Costa de la Luz Community Life: Costa de la Luz

Contact information for the national and local administrative centres of Spain. The place to go for residency papers, vehicle registration papers, driving licences and more.

The place for you to buy and sell, find employment or a new car, ask and answer questions, and exchange useful, local information with other members of AngloINFO.

The clocks change twice a year moving from winter (standard) time to summer time and back. Find out when, and how Spain's time relates to the rest of the world.

Emergency services: the numbers to call if you need the fire brigade, police or an ambulance. Also numbers to contact drug help, poison control and emergency doctors and hospitals.

Information directly from the European Union on the practical aspects of moving to and living in Spain: residency, finding a home, a school and a job, Spanish social security and more.

The place for you to exchange views, share useful information on parenting, schooling and kid's fun for families in the Costa de la Luz.

Information on groups, social clubs and links for gay men and women in the Costa de la Luz.

Information on what to do when moving from Spain; including notifying schools and residency officials, closing bank accounts, ending contracts for utilities and insurance, exporting cars and moving pets.

All foreigners living and ecconomically active in Spain require an NIE Foreigner's tax identification number. Here you will find out why this number is necessary - to open a bank account, buy a house and more - where to go and how to make the applicatio

Where to find up-to-the-minute travel and other information when the country is suffering from large-scale industrial unrest.

If you're an EU citizen you may vote in the European Elections; and if you are resident in Spain you are eligible to vote (and even stand as a candidate) in Spanish local elections. Find out how and where to register and how and where to vote.

AngloINFO Costa de la Luz's comprehensive English-language guide to What's On in Cadiz, Huelva and throughout the region with events, music, sport and more…