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Top 5 Vintage Shops

Top 5 Vintage Shops

Whilst many porteños view vintage as less fashionable than the designer names of Palermo or Santa Fe, some are stepping away in an effort to find something no one else has. Hannah Flint brings you this week’s Top 5 places to buy vintage in BA.

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Top 5 Middle-Eastern Restaurants

If you fancy being a little bold in a country where culinary adventure means differing from steak and empanadas, this week’s Top 5 introduces you to our pick of the best places to dine Middle-Eastern style.

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Top 5 Argentine Guitarists

Top 5 Argentine Guitarists

Michael Tanenbaum selects five of Argentina’s most influential rock guitarists, who collaborated literally and figuratively at a time when the guitar remained the pillar of contemporary music.

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Top 5 Peñas Folklóricas

Top 5 Peñas Folklóricas

Peñas, in their various guises as rustic dance-halls, restaurants and musical workshops, took Buenos Aires by storm in in the 1950s, as communities from the rural provinces began to flock to the capital. Nostalgic for the traditions and slow-paced rhythms of country life, these communal gatherings served as cultural havens, introducing a city disposed to […]

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Top 5 Argentine Film Directors

Top 5 Argentine Film Directors

With the country’s BAFICI film festival underway, this week’s Top 5 introduces you to some of Argentina’s directors worth knowing about.

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Top 5 Spice Shops

Top 5 Spice Shops

Allendria Brunjes scours the city to find out where to buy spices in Buenos Aires to bring out some needed flavor to your home-made meals.

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Top 5 Nostalgic Nights

Top 5 Nostalgic Nights

Whether you’re looking to remember a golden-era or looking to transport yourself to a time you haven’t lived in for an evening, Buenos Aires is overflowing with ways to spend a nostalgic evening. Megan Cassidy picks her Top 5.

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Top 5 Pizzerias

Top 5 Pizzerias

Eating your way to knowing the best pizzerias in Buenos Aires is a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. Lillo Montalto Monella, the Indy’s resident Italian pizza eater, takes on the challenge to bring you this week’s Top 5.

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Top 5 Places to Skate

Top 5 Places to Skate

With several new skate parks commissioned in recent years, the future of skateboarding in Argentina looks bright. For the low-down on where to go for some of the best boarding in the city, check out Michael Tanenbaum’s Top 5 Places to Skate in BA.

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Top 5 Ways to Give Back

Top 5 Ways to Give Back

Whether it’s a language barrier, a cultural barrier or a lack of time that’s pushed all your good intentions for giving back to the back of your mind, this week’s Top 5 promises to put you back on track.

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