You see them in every city; on street corners and town plazas alike. One the oldest professions in the world, and not the one that first comes into mind, deserves attention. Street Performers. Now, I’m not talking about your average guitarist singing popular songs for a centavo or two. Buenos Aires is over-spilling with delightful […]

Ink, vibrant colours, needles and never mind the pain: tattoos are becoming more and more popular with each passing day. Tattoos were once frowned upon by many members of society and widely believed to be the mark of the lower class or, even worse, the mark of a prisoner that had served hard time. But […]

Basket-bearing home-made sandwich vendors come at your from all directions shouting about the quality and content of their stuff, while choripán stands lure you in more silently with the smoke wafting off of their grills. All this is enough to make your head spin, but don’t fret! Here is a breakdown of the best ever-present feria foods.

It can be hard to figure out what’s really going on in Argentina. You could easily spend a whole day weeding through the contradicting perspectives of the country’s three big three papers (Clarín, La Nación, and Página 12). And with a 24-hour-news cycle that mixes celebrity gossip with news briefings, it can seem like there’s […]

There are two things you should know about sushi in Buenos Aires. The first is that porteños like a bit of Philly [cream cheese] in there, and seasoned sushi eaters, such as myself, are left outraged with what is essentially a bagel in cold sticky rice. As much research as I’ve done, I can’t seem […]

Feminist drama in Argentina has been a key aspect in the development of local culture and society, and not solely regarding women’s rights. With such a turbulent and inconsistent political climate over the last century and a half, Argentina’s women’s movements were, unlike in North America and Europe, forever dedicated to the wider political spectrum […]

Is your secret dream to kiss Romeo on your balcony, become the new head of the Corleone family, or maybe come back to the future with your own kick-ass Delorean? If your lingering itch to become an actor has just gotten too irritating while you are spending your year abroad in Argentina, or if you […]

Of course in a metropolitan city such as Buenos Aires, Fine Art museum, MALBA and the Evita museum can not be missed. However, behind these big names of Argentina’s museum world, there are a lot more treasures hidden…Museums that many people don’t even know they exist. Which is a real shame, because they are not […]

From the 1880s to the 1930s Argentina was rolling in it. On the back of European investment and agricultural exports, the country became the 10th wealthiest in the world. Buenos Aires was transformed. Vast swathes of the city were knocked down to build grand boulevards lined with buildings following the latest European designs, while monuments, palaces […]

Whilst researching for this article all of the spas below were an instant relief from the streets, buses and people outside. Located in central, easy to get to places, this is a list of urban spas. With a focus on treatments and ‘circuits’ that last a few hours, these are places to go to after […]