Unique quality of life
Madrid is one of the major European capitals with the best ratio between the cost of living and the quality of life.
Leisure, sports, culture, art, gastronomy, security and free top-quality public services make the Region of Madrid a prime destination to live, study, launch a business or simply enjoy a great holiday.
Madrid is an exceptional place to live
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Pleasant and sunny weather: Madrid enjoys more than 2.800 hours of sunshine a year.
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Madrid is one of the safest capitals in Europe, earning a very low crime rate.
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Free and high-quality public services: Bilingual education in more than 600 public schools and institutes. Wide range of private international schools available. Madrid's health system is universal and highly developed. More than 80 public and private hospitals, with one of the highest standards of quality in Europe.
The Region of Madrid offers an excellent ratio between the cost of living and the quality of life
- Madrid offers one of the most affordable living costs among the main European capitals: year after year, specialist consultants specialising in the analysis of living costs for expatriate workers, such as Mercer or Numbeo, confirm that Madrid is one of the most affordable western capitals with the highest quality of life.
- In its report "Better Life Index", the OECD has recognized Spain as the second best country in terms of work-life balance..
Culture, leisure and gastronomy
Art tour: 3of the world's most important museums are just 10 minutes apart from one another in the centre of Madrid.
- The Prado Museum displays works by Velázquez, Goya and El Greco.
- The Reina Sofía Museum exhibits Picasso's Guernica and offers a selection of art from the XNUMXth century (Miró, Kandinsky, Dalí, etc.)
- The Thyssen contains fascinating works from the Gothic and the Renaissance to works of Modern Art by authors such as Hopper or Bacon.
Madrid offers one of the best preserved historic centres in Europe , with wide pedestrian areas and bolstered by an eclectic range of tourist activities and restaurants. Taking this into account, one of the Madrid's strongest selling points is the abundance of bars, restaurants and terraces , attended daily and until the sun goes down.
In addition, UNESCO has identified 9 World Heritage Sites two hours from Madrid: Aranjuez, Alcalá de Henares, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Toledo, Cuenca, Segovia, Ávila, Salamanca and Córdoba.
Unbeatable range of sports on offer
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Madrid is one of the most attractive destinations for sports lovers.
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The region has 5 teams in the first division of the Spanish Football League in 2018/2019: Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, Club Atlético de Madrid, Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, Club Deportivo Leganés and Getafe Club de Fútbol.
When sport is concerned, Madrid is in a league of its own
- Basketball is another one of the major passions of Madrid people, with successful teams in the first league, such as Estudiantes or Real Madrid.
- Madrid offers endless possibilities to practise sports and hobbies as varied as tennis, hiking, climbing, skiing, cycling, etc.
- Madrid has golf courses that cater to all tastes and levels, where you can not only improve your technique but also take your first steps into playing this sport.
A shopping paradise
The wide variety and quality of the commercial sector in Madrid, paired with a liberalised approach to schedules and discounts , make Madrid a true paradise for lovers of shopping.
The magazine CEOWORLD has developed a ranking with the 25 best cities in the world to go shopping and Madrid is at the top of the classification, such as eleventh best option in the world.
Madrid is also the fourth best option within Europe, what places the city as a continental and intercontinental claim not only for other more well-known issues such as its varied cultural or gastronomic offer, but also for the purchases that can be made in the city.
When establishing the classification table, the parameters taken into account by the magazine have been the variety, the friendliness of the staff of the different establishments and also the quality / price ratio of the products.
| Ranking | city | variety | sympathy | price quality | total score |
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| 1 | New York | 95 | 94 | 97 | 97 |
| 2 | Paris | 91 | 93 | 94 | 96 |
| 3 | London | 86 | 91 | 93 | 94 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 81 | 89 | 92 | 92 |
| 5 | Bangkok | 74 | 88 | 89 | 91 |
| 6 | Los Angeles | 73 | 87 | 86 | 88 |
| 7 | Singapore | 72 | 82 | 85 | 86 |
| 8 | Dubai | 70 | 81 | 81 | 84 |
| 9 | Milan | 68 | 80 | 79 | 82 |
| 10 | Seoul | 66 | 79 | 76 | 80 |
| 11 | Madrid | 65 | 76 | 74 | 79 |
| 12 | Vienna | 64 | 75 | 70 | 76 |
| 13 | Kuala Lumpur | 63 | 71 | 69 | 74 |
| 14 | Tokyo | 61 | 70 | 67 | 71 |
| 15 | Berlin | 60 | 69 | 63 | 69 |