BENALMÁDENA MONTHLY

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NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR FOREIGN RESIDENTS
BENALMÁDENA
MONTHLY
Issue No. 12
December 2012
Foreign Residents' Department 952 579 979
www.benalmadena.com/extranjeros/english.php
WHAT'S ON
Pages 7-8
Festive fun in Benalmádena
NEWS
Page 4
Restaurant donates 150 meals
INFORMATION
Page 6
The Teleasistencia service - part two
Benalmádena celebrates
a multicultural Christmas
Festival of Christmas Traditions aims to
share holiday customs of foreign residents
BENALMÁDENA is gearing up
for a major multicultural Christmas celebration, with nearly 20
nationalities set to participate in
the town hall’s Festival of Christmas Traditions, or Encuentros
Navideños Internacionales.
The event, to be held on December 8, is aimed at showing
all Benalmádena residents "the
different ways that the town’s
foreign
residents
celebrate
Christmas," says the town hall.
Stands will be operated by residents from the UK, Germany,
Poland, Finland, Columbia, Perú, Jamaica and Senegal, to name just a few. The event runs
from noon until 8pm in Arroyo
la Miel’s Plaza de la Mezquita
"The Festival of Christmas
Traditions includes the participation of many of the different
nationalities that coexist in the
town, showing off their typical
Christmas season products, traditions, outfits, folklore and other details of their particular
way of celebrating the holiday,"
said mayor Paloma García Gálvez. "The goal is for local people
as well as visitors to get to know
a little better the culture of our
foreign residents."
The councillor for foreign residents, Adolfo Fernández, whose department is organising the
event, added that is also aimed
at "reinforcing the links between the foreign-resident community and the cultural life and
customs of the town."
The mayor (centre) and councillor Fernández (sixth from right),with
participants of the Christmas event
The councillor expressed
great satisfaction at "the commitment, involvement and participation of foreign residents in
the initiatives launched by the
town hall to promote the inte-
gration of all groups into Benalmádena society". He also conveyed the town hall’s gratitude
to the Plaza de la Mezquita business association for its collaboration in the Christmas event.
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BENALMADENA MONTHLY
December 2012
Benalmádena woos Britons
and Russians in London
Town meets its major tourism promotion goals at World Travel Market
achieved
BENALMÁDENA
its principal goals at last
month’s World Travel Market
event in London, with actions
aimed at consolidating the UK
market - the town’s biggest
source of tourists - and growing the burgeoning Russian
market, announced town hall
officials.
Mayor Paloma García Gálvez highlighted a meeting between the Benalmádena delegation and the head of the Association of British Travel Agents
(ABTA), John McEwan, "focused on further strengthening
our relationship with the British market and consolidating
the growth in British visitors to
Benalmádena".
The town’s delegation, led by
tourism councillor Adolfo Fernández, also signed an agree-
ment for information about
Benalmádena to be included in
Thomas Cook Travel Magazine,
the in-flight magazine on all of
the
company's
European
flights.
Further, a deal was signed
with leading Russian tour
operator Natalie Tours, to
promote Benalmádena as a
warm-weather winter destination for Russian tourists.
Wooing Russians is considered an important strategy for
boosting off-season tourism,
said the mayor.
Toward the same end, the
town hall met with representatives from Sierra Nevada to explore cross-promotional possibilities to sell the ski area and
the beach town as complimentary destinations, given their
proximity and widely varied of-
First phase finished
on million-euro park
upgrade
The mayor and other officials
visit to the site
THE first phase of work on a
more than one million-euro renovation of the Los Limones
park in Benalmádena Pueblo
has been completed.
Mayor Paloma García Gálvez
last month visited the site, where
the initial phase of work, budgeted at 435,000 euros, has included
the restoration of the old flour
mill at the site and a remodelling
of Plaza del Chorrillo.
Other work has involved
landscaping, the creation of a
new pavement along Avenida
del Chorrillo where
it borders the park,
and the resurfacing
of Calle Ibiza after
upgrading
underground utilities.
