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Art & CultureSaturday Bartering at the Plaza de Mercado de Kennedy: The Rebusque Economy That Never Makes It Into the Guidebooks
Kennedy is not just a bedroom community. It is the most populous locality in Bogotá, with more than a million inhabitants, and its market plaza —known simply as
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FestivalsNeighborhood Events in Bogotá: Local Fairs, Festivals and Gatherings That Almost Nobody Documents
On any given Saturday in Kennedy there is more cultural activity than in many tourist circuits of La Candelaria, and almost nobody talks about it. While officia
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Art & CultureRock al Parque as a social thermometer: 30 years of urban tribes, posters and Bogotá memory
In 1995, when Bogotá still thought of itself with its back turned to rock, a handful of cultural managers convinced the then Instituto Distrital de Cultura y Tu
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History & HeritageCharming Cafés in Teusaquillo: An Aromatic Tour
Teusaquillo is one of those neighborhoods where time seems to move more slowly. Its brick houses, tree-lined streets and English- and republican-style façades t
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History & HeritageCafés and Bookstores on Calle 70 in Quinta Camacho
In Bogotá, there's a corner where the noise of traffic on Carrera 7 fades away and gives way to another city. Here, brick houses adorned with front gardens, nar
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FestivalsBogotá Events Calendar: How to Find Out About Concerts, Fairs and Workshops Before Everyone Else
Bogotá's events lineup doesn't fail for lack of offerings: it fails because of dispersion. On any given Tuesday there's a free workshop at the Biblioteca Virgil
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History & HeritageSaturdays in San Victorino: the geography of haggling and the trades that sustain downtown Bogotá
Before the city fully wakes up, Carrera 10 is already full of handcarts. The porters unload bundles from the trucks arriving from Soacha, from Facatativá, from
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History & HeritageBakeries that knead at dawn: the geography of hot bread in the working-class neighborhoods of Suba and Engativá
In Suba and Engativá, bread isn't bought when you're hungry: it's bought while it's still warm. At 4:30 in the morning, when the cold of the savanna creeps up y
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Family FriendlyPocket parks and hidden green spaces in Bogotá: where to picnic without the crowds
Bogotá has more than 5,000 parks, but most people only know the same three or four. While Parque de la 93 fills up on any given Saturday and Simón Bolívar turns
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History & HeritageWalking Suba: the geography of the staircases that connect the upper and lower neighborhoods of the locality
Suba is not just the Juan Amarillo wetland or the largest shopping mall in the city. For those who walk, Suba is above all a terrain: a locality that rises from
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History & HeritageLos Mártires without a storefront: the fabric and button warehouses that have been dressing Bogotá's tailors for decades
Los Mártires is not just district 14 on the Bogotá map, nor the uncomfortable memory of the old Cartucho. For anyone who sews, it is the city's textile pantry.
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Art & CultureNeighborhood Sounds: Where Local Music Is Rehearsed, Learned, and Heard in Bogotá Without Tourist Showcases
Any given Tuesday at seven in the evening, in a room at the Casa de la Cultura de Suba, eight teenagers tune their guitars while a teacher marks the beat with h
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