeur of a Richard Hawley album. Strings creep in without you really noticing, and are then joined by organ and orchestral percussion—dramatic cymbal crashes and kettle drums—to ensure the emotions really are stirred. This is the aim anyway, and singer John Bramwell makes it his mission to move listeners with his carefully crafted vignettes about life’s struggles and confidential, almost Jarvis-like vocal style. The songs are both nostalgic and wistful, coloured by the weight of time and tales of late-night drinking sessions. At times it too obviously aims towards statements of beauty, like the personification of the sun and moon in “The Moon Is a Blind Eye”. But its shortcomings are few and with songs like the Joe Cocker homage “Lately” and the epic six-minuter “Radiation”, complete with barnstorming brass and hints of the Hey Jude outro, I Am Kloot really hit the mark.
Scissor Sisters Night Work Polydor In contrast to mainstream pop acts that find a gay audience like Kylie or Abba, the Scissor Sisters were from the very start a band firmly rooted in gay culture, which makes their success all the more special. Moreover, the New Yorkers have always had that uncanny ability to craft upbeat, club-friendly melodic pop songs. It’s business as usual with Night Work, their third LP, as the group continues to play to their strengths of strong melodies and tightly constructed songs with disco beats. There’s nothing quite so eminently catchy as “Take Your Mama” or “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’”, though loyal fans are unlikely to be disappointed with the pure hedonism of the title track (the idea of “night work” in a disco context clearly tongue-in-cheek) or the sheer synthpop of “Skin This Cat”. Pop references include an 80s Bowie impression in “Harder You Get” and hints of the Spice Girls and Ace of Bass in “Whole New Way”. It’s a lot more sexually explicit than either of its predecessors: the cover features a clenched derrière and several songs—such as “Any Which Way” in which Jake Shears whispers, “I want you to funk me”—don’t beat around the bush (as it were). This is cheeky, fun, but ultimately vacuous good-time music that’s content to bob along on the surface of life—and why the heck not?
Mittens Deer Park Mirage Lazy Recordings Not gloves, but Mittens. That’s the name of Madrid’s latest alt-pop aspirants, which features Guillermo Prudencio from Wild Honey. Deer Park Mirage, the group’s new album, is a sparsely arranged do-it-yourself affair, using the fashionable one boyone girl singing line-up and featuring ukelele, lots of harmonies and electric guitar that alternates in style between surf, generic country and 90s indie jinglejangle. In all, 12 songs that want to be fun and funny, poignant and melodic, and get you bobbing your head in appreciation, but will struggle to do so. From verse to chorus to verse and back—you’ll soon feel like you’re going around the houses. Each song is three minutes or under and criminally mediocre in the melody department. And that’s before you realise how banal the lyrics are. One song is called “Jaffa Cakes” and another “Stuck in Champagne Jelly”—both blandly whimsical and seriously underwhelming expressions of nostalgia. A lot of twee bands have some kind of saving grace: Belle & Sebastian have their wit; even Wings had some good melodies. Mittens probably have an OK music collection, but good taste does not a good album make.
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Grown Ups (Niños Grandes) As the funny men of the 90s age, we will no doubt see more and more nostalgia comedy like Adam Sandler’s latest, Grown Ups. It’s like The Big Chill with fart jokes. The story centres on the reunion of five junior high school friends—Lenny (Adam Sandler), Eric (Kevin James), Kurt (Chris Rock), Marcus (David Spade) and Rob (Rob Schneider)—who decide to get together with their families over the Fourth of July weekend and reminisce about the good old days. Thirty years have passed and baggage (aka comedy fodder) has accumulated: there are disappointments, spoiled kids, difficult wives, nannies and in-laws. In fact, the film is busting at the seams with characters. For all the people, there is little room for plot, which might be just fine. There are gentle laughs and general likeability here. This is not high comedy. But Sandler, James and Spade are amusing enough. And finally, I’m not sure how much of this film is for the audience at all—it strikes me as a good excuse for comedian buddies to enjoy each others’ company. Out now
