Do you remember Ronaldinho? The soccer star who stole many hearts at the beginning of this century when playing at FC Barcelona. On a sunny February in 2004 he had less luck in Santiago de Compostela… To promote a catholic festival Ronaldinho was asked to shoot a promotional video in […]
Galicia in the news this week! What happened? While Spain and the rest of Europe are slowly getting out of the corona lock down, there is an outbreak in a village in Galicia. This caused the government to create a regional local lock down in the area of A Mariña. […]
A new Netflix series in Galicia is on it’s way. The series called: The Mess You Leave Behind. This series is based on a book with the same title by the author Carlos Montero. He will also direct the series. We have to have some patience before we can watch […]
Galicia is often seen as a far-off and remote corner of Spain. Well, in some aspects they are right: in Galicia you can find the most western point of Spain and also the most Northern place. Most Western point: Cabo Touriñán Did you thought about Cape Finisterre at first as most […]
A positive post in those dark days of the corona crisis. Spain has a total lock down and also people in Galicia have to stay at home. Nevertheless two lovebirds in A Coruña got married this week! A wedding in a very special way. Daniel en Alba, a couple A […]
Do you recognize the country of the following map? It’s a map of the Kingdom of Galicia. And as far as we know it’s the first printed map of Galicia. The map is drawn by Hernando Ojea and appears in the book Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theater of the world) by […]
Want to see a fantastic series, based on a real history and at the same time seeing something of Galicia and it’s culture. Then this one is for you. The series Fariña, or Cocaine Coast as it’s named in English, can be seen on Netflix. The English translation of the […]
To all the soccer fans, in the following video you will dive deep into ‘O Derbi galego’, the Galician derby between Deportivo a Coruña and Celta de Vigo. Well, it’s not only about soccer! The first 6 minutes are about Galicia. You’ll see beautiful captures of the coast. And true […]
Ever heard the legend of the Inuit? The legend claims the Inuit have more as 200 words to describe snow. It results the legend isn’t real. There aren’t more words to describe snow than in the English language. Would this legend become true in Galicia? The region is known as […]