coming to Barcelona for a few days, anyone up for a meetup Tue/Wed/Thu ?? 🤭👌

Can anyone suggest a site where we might be able to get a lamp for little or no cost? Something like Freecyle in the UK. We need a floor lamp for the next couple of months.

Btw check a flee market in your city. For example in Madrid, there’s one that is taking place every sunday in the city center and you always can find smth interesting and cheap.

I am flying into Madrid from Paris and need to obtain a declaration of entry at the airport.
Anyone got experience with this?

Yeah, you go to terminal 4 and find the police station there. Be prepared because in my case they didn’t speak any English

Thanks. Do I need anything beyond passport and visa?

I don't remember much tbh. Maybe they'll ask your boarding pass, otherwise I don't think they need anything else

Thank you. My Spanish is pretty non existent. So fingers crossed.

It should be
I applied for DNV with agency. They gave me this doc

Anyone in Valencia that wants to grab a drink this week? I just arrived

Anyone have a tax advisor recommendation. Due to my other tax obligations in India and US, I need a personalised service than something that xolo.io can offer. So just loooking around for local options, that are reasonaly priced.

hey is anyone on the digital nomad visa for Spain? is it true you need to pay 24% of your income tax a year?

I am looking for someone to go camping and work remotely with in Catalunya

Anyone in Sevilla for the weekend?

Hello!!👋
do you know a cheap hair salon or a barber where you can do highlights in Barcelona? this is for my guy friend who is on budget😬

Hi, anyone want to have cocktails in the Madrid tonight?)
Ideally if you’re a couple, because I’m with a girlfriend as well)
DM me if interested 🙌🏻

Sounds fun! How long will you guys be there?

We’re here today and tomorrow until 7pm

Ah ok

I’m considering being there in a few weeks with my friend & was gunna say we could try to link up!

Enjoy!

I see)!
However, we’re based in Lisbon, so if you plan to be there some day my DMs are open 🙌🏻

Hell yeah! I do typically fly out of Lisbon to get back to the states.

Great deals on flights and a nice place to hang your hat for a while.

Do you surf?

I’ll be there something this summer & hit yall up!

I do surf, also do surf & turf, so let’s catch up 🏄‍♂️

Have been in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria now for 3 weeks and is pleasantly surprised. This city suits me well, very easy living with beach, hikes etc. Anyone else here in Las Palmas?

Anyone in Valencia our going to be here soon up for a chilled meetup after Fallas?

How is Barcelona lately? I lived there for a year and a half, miss it sometimes, but it's gotten so expensive and crammed full of people + the anti-tourist mentality seems to come out even toward people like us who live there long term

This is the cheapest you can get. But it is very basic.

https://www.google.com/search?q=peluquerias+low+cost+barcelona

someone on a FB group said spain is going communist and anti-american?

I am not entirely sure FB is a great source of information in general.

Spain is definitely not going towards communism.

Socialist party is in power for quite some time already, but you cannot compare it with the real socialism (which is more to the right on political spectrum then communism) which I have experienced in Czechoslovakia more then 30 years ago.

Yes, Spain has e.g. progressive tax. Not everyone likes it, but I don't feel it a real problem at all.

It is very pro-American in my experience. Celebrating lot of US imported holidays like Halloween or amount of fried food especially in Andalusia is something very pro-American in my experience.

It might be different in other autonomous region, but I hear that for first time honestly.

Yeah these types give gringos in MX a bad name

North of Spain has beautiful nature, but it is overall colder then south. Depends on your preference. But it is indeed one of the Spanish regions with beautiful nature.

Been in Madrid for a week now and probably gonna be here long. Hit me up when you in town would be happy to hangout / grab a coffee.

Not everywhere are high speed trains. Train is usually the most expensive option to travel, but you can work in the train sometimes when mobile data available. BlaBlaCar is very popular car sharing application which can make your travels faster, cheaper and you can meet likewise open minded people on board.

I would suggest to give it a try and check your route for the available rides, travel times and pricing.

Me and my wife are here for the month atleast, possibly more. We speak close to no spanish and are only just picking it up. It can be difficult every once in a while, but people are nice and generally helpful. So you should be perfectly fine.

any weirdness about being a tourist and getting cash/rental cars?

Haven't rented a car, but the Airbnb host asked for our passport copies. From what I checked, seems to a new rule and standard procedure.

es super divertido para aprender amigo, vale

vale 🙂

haha you can get by just reading body language and saying, "vale!"

true.

Never experienced problems with cash withdrawals here.

With foreign debit card you have to pay the fee of 3,5 EUR per withdrawal.

With new banks (Revolut, Wise) debit cards there is no fee. You're only limited by your withdrawal limit based on your subscription

This sentiment is vastly exaggerated. Try to choose a not touristy area, and it’s mostly normal friendly people living their lives. Source: I’m a local.

