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Let’s spend the night together: Nit de l’Art 2021

Nit de l’Art 2021

Palma is celebrating, this weekend. It is Nit de l’Art. And not just any. This year it’s the 25th anniversary of the most popular event of Mallorca’s contemporary art scene. Galleries and museums open the doors and invite the public to selected exhibitions of international artists. Strolling through the narrow streets of the old town in the evening you experience the creative energy of the city.  The mild late summer night provides a perfect backdrop for this special event. From Thursday on…

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Happy hours: Sundials on Mallorca

Sundials on Mallorca

It’s easy to fall in love with the sundials on Mallorca. Not only because most of them are as simple as they are ingenious. Since they show the time only when the sun is shining, solar clocks remind you to focus on the good times. There are more than three hundred sundials in Palma alone, one for every sunny day on the island. One of my favorites is located next to Palma’s Capitanía Marítima, the maritime customs building at Parc de la Mar. On first sight, it’s a plain round made of stone that…