The project, paid
for by government
FOMIT funds dating
from 2006 and 2007,
will make Los Limones "an area of enduring a
joyment and leisure
Photo: Rohu
for local residents as
well as visitors," said the mayor.
The second phase of work,
budgeted at 250,000 euros and to
include further infrastructure
and aesthetic improvements in
Calle Ibiza, will get underway
shortly with a four-month completion timeline.
The final phase, with a
budget of 350,000 euros, will
be a continuation of similar
work in Calles Jaén and Huelva and is expected to launch
before springtime.
Councillor Fernández with a Natalie Tours representative
ferings.
The Benalmádena delegation also made contacts with numerous other company representatives as well as with tour-
ism officials, including Spain’s
tourism minister, José Manuel
Soria, who highlighted the
town’s importance as a top-rate
Costa destination.
Mayor praises work
of Cudeca
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ca, a foundation worthy of admiration for cited the economic challenits charitable work in the be- ges the hospice has faced in
nefit of our community and recent years to maintain its
for the care and attention it inpatient unit. "Year after yeprovides to cancer patients ar Cudeca manages to overcoand their families, both at me these difficulties thanks
the hospice and in-home," to the collaboration of the public, and we are confident
said the mayor.
The town hall is always pre- that next year Benalmádena
pared to "promote whatever ini- residents will once again
tiatives are needed to raise show their support," she said.
funds" for the hospice, she said „In these economically diffiduring her visit, which inclu- cult times, solidarity from all
ded a meeting with Cudeca quarters is needed more than
founder and president Joan ever.“
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In Brief
LIFE SAVER
A defibrillator has been installed
at the town hall building in Benalmádena Pueblo to be used in
the event of cardiac emergencies
among municipal staff or members of the public. A number of
workers at the town hall will receive training on the use of the
device. Similar lifesaving defibrillators are already installed in a
number of other local facilities
including sports centres, playing
fields, the Club de Hielo ice rink
and the town’s health centres.
BUS STOP
The bus stop near the train station in Arroyo de la Miel, on
the route heading toward Benalmádena Pueblo, has been moved to a new location. The stop
is now located by the taxi stand,
around 100 metres to the west
of where it was previously. The
move is aimed at improving
traffic flow, which was impacted by having the stops in
each direction located directly
opposite each other.
INLAND ADVENTURE
More than 50 people enjoyed a
trip to the Córdoba towns of Rute and Iznájar last month in the
latest edition of the Foreigners'
Department’s Off the Beaten
Track series of trips to inland
destinations. Participants visited local monuments and visited Rute’s famous mantecados
and chocolate factory, where
they saw Spain’s biggest Christmas nativity scene made entirely of chocolate.
BENALMADENA MONTHLY
Improved emergency
response in schools
Town hall coordinates with police, firefighters and school officials
TOWN hall officials met last
month with representatives
from all of the town’s public
and private schools and the heads of the local police, fire and
other emergency services, to
establish improved response
plans in the event of an emergency.
The move came after a red
alert for heavy rain on September 28 led to some confusion in
the process of evacuating local
schools.
Based on that incident, the
town hall detected a need for "a
series of measures and joint actions with the different schools
to guarantee a coordinated
emergency response and the safety of the children at all
schools," said the councillor for
security and emergencies, Concepción Tejeda.
Under the proposed measures, any official emergency
alert will trigger the local police’s emergency response plan
and activate a central command
post to coordinate the response
Photo: Fotocall
Officials during the meeting
efforts. Among other things, the
plan calls for "a staggered evacuation of the schools to prevent major traffic jams," said
the councillor.
Also, local police officers
will be sent to each school,
along with Protección Civil volunteers and, if necessary, firefighters in order to coordinate
the evacuation process, direct
traffic and take any other required action.
The councillor for education, Yolanda Peña, highlighted
the "great interest shown by the
school representatives," who
she said came to the meeting
with "important ideas as professionals who know first-hand
about alert situations" in a
school environment. She said
the initiative will help ensure
that "in the future there will be
a greater coordination among
all parties involved".
