Buenos Aires is a city of theatres. From the historic Teatro Colón with its European-style grandeur to the first independent theatre, Teatro del Pueblo which opened its doors in 1930, the city’s contours are shaped by spaces of imagination. These theatres and alternative spaces premier an extraordinary number of new works by Argentine playwrights. Calle Corrientes, the […]

It is well known that Buenos Aires is a nightlife jewel. Portenos and foreigners alike pack up the city’s bars and clubs, pretty much any day, any time. Although I enjoyed spending my first few months discovering fancy bars of Palermo, Recoleta and San Telmo, when a friend of mine dragged me along to a […]

While Hollywood is known for action and special effects, France scores with intellectual depths, the British go for realism and Italian movies show us what la dolce vita looks like – what comes to our mind when we think of argentine cinema? Nothing? Really? No problem, you are about to find out. The world of […]

Think Argentine wine and the first words that come to mind are malbec and Mendoza. But Argentine wine is much more than the the mass-produced vino de mesa from the 1960s and 1970s. In fact, the quality of wine has become so high that vines of malbec are being exported back to France from where they […]

Argentine designers enjoy their annual fashion week, coined BAF, every February. Inevitably a season behind, it fails to receive much international attention. But the reputation of South American fashion is on the rise, with people such as the Brazilian Francisco Costa, who currently heads Calvin Klein’s womenswear collection, leading the way. Argentine presence specifically has […]

If, pockets feeling a bit shallow but enthusiasm still intact, you are looking for something to do that won’t set you back, look no further. I’ve huffed and puffed my way around Buenos Aires scouring out fun, interesting things to do in the city that won’t cost a peso. I may be long gone by […]

Despite providing plenty of plazas, parks and trees, Buenos Aires does not at first glance appear to have many gardens. Compact cities rarely afford much space to these cherished areas and the grid structure of the Argentine capital certainly does not help. Therefore, people are forced to improvise and it is not an uncommon site […]

Fed-up of facturas? Sick of steak? If you’ve had your fill of Argentine cuisine, sometimes what you crave most is good grub from home, exactly the way your Mum/Mom/Mamma/Maman makes it. In a city packed full of restaurants boasting every type of cuisine from Peruvian to Japanese, hungry customers really are spoilt for choice. To […]

Strolling around Palermo you will be surprised by the variety of shops and boutiques it has to offer. It seems like a place far from South America; as it could even be London, Paris or Milan. However, a way Buenos Aires distinguish itself from the latter and you may call it its trademark, is eye […]

Compared to most capital cities around the world, Buenos Aires does not have many jazz clubs, although the jazz music scene is thriving in smaller venues and cultural centres across the city. Everybody tends to have their own image of a jazz club, be it a sophisticated modern bar or a smoky dimly lit wooden […]