Free Tango festival in Buenos Aires
From August 8th to August 21st, the most important Tango meeting in the world! Book your free ticket at buenosaires.gob.ar/festivales #spanishcourses #buenosaires
The seven colors hill
In Jujuy, Argentina there is the most marvelous hill in the world, it has 7 different colors because of the marine, lake and river sediments that were deposited in the area for millions of years. Pink color: composed of red clay, fangolites (mud) and arilites (sand). Estimated age: 3 to 4 million years. White color: limestone, [...]
The Origin of “Boludo” and “Pelotudo” | Argentinian Slang Explained
"Boludo" and "pelotudo" are bad words used in Argentina specifically to mean "stupid". But where do they come from? In the Wars of Independence, Argentine gauchos fought against the Spanish army. They fought against disciplined men who prepared themselves in the best military academies, armed with firearms, artillery, armor, cavalry, the best steel, etc. [...]
Week of the art in BA: April 8th to 14th
From Monday 8 to Sunday 14 April, contemporary art becomes protagonist in the City through a wide range of artistic activities in the public space, art fairs and cultural institutions of Buenos Aires. Art Week encourages residents and visitors of the City to enjoy for seven days the programming made by 22 participating institutions and [...]
The Librería de Ávila: the oldest bookstore in Buenos Aires and a witness to Argentine History
Known today as the "Library of the College" was founded in 1785 and continues in front of the school “Nacional Buenos Aires”. In the Librería de Ávila there are not only avid readers, students looking for textbooks or parents buying manuals. Between shelves and tables crammed with books more than one hundred thousand copies, tourists [...]
The prettiest bookstore is in Buenos Aires!
The bookstore of Buenos Aires El-Ateneo-Grand-Splendid was chosen the prettiest bookstore in the world by National Geographic in 2019. The current building was started in 1917 and opened in May 1919 by Austrian businessman Mordechai David Glücksman (known to everyone as "Max"). He commissioned its construction in order to install a theater-theater on the foundations [...]
Buenos Aires Celebrates Afro
Buenos Aires Celebrates Afro In 2018 it is on Saturday November 17 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Place: Av. Iraola y Montt (A few meters from Av. Libertador y Sarmiento, Bosques de Palermo). Buenos Aires celebrates the Afro culture. I came to enjoy African dance, music and gastronomy. At the stands you can find [...]
Week of the Italian food and cuisine in Buenos Aires
As every year during this week we celebrate the week of the Italian food in Buenos Aires. The sixth edition of the Week of the Italian Cuisine of Buenos Aires will come to an end on Sunday, November 4 and La Boca, the neighborhood with the largest community of Genoese in the City, will be [...]
Enjoy Av. de Mayo on this Saturday: food and activities
On this Saturday, November 3, from 12 pm to 9 pm, on Avenida de Mayo, between Bolívar st. and Chacabuco st. you will have the opportunity to enjoy many activities . There will be more than 60 stands of regional products, gastronomic products, dance classes and shows. Entrance is free. The event will end with [...]
November 2nd: day of the dead ones at Eduardo Sivori Museum
Buenos Aires celebrates this Mexican tradition. On Friday, November 2, we will celebrate the Day of Saints and the Dead with a performance by the artist Ariadna Pastorini that will bring together more than 80 artists from different disciplines - writers, musicians, performers, artists - in an ephemeral tour that proposes to celebrate life. It [...]