Fines for dog poop and
rubbish offenders
MOTO DRAW
The Torremuelle neighbourhood association in Benalmádena has donated a Honda Neuville 650cc motorcycle to be raffled
off in a draw to raise money for
Idaira, a seven-month-old local
girl who was born with spinal
muscular atrophy. The town
hall’s social services department will sell up to 5,000 tickets
at one euro each for the draw, to
be held on February 24.
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Councillors Concepción Tejada and Juan Olea
Photo: Fotocall
BENALMÁDENA town hall
has ordered the local police to
begin issuing fines to people
who fail to clean up after their
pets or who illegally dump rubble or yard waste.
The enforcement push comes on the heals of an public
awareness campaign and war-
nings to offenders, said the
town’s security councillor,
Concepción
Tejada, who
announced the
crackdown at
a press conference
last
month along
with the councillor for municipal maintenance, Juan
Olea.
"Residents are now well
aware that they cannot throw
out their yard waste or rubble
in public ways or leave their
dog’s
excrement
on
the
streets," she said. "So officers
have been ordered to issue fines for these un-civic beha-
viours."
Dog owners who fail to clean up their pet’s mess face fines ranging from 300 to 1,500
euros, while people caught illegally dumping yard or construction debris can be hit for
as much as 60,100 euros in the
most severe cases, said officials.
People who urinate or defecate in public places can also
be fined between 751 and 1,500
euros.
"Clean streets are not the responsibility of only the town
hall, but require respectful behaviour by all," said maintenance
councillor Juan Olea. "We need
to take pride in being a clean
town and can only achieve this if
we all collaborate. If we don’t
achieve it this way, we will have
to keep fining offenders."
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BENALMADENA MONTHLY
Restaurant donates
150 meals to needy
Users of municipal soup kitchen treated to a fine meal out
THE owner of a Benalmádena
Pueblo restaurant is donating
more than 150 meals at his
establishment to users of the
municipal soup kitchen and
food programme.
Claus Baeunler, originally
from Dusseldorf, Germany,
launched the Longhorn restaurant just three months ago
but decided it was already time to do something to give
back to the community.
"I wanted to make clear
that this is not just a business
but that I want to be part of
the Pueblo," he said.
The restaurateur hit upon
the idea of inviting some 150
users of the municipal food
programme to dine at his
establishment, at his expense.
"This was something we
could do to help people in a
difficult situation," he said.
On Saturday November 3
the first group of 50 or so recipients were served lunch at
the restaurant, which specia-
In Brief
LATE BILLS
More than 120 homeowners'
associations in Benalmádena
are to receive all four quarterly rubbish collection bills
for 2012 at the end of the year, according to town hall officials. They blame the situation on the "horrible management" of the previous administration and say it will no
longer occur under the new
billing system to be launched
in January.
BETTER TRAILS
Claus Baeunler, centre, with councillor Francisco Salido and
Longhorn assistant manager Fernando Morgin
Photo: Fotocall
lises in choice steaks and other select cuisine. Similar
groups of 50 to 70 people were
invited to dine on November
17 and December 1.
The town hall applauded
the initiative and expressed
its gratitude for Mr Baeunler’s generosity and spirit of
solidarity. Social services
councillor Francisco Salido
said it was a unique opportunity for the food programme
users, for whom it would normally be "seriously difficult
to go out for a meal away
from home or the soup kitchen".
Paper and pull tabs to aid
ailing local man
Local officials with Alejandro and his mother (far right)
Photo: Fotocall
BENALMÁDENA town hall
has launched a campaign to
collect aluminium can pull
tabs and paper as a way to raise money for young local man
who is fighting to regain his vision after a serious motorcycle
December 2012
accident.
Alejandro Duarte, now 19,
was left in a coma for four
months following the accident
two and a half years ago and
spent 19 months in a Madrid
hospital being treated for brain
damage.
He now requires therapy to
recover his vision, which is offered only at a specialist clinic
in Barcelona, explained town
hall officials.
The campaign to collect recycling items comes in addition to other fundraising efforts
launched by Alejandro’s family, who last month expressed
their great gratitude to the
town hall and local townspeople for their support.
Containers are being set up
in local businesses to collect
the pull tabs and paper, which
will be stored in premises that
have been provided by the CIPEB business association.
