https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Madrid’s biggest cemetery is the final resting place for more than five million dead, a veritable city of tombs and niches that stretches out from the east of the city towards the airport. https://www.thelocal.es/20181102/in-pics-this-is-how-all-saints-day-is-celebrated-in-madrid Fri, 02 Nov 2018 11:24:39 +0100 in-pics-this-is-how-all-saints-day-is-celebrated-in-madrid Don't let anyone tell you Spain 'doesn't do' autumn. https://www.thelocal.es/20190923/in-pics-15-photos-that-will-get-you-excited-about-autumn-in-spain Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:23:23 +0200 in-pics-15-photos-that-will-get-you-excited-about-autumn-in-spain Home to one of Spain's most important private art collections that includes paintings by Goya, Velazquez and Rubens, the Liria Palace was for decades Madrid's best kept cultural secret. https://www.thelocal.es/20191122/in-pics-behind-the-doors-of-madrids-sumptuous-art-filled-liria-palace Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:26:22 +0100 in-pics-behind-the-doors-of-madrids-sumptuous-art-filled-liria-palace Let's face it, Benidorm isn't everyone's cup of tea. But a photographer is revealing that true beauty can be found in the most unlikely of resorts. https://www.thelocal.es/20190819/18-photos-that-prove-benidorm-is-beautiful Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:39:44 +0200 18-photos-that-prove-benidorm-is-beautiful 80 years after the end of the Civil War, The Local takes a look at some Republican symbols that survived Franco's 36-year dictatorship and are still around today. https://www.thelocal.es/20190402/secret-madrid-republican-symbols-that-survived-franco Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:35:30 +0200 secret-madrid-republican-symbols-that-survived-franco Two historians have researched archives, old photos and oral accounts to piece together the forgotten stories of Madrid during the Civil War. Leah Pattem found out more. https://www.thelocal.es/20190326/ghosts-of-war-map-of-bombed-madrid-reveals-a-city-secretly-scarred Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:00:30 +0100 ghosts-of-war-map-of-bombed-madrid-reveals-a-city-secretly-scarred Some costumes weigh more than 80 kg, stand more than five metres high and are wheeled onto stage in the battle to be crowned 2019 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival Queen. https://www.thelocal.es/20190228/in-pics-drag-queens-compete-for-santa-cruz-carnival-crown Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:40:57 +0100 in-pics-drag-queens-compete-for-santa-cruz-carnival-crown One of three supermoons visible this year, the one that appeared last night was the biggest and brightest full moon of 2019 https://www.thelocal.es/20190220/in-pics-the-super-snow-moon-as-seen-from-spain Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:44:19 +0100 in-pics-the-super-snow-moon-as-seen-from-spain Spain’s greatest art museum has taken on the latest viral trend that has flooded social media channels, the #10yearchallenge. And the results are brilliant. https://www.thelocal.es/20190129/prado-museum Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:18:28 +0100 prado-museum Spanish riot police used cranes on Monday to clear a major thoroughfare in Madrid that was blocked by striking taxi drivers. https://www.thelocal.es/20190128/riot-police-and-cranes-sent-in-to-clear-taxi-strike-in-madrid Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:47:45 +0100 riot-police-and-cranes-sent-in-to-clear-taxi-strike-in-madrid Two years ago, Leah Pattem, 33, from Newcastle Upon Tyne, embarked on a mission to photograph every fading, no-frills bar she ever visited in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20190119/in-pics-how-one-british-woman-revived-spains-love-for-its-own-no-frills-bars Sat, 19 Jan 2019 17:13:55 +0100 in-pics-how-one-british-woman-revived-spains-love-for-its-own-no-frills-bars Anti-homeless architecture is often disguised as useful features for pedestrians, but it secretly doubles up as defence against rough sleepers. Leah Pattem of Madrid No Frills investigates. https://www.thelocal.es/20181219/in-pics-madrids-hostile-anti-homeless-architecture-that-you-see-everyday-but-dont-even-notice Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:37:52 +0100 in-pics-madrids-hostile-anti-homeless-architecture-that-you-see-everyday-but-dont-even-notice A former tobacco factory in a working class neighbourhood of Madrid has become one of the capital’s most exciting art spaces. https://www.thelocal.es/20181112/in-pics-la-tabacalera-in-madrid Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:07:25 +0100 in-pics-la-tabacalera-in-madrid In honour of its 20th anniversary, Madrid’s international festival of photography and visual arts, PHotoEspaña, has curated 100 exhibitions which comprise the work of 514 artists spread out over 62 venues. https://www.thelocal.es/20180612/the-10-best-exhibitions-at-photoespaa-2018 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:14:22 +0200 the-10-best-exhibitions-at-photoespaa-2018