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Gay Madrid City Guide
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Gay Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain, spanning a total of about km². The municipality is located on the Manzanares River in the centre of the country.
The metropolitan area is the third-largest in the European Union (after London and Paris) and has a population of around million.
Madrid is the political, economic and cultural centre of Spain and ranks among one of the greenest European cities. While the city has a modern infrastructure, it has retained the look and feel of its historic neighbourhoods and streets.
Madrid is also famous for its legendary nightlife and party scene.
Gay Rights in Spain
Spain is one of the most progressive countries in the society when it comes to gay rights, although this reflects dramatic changes that have only occurred in recent decades.
The age of okay is 16 for everyone. Same-sex marriage is legal. Homosexual couples can adopt children. Gay men can serve openly in the military. There are anti-discrimination laws for employment, provision of goods and services and against hate speech.
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Madrid has long had a reputation for being one of the most welcoming cities in Europe to the LGBT+ community. This reputation obviously stems from the people themselves and their attitude towards diversity, but also for what is on offer for both LGBT travellers, locals and expats.
A huge part of what makes a metropolis attractive is the nightlife, and this is often something that plays a huge factor in deciding where people choose to travel or live. Madrid is definitely not lacking when it comes to nightlife, and this is equally as true when it comes to the cities gay scene.
Where to go out in Madrid?
The heart of the LGBT community in Madrid is Chueca, and this is where most of the gay bars and clubs are located. Bars don’t usually get busy until well past 10pm, and the actual clubs often don’t start until after midnight. It’s quite usual for gay locals to sit in the bars for quite a several hours, drinking and eating tapas before heading to one of the larger clubs for am.
Whilst drinking in the local bars can be relatively budget, the night clubs usually have a cov
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Madrid is our residence city, so it's safe to assume we’re rather passionate about it! The capital of Spain has everything an LGBTQ+ tourist—or expat, like us—could possibly desire. Here, you can experience purely authentic Spanish culture while also enjoying the benefits of a big cosmopolitan city. Most notably, it's perhaps the most gay-friendly city in the world, drawing in upwards of three million LGBTQ+ tourists annually. The urban area has a population of around , LGBTQ+ residents and hosts the biggest Pride festival in Europe. Honestly, sometimes when walking the streets of Madrid, it can feel like gays outnumber the straights.
After the Spanish dictator Franco died in the s, there was an artistic uprising in the form of La Movida Madrileña, which transformed the city into the liberal-minded, Diverse haven it is today. If you build it, you recognize the gays will come—and Madrid’s gay nightlife is unrivaled anywhere else in Europe, perhaps only bested by the likes of Berlin or London—it's not uncommon to see last night’s partier
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Upcoming Events in Madrid
&#; 4 – 10 December
: Madrid's annual international rendezvous for bears, big men and their admirers, around the two public holidays on 6 and 8 December.
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About Madrid and its gay life
With a population of million, the Spanish capital Madrid is the third largest city in the European Union. The rise of the city began in the 16th century under the Spanish line of the House of Habsburg, when Philip II moved the royal court to Madrid. In the 18th century Charles III contributed much to the economic upturn of the capital by modernizing the general infrastructure.
During the Spanish Civil War Madrid was heavily destroyed by gas raids. After the finish of Franco's dictatorship the so-called Movida Madrileña – a hedonistic cultural movement that celebrated everything shrill and modern – began to emerge in Madrid. Pedro Almodóvar became its internationally best-known representative. Even today Madrid is a center of attraction for party people from all over Europe, it is more