Sala El Sol sits in a basement at number three Calle de los Jardines. You can identify the entrance by the circular staircase that leads down from the street level into the large, open-plan space. Inside, the room features red velvet…
La Movida Madrileña
This self-guided walk leads you through the legendary bars, concert halls, and neighborhoods that defined Madrid's late-1970s and 80s countercultural explosion.
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1. Sala El Sol
2. C. del Pez, 8
Calle del Pez, number eight, is widely recognized as the site of the legendary bar El Palentino. For sixty years, this corner establishment served as a constant in the Malasaña neighborhood, where its owner, Casto Herrezuelo, greeted…
3. Tribunal (Madrid Metro)
Tribunal station, situated beneath the busy intersection of Calle de Fuencarral, opened in nineteen nineteen as one of the original eight stations of the Madrid Metro. While its name today refers to the nearby Court of Auditors, for the…
4. La Vía Láctea
La Vía Láctea occupies a two-story space on Velarde Street that once functioned as a coal yard. Opened in July nineteen seventy-nine by founder Marcos López Artiga, the bar takes its name from a music venue he visited in Amsterdam. The…
5. El Penta Bar
El Penta, situado en el número cuatro de la Calle de la Palma, se distingue por su fachada clásica en el barrio de Malasaña y por ser el lugar donde, según la letra de la canción "La chica de ayer", el músico Antonio Vega volvía cada noche…
6. Galileo Galilei
The Galileo Galilei Hall stands out on Calle de Galileo for its distinctive entrance, which is decorated in the style of a Hellenic temple. Originally built as a cinema, the space was repurposed into a performance venue in nineteen…
7. Antiguo Rock-Ola
The Antiguo Rock-Ola occupied the premises at number three Padre Xifré Street, directly facing the distinctive Torres Blancas building. Between nineteen eighty-one and nineteen eighty-five, this venue functioned as an essential hub for the…