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Gijón's Citizen Card has been awarded URBACT's Good Practice City prize
Tuesday, June 6, 2017The Supervisory Committee from the URBACT Good Practice City initiative has recently selected a total of 219 good practices that merit the URBACT seal of good practices, with Gijón's City Card amongst them
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Five reasons to hate Gijón
Monday, May 30, 2016If you prefer tarmac to greenery in all circumstances and parks, gardens and country paths produce a strange, gut-reaction of rejection in you because you are a militant urbanite and allergic to pollen, then Gijón/Xixón is definitely not your city… do not come here, flee this city! -
Sustainability?
Monday, May 30, 2016The Responsible Tourism Charter signed by Gijón City Council in 2012 assumes the importance of tourism as an element of the city's economic development and the need to take all the necessary measures to protect the resources that make this development possible.Sustainable tourism will always be one of quality, as it will be implemented in a clean, cared-for and respectful setting in which principles are not waived in the name of simple profit. -
Gijón: world-renowned gastronomy plus cider
Tuesday, May 3, 2016It is no secret that northern Spain is one of the most world-renowned gastronomic destinations. Gijón, lest we forget, is also the capital of the Costa Verde or "Green Coast", the northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Perhaps the proximity of the sea and mountains is the reason that all kinds of high quality produce can be found here in the region of Asturias. These include fish and shellfish, different meats and cheeses, and all kinds of dairy products, legumes, vegetables and fruits. All washed down with Asturias' most popular drink, cider (sidra in Spanish). -
Gijón, a city flanked by beaches and mountains
Tuesday, May 3, 2016You need only climb up to Santa Catalina Headland, above the old fishing quarter, to realize the grandeur of the setting in which Gijón is nestled. From there, the whole city, the entire coastline of the borough with its cliffs and beaches, and the high mountains further inland can be made out all the way to the Picos de Europa. Green and blue rule here. -
Gijón with the Family - Kid's Play
Monday, March 21, 2016Numerous parks with children's playgrounds, greenways for walking or cycling, recreational areas, picnic restaurants, entertaining museums that also organise workshops to make the city's artistic heritage more accessible to its younger visitors... are just some of the resources that families with children can enjoy in Gijón. All this seasoned with a wide-ranging and varied offer in cultural and leisure activities all year round. -
Documentaries become important again thanks DocuFICX, new competition section
Friday, October 31, 2014After giving last year more relevance to documentaries again, in Gran Angular, the festival goes a step further and creates a new competition section called DocuFICX, consisting of six nonfiction films telling stories of very different origins and competing for a 5,000 euros prize. -
Gijon International Film Festival is awarded the Lumière Medal for its 52 years of life
Tuesday, October 7, 2014The award will be presented during the opening gala on November 21 at the Teatro Jovellanos -
Brillante Mendoza will receive an award to his career
Tuesday, September 30, 2014FICX devotes a retrospective to Brillante Mendoza, flagship of the new generation of Asian filmmakers -
FICX presents nine films of its Official Section
Tuesday, September 30, 2014"CALVARY" by John Michael McDonagh will open the Festival
Hong Sang-soo, honoured last year, will present his latest work "Hill of Freedom".
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