Presenting the scheme last
month town hall officials called on all residents to chip in
by depositing pull tabs or paper in the bins at local shops.
The town hall has assigned a
worker from the municipal
maintenance department to
work exclusively on the maintenance and improvement of
the town’s principle hiking
trails, including the routes up
to Mount Calamorro, Quejigal
and the Mijas sierra. Officials
say the move is in response to
complaints from users about
the condition of some of the
trails.
LIBRARY MOVE
The Benalmádena Pueblo library will be moved into the
old health centre in Calle Cerillo "as soon as possible",
said town hall officials last
month. No specific date was
given but the town hall says
the move will happen during
2013, once the outfitting of
the library’s new, bigger space is completed, which is expected to take a few months.
SPANISH
COOKING
The latest instalment of the
Foreigners' Department's popular Spanish cooking classes was attended by more
than 60 residents of numerous
nationalities.
Last
month’s event at the Alborada restaurant was split between two days to accommodate everyone who signed up.
Participants learned how to
prepare chickpea, vegetable
and meat soup; oil-poached
cod in tangerine sauce; and
honey pudding ’gachas‘ for
dessert. Information about
upcoming classes is published periodically on the town
hall website (www.benalmadena.com) and the Foreigners' Department's Facebook
page.
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Scottish Dancing club
You don't need to hail from Scotland to share in the fun!
SCOTLAND is known for its
whisky, bagpipes and joyous spirit.
This spirit expresses itself in
many ways and one of the best
known is dancing.
Country dancing, a form of social dancing, although known as
Scottish Country Dancing is now
danced the world over from Scotland to Argentina, from Russia to
South Africa.
On the Costa del Sol, which has
a large Scottish contingent, it has
been danced for many years not
only by Scots but by many nationalities.
The Benalmádena town council is supporting this activity by allowing the use of a part of the Pensioners Club in Plaza Mezquita,
Arroyo de la Miel, where a group
of enthusiastic dancers get together every Saturday from 4 till 6
pm to have fun under the vigilant
eye of Martin, who has many years experience with these dances.
The group is open to all ages,
The councillor for Tourism, Juan Adolfo Fernández Romero,
with some of the dancers
The councillor has fun trying a few steps
those under 10 must come with an
adult, those over 80 may come alone.
• It’s practiced by all nationalities, we have Spanish, English, Argentine, French .......
• The steps are quite simple
and easily learnt.
• The physical requirement is
that of wanting to have fun.
Requirements:
comfortable
soft shoes, light clothes and a big
smile. You need no previous expe-
rience, but sense of rhythm does
help.
You need not bring a partner -we all dance together. You need
not wear a kilt -- though they do
look nicer. And, of course, you
need not hail from Scotland.
We’d like to share the fun with
more people, so come along and give it a try.
For further information, send
an
email
to
[email protected]
Saxon Karate
MONDAY October 22nd saw
the arrival of Saxon Karate students from around the world.
This was the third annual tour
of Saxon Karate International
to be held here in Benalmádena
Saxon representation was
from Spain, England, Scotland,
Latvia and India.
Saxon Karate has over 10,000
students around the globe all
who regularly train under the
watchful eye of European instructors.
Saxon Karate Spain was opened two years ago by Sensei
Terry Howorth. They train four
times a week at the sports centre in Arroyo de la Miel and also at the Agata complex.
During the seminar, all Saxon Karate Spain students undertook their next examinations. The seminar and gradings
were led by 6th Dan Black Belt,
Sensei Leigh Smith the Founder of Saxon Karate Internatio-
nal 30 years ago.
Sensei Terry Howorth of Saxon Karate Spain and owner of
the Fountain Bar in Plaza España, Arroyo de la Miel spoke of
his hopes for the Spanish club
in the future.... "We are a traditional Shotokan Karate School.
We like to encourage students
aged from 6 to 80 to come and
partake in our activities. We
particuarly enjoy to harness
the skills and abilities of our
younger students to help shape
them into confident, well disciplined individuals with skills
that will help them in their day
to day lives. We hope to work
closely with the council,
schools and authorities to make
Saxon a strong part of our local
community."
