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Living

Lifestyle, property and interiors. Las Palmas, the city people choose to stay in.

Plaza de Santa Ana with its palm trees and the town hall seen from above, with the neighbourhoods of Las Palmas climbing the hills.

Living in Las Palmas: the city people choose to stay in

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is not a resort: it is an Atlantic city with an urban beach, a historic quarter and life all year round. Which neighbourhoods to look at, what winter is like and what to know before spending a long season here.

Arguineguín beach with calm water, scattered parasols and the low-rise village behind the palm trees.

The Norwegian winters of Arguineguín

For decades, thousands of Norwegians have spent the winter in a fishing village in the south of Gran Canaria. What they find in Arguineguín, and what changes when you stay for weeks rather than days.