Madrid, Londres, Berlín en 24h
This month, Madrid, London and Berlin capture the attention of the cultural world with three key events in international cinema: the Goya Awards, the BAFTAs and the Berlinale. Three cities, three perspectives, three ways of understanding contemporary creativity. Far from the red carpet, our proposal explores galleries committed to new languages, bookstores that serve as havens for thought, cafés where style takes shape, and concept stores that define identity. A cartography for experiencing the city from within, through a perfect day.
MADRID
PLACES/26
MADRID GUIDE /
MORNINGOsom Café
MADRID GUIDE /
MORNINGAmapolas en Octubre
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AFTERNOONEl Apartamento
MADRID GUIDE /
NIGHTSalmon Guru
LONDON
PLACES / 26
LONDON GUIDE /
MORNINGLala Books
LONDON GUIDE /
MORNINGKaffeine
LONDON GUIDE /
AFTERNOONWhitechapel Gallery
LONDON GUIDE /
AFTERNOONHouse of Toogood
LONDON GUIDE /
NIGHTPoon’s
BERLIN
PLACES/26
BERLIN GUIDE /
MORNINGBücherbogen
BERLIN GUIDE /
MORNINGFather Carpenter
BERLIN GUIDE /
AFTERNOONHelmut Newton Foundation
BERLIN GUIDE /
AFTERNOONVoo Space
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NIGHTLovis
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The day begins at Osom Café, one of those places where coffee is culture and the space works as a creative meeting point. Warm minimalism, good light, and a clientele that blends designers, editors, and local neighbors.
DISCOVER
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Just a few steps away, Amapolas en Octubre offers a different kind of pause: an independent bookstore with a refined selection of art, fashion, and essays, where each title seems chosen with curatorial rather than commercial criteria. It’s a place to discover, not to consume in haste.
DISCOVER
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The afternoon unfolds at El Apartamento, an essential gallery on Madrid’s circuit. Its program combines established names and emerging voices, with exhibitions that engage in dialogue with contemporary visual culture without the need for emphasis.
DISCOVER
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The evening finds its natural setting at Salmon Guru, a cocktail bar that is a destination in itself. Color, narrative, technique, and spectacle converge in an experience where drinking is almost a performative act. More than a bar, it is a liquid manifesto of how the city enjoys itself today.
DISCOVER
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At Lala Books, the day begins among shelves that blend art, photography, and contemporary thought with a highly refined curation. It feels more like an ideas studio than a simple point of sale.
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Coffee follows at Kaffeine, a modern classic of great espresso in London. A compact space, urban rhythm, and a clientele that looks as if it has stepped out of a lifestyle magazine casting.
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The Whitechapel Gallery sets the tone for the afternoon: contemporary art that crosses borders, eras, and languages, with a rigorous program that connects directly to current cultural debates.
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Afterward, House of Toogood acts as a natural extension of that conversation. More than a store, it is an aesthetic manifesto: fashion, objects, and space merge into a vision where design becomes identity and cultural stance.
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The day closes at Poon’s, Somerset House, a restaurant that reinterprets Chinese cuisine through a contemporary and cosmopolitan lens. The historic setting contrasts with a current, elegant proposal that is deeply London in its cultural blend.
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The morning begins at Bücherbogen, a bookstore with the soul of a cultural archive. Specializing in art, photography, and architecture, it is one of those places where time slows down and the city seems to reflect upon itself on paper.
DISCOVER
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Afterwards, Father Carpenter offers a respite in its inner courtyard: exceptional coffee, intimate atmosphere, and the feeling of being in one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Ideal for organizing thoughts before heading out to explore.
DISCOVER
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The Helmut Newton Foundation offers an immersion into photography as a language of power, style, and provocation. A space where fashion, the body, and image are read from both a historical and radically contemporary perspective.
DISCOVER
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The route continues at Voo Space, one of Berlin’s most influential concept stores. Fashion, books, and design objects coexist in a space that functions as the city’s aesthetic radar: precise, experimental, and uncompromising.
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For dinner, Lovis offers an experience where product, sensitivity, and aesthetics align in an elegant, restrained proposal that is distinctly Berlin in its understanding of luxury: quiet, intentional, and refined.