The final presentations were
made on SaturdayOctober 26th
by visiting dignatories from
Benalmádena Council and local
police force.
CALLING ALL CLUBS
BENALMÁDENA Monthly features a local group and its members on this page. Inclusion is absolutely free and gives readers
a chance to see the many activities available to them through
membership to your club. But remember we’re a monthly publication so we need your news as soon as possible!
Contact Joanna Drozdawska at the town hall’s Foreign
Residents‘ Department on 952 579 979 or email [email protected] for more information.
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BENALMADENA MONTHLY
December 2012
The Teleasistencia service
What it offers and how to apply for it (part two)
THE JUNTA de Andalucía’s home telephone assistance service is
a personal attention system based
on new technology that allows
users to stay permanently in contact by phone. It is available:
• 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Without leaving your home
• Just by pressing a button
Who can apply for the
service?
Dependents - People who have
been assessed as dependents by
the individual attention programme. There is no age limit and where a person is unable to fend for
themselves then their carer will
be facilitated with the service.
Elderly people - To access the Teleasistencia service they are required to be the holder of the Junta de Andalucia's 65 card.
Handicapped people - Those
people with more than 65% disability and aged between 16 and 65 years old and who are not classified
as dependents. They must be registered as residents on their town
census.
In any of the above cases, those
who apply for the Teleasistencia
Service must have a landline telephone at home.
What does it cost?
The service costs 18 euros/month,
although there are discounts available depending on each person's
circumstances, for example:
Free Service (100% reduction)
•Elderly Junta de Andalucia 65
Gold Card holders who live alone,
or who live only with a 65 Gold
Card holder.
•Junta de Andalucia 65 card
holders who are over 80 years old
and live alone.
•Dependents, over 80 years old
irrespective of their income.
•Dependents under 80 years old
whose income is less than 75% of
the IPREM (Indicador Público de
Renta de Efectos Múltiples) Spanish means-test variable figure.
Quota 3,60 euros/mes ( 80%
reduction):
•Junta de Andalucia 65 Gold
Cardholders who live with non
cardholders.
•Dependents under 80 years old
whose income is equal to or more
than 75% of the IPREM.
Quota 10,80 euros/month
(40% reduction):
•Junta de Andalucia 65 cardholders not included in any of the
above categories.
•Disabled people.
How to apply for it
There are three ways of applying
for the Teleassistence Service.
By phone: Call 902 50 65 65,
Monday-Friday from 8am-10pm. If
you are over 65 you should have
your Junta de Andalucia 65 card
to hand as you will need to give
your card number.
Online: If you have a Digital
Certificate you can fill out your
application form and send it off
immediately. If you have done this
you can also track your application on the internet.
If you don't have a Digital Certificate you can apply for one to
the below address. S
By post: You can also obtain an
application form at the Delegaciones Provinciales de la Consejería
para la Igualdad y Bienestar Social, or you can dowload an electronic application form (you will
need Acrobat Reader to do this) to
print out and send to the following
address:
Fundación Andaluza de Servicios Sociales. Apartado de Correos
1265 - 41080 - Sevilla
For more information on this
subject contact Joanna at the
Town Hall Foreign Residents' Department.
Spotlight on... Pauline and Barry Jenkins
EACH
issue
Benalmádena
Monthly briefly turns the spotlight on an expat resident to get to
know a little bit about the person
behind the face... In this edition
we asked Barry and Pauline Jenkins to sit in the interview chair.
1. Full name and age? Barry
and Pauline Jenkins, 67 and 70
ish.
2. What were you doing before
you came to Spain? After having several different jobs over
my working career, I started my
own small business owning a
small decorators shop and Pauline spent her whole career, 43 years with the NHS ending up as a
manager of various departments.
3. Why have you chosen to live
in Benalmádena and how long
have you been here? We have
lived in Benalmadena for 9 years.
We lived in a small village called
Almogia for six years prior to moving here. Unfortunately my health problems forced us to sell
and look for somewhere more
convenient to relocate, so after some research, Benalmadena ticked all the right boxes for us and
we moved here in 2003.
