Welcome to Montevideo: Uruguay’s capital moves to its own beat

Welcome to Montevideo: Uruguay’s capital moves to its own beat

A Saturday afternoon in Montevideo’s old town feels like the first scene of post-apocalypse movie 28 Days Later. The rows of 19th-century townhouses look abandoned, with some of the windows concreted up and plants growing through the balconies. You peer down an empty...
Uruguay in Three Places: Tourism for Everybody

Uruguay in Three Places: Tourism for Everybody

Soccer, marihuana. These are some of the most-mentioned elements when you ask a tourist to name Uruguay’s most distinctive features over the past years. But when it comes to visiting the country in summertime, there are some bastions that have positioned Uruguay for...
Uruguay – heaven for meat eaters, hell for vegetarians

Uruguay – heaven for meat eaters, hell for vegetarians

It is not easy being a vegetarian in Uruguay – one of the largest exporters of meat in the world. “In Uruguay, they laugh at vegetarians, they think we are weird,” says Laura Lacurcia, with a sigh. The South American country has a peculiar claim to fame – it has three...