Madrid 4K - Driving Downtown - Spain

Driving from the heart of Madrid Spain in the Centro district past the major tourist attractions and ending in the business district of Madrid. The 2nd largest city in Europe behind Paris. Madrid in general is stunning! Escudo Palacio de Cibeles, the fifth highlight in the intro, is one of the best LED lit buildings I've ever seen. More videos around Europe coming soon.
Madrid, Spain's central capital, is a city of elegant boulevards and expansive, manicured parks such as the Buen Retiro. It’s renowned for its rich repositories of European art, including the Prado Museum’s works by Goya, Velázquez and other Spanish masters. The heart of old Hapsburg Madrid is the portico-lined Plaza Mayor, and nearby is the baroque Royal Palace and Armory, displaying historic weaponry. ― Google

Madrid is the capital and most-populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), surpassed only by Berlin in its administrative limits, and its monocentric metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU, surpassed only by Paris. The municipality covers 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi) geographical area.

Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the center of both the country and the Community of Madrid region, of which it is also the capital. As the capital city of Spain, seat of government, residence of the Spanish monarch, Madrid is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The mayor is José Luis Martínez-Almeida from the People's Party.

The Madrid urban agglomeration has the third-largest GDP in the European Union and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, environment, media, fashion, science, culture, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. Madrid is home to two world-famous football clubs, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. Due to its economic output, high standard of living, and market size, Madrid is considered the major financial centre and the leading economic hub of the Iberian Peninsula and of Southern Europe. It hosts the head offices of the vast majority of major Spanish companies, such as Telefónica, IAG or Repsol. Madrid is also the 8th most liveable city in the world according to Monocle magazine, in its 2019 index.

Madrid houses the headquarters of the UN's World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), and the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB). It also hosts major international regulators and promoters of the Spanish language: the Standing Committee of the Association of Spanish Language Academies, headquarters of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), the Instituto Cervantes and the Foundation of Urgent Spanish (Fundéu BBVA). Madrid organises fairs such as FITUR, ARCO, SIMO TCI and the Madrid Fashion Week.

While Madrid possesses modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets. Its landmarks include the Plaza Mayor, the Royal Palace of Madrid; the Royal Theatre with its restored 1850 Opera House; the Buen Retiro Park, founded in 1631; the 19th-century National Library building (founded in 1712) containing some of Spain's historical archives; many national museums, and the Golden Triangle of Art, located along the Paseo del Prado and comprising three art museums: Prado Museum, the Reina Sofía Museum, a museum of modern art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, which complements the holdings of the other two museums. Cibeles Palace and Fountain has become one of the monument symbols of the city.

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[nielsen]

Spain is a great place. Love the people, they are so kind. Much respect from Denmark 🇪🇸🇩🇰

[francoismarkantoni]

I've visited Paris twice, visited Vienna, visited Barcelona, but Madrid stole my heart, when I visited it.

[jaydavi]

Beautiful, I love spain, greetings from a Texan of Mexican ancestry, saludo a la Madre Patria

[manelbosqued]

Madrid, hepicentro de la hispanidad. Ciudad enorme, elegante, urbanísticamente maravillosa y en la que se percibe desde el primer instante una esencia castiza de sus gentes con un don especialmente muy abierto y amable.
Soy barcelonés de nacimiento y me siento muy orgulloso de estas dos metrópolis.

[marhdz]

Soy mexicano, tengo 18 años y siempre he tenido un sentimiento inexplicable dentro de mi que me llama y conecta con España, muy pronto estaré por allá.

[diamondtiara]

A beautiful city with incredible architecture!

[ruthtowinthisyear]

I, ve been lucky enough to travel the world and Madrid is hands down my favourite city. Cant wait to go back!!

[Yohanesmariandchannel]

La multitud en Madrid me hizo aún más feliz de conocerlos. Soy de Indonesia

[de]

Soy gallego y estoy orgulloso de la Capital de mi país !

[angelinamoldes]

Yo soy gallega y flipo con Madrid, es una ciudad increíble, enorme, con un urbanismo impresionante. Orgullosos los españoles de nuestra capital. Viva Madrid y viva España.

[Donknowww]

Exactly how i remember Madrid. A cosmopolitan, elegant, clean and wonderful City!
Much love to Spain, from Switzerland😘😘

[alexandermuller]

Me encanta Madrid y también a todos los españoles. Son extremadamente amigables, gentiles y amables. Viva España 💖❤️

[shodaboy]

I love to read people's comments about Madrid, and how much they like it. As someone born and raised in Madrid I don't appreciate it as much as I should

[bullccs]

Soy un afortunado de vivir en esta ciudad, no me canso de caminar por sus calles y de seguir descubriendola a pesar de llevar aqui más de veinte años..de Madrid al cielo

[fricatus]

This is just beautiful. I lived in Madrid as an Erasmus student and would have stayed there only for I had to come home for my third year of college. Any time I visit, I feel a thrill like I get nowhere else. Thanks for showing us so much, although if you were to do a second video showing the Faro de Moncloa, Palacio Real, Puerta de Toledo, the park in Pirámides and Atocha station, that would be OK too! ¡De Madrid al cielo!

[Chacondeviaje]

Vivo en el norte de España, cada vez que voy a Madrid, me enamoro de esa ciudad, sobre todo su gente amable.

[echipuosaperlo]

This is Madrid, the most awesome place in the world.

[ferkara]

Madrid is my prefer city of Europe. I love it so much.

[israelaltuna]

Hermosa esa ciudad y toda España, me encanta ese país, saludos de Venezuela