Undoubtedly, Seville is history, heritage, art and culture. But all this is not only an incalculable legacy, it is the unmistakable imprint of an exuberant character that has always defined the city. The heritage of tomorrow is the life that pulsates today in its streets.
Seville has been and is a city passionate about art, dual and eclectic, which loves to explore the new cultural proposals of an era.
This vibrant personality is appreciable in many parts of the city, but you will feel it in a special way along the axis that connects Las Setas and the Alameda.
The Metropol Parasol is already an emblematic urban space that is beginning to establish itself in the world’s imagination. It is a covered elevated square, it is the largest wooden structure ever built (through which you walk as if you were walking on the roofs), it is a formidable viewpoint, it is a traditional market and a visitable Roman site (the Antiquarium), it is a building that houses restaurants and bars, and attracts hostels and specialized stores. And then there is its spectacular design, the work of German architect Jürgen Mayer, and which has served to be popularly known as Las Setas.
Continuing along Regina and Feria streets we arrive at the Alameda de Hércules, a neighborhood that radiates alternative energy at all hours of the day and night. The oldest public garden in Europe is in the 21st century a sensational forum for urban culture, an amazing focus of young artists, musicians and creators in general that illuminates, with its new sap, the whole city. An energy that you can experience at street level, along its large pedestrian area dominated by Roman columns and where you will find everything from innovative restaurants to bookstores, from tattoo parlors to pubs and concert halls.
If you like architecture, in Seville you will enjoy a fantastic range of styles. The city has contemporary proposals of world-renowned quality: buildings by Sevillian architects such as Cruz y Ortiz (La Cartuja Stadium, Santa Justa Station or the nearby Picasso Building) or Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra (Pabellón de la Navegación and Caixaforum, among others), other Spanish architects such as Rafael Moneo (Seville Airport, Previsión Española Building…) or Santiago Calatrava (Alamillo Bridge), and international architects such as Jürgen Mayer (Las Setas) and Richard Rogers (Palmas Altas Complex). A perfect dialogue between the city and contemporary architecture that comes together in a special way on the island of La Cartuja, the site that houses the wonderful legacy of Expo 92.
Music in Seville is living some brilliant years. The same streets that saw the birth of Andalusian rock (with ‘Triana’ as a great standard bearer) or the unique style of Kiko Veneno (the Spanish Bob Dylan) today greet the varied proposals of new and established artists. This is the case of great groups like Pony Bravo or SFDK.
And to continue enjoying the music, how about the set of CAAC, the Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art? Concerts and festivals next to historic gardens and a monastery where Columbus lived, a great experience!
If you like skateboarding, in Plaza de Armas you have a great Skate Park, a space also very graffiti with murals of authors such as Seleka, El Niño de las Pinturas, Ed or Logan.
Did you know that in Seville there is a New York Pier? An ideal leisure area to relax and have a drink while listening to DJ sessions on the banks of the Guadalquivir. Well, it is so named because from here sailed the shipping line that linked Seville and New York during the first half of the last century.
You can move by bike all over Seville, the city has more than 170 km of bike lanes!
Every year Monkey Week fills the Alameda de Hércules with music.
