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Malasaña lives in perpetual rebellion. The most avant-garde barrio in Madrid, it’s home to candy-colored buildings and technicolor street art, all drenched in Spanish sunshine. Waking from a late slumber, the neighborhood gently crescendos into joyful chaos, first signaled by the clink of tattooed baristas pouring the trendiest café con leches in the city.
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Where to Eat and Shop in Malasaña, the Williamsburg of Madrid
JULY 23, 2018 1:35 AM
by ELIZABETH WELLINGTON
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Plaza del Dos de Mayo in Malasaña
Plaza del Dos de Mayo in Malasaña
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Malasaña lives in perpetual rebellion. The most avant-garde barrio in Madrid, it’s home to candy-colored buildings and technicolor street art, all drenched in Spanish sunshine. Waking from a late slumber, the neighborhood gently crescendos into joyful chaos, first signaled by the clink of tattooed baristas pouring the trendiest café con leches in the city.
Plant-filled balconies in Malasaña's Plaza de San Ildefonso
Plant-filled balconies in Malasaña's Plaza de San Ildefonso
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Under a splattering of graffiti, Spanish abuelas sweep their stoops as the sun peeks over wrought iron balconies. These women have always lived here, through the reincarnations of the barrio named for Manuela Malasaña, a 15-year-old girl who defended her honor to the death, with pluck and a pair of scissors, against occupying Napoleonic forces.
The young icon imbued her eponymous neighborhood with an edge that’s only ripened over time. Malasaña’s riotous streets gave way to La Movida Madrileña, the 80s countercultural movement that tumbled out of the country’s transition to democracy. The same streets now sometimes garner eye rolls from locals, who may balk at its hipster revolution but lay claim to Malasaña’s enviable bars and boutiques nonetheless.
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Malasaña
Malasaña lives in perpetual rebellion. The most avant-garde barrio in Madrid, it’s home to candy-colored buildings and technicolor street art, all drenched in Spanish sunshine. Waking from a late slumber, the neighborhood gently crescendos into joyful chaos, first signaled by the clink of tattooed baristas pouring the trendiest café con leches in the city.
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Where to Eat and Shop in Malasaña, the Williamsburg of Madrid
JULY 23, 2018 1:35 AM
by ELIZABETH WELLINGTON
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Plaza del Dos de Mayo in Malasaña
Plaza del Dos de Mayo in Malasaña
Photo: Courtesy of Elizabeth Wellington
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Malasaña lives in perpetual rebellion. The most avant-garde barrio in Madrid, it’s home to candy-colored buildings and technicolor street art, all drenched in Spanish sunshine. Waking from a late slumber, the neighborhood gently crescendos into joyful chaos, first signaled by the clink of tattooed baristas pouring the trendiest café con leches in the city.
Plant-filled balconies in Malasaña's Plaza de San Ildefonso
Plant-filled balconies in Malasaña's Plaza de San Ildefonso
Photo: Courtesy of Elizabeth Wellington
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Under a splattering of graffiti, Spanish abuelas sweep their stoops as the sun peeks over wrought iron balconies. These women have always lived here, through the reincarnations of the barrio named for Manuela Malasaña, a 15-year-old girl who defended her honor to the death, with pluck and a pair of scissors, against occupying Napoleonic forces.
The young icon imbued her eponymous neighborhood with an edge that’s only ripened over time. Malasaña’s riotous streets gave way to La Movida Madrileña, the 80s countercultural movement that tumbled out of the country’s transition to democracy. The same streets now sometimes garner eye rolls from locals, who may balk at its hipster revolution but lay claim to Malasaña’s enviable bars and boutiques nonetheless.