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 Valencia, the city with arguably the world's noisiest festival (Las Fallas), wants to pass an anti-noise bylaw which will punish everything from playing loud music at the beach, to shouting in the street or chiming church bells at the wrong time. https://www.thelocal.es/20230220/no-loud-music-at-the-beach-or-shouting-spains-valencia-wages-war-on-noise Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:30:02 +0100 no-loud-music-at-the-beach-or-shouting-spains-valencia-wages-war-on-noise It can be hard to find peace and quiet in urban Spain, but if you want to experience life in a Spanish city without going deaf in the process, here is a list of the noisiest and quietest towns and cities in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20190423/which-cities-in-spain-are-the-noisiest-clue-not-madrid Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:31:15 +0200 which-cities-in-spain-are-the-noisiest-clue-not-madrid The Balearic island looks to overcome a legal vacuum that allows most cruise ships and party boats blasting earsplitting music off its coastline to get away it. https://www.thelocal.es/20180829/majorca-vies-for-full-noise-control-over-party-boats-and-all-its-coastline Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:24:22 +0200 majorca-vies-for-full-noise-control-over-party-boats-and-all-its-coastline A parish church near Madrid is facing a fine of €16,000 because its bells are too noisy. https://www.thelocal.es/20161018/madrid-parish-church-faces-fine-over-too-noisy-bells Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:12:44 +0200 madrid-parish-church-faces-fine-over-too-noisy-bells In a case of the wheels of justice barely turning at all, a family in Spain's Valencia region have finally won their battle to have an unlicensed social club in their building shut down. https://www.thelocal.es/20150806/family-wins-fight-against-noisy-bar-after-16-years Thu, 06 Aug 2015 12:45:10 +0200 family-wins-fight-against-noisy-bar-after-16-years A Frenchman in the Spanish coastal town of Denía has found a novel way to complain about noise from a neighbouring restaurant — he has suspended a coffin on scaffolding outside his window. https://www.thelocal.es/20141113/tomb-protest Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:43:00 +0100 tomb-protest A Spanish man who deliberately tormented neighbours with loud music for five years, leaving one of them with a mental health disorder, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to pay €15,000 ($19,000) in compensation. https://www.thelocal.es/20141014/spanish-noise-terrorist-neighbour-gets-16-months-spain Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:34:00 +0200 spanish-noise-terrorist-neighbour-gets-16-months-spain Eight people were each fined €101 ($130) last Wednesday for playing the Ludo board game late at night in Malaga by police who had received complaints from neighbours about the "noise made by the dice". https://www.thelocal.es/20140915/spanish-youths-fined-for-late-night-ludo-session Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:37:00 +0200 spanish-youths-fined-for-late-night-ludo-session Authorities in the southern Spanish city of Seville have taken the unusual decision to ban dominoes and dice games in outdoor cafe areas, as part of a wider plan to crack down on noise in the city. https://www.thelocal.es/20140725/sevilla Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:57:00 +0200 sevilla Residents of the central Madrid neighbourhood of La Latina are living a sleepless nightmare as more and more bachelor party 'mobs' are taking over its streets into the early hours of the morning. https://www.thelocal.es/20140602/spains-stag-dos Mon, 02 Jun 2014 18:45:00 +0200 spains-stag-dos A court in Spain on Tuesday acquitted a pianist who prosecutors wanted jailed for disturbing a neighbour with her playing, media reported. https://www.thelocal.es/20131127/noisy-pianist Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:26:00 +0100 noisy-pianist A new set of rules imposing harsh new fines for people that hold late night parties in their homes has caused controversy in the Spanish region of Extremadura. https://www.thelocal.es/20130617/noisy-neighbour-rules-create-local-headaches Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:58:00 +0200 noisy-neighbour-rules-create-local-headaches