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If you search TikTok for "eating in Laureles", you'll get fifty videos of the same artisanal burger with melted cheddar cheese and another fifty of gourmet rame


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History & HeritageBig-Bottomed Ants and Mazamorra: The Cravings You Can Actually Find in Laureles
If you search TikTok for "eating in Laureles", you'll get fifty videos of the same artisanal burger with melted cheddar cheese and another fifty of gourmet rame
History & HeritageLaureles in the 80s: Facades, Stained Glass, and Houses with History
Have you ever stopped to look at the details of a facade in Laureles? I'm not talking about the trendy spots or the new towers on La 70, but those two-story hou
History & HeritageLaureles: The Code of Silences Between Houses
If you look at Laureles from above, the first thing that jumps out is that obsession with geometry. The blocks aren't square like in downtown Medellín, but elon
History & HeritageThe Secret of the 7 Corners: Hidden Laureles
If you walk through Laureles on a Saturday at 4 in the afternoon, the sun hits the facades of the low houses just right. The neighborhood breathes a different r
History & HeritageLaureles Without GPS: How to Navigate by the Roundabouts
If you've just moved to Laureles, it's going to happen. You've been in the neighborhood for three days, you go out to buy an arepa, and suddenly everything look
History & HeritageThe Bat of the 76: Real Nocturnal Wildlife
If you have ever walked along Avenida 76 in Laureles when the sun hides behind the Unidad Deportiva Belén, you have surely seen something moving quickly among t
History & HeritageThe Route of 7 Specialty Coffee Shops Without WiFi in Laureles
In Medellín, specialty coffee has become almost a religion. But in Laureles, a group of baristas is taking the cult to the extreme: they have declared war on Wi
History & HeritageThe Night of the 5 Sounds: How Laureles Sounds After 11 PM
Laureles, at 11 pm, is not the same Laureles you see on Instagram posts with its modern buildings and parks full of dogs. At that hour, the neighborhood changes
History & HeritageThe Workshop That Repairs Time: Watchmakers of la 73
It is 9:30 in the morning in Laureles, and the only noise competing with the hum of engines on Carrera 73 is a metallic tinkle, almost imperceptible, coming fro