Tensions between residents and revellers have reached boiling point after loosening of serving restrictions during Covid
The sun has barely set when the music starts thumping on Madrid’s. As queues start to form outside the already heaving bars, the party spills out on to the pavement, leaving customers jostling for space with an ever-growing cacophony of smokers and passersby.
“Each year the ombudsman receives hundreds of complaints about noise and nuisance coming from hospitality establishments,” Ángel Gabilondo, the ombudsman, wrote in his annual report. “In fact, it’s the most frequent and reiterated reason for complaints when it comes to the urban environment.” Efforts to tone down the party, however, have often run into stiff opposition from an industry that has found the terraces a life-saver in the face of rising costs and labour shortages.
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