Chamartín District

Its six barrios offer very different profiles. El Viso is the most exclusive: designed between 1933 and 1936 by architect Rafael Bergamín as a rationalist garden-city residential colony, it preserves two-storey detached houses with gardens, Madrid's first homes with private garages. Its average price reaches €9,787/m² and the average home exceeds €1.6 million. Hispanoamérica and Nueva España combine residential elegance with embassies and international schools, at around €8,500/m².

Paseo de la Castellana runs through the district and concentrates Spain's financial activity: AZCA, the country's main business district, houses headquarters of major national and international corporations. The Kio Towers (Puerta de Europa) at Plaza de Castilla mark Madrid's northern skyline. The National Auditorium (1988, halls seating 2,338 and 688), the National Museum of Natural Sciences and Berlin Park (with original fragments of the Wall) add a cultural dimension.

The recently renovated Santiago Bernabéu reinforces the district's international profile. Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station connects to all of Spain by high-speed rail, and the Madrid Nuevo Norte project will transform its northern surroundings in the coming years.