Ford: Valencia’s Other Fiesta
The news that the Ford plant at Almussafes, Valencia had reinstated the third daily shift of production and was producing a record number of cars in the summer of 2014…
A Cool Way to Sell Shoes
“Walking through a little Mediterranean place seeing its painted shutters over white stone walls, where the sun tries to enter and fill with its light a cosy and natural atmosphere.…
Chez Ramon
Valencia’s ‘Mercado Redondo’ (Round Market) is a popular place for souvenir-seeking tourists and Valencians with an inclination towards haberdashery. It used to have a song bird market on Sundays before…
Sherlock Discovers Valencia
Something is cooking in Calle de las Cocinas. Valencian sleuths are converging on number 4, Calle de las Cocinas, searching, if not for Moriaty, then at least for a little…
Top British Designer and Lladró
At the age of 16, Nottingham born Paul Smith was starting a menial job at the local clothing warehouse, dreaming all the time of a career as a professional racing…
Money Laundering Made Easying in Valencia
All kinds of important activities will now be possible for Valencians as the linguistically schitzophrenic airline Vueling announces its direct flights from Valencia to Zurich and back (unless there’s an…
Pickevent: You Choose, in London or Valencia
According to The Guardian newspaper, Pickevent is “The world’s first professional network that connects attendees, speakers and event organisers.” And one of its founders is Valencian Jose Moliner. Pickevent enables…
The Journalist’s Best Friend: Olhops
There is an old urban legend about somebody who once used a computer for the first time, pressed the button that opened the CD Rom and exclaimed: “Great; somewhere to…
Gow is Now
I had always believed that dressing smartly meant taking clothes from the wardrobe rather than from the back of the chair, but apparently there is a new concept, a new…
New Odontological Frontiers in Valencia
Since May 2014 Valencia has a new concept of dentistry in the heart of the city; dentalDoctors. dentalDoctors was a winner of ‘Lanzadera’, a programme designed by Mercadona owner Juan…
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