8 Feb, 2025 @ 09:00
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Madrid has the best cultural offering out of any city in Spain, study claims

Madrid's Museo del Prado hosts a many cultural events.

MADRID has the best cultural offering in Spain, according to a new study. 

It topped the charts for most cultural city and region, according to the Cultural Observatory 2024.

By cultural investment company, La Fabrica, the annual research reveals where Spain’s culture vultures are hiding. 

Not surprisingly, in second place was Barcelona, followed by Bilbao, Malaga and Valencia. 

CAPITAL OF CULTURE: Madrid is Spain’s cultural hub with music, theatre and art on every corner.
Photo: Florian Wehde/ Unsplash

Sixth spot was snapped up by Sevilla, rounding off the top ten with San Sebastian, Santander, Valladolid and Zaragoza. 

In terms of regions, Madrid took the top spot, followed by Cataluña, the Basque Country and Andalucia. 

This year, Andalucia overtook the Valencian Community to take fourth place, followed by Galicia, Navarra and Asturias. 

In terms of cultural institutions and events, Madrid’s Museo del Prado has once again taken the crown, followed by the Reina Sofia art museum and the San Sebastian Film Festival. 

CHART TOPPER: Madrid’s Prado museum has once again topped Spain’s culture list.
Photo: Museo del Prado

Bilbao’s Guggenheim museum also makes the cut in fourth place, alongside Madrid’s Carmen Thyssen museum in fifth spot. 

Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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