I agree, and I lived farther out for that reason, but I definitely noticed big changes between when I lived there in 2018 vs 2022-2023. Just curious if anything has changed, there are so many videos of anti tourist stuff, and I look like a tourist even if I lived there for years :)

Madrid people: Any recommendations of good coffee places to work (a couple of hours) or cool plans this week? 🙃

Osom coffee. they have several location across the city (one near atocha station as well). and onve of the best coffee in the city.

Real Coffee - Brunch en Chamberí Madrid - I really liked their food.
9 Lives Specialty Coffee & Brunch - Big place and a few large tables for coworking.
Green Coffees Roasters Specialty Coffee - Good coffee, great vibe. a little smallish.

Thanks a lot for the recommendations! I will probably go today to this nomad meetup: https://www.meetup.com/madrid-urban-nomads-meetup-group/events/306435137/. Feel free to join! 😉

hey hey! Haven't met for ages!

I am proposing a meetup in Barcelona, Spain at CocoVail Beer Hall - Craft Beer Barcelona on Friday, 21 March at 19:00:

"Let's meetup for a drink"

✅ RSVP here: https://nomads.com/meetups#6180a435d12d25c01a007ab32f92334f

Great place!

Will you be there?

Is there anyone here based in Spain under the Beckham law as director of a company, i.e. a Spanish SL?

Nope I’m out of town but been there many times ;)

Valencia people, I'm going to a kizomba/bachata event this evening. Anyone wants to join me?

Hello all, does anyone here have a personal experience with coworking spaces in Alicante? Im planning to spend there few days in May. Thank you

Hello everyone, I am based in Alicante and looking for a tech support to assist me with funnels related parameters, also meta ads and prof email integration (ovh).
Is anyone here doing that or knows somebody ?
Thanks a lot 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Hey, anyone based on Granada? I am travelling tonight for one week to work from Granada - type of recon taster to see if I switch to nomad. I am UK based AI/ML reseacher/CTO/Founder/Technology Leader.

Hey hey everybody!
Meeting tonight? Details:

@yuliyashayenko is organizing a meetup in Barcelona, Spain at CocoVail Beer Hall - Craft Beer Barcelona on Sunday, 30 March at 19:00:

✅ RSVP here: https://nomads.com/meetups#5acfcbcd2aa04a8209497f6eb02357cc

Regus is quite good but don’t know if they have day passes and such

For those who hasn’t joined yet - table is outside :)

How was Kizomba? Happy to join you for any salsa or bachata lessons.

Not really, it’s like a game where they try to charge as much as possible while you try to keep it as low as you can.
Doyouspain.com is where you’d typically start

Hi everyone, anyone knows where to open a bank account in Spain with NIE but no permanent residence ?

banco santander.

NIE is mostly given with permanent residence, bummer you’re yet to get yours.
There are not any banks -online or offline- that would open a bank account in spain without residency (not that I know of).

Best is to try Zen, it is incredibly difficult and expensive, you may be able to open a bank account in other European countries (without residency), but not Spain

Hi y'all any nomads in Alicante?!

if you only need Spanish IBAN you could open an account in N26

Anyone knows if there are any social coworking places in Valencia? :) With some afterwork events and whatnot

I would like to know too :) didn’t find yet

There is a meetup with their own WhatsApp group and they started organizing co-workings.
The event is this one
https://meetu.ps/e/NZXVw/v0Lfb/i

i also had luck with sabadell

I’m heading to a few cities in Spain and would love to connect with expats or nomads on the ground. If you know where people usually stay connected locally (wink wink 😄), feel free to DM me. Not looking to post anything public — just hoping to stay in the loop while I’m there. Thanks! 🙏

Hey nomads! Anyone knows a great Coliving space in Valencia?

Hey everyone. I will come to Tenerife at 15 April. I will stay a coliving. Probably I will stay 1-2 month. If you have close I would like to meet other nomadic peoples

Folk coliving

Any coliving recommendations for Palma ?

Hey All we have been living in Spain now for 5 months and after doing a bit of research… and assuming that it would exist… we realised there really aren’t any couple focused tour groups… but there are for singles and families…

1. Do you know of any couple focused tour groups?
2. For now we created a Facebook group for couples wanting to meet other travelling couples specifically travelling Europe

Let me know if anyone is interested in something like this 🥲

anyone else wants to join morning coffee on Friday?

@yuliyashayenko is organizing a meetup in Barcelona, Spain at Honest Greens on Friday, 25 April at 10:00:

✅ RSVP here: https://nomads.com/meetups#022a8784f71eb8de1ac7eaed70b6759a

hey anyone else in Barcelona??