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Bohemian culture

The city has venues for performing alternative art and expressive art. They are mostlylocated in the centre of the city include in pera, Antn Martn, ChuecaandMalasaa.

There are also several festivals in Madrid including the Festival of Alternative art theFestival of the Alternative Scene.[101][102][103][104]

The neighbourhood ofMalasaaas well as Antn Martn and Lavapishosts severalbohemian cafs/galleries. These cafs are typified with period or retro furniture orfurniture found on the street, a colourful non traditional atmosphere inside, and usuallyart displayed each month by a new artist, often for sale. Cafs include the retro caf

Lolina and Bohemian cafsLa Ida,La Paca and Caf de la Luzin Malasaa,La Piolain Huertas and Caf Olmo andAguardiente in Lavapis.

In the neighbourhood of Lavapis, there are also "hidden houses", which are illegal barsor abandoned spaces where concerts, poetry reading and[105][106][107] the famous Spanishbotelln (a street party or gathering now illegal but rarely stopped).

Classical music and opera

National Auditorium of Music.

The Auditorio Nacional de Msica[108] is the main venue for classical music concerts inMadrid. It is home to the Spanish National Orchestra, the Chamartn SymphonyOrchestra[109] and the venue for the symphonic concerts of the Community of Madrid

Orchestra and the Madrid Symphony Orchestra. It is also the principal venue fororchestras on tour playing in Madrid.

The Teatro Real is the main opera house in Madrid, located just in front of the RoyalPalace, and its resident orchestra is the Madrid Symphony Orchestra.[110] The theatrestages around seventeen opera titles (both own productions and co-productions withother major European opera houses) per year, as well as two or three major ballets andseveral recitals.

The Teatro de la Zarzuela is mainly devoted toZarzuela (the Spanish traditional musicaltheatre genre), as well as operetta and recitals.[111][112] The resident orchestra of the

theatre is the Community of Madrid Orchestra.

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The Teatro Monumental is the concert venue of the RTVE Symphony Orchestra.[113]

Other concert venues for classical music are the Fundacin Joan March and theAuditorio 400, devoted to contemporary music.

Local festivities 15 May, San Isidro Labrador (Madrid's patron saint). 13 June, San Antonio de la Florida (Moncloa neighbourhood's patron

saint)..

1625 July, Virgen del Carmen festivities (Vallecas neighbourhood'spatron saint).

614 August, Virgen de la Paloma festivities (Madrid's popular patronsaint)

7 August, San Cayetano (Cascorro neighbourhood's patron saint).

10 August, San Lorenzo (Lavapis neighbourhood's patron saint).

9 November, Feast of the Virgin of Almudena (Madrid's patron saint).

Sport

The Santiago Bernabu, a FIFA elite stadium.

Madrid is home to La Liga football club Real Madrid, who play their home games at theSantiago Bernabu. Their supporters are referred to as Madridistas or Merengues

(Meringues). Real Madrid is one of the most prestigious football clubsof the world(FIFA selected Real Madrid the best team of the 20th century), having won a record 9European Cups. Their also successful hometown rivals, Atltico Madrid, are also wellsupported in the city. The club has recently won two UEFA Europa Leaguetitles andthe 2012-13 Copa del Rey, beating their crosstown rivals Real 1-2 at the SantiagoBernabu in the final. Historically, Atletico has won 9 league titles and 10 Copa del Reytitles. The players (and supporters) are referred to as Colchoneros (The MattressMakers), in reference to the team's red and white jersey colours, which were determined

by mattress material being the cheapest at the time of the club's formation. Atletico playat the Estadio Vicente Calderon. In 1982, Madrid hosted the FIFA World Cup Final.Along with Barcelona, Glasgow and Lisbon, Madrid is one of only four cities in Europeto contain two UEFA 5-star stadia: Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabu and Atltico

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Madrid's Vicente Caldern both meet the said criteria. Rayo Vallecano andGetafe CFare two further teams from the Madrid area playing currently in La Liga.

Some of Spain's top footballers are Madrilenians (born in Madrid), including RealMadrid former playerEmilio Butragueo (and co-teammate of LaQuinta del Buitre,

"The Vulture's Cohort"), Premier League'sPepe Reina, Fernando Torres and RealMadrid veterans Ral, Guti and Iker Casillas.

Madrid Arena exterior

Madrid boasts a prominent place in Spanish basketball, with two clubs in the country'stop-level Liga ACB.Real Madrid's basketball section has won 30 Spanish Leaguechampionships, 22 Spanish Cup championships, 8 Euroleague Championships, 4Saporta Cups, 4Intercontinental Cups and have won 2 Triple Crowns. Madrid's other

professional basketball club is Estudiantesthat have won 3Spanish Cup championships.

Madrid hosts the Mutua Madrilea Madrid Open. The tournament is classified as anATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour,and a Premier Mandatory event on the Women's Tennis Association tour. Caja Mgica(The Magic Box, and also known as the Manzanares Park Tennis Centre) is a tennisstructure located at Manzanares Park, used for the Madrid Masters tournament, CajaMgica is also home to the Spanish F1 team HRT F1 Team.

The city is also host to the Circuito Permanente Del Jarama, amotorsportrace circuit.

Historically, the city serves as the final stage of the Vuelta a Espaacycling event, inthe same way Paris serves as the conclusive stage of theTour de France.

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