If the Balearic people could choose, this would be the community where they would go to live

ARA Balears — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:35:19 +0000

Six out of ten Balearic residents would change autonomous community if they could choose where to live. This is one of the conclusions of the study Residential preferences of Spaniards, prepared by Grup Mutua Propietarios, which points to Asturias as the preferred destination for Balearic residents to start a new chapter.

2026, the year we will become Asturians

Sebastià Alzamora — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:31:06 +0000

For some summers now, Asturians have noticed a greater influx of domestic tourists—Spanish tourists—to their fortunate geography of Cantabrian beaches and green mountain ranges. These are, as one might expect, climate tourists, fleeing the unbearable heat that climate change has inflicted on the Mediterranean coast during the summer months, and seeking places where they can be more comfortable. The writer Xuan Bello spoke to me about this the last time I saw him, in the summer of 2024; he died during the summer of that harsh and now vanished year of 2025. Bello felt sorry for the people of Madrid ("They've already foisted a high-speed train from Madrid to Oviedo on us; we're cooked," he reflected angrily, but not resignedly, because Xuan Bello was not a person who resigned himself). His misgivings were well-founded, because the lamentable idea of turning Asturias into the new Madrid beachTaking over from the Valencian Country, it has indeed existed for some time.

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If the Balearic people could choose, this would be the community where they would go to live

2026, the year we will become Asturians