5. Do you feel at home here? Both Pauline and I have always
worked together and
after 15 years of living
here, we feel fully integrated and try and live
as full a life as possible.
Although Pauline has
two younger grandchildren, we have two
families, as we were
Pauline and ...
Barry Jenkins
widowed when we met
and married some
twenty years ago, so she likes to enjoyed it too.
visit on a regular basis. Living he- 7. What do you miss most from
re in Benalmadena makes it all your country? I can’t think of
possible as we are so near the air- anything apart from seeing our
port.
grandchildren and great grand6. What do you like most about children. These days, if you want
life in Spain? We enjoy the whole English-type products you can get
aspect of the Spanish lifestyle and almost everything locally, but we
it gives us a chance to go out and find that most of the local foods
meet some wonderful people on a are as good if not better and cheadaily basis. We also like to mix per even in these times of crisis.
with Spanish people as much as 8. Do you feel integrated? As I
possible, in fact we have recently said earlier, we try to feel as
returned from a Spanish coach though we are integrated, but to
holiday to Cantabria and Asturias learn the language properly we
with all Spanish people so we had feel you need to either live with
to use our limited Spanish voca- Spanish people or work with
bulary all week and thoroughly them. Being pensioners, apart
from our daily visits
for coffee etc: we don’t
get much chance to
practise using our Spanish although the intercambio groups organised by the Foreigners' Department does
help a lot. I also get a
chance to meet many
different nationalities
through my voluntary
work at the Casa Cultura, in Arroyo de la
Miel on a Thursday morning as a
volunteer helper for the foreigners department assisting people
with their Padron.
9. How would you promote integration between foreigners
and Spanish people? Our
experiences of holidaying with
Spanish people, here in Spain
and further afield, has shown us
what great people they are to be
with and enjoy similar things to
us. So why not try some of the
activities organised by the Foreigners' Department, Spanish
cooking to name one. A full list of
activities is available from the department here in Benalmádena.
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December Agenda
HIBITION CENTRE (On the
N340 coast road, opp. post office).
Open Tues-Sat, 10-2/5-7.30. Sun/
fiestas 11-1.30pm. Entrance free.
Closed Mon.
Goya, Chronicler of an Era,
Continues until December 16. Exhibition of 80 engravings by one
of Spain's greatest artists.
December 2012
Book Clubs
ARROYO DE LA MIEL
LIBRARY, Parque de la Paloma.
In Spanish: December 11 & 13 at
7pm.
In English: Read On, December
4 at 7pm.
In French: Cercle de Lecture,
December 18 at 7pm.
In Finnish: Minna Canth, December 12 at 7pm.
BENALMADENA PUEBLO
LIBRARY (behind the Felipe Orlando Museum)
In Spanish: December 18 at
11am & 6pm.
Kid's Stuff
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS are turned on, December 5 at 6pm in
Benalmádena Pueblo's Plaza de
los Tres Culturas and at 7pm in
the Arroyo church square, followed by storytelling around the
square's Christmas tree.
STORY TIME, December 5, 12,
at 6.15pm at the Benalmádena
Pueblo library ( behind the Felipe Orlando museum). A fun afternoon activity for very young
readers accompanied by an
adult. Everyone is welcome. Stories are in Spanish but with lots
of visual and sound effects to
keep the young audience rivetted.
NATIVITY SCENE, inauguratiDecember 10 at 6pm at the Casa
de la Cultura. Open to visits
weekdays.
FIREFIGHTERS
NATIVITY
SCENE inauguration December
12 at 6pm. Open to visit every day
from 10am-2pm and 5pm to 9pm.
LIVING NATIVITY SCENE,
December 20 at 6pm in Benalmadena Pueblo's Plaza del Alguacil.
CHRISTMAS
STORYTELLING, December 21 at 6.30pm
in Benalmádena Pueblo's
Plaza del Alguacil.
CHRISTMAS
TREE
WISHES, December 23
at 11.30am. Children
can hang their stars
full of Christmas
wishes
on
the
Christmas tree in
the Parque de la Paloma. Kids' activities
and
tasty
chickpea stew to
warm up with.