Sunshine Cleaning The juxtaposition of the words in the title—sunshine, yay! Cleaning, boo!—is an apt set-up for this strange, sad-sweet film. Amy Adams stars as Rose, a former high school sweetheart whose life has unravelled—she’s a single mom, who hooks up regularly with a married old flame, and is struggling to make ends meet. Her sister Norah (Emily Blunt) is a bit of a loser too—lives at home with dad (Alan Arkin) and can’t hold a job. Rose decides she wants a change and, hearing that there’s big money to be had, decides to launch a career cleaning crime scenes. She enlists her sister and as their rather grim business gets going, they’re forced to face some of their own buried tragedies and decide how they want their lives to turn out. The perfect casting here is the movie’s greatest strength. Adams’ Rose is heartbreaking in her perpetual lemonade-making as she’s handed lemon after lemon. Arkin is loveable and solid. Finally, the movie is more hopeful than otherwise and for a small film, it has remarkable staying power. Out now
Dead Snow
The Girlfriend Experience Edgy! Sexy! Scandalous! That’s the life of a professional female escort in New York City, no? No. How about dull! Self involved! Tiresome! Steven Soderbergh’s documentary-style flick focuses on Chelsea (Sasha Grey), a classy escort in Manhattan who is part therapist, part listener, and a dash of sex bunny. She makes a sweet living and has a chic apartment with her personal trainer boyfriend Chris (Chris Santos). But hey, things aren’t perfect. There’s a hot new escort on the scene—and Chelsea is having a hard time figuring out who to trust to help further her “career”. Then she meets a client with whom she seems to have a real spark. So she decides to take a weekend with him—even if that means breaking up with her boyfriend. Instead of discovering true love, Chelsea learns a hurtful lesson about letting her guard down. The Girlfriend Experience is a chilly, remote film. None of the characters are particularly likeable and many are actively unpleasant. The best thing about the film is its scenery—it’s a love letter to NYC, a beautiful place for a rather ugly tale. 6 Aug
Dead Snow (Zombis Nazis) I like horror movies. I like zombie movies. I love movies where Nazis get their comeuppance (Inglourious Basterds, Indiana Jones). But mooshing them together with a dash of humour and a squeeze of lesson-learning and you’ve got a bloody, undead mess. Dead Snow has a decent story: a group of medical students head to a remote cabin out of mobile-phone range and awaken the rage of zombie Nazis who roam those hills. But beyond the bones of that construct, this Norwegian horror doesn’t quite know what to be. It is at turns campy funny in the mode of Shaun of the Dead, then darkly vengeful like Drag Me to Hell, and then simply a splatter-fest like the Friday the 13ths. Too bad. Sticking with any one of these would have made this film less maddening and more what it wanted to be—a gross good time. 6 Aug
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■ BY AMY BELL Splice (Experimento Mortal) Two young genetic engineers (Adrian Brody and Sarah Polley) have achieved fame by splicing together the genes of different animals in order to create new hybrids. Now they want to add human DNA to the mix, which of course can only end badly. The result of their experiments is Dren, a beautiful but dangerous winged creature that develops at an alarming pace and quickly becomes impossible to control. Expect disturbing visuals, including some very unconventional sex scenes, which are bound to stay fixed in your mind after you leave the cinema. Out now The Last Airbender (Airbender, El Último Guerrero) Based on the first season of the animated TV series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, this 3D film is directed by M Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) and stars Noah Ringer as Aang, a 12-year-old Airbender who learns he is the only person in his generation capable of controlling all four elements in the world: water, earth, air and fire. For years these elements have lived in harmony until the Fire Lord launches an attack on the others, leaving Aang to fight in order to maintain peace. 6 Aug
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FLAMENCO GUITAR CLASSES (MADRID CENTRO) One on One classes. All levels. Professional guitarist with 12 years of teaching experience, specially with foreigners. Learn about flamenco culture and music. Improve your Spanish too! Flexible schedule (mornings or evenings) for full enjoyable lessons. Metro “Tirso de Molina” or “Sol”. Don’t be afraid if you have basic skills or knowledge!!! contact : jjflamguitar@yahoo.es.
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ART STUDIO MADRID Painting and drawing. Come to the Open Doors Studio Day on the 19th of June from 13 to 17h. Enjoy and see the work that the students made during the year.Come and discover different techniques in abstract and figurative painting. All levels are welcome. Come from the 5th to the 9th of July to the “Painting in a Series” workshop where you will make a body of work using different materials. Classes in English, Spanish and French. Calle Don Ramón de la Cruz 26, Metro Velázquez. Contact genoveva at genojuan@gmail.com 669-29-47-58. ART WORKSHOP IN ITALY Join us to our Art Workshop in Tuscany,Italy, from the 1st to the 14th of August. Explore and enjoy Contemporary Painting and Drawing! Painters of all levels are welcome. Contact Genoveva at genojuan@gmail.com or www.montorno.com.
