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- Valencia News: Immigration Debate, Rent Rises & Record Birds at the Albufera
Bon dia! Spain’s immigration debate is dominating politics this week — a new poll finds the country almost evenly split on regularising undocumented migrants, while new spending figures reveal a sharp imbalance between what the government spends managing arrivals and what it spends preventing them. Also in Valencia news: housing rental costs are rising after… - Valencia Weekend: Kites at Cabanyal, Kiefer at CAHH & May Day Holiday
Buen Finde! Friday is a public holiday — International Workers’ Day — so this is a long weekend, and Valencia has filled it well. The Cabanyal Kite Festival is back on Sunday, a rescheduled crowd-pleaser that’s free and as good an excuse as any to spend the afternoon on the beach. It’s a big weekend for… - Valencia News: Foreign Renters, Ruzafa Noise Controls & More Strikes
Bon dia! In Valencia news this week, new data shows foreign residents now dominate the city’s premium lettings sector. The biggest groups: Americans and Ukrainians. Ruzafa is in for some new noise control. Plus, doctors are set to strike this week, while teachers voted to strike in May. City & Housing Eight in Ten New…
Features
- We Were There: All Over the Place Debuts in Ruzafa
Last Friday, Atika and I were invited to the debut of All Over the Place: The Show, a live English-language show hosted by Alexey Timbul at Acting in English, right in the heart of Ruzafa. The episode featured different guests — and this first one was an entertaining, well-woven mix of stand-up comedy, Valencia history… - Paella: A Pan, a Dish, and an Argument Waiting to Happen
In Valencia, they don’t say “let’s have paella,” they say “let’s go for paella,” because it’s an outing, a spectacle, and a discussion waiting to become an argument. The first argument is about the word itself. Paella originally refers to the shallow, wide pan used to cook rice—from Old French paelle and Latin patella, both… - Feria de Abril in Valencia: What It Is and Where to Join the Fun
Before you dreamt of coming to Valencia — before you even knew where this city had its pin on Google Maps — you already knew Spain. And when you heard that word, a close-up shot of a floreo appeared in your mind: a flamenco dancer’s hands tracing slow, circular patterns in the air, her dress…
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