Every year on May 4th, the Netherlands commemorates the victims of the Second World War and other armed conflicts. As a Dutch radio station, we observe this moment here on the Costa Blanca as well. Costa Blanca Radio will adjust its evening programming on Monday, May 4th. Between 18:00 and 21:00 we will not be airing Costa Request or 80s@8, but instead choosing a more subdued atmosphere befitting the occasion. […]

Living without a car on the Costa Blanca is possible. That’s not theory — that’s experience. It’s just not a condition that feels the same every day. One day it’s freedom. The next, it’s a logistical puzzle without a reference image. So the answer is yes. With a footnote. Bus routes that don’t run for you On paper, there is public transport. In reality, it often feels like the bus […]

There’s a scooter leaning against a wall. Not neatly, not dramatically. Just there. As if someone decided, mid-journey, that this was where the story could pause for a moment. I stop, look at it, and think: this isn’t a means of transport — it’s a footnote in the streetscape. In Spain, e-scooters are never really on the move. They’re somewhere. Standing. Waiting. And in the meantime, they pretend to save […]

Toward the end of January, something shifts along the Costa — without anyone announcing it. It doesn’t suddenly become busier, and it’s not festive yet either. But the quiet core of winter slowly loosens its grip. Not through plans, but through signs. In Villajoyosa, the first posters appear on walls that have been empty for weeks. Hung slightly crooked, sometimes half overlapping something old. Nothing grand, nothing eye-catching. Just present. […]

Curtains in a Spanish home move with the day. They don’t automatically open when you wake up, and they don’t close simply because it’s evening. Sometimes they stay half closed while the sun is shining. Other times they open at a moment that doesn’t seem logical at all. That has little to do with atmosphere. And everything to do with timing. Light as an active force In Spain, light isn’t […]