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PROFESORA DE INGLÉS Soy nativa y con 6 años de experiencia. Todos los niveles: conversación, gramática y vocabulario específico. Contacta: 636 040 909 ó aardvarksteach@yahoo.es. CLASES DE INGLÉS A DOMICILIO Profesores nativos, bilingües ofrecen clases de inglés a domicilio o lugar público. Clases de conversación o cualquier aspecto del idioma: escucha, pronunciación, escritura, lectura, habla y preparación de exámenes. Licenciados y certificados de TEFL. Niños y adultos. Desde 15 euros/hora. one2one.madrid@gmail.com. BUSINESS ENGLISH TEACHERS Logistics company needs experienced teachers for Barcelona, Guadalajara and Madrid. Must be self-employed (autónomo) native-speaker with own transportation. Contract from Sept-Oct. to June 2010. Send CV to lmier@go2uti.com or call (91) 640 42 81. other-languages
other-classes sailing SERENITY SAILING R.Y.A TRAINING SERENITY SAILING R.Y.A TRAINING CENTRE FOR ALL YOUR BOATING LICENCES RYA sailing tuition Competent Crew to Yachtmaster,Powerboat level 2, VHF & ICC. Own boat tuition on sail and power. If you have a yacht or powerboat get qualified and certified... Contact Richard 0034 638056224 / enquiries@serenitysailing.com / www.serenitysailing.com.
clubs clubs-art DO YOU LIKE TO SING? Coro Universitario Complutense is looking for new members. Come on, you will enjoy singing with us very much. Rehearsals on Fridays from 8-10pm. www.corouniversitariocomplutense.com or call Angel: 646 932 315. This rest of this section is available online at inmadrid.com
clubs-gay SING Singers, Tenors and Basses especially, are wanted for a choir. We are international and gay-friendly. COROFRANCISPOULENC.COM Currently rehearsing pieces by Schütz, Schein, Schumann, Bardòs and Poulenc. Rehearsals Thursday evenings from 7:15 to 9:30 pm at the Complutense. CONTACT US ON OUR WEBSITE. This rest of this section is available online at inmadrid.com
clubs-sports MADRID CRICKET CLUB Madrid Cricket Club is looking for players of all levels and nationalities. Play in the Spanish national league! For more info contact Joss (663 395 058) or Manny (627557572). www.cricketinmadrid.com. This rest of this section is available online at inmadrid.com
counselling COUNSELLING MADRID Counselling Madrid is devoted to the international community in Madrid. We provide
confidential counselling services to students, expats and spouses. Visit our website for more details: www.counsellingmadrid.org. PSYCHOTHERAPIST/COUNSELOR. US trained/licensed. Specialized in Solution Focused and Family Systems Therapy. Help in relationships, life transitions, crisis or bereavement. Discover new understanding, find more effective approaches and develop strengths in resolving problems and dealing with emotional distress. David Hugener MSW. Tel: 91 594 22 08 or 636 204 220. Sliding scale. PSYCHOLOGY/PSYCHIATRY/SPEECH & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Counseling, Psychology, Psychiatry, Speech and Occupational therapy services in English and Spanish (some services also available in other languages) for all ages. Our staff of professionals has vast clinical experience helping adults and children in the English-speaking community in Madrid with depression, anxiety, cultural adaptation, couples/relationship problems, sensory impairments, language disorders and more. www.sinews.es.
desperately-seeking LOOKING FOR TENNIS PARTNER COMPAÑERO/A DE TENIS! Looking for a guy/girl to play tennis with, intermediate level. Probably evenings after 9, but maybe mornings. Sunday any time. nwgjackson@googlemail.com. This rest of this section is available online at inmadrid.com
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health-and-fitness RECOMMENDED PERSONAL TRAINER Fantastic Personal Trainer with private training studio and a team of trainers in the heart of Madrid. Get fit, get lean, get happy, visit www.davidhughes.es or email info@davidhughes.es for more information on how to achieve all your fitness goals. ASHTANGA YOGA AND THAI MASSAGE My name is Amorn from Thailand. I live in Madrid almost two years now. I am Ashtanga Yoga teacher and also offer Thai Massage (certified from Wat Pho Traditional Medical School in Bangkok Thailand) and Thai cooking classes at home and outside. My place is located in the center of Madrid, metro Goya and Principe de Vergara. For more information about me and price for Yoga, Thai massage and cooking class, please kindly check at my website: www.BAANAMORN.COM or write me at: BRIESELANG70@YAHOO.DE. ESCUELA DHARMA DE YOGA INTEGRAL Hatha Yoga Dinámico, método orgánico. Respiración, fortalecimiento, flexibilidad y relajación. Atención personalizada. Precios asequibles y descuentos. Clases colectivas e individuales. Horarios de
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mañana, mediodía y tarde. Todos los niveles. Grupo de Meditación. Seminarios de fin de semana. Pregunta por nuestros masajes. Website: www.yogaorganico.es Adress: Asociación Shiva-Shakti de Yoga Integral. c/Pelayo 80 1ºdcha (subway stations: Alonso martinez, Chueca). More information: 91 310 51 81 and info@yogaorganico.es.
