“The pulse in Las Palmas – everything else than the touristy”
“In Gran Canaria’s capital, Las Palmas hits the big city life around the clock. Zest for life is contagious easy. “
“While the south side is overrun by tourists, where most natives speak both English and Swedish, so is Las Palmas still Spanish. This is kanariernas own city. “
“One of the city’s biggest attractions is the almost four kilometers long, Las Palmas-the beach. An attraction not just for tourists, but perhaps even more for the local people themselves. “
“Beyond the sandy beach rider local surfhjältar some of the island’s biggest waves. “
“the beach Itself is still calm thanks to the coral reef that protects against svällningarna from the sea. “
“On the beachfront at Las Canteras, we meet the students Nieves Bernal, 22, and Yelem López, 25, who tells us that they will come here as soon as they get the chance. To sunbathe, swim and watch the world go by. “
“On a different part of the beach makes Gabriel Oliveira, 27, and Ozjel Pérez flips in the sand. Over and over again, while a grizzled ”señorita” in the red sarong looks on the show. “
“the Guys are moving through the dancing and jumping step. Takes off, legs up, head down, around the. “
“– Capoeira, they explain. “
“They smile charmingly and allow themselves to be photographed. But since the journalist can’t Spanish, it is difficult to continue the talks. Like many others in Las Palmas to talk capoeira practitioners only a little English. “
“And there we have one of the biggest differences at Las Palmas in the north and turiststäderna in the south. The city is not for tourists. “
“It is true that it was here at Las Canteras beach in the canary islands charterturismen started in the early 1960s. “
“But everything after that more and more hotellkolosser popped up on the island’s south side, moved the majority of charterturismen where the air temperature is a bit higher, and the number of sunny days any more than in the north. “
“A popular meeting place for the Las Palma’s own population, is Santa Catalina park between Las Canteras beach and the port. “
“If the days sitting older men and playing dominoes under the palm trees. The younger visit something of the city’s many cafes. “
“After midnight attracts park, and the area around, to the people who want to have fun until dawn in the bars, restaurants and clubs. “
“This is also the Terrazza Kopa, one of the city’s hippest nightclubs. Outdoors, stuck behind a fence, with guards who make sure that all visitors are admitted through the canopy-the entrance is well-dressed enough. “
“This pops cabaret-dancers up on the bar and the local band on the scene, while the staff is at full speed with the beer and drinkserveringen. “
“like with the Santa Catalina area, have the Mercado del Puerto a life in the day and one at night. “
“If the days are the food market is where the city’s housewives and fathers is meat and fish to familjemiddagen and perhaps the opportunity to have a flavorful tapaslunch. “
“If the evenings and at night it becomes a bustling street life where people meet to drink beer and wine and eat tapas at the tables and bardiskarna. “
“the City has two solid-food markets: Mercado Central and the Mercado de Vegueta. “
“Just beyond the market of Vegueta is the tapas evening every Thursday. Then it will be folkmyller on the pedestrian when the island’s oldest tapas bar, La Herreñja, and the bars around serving pintxos and a glass of wine or beer for two euro. “
“the City is also known for its variety of including clothes and shoes at reasonable prices. “
“On the shopping street, Major de Triana rises happy jazztoner from Eugen Didics trumpet against a blue sky. “
“Passers-by slowing down the speed and smiles. Someone stops completely and throw a euro in the trumpetfodralet on the street. “
“In common with the other street performers we see in the centre he treats the instrument with the love, care and sincerity. “
“Even the city’s main sights accompanied by music. From the back of the gothic cathedral of Santa Ana sneaks languorous tones from a violin over the fountain and up on the walls at Casa de Colón. “
“It is in this house Christopher Columbus should have stayed in 1492 while he waited for the last boat would be ready to sail across the Atlantic ocean in search of sea route to India. “
“Today the house is converted into a Columbus museum. Just next door is the small chapel of the Iglesia de San Antonio, where Columbus prayed to God for good weather before he left. “
“In the same area is also the Museo Canario of the Canary islands’ largest collection of artifacts related to aboriginal history and culture. Even the museum of modern art, the Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, is located here. “
“All of this we find in the old town, Vegueta, with narrow cobbled streets surrounded by old balkonghus.”
“– and the Whole town is like a large open-air museum, ” says Bjørn WW Jørgensen. He lives in Arguineguín, on the south side, and is a cantor in the seamen’s church, at the side of the job as a musician and producer. “
“On the nights he often tours to the north to Las Palmas in order to suck in the metropolitan environment and to take part in cultural life. “
“– Culture in Las Palmas are endless, ” he says. “
“He circle the up theater, musicals, jazz clubs and pop concerts. UB40 are coming to the city now in march. “
“– Of the city’s large concert hall, Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, it plays all year. Both musicals, pop, jazz and classic. London Symphonic Orchestra plays there every year. “
“the Teatro Perez Wallonne puts up musicals and ballets. Where is the Moscow ballet annual guest. “
“– the City is alive with culture. 2013 was nominated to become the European capital of culture, ” says Bjørn WW Jørgensen. “
“– this is a totally different life than the bars in Puerto Rico! “
“■ The charming pedestrian street of Calle Major de Triana and the lanes around us have a wide range of known and unknown designer clothes and shoes.”
“■ fashion Boutiques, you will also find on the modern shopping street of Mesa y Lopez.”
“■ Three major shopping malls in the city centre: El Mullet, Las Arenas and El Corte Ingles.”
“Las Palmas has hotels in all price ranges. Do you want to treat yourself to something special, you can check in at any of these:”
“■ Old Chocolate Factory: Converted old chocolate factory in old town, Vegueta, is located at the Santa Ana cathedral. Address: Hernán Perez, 24. “
“■ Hotel Santa Catalina: Classic, five-star hotel built in 1890. Address: Calle Leon Y Castillo, 227 ”
“■ Hotel Madrid: Small and simple hotel where Franco lived, when he planned the coup in Spain. Address: Plaza de Cairasco 4”