{"id":2749,"date":"2015-02-20T15:51:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2020-01-22T17:37:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T16:37:18","slug":"five-free-cultural-activities-in-madrid-that-you-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/five-free-cultural-activities-in-madrid-that-you-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five FREE Cultural Activities in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madrid is the bustling heart of Spain and a fascinating city that offers a wealth of possibilities regarding art, gastronomy, sports or any other free cultural activity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is always something to see or do for any traveller, and even if you do not have any budget left, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShMadrid<\/strong><\/a> believes you can still discover some amazing <strong>free activities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/bars-madrid-free-tapas\/\">Bars in Madrid with Free Tapas<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/five-free-cultural-activities-in-madrid-that-you-should-know\/#where-to-go-for-free-activities-in-madrid\" title=\"Where to go for free activities in Madrid\">Where to go for free activities in Madrid<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/five-free-cultural-activities-in-madrid-that-you-should-know\/#world-class-museums\" title=\"World Class Museums\">World Class Museums<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/five-free-cultural-activities-in-madrid-that-you-should-know\/#espacio-fundacion-telefonica\" title=\"Espacio Fundacion Telefonica\">Espacio Fundacion Telefonica<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/five-free-cultural-activities-in-madrid-that-you-should-know\/#centrocentro-palacio-de-cibeles\" title=\"CentroCentro Palacio de Cibeles\">CentroCentro Palacio de Cibeles<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/five-free-cultural-activities-in-madrid-that-you-should-know\/#matadero-madrid\" title=\"Matadero Madrid\">Matadero Madrid<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/five-free-cultural-activities-in-madrid-that-you-should-know\/#palacio-real\" title=\"Palacio Real\">Palacio Real<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"where-to-go-for-free-activities-in-madrid\"><\/span>Where to go for free activities in Madrid<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"world-class-museums\"><\/span>World Class Museums<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_8933\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1758045_1920.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8933\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8933 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1758045_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"exterior prado museum madrid\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1758045_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1758045_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1758045_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1758045_1920-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1758045_1920-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1758045_1920-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1758045_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Great news for all you low budget travellers, as all top three museums in Madrid offer free entry on different days and hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Make sure to stop by at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/permanent-exhibitions-at-the-prado-museum\/\"><strong>Prado Museum<\/strong><\/a> in the neighbourhood of <strong>Paseo del Arte<\/strong> to see the world greatest classics painted by Goya, Vel\u00e1zquez, Rubens, El Greco, Bosch, and many more masters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday through Saturday, admission is free at the Prado Museum from 6 to 8 p.m. On Sundays, the Prado is free from 5 to 7 p.m. The museum is always free for those under 18, over 65, and the unemployed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you, or your fellow budget travellers prefer only modern artwork? Then you can visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/museo-de-la-reina-sofia\/\"><strong>Reina Sofia Museum<\/strong><\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/madrid-rent\/centro\/lavapies-embajadores\"><strong>neighbourhood of Lavapi\u00e9s<\/strong><\/a> to admire masterworks from Dal\u00ed, Mir\u00f3, Picasso and many others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When is it free? Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 7pm to 9pm, Sundays 1:30pm to 7pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Would you prefer a mix of old and new art? Then you should visit the incredible <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/museum-of-thyssen-bornemisza\/\"><strong>Thyssen Museum<\/strong><\/a> which has a superb collection from old masters like Rembrandt, Velazquez and Goya to more modern painters like Gaugain, Renoir, Chagall or Monet, or check out their collection last century artists such as Roy Lichtenstein or Dennis Hopper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Free entry every Monday from 12 until 4pm. The museum is located in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/madrid-rent\/centro\/cortes\"><strong>neighbourhood of Cortes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"espacio-fundacion-telefonica\"><\/span>Espacio Fundacion Telefonica<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fundacion Telefonica offers 4 amazing exhibition halls that always contain a wide variety of interesting temporal exhibitions throughout the year. This centre also organises free speeches, classes and lectures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Centrically located next to the <strong>Gran Via<\/strong>, there is always something interesting to discover here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Free entry from Tuesday till Wednesday from 10 am till 8 pm. Coming exhibitions feature Photography about Big Bang Data, Jim Campbell (an engineer&amp; artist) and at the moment you can enter MasterChef Ferran Adrian&#8217;s mind, who has an exhibition dedicated to his <strong>creativity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/tips-short-visit-madrid\/\">Tips for a Short Visit to Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8932\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8932\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8932 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"exterior old post office madrid\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920-640x440.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920-810x556.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920-1140x783.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920-145x100.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920-380x260.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1669132_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"centrocentro-palacio-de-cibeles\"><\/span>CentroCentro Palacio de Cibeles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madrid\u00b4s last mayor Alberto Ruiz Gallardon changed this former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centrocentro.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>post office<\/strong><\/a> into a new modern, cultural spot for local habitants and tourists. Mostly used for Photography exhibitions. Stunning architecture and a superb, expensive roof terrace with amazing views.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"matadero-madrid\"><\/span>Matadero Madrid<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is an enormous cultural centre that includes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/vo-cinemas-madrid\/\"><strong>movie<\/strong><\/a> theatre, a restaurant, bars and two enormous exhibition halls and is perfect for budget travellers. At the moment you can visit the temporal exhibition Guerrilla Girls, about feminism in Spain throughout the last 15 years.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"palacio-real\"><\/span>Palacio Real<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_8935\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1502159_1920.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8935\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8935 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1502159_1920-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"exterior palacio real in madrid\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1502159_1920-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1502159_1920-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1502159_1920-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1502159_1920-640x406.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1502159_1920-810x514.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1502159_1920-1140x724.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/madrid-1502159_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Royal Palace in the <strong>neighbourhood of<\/strong> <strong>Madrid de los Austrias<\/strong> is one of the top tourist attractions in Madrid. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/changing-guard-royal-palace-of-madrid\/\"><strong>Palacio Real<\/strong><\/a> or Royal Palace is the largest and certainly one of the most impressive palaces in Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has more than two thousand luxuriously decorated rooms, fifty of which can be visited. Highlights of the tour include the throne room, the immense staircase, the collection of suits of armor and the peculiar royal pharmacy, filled with all sorts of strange concoctions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Admission is free for EU residents on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Make sure you go early so you don&#8217;t have to cue so long.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before you leave your home or holiday accommodation, always check online if days\/times for free entry haven&#8217;t changed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Have you tried any of these free cultural activities?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-center kksr-disabled\"\n    data-id=\"2749\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\"><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid is the bustling heart of Spain and a fascinating city that offers a wealth of possibilities regarding art, gastronomy, sports or any other free cultural activity. There is always something to see or do for any traveller, and even if you do not have any budget left, ShMadrid believes you can still discover some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1567],"tags":[528,530,529,171,584],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10610,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions\/10610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}