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intercambios groups INTERCAMBIOS MEETINGS THREE TIMES A WEEK MADRIDINTERCAMBIOS: Practice your languages in a friendly atmosphere, and meet new people. Come to the International Exchanges Meetings (free) every WEDNESDAY, 11pm-1. 30am in GRAZIE MILLE, c/Mayor 31 (Metro:Sol), with FREE Italian Foods - every THURSDAY, 9. 30pm-2am in CAFE MADRID, c/Escalinata (Metro:Opera), Party after! - every FRIDAY, in different places (check in Facebook). 1st time? Ask for Antoine or Andrea! Informations & pictures: http://madridintercambios.glo24.com Facebook group MADRIDINTERCAMBIOS. MADRIDBABEL: INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN MADRID!!! Meet people from all over the world, practise languages absolutely FREE & make new friends through our wide range of international activities: EVERY WEDNESDAY > International Evening from 21:00 at The Quiet Man (Valverde 44 - metro Tribunal or Gran Vía). EVERY SUNDAY > International Afternoon from 19:00 at The Quiet Man (Valverde 44 metro Tribunal or Gran Vía). EVERY WEEK-END > Films in o.v., international dinners, tapas evenings, excursions, sports, wine tastings, cultural visits, parties & many other activities!! For more info contact Fran (madridbabel@yahoo.es) or visit www.madridbabel.es. This rest of this section is available online at inmadrid.com where you’ll find hundreds of classified ads, categorised and searchable.
jobs jobs-offered SALES STAFF FOR INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY COMPANY! Sales jobs available, primarily in Madrid but with option of work in Portugal, Southern Spain and beyond. The main job entails telemarketing our available investment and lifestyle properties to clients. Option to tour potential clients around coastal properties and attend property fairs! (Optional, non compulsory!) Excellent commissions! Money driven experienced sales staff required. No time wasters! Call for details. (Mon-Fri 10 - 7):- 912 219 101 Or email:- Jobs@mscproperty.com. ACADEMY SEEKS MUSIC, DRAMA
AND PRIMARY TEACHERS. ACADEMY offers part/full time positions for Drama, Music and Primary teachers. For native speakers or high English level teachers, experienced with children 3 to 10. Excellent payment. Send CV to lc_artsmart@yahoo.es and for further information call 914292446. ENGLISH TEACHER WANTED FOR SCHOOL IN CUENCA We are looking for a part-time (14 h) English teacher for a school in Cuenca. Requirements: must be native English speaker - TEFL qualification necessary - good level of spoken Spanish - some previous experience useful Please send CVs to: Carol Balmer kellscenter1@orange.es Tel: 969230761.
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services MAN WITH VAN FOR HIRE Large van with driver available for hire for house & office moves, deliveries and collections (Ikea etc) free help with lifting and carrying included in charges. Hourly and daily rates in Madrid and the rest of Spain. Monthly trips back to the UK. Very good service. English. Call Ian 693 923 051 or guywithvan@hotmail.com. DENTIST English dental surgeon offers high quality dental treatment in Madrid. 24-hour emergency service. Call 661 857 170. Clinica Dental Cisne, c/Magallanes, 18-1º, 28015 Madrid. Call 91 446 32 21. LIVELY CELTIC MUSIC Talented Irish musicians available for concerts, functions, weddings and parties. Tel: 654 225 305. COMPUTERS / NETWORKS / WEBSITES System administrator offers professional service. Computer / laptop repair, data recovery, password recovery, IT infrastructure planning, software installation and maintenance, network administration, resolving email problems, IT security, backup solutions, web pages. Windows, Linux/UNIX supported. I speak English and German. email: info@jjaeger.fastmail.fm or Tel.: +34 91 559 31 58 Mobile: +34 65 335 11 36. LIVE MUSIC Duo of classical guitar + flute/jazz guitar + saxophone will give a touch of class to receptions, parties, weddings, etc. We’re serious musicians with an ample repetoire and lots of professional experience in the jazz and classical fields. There is the option of solo guitar (jazz + classical),duo, trio with a double-bass, quartet with double-bass and drums, and formations with singers, trumpet players,etc. Please e-mail: cywilliams@telefonica.net.
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