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The tiny entrance to a labyrinth of storage units

Culture

Eight eccentric museum-worthy collections found only in El Rastro

21 October 2017

There are few better ways to spend a Sunday in Madrid than strolling around El Rastro, but if you don't have time to explore this 400-year-old market as many times as we have (possibly into three figures), then let us help you hit the ground running with seven of our most eccentric finds.

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How a starry-eyed rumour of a better life brought this young Senegalese tailor to Madrid

10 October 2017

Meet Laye. He was once one of the young black men you'd see running from the police with a big white bag slung over his shoulders. Perhaps you were there, and maybe even stepped aside to let him run past.

History

The thriving scrap metal collectors

25 January 2017

Mayorista de Chatarra is a local scrap metal dealer in Lavapiés that’s been going strong for over 100 years, and especially for the last ten.

No Frills

Pastelería Salamat: the little Syrian bakery in Lavapiés

20 December 2016

Owned by a Syrian baker called Jihad, Pastelería Salamat has the best selection of baklava I've found in Madrid – and some amazing Syrian flatbread too.

Culture

The 123-year-old ‘museum’ of springs

18 September 2016

Muelles Ros - selling exclusively springs - has been run by the same family for three generations, since 1894.