ROYAL
POSTMAN'S
FIESTA, January
2
from
4.307.30pm
in
Benalmadena
Pueblo's
Plaza
del Alguacil. Kids
hand in their wish lists to
the Three Kings' postman. Lots
of games, workshops, activities.
ROYAL POSTMAN'S FIESTA,
January 3 from 4.30-7.30pm in
Arroyos Plaza de la Mezquita.
Kids hand in their wish lists to
the Three Kings's postman. Lots
going on as well - Games, workshops, activities.
PUPPET SHOW, January 4 at 12
midday in Benalmadena Pueblo's
Plaza del Alguacil. Peneque, La
Canción del Pirata. Pirates and
princesses in distress.
Kid's Films and Plays
At the Casa de Cultura in Arroyo
de la Miel. Films, in Spanish, are
at 10.45am and 12.30pm. Tickets,
one euro, go on sale an hour beforehand.
La Montaña Mágica (The
Magic Mountain), December 26. Norway 2009. Fantasy adventure with a princess, magic and gnomes.
Con Mucho Gusto, December 27. Play, in Spanish, by the Acuario
Theatre Company.
El
Cascanueces
(The Nutcracker),
December 28. UK
and
Hungary.
2010. Musical.
Includes eight
songs by Tim
Rice.
The Mas
Madera
Film Club
Films are at 9pm at the Casa de
la Cultura in Arroyo de la
Miel. Films are shown with
original soundtrack and with
Spanish subtitles if in a foreign
language. Tickets: 3 euros.
December 13: Biutiful. Spain
2010. Social Drama. Director Alejandro Iñarritu. Stars Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez.
December 20: Carmina o revienta Spain 2012. Comedy/Drama.
Director Paco León. Stars Carmina Barrios, María León.
Exhibitions
BENALMADENA COSTA EX-
BIL-BIL CASTLE (on the N340
coast road opposite Benal Beach). Entrance free.
Eleonor Smith, Until December
17. Photos from India.
Amnesty International, December 20-January 13. Photo exhibition.
THE FELIPE ORLANDO PRECOLUMBIAN MUSEUM, Benalm´ádena Pueblo. Friday 5-7pm
and Saturday 10-1.30pm and 57pm.
Mexican Nativity Scene, December 5 at 6pm inauguration
with carols. Exhibition runs until January 5. A colourful fiesta
that celebrates Christmas in a
very Mexican way.
Music and Dance
CASA DE LA CULTURA, Arroyo de la Miel.
Christmas Song Concert, December 11 at 7pm, by the Municipal Music School. Entrance free.
European Carols Concert, December 12 at 7pm by The International Music Society. Entrance
free.
Christmas Guitar Concert, December 13 at 7pm by the Municipal Music School. Entrance free.
XVI Spanish Carols Contest,
December 14 at 8.30pm. Performed by the Peña Rociera de Arroyo de la Miel. Entrance free.
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Useful telephone numbers
Emergency numbers
All emergencies 112
(This is a central call base for any emergency)
Ambulance service 061
Fire brigade 952 563 429
Guardia Civil 062
Local Police 092
National Police 091
902 102 112 - Reports in case of theft or robbery (English spoken)
General telephone numbers
Endesa electricity company 900 248 248
Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga 952 390 400
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Málaga 952 649 400
Hospital Materno Infantil, Málaga 952 300 400
Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella 951 976 669/951 976 670
GP appointments by phone to Salud Responde 902 505 060 or by
internet www.juntadeandalucia.es/servicioandaluzdesalud
Appointments for NIE applications at Torremolinos police station 952 378 437
Local telephone numbers
Foreigners' Department, Town Hall 952 579 979
Health Centre (Arroyo) 952 440 404/952 443 545
Health Centre (Pueblo) 952 449 313
Health Centre (Torrequebrada) 951 308 121
Hospital Chare 951 976 070
Hospital Xanit 952 443 119
Local police (Arroyo) 952 562 142
Local police (Pueblo) 952 579 853
Sports Centre (Arroyo) 95 257 7050
Sports Centre (Pueblo) 95 256 8085
Taxis 952 441 545
Tourist Office 952 442 494
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Christmas Classical Ballet Festival, December 17 at 8pm. Performed by the Municipal Dance
School. Entrance free.
