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FUENGIROLA NIGHT LIFE.

issue nº 11July 2014

Ayuntamiento de

Fuengirolawww.fuengirola.org952 58 93 00 // 952 58 94 40

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FUENGIROLA Council is

currently doing a survey among

its foreign residents to discover

their opinions on several aspects

of municipal interest.

This survey was sent out,

accompanied by a letter in seven

languages, which explains

everything about the survey.

Foreign Residents councillor,

Katja Westerdahl, held a press

conference to explain this new

initiative which looks to bring

the council closer to its foreign

neighbours.

Westerdahl explained “The

Foreign Residents Department

maintains regular meetings with

its foreign residents to find out

their doubts, inform them of any

new matters, etc.” She went on

to underscore the fact that the

aim of the survey was to better

know their opinions about

certain matters.

In another press conference,

Westerdahl said that “99.9 per

cent of the people who have

completed the survey have said

they are lucky to live in

Getting to know you -foreign residents survey

KATJA WESTERDAHL: Explains the aim of the survey.

Fuengirola and that the quality of life in the city

is high or very high.”

She also said that most of the foreign residents

who have submitted their surveys are English,

Finnish, French and Norwegian.

As stated by Westerdahl, some of them have

made great comments about Fuengirola. For

instance, one said: “I have lived here since 1981.

If I had continued living in my country, I would

not have made it to 91. The quality of life in

Fuengirola is so high that it increases longevity.”

Once the survey has been filled out it can be

handed in personally to the Council’s registry, the

Council’s Tourism Office or the Deputy Mayor’s

office in Los Boliches, it can also be scanned and sent

in to foreignresidents@fuengirola.org.

Westerdahl commented that if anyone was unable

to either hand or send it in then they could call 952 58

94 90 and a council representative would drop by and

pick it up.

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FUENGIROLA Monthly is now a year old!

I cannot believe how fast this year has gone,

being part of making FM has been so much

fun! At the Foreign Residents’ Council we

have loved every issue, I hope our readers

have, too! Do tell your friends, relatives and

neighbours about us and tell them how easy

it is to get Fuengirola Monthly delivered to

your email every month: just mail us with a

request at foreignresidents@fuengirola.org.

When we first started editing it together

with Euro Weekly News group, I wrote an

editorial which I headed “thank you.” Now,

it is time to say “thank you” again.

Thank you to all our wonderful Fuengirola

residents, who keep reading us, subscribing

to this newsletter and telling us it is important

to them!

Thank you to all Euro Weekly News group

personnel, especially to Jennifer, who will be

a mum for the first time any day now! Thank

you for a year of dedicated and hard work, it

is much appreciated!

We are still taking baby steps as a one-

year-old does. So do give us feedback on our

publication! And thank you for choosing

Fuengirola!

Katia Westerdahl

Foreign Residents´ Councillor

Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola

Baby steps… for this publication

FUENGIROLA Mayor Esperanza Oña

presented a unique museum exhibition

featuring especially selected pieces from one

of Europe’s largest iron collections.

French entrepreneur Pierre Lachnowicz has

been collecting irons from all corners of the

world for years. Two and a haf thousand irons,

some of them dating back to the 17th century,

make up his unprecedented assemblage, part of

which has now been loaned to the Fuengirola

Museum.

Visitors will have the opportunity to learn

more about the history of irons by visiting the

exhibition, which will be open until August 30.

The irons have been carefully selected to

showcase their value, beauty and antiquity. The

exhibition also features ironing boards and

related utensils. “Of course these are not the

irons we have at home. These irons have

artistic and cultural value,” said Mayor Oña.

The exhibition is completed by a video

showing visitors the history and historical

relevance of the irons, four period washing

machines, a photography collection,

sculptures, paintings and half a dozen

industrial heaters.

Irons? Yes, yes…irons are on display

IRONS: Mayor Esperanza Oña presents a unique museum exhibition.

Enjoy thenight life ofFuengirola ON July 18 it will be

‘Noche Viva Fuengirola’

which is a pioneering

concept where businesses,

which have signed up for

the initiative, can stay

open until 2am and offer

special promotions and

discounts to their clients.

This special shopping day

will also have all sorts of

leisure and cultural events.

The event will take

place around Calle Jacinto

Benavente, the sea walk,

Avenida Juan Gomez

Juanito and Molino de

Viento as this is the

commercial heart of the

town, but councillors for

Commerce and Events,

Carmen Diaz and Isabel

Moreno, have said

businesses from all over

town will be taking part.

In order to attract a

greater number of people

there will be several

cultural activities including

a Vespa concentration in

Plaza de España where

there will also be a

Mariachi band playing.

The Plaza Reyes Catolicos

has been reserved for the

youth of the town and in

Plaza El Yate there will be

opera and classical music.

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FOLLOWING its 2012 and 2013

success, the open-air cinema

experience comes back to

Fuengirola for a third year in a

row.

Esperanza Oña, Mayor of

Fuengirola, presented the

initiative alongside Juan Carlos

Gomez, Director of the Parque

Miramar Shopping Centre.

This time moviegoers will get

to choose which movies will be

screened using a Facebook

application. It is estimated that

more than 14,000 viewers

enjoyed this unique summer

opportunity last year.

The movies will be dubbed in

Spanish with English subtitles

and there will be four completely

free screenings starting at 10 pm:

July 22 and 29 and August 5 and

12.

Eight movies have already

been preselected and divided into

two different groups, including:

The Croods, Madagascar 3:

Europe’s Most Wanted, How to

Train your Dragon, Hotel

Transylvania, Wreck-It Ralph,

Monsters University, Despicable

me 2 and Tad The Lost Explorer.

Moviegoers can visit Parque

Miramar’s Facebook page and

vote for their favourite films.

Open-air cinema returns to Los Boliches beach

Day-care centre to open in July

ADOLFO SUAREZ DAY-CARE CENTRE: Mayor Oña visits the centre.

OPEN-AIR CINEMA: A unique summer opportunity.

fiVe years after its first stone was laid, the adolfo

suarez Day-Care Centre of the family association

of alzheimer Patients will open its doors in July.

approximately 2,000 fuengirola residents suffer

from this disease, first described by german

psychiatrist and neuropathologist alois alzheimer

in 1906.

fuengirola Mayor esperanza oña visited the

facilities alongside ana Mata, Vice President of the

Malaga Council, and francisca lebron, President

of fuengirola and Mijas afa