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Chueca Viertel
jaspos 0 contribution Zuerich, Switzerland Apr 26, 2012
Chueca ist ein Stadtviertel im Zentrum der spanischen Hauptstadt Madrid. Seinen Namen hat der Stadtteil von einem kleinen Platz, der Plaza de Chueca, der in der Mitte des Viertels liegt und an den spanischen Komponisten Federico Chueca erinnert. An der Plaza de Chueca befindet sich die Metrostation Chueca.
Bis in die 90er Jahre war Chueca ein gefährliches Viertel mit Drogenkriminalität und Prostitution. Das hat sich geändert, seit Schwule und Lesben sich des Viertels angenommen haben, Wohnungen gekauft und Geschäfte eröffnet haben und hier sich das Lesben- und Schwulenviertel in Madrid etabliert hat.[1] Inzwischen hat sich Chueca zum größten und bekanntesten Schwulen- und Lesbenviertel Spaniens entwickelt. Restaurants, Cafés, Designergeschäfte, Boutiquen und Diskotheken sind entstanden. In seiner Kulturgeschichte der Homosexualität in Spanien im 20. Jahrhundert spricht Alberto Mira vom "Phänomen Chueca", das "die Normalisierung, die Sichtbarkeit und die Kommerzialisierung des Schwul-Lesbischen widerspiegelt".[2] Es bedeute auch das Miteinanderleben von Menschen verschiedener sexueller Orientierungen, welches dazu führt, dass eine alte Dame an ihrem Balkon heute ganz selbstverständlich eine Regenbogenfahne zum Christopher Street Day (CSD) als Stadtteilfest hisst.[1] Jedes Jahr findet dort mittlerweile eine CSD-Parade statt, die Spanier und ausländische Gäste anzieht.This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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El Escorial
... for BH 90210 in Spanish), and had to boil hot water on the stove in order make an Aveeno bath. Good times! Anyway, Chueca is now to Madrid what Castro is to San Francisco. After lugging around a camera, a purse and a lululemon bag with the computer, I ...
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Real
... about a murder, whilst others said fascists, and another said nationalists. I don't think anyone really knew, but then again, this is Spain !!! And not much later, we were back on the metro, heading to the airport. And Finally. I am a fuckwit. ...
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13 mayo en Madrid
... chatted through the siesta, when all the stores close between 2:30 and 5. Then Liz and Charles and I walked to Chueca, a hipper Soho-esque part of Madrid, and sat in a coffee shop where Liz and Charles read and I wrote postcards. I forced Charles and ...
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hanging out in Madrid
... she had hoped to spend the week surfing (the weather was most unco-operative though!), so we had dinner and a nice long chat before heading out to Chueca to check out the Pride Week festivities. The whole area was shut down to traffic, and there were ...
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Gay People, I Heart John Dillinger & Parque Oeste
... , and no one likes that. It was a really good movie, I thought. Then me and Aaron went to Chueca, which is Madrid's gay district, and it is pretty big. There is more to do there at night though when all the gay bars and restaurants open ...
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visiting with friends
... was in Madrid for the weekend before jetting off to Milan for work. We wandered for a bit before settling in to Chueca for some sangria, and chatting the afternoon away. A lovely way to spend a Friday afternoon! Later I met up with Alex, who had ...
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Excellent Place!!!
The most incredible small hotel in Madrid's gay / lesbian district. This weekend was the GAY PRIDE 2009, and I was in the middle of it, great parties great people, I just love the way spanish people celebrate. My room was very clean, the staff well ...
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comin' home
... the Prado Museum, chorizo, albondigas and the bars around Chueca. Brilliant. 2. Sports - my team, the King of Spain's football team, Real Madrid, are here. Los Merengues. The most successful team in Europe. Plus, in the summertime, bullfighting. I dig ...
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Madrid
... of Spanish royalty and nobility traditionally went and, consequently, the convent received gifts to match. Later went to the Serrana district and Chueca and wandered around the streets, shops and galleries. Leave tomorrow for Lisbon, ...
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Too much Madrid
... flight from New York City that experienced turbulence from the moment we lifted off the ground to the second we landed in Madrid. A fairly short and surprisingly inexpensive cab ride to our hotel and we made it. My first mistake was thinking it would be ...
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- Houdini
- Cruising
- Torito
- La Latina
- Al'Laboratorio
- Bar Cock
- Teatro Lara
- Chicote
- El Sol
- The Fat Fish (El Pez Gordo)
- Luna Cinema
- Galeria Edurne
- Palacio de la Musica Cinema
- Teatro Alfil
- Church of St. Anton's
- Star's Cafe
- Las Salesas
- La Bardemcilla
- St. Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando)
- El Canto de la Cabra