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cultural life awakens

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Late January, when cultural life begins to stir

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. […]

today01/29/2026

ordinary life takes the lead

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When ordinary life takes the lead

In Villajoyosa, there is no day when the year officially begins. No moment when someone decides that things must now be different. You only notice it afterwards, in the way things start happening again without effort. Shops return to their normal opening hours. Streets are used as they always were. People walk somewhere without it being about anything. Suddenly, ordinary life takes the lead again. The new year has been […]

today01/22/2026

small conversations January

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January is a month of small conversations. No plans, just people

In January on the Costa, conversations often start halfway through. No introduction, no conclusion. At the bakery someone says something about the bread. In the lift you exchange two words. On the street it’s just a look and a nod. I order, pay, step outside. The man next to me does the same. We stand side by side in the sun for a moment. No one says anything else. There’s […]

today01/15/2026

quiet weeks January

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The quiet weeks of January: what remains when nothing is required

What strikes me every year in the weeks after Epiphany is not what disappears, but what is left behind. The holidays are over — everyone knows that — yet no one seems in a hurry to make it visible. The street lights are still there. Some evenings they’re on. Some evenings they’re not. As if the system hasn’t been switched off, and no one feels the need to look for […]

today01/08/2026

nazomer in Spanje

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Late summer in Spain: long evenings and village squares full of life

Late August holds a certain magic. The hottest days are behind you, but the sun is still generous, and the evenings feel longer than ever. The rush of peak tourist season begins to fade, while life on the streets somehow feels even more vibrant. It’s the time when you truly discover the essence of late summer in Spain — without the frantic pace of high season. Village festivals and processions […]

today08/28/2025

mañana

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Mañana, mañana: why the slow Spanish life isn’t lazy — it’s cultural

When I first moved to Spain, I genuinely thought my installer had passed away. Not because he was ill, but because he’d promised me three times that he’d come “mañana,” which I naively interpreted as “I’ll be there tomorrow.” Then he disappeared for four full days. No call, no message—nothing. I pictured the whole thing: grieving family, me at the doorstep with flowers. But on day five, he walked in […]

today03/28/2025

Día del Padre

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Today is Día del Padre in Spain — and they celebrate it in style!

When I was a child growing up in the Netherlands, Father’s Day was a cozy Sunday in June. Breakfast in bed, a handmade craft, and maybe a bottle of aftershave he’d never use. It wasn’t until I lived in Spain that I discovered Día del Padre is celebrated here on 19 March, on the feast day of San José (Saint Joseph) — the father figure of Jesus and the Catholic […]

today03/19/2025

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