Christmas Spanish Dance Festival, December 18 at 8pm. Performed by the Benalmádena Pueblo
Municipal Dance School. Entrance free.
Christmas Spanish Dance Festival, December 19 at 8pm. Performed by the Arroyo Municipal
Dance School. Entrance free.
Spanish Carols, December 21 at
7.30pm. Performed by the Peña
Los Bataneros. Entrance free.
Christmas Dance Festival, December 27 at 8pm. Performed by
the Picasso Dance School. Entrance free.
Danzamania Christmas Show,
December 28 at 8pm. Entrance
free.
INMACULADA CONCEPCION
CHURCH, Main church square,
Arroyo.
Christmas Choir Concert.December 15 at 8.15pm.
BIL-BIL CASTLE (on the N340
coast road opposite Benal Beach).
Entrance free.
Municipal Music School Concert, December 19 at 7pm. Pupils'
performance. Entrance free.
BENALMADENA PUEBLO
Spanish Carol Singing Parade,
December 8 at 1pm through the
centre of the village. Carol Singing Contest at 4pm in the Plaza
del Alguacil.
Bank Holidays
Fiestas & Fairs
Día de la Constitución, Thursday December 6 is a national holiday and most banks and offices
will be closed. Official flag-raising
ceremony in the Parque de la Paloma at 12 noon.
Día de la Inmaculada Concepción, Saturday, December 8, is a national holiday however many of
the larger shops and malls may
open either on Thursday or Saturday.
International Christmas Fiesta,
Saturday, December 8 in the Plaza
de la Mezquita in Arroyo from 12
noon to 8pm. Twelve countries offer their traditional festive fare and
song and dance (see front page story for more info).
Christmas Fair, December 12-16,
in the Plaza de la Mezquita, Arroyo.
Christmas Day. Tuesday, December 25. National holiday.
,New Year's Eve Party, Monday,
BENALMADENA MONTHLY
December 31 from 11.30pm in both
Benalmadena Pueblo (Plaza del
Aguacil) and Arroyo (Plaza de la
Mezquita). Live music and dancing.
New Year's Day, Tuesday, January 1 . National holiday.
Three King's Parade, Saturday,
January 5. Their Royal Highnesses arrive at 12 midday by boat in
Puerto Marina.From 4.30pm they
parade around the centre of Benalmádena Pueblo before being received at the Town Hall. At 6.30pm
the Three Kings continue with a
parade around the centre of Arroyo de la Miel before bidding farewell in the Plaza de la Mezquita.
Three Kings' Day, Sunday, January 6, is a national holiday..
Special events
Christmas cakes, sweets and
puddings competition, December 13. Everyone can take part! Registration and delivery of food
from10am-11.30am at the Casa de
Cultura in Arroyo de la Miel.
Christmas shop window competition. All businesses, bars and
shops can take part. You must register by December 17 at any of the
Town Hall offices. 150-euro prize.
Winner declared on December 26.
For The Love of Books Reading
Recital, December 14 at 7pm at
the Arroyo de la Miel library. Participants read out aloud poems
and excerpts of text. Take along
your favourites and take part.
Spanish-English Language
Exchange Programme. Organised by the town hall's Foreign Residents' Department to improve
December 2012
conversational Spanish or English
in a friendly, fun and free way. Takes place on Wednesdays, 10am12noon, at the senior citizens' centre in Benalmádena Pueblo or on
Tuesday and Thursday at the senior citizens' centre in the Plaza
de la Mezquita, Arroyo de la Miel.
To take part, pop along to a meeting and fill out an inscription
form or ask Joanna at the town
hall's Foreign Residents' Department (952 579 979).
On-duty Chemists. Farmacias
are usually open from 9.30-1.30pm
and 5-9pm but there is also an
emergency chemist on duty outside these hours. To find out which
chemist is on duty, telephone the
local police, (952 562 142) check the
health centre or any chemist's shop
where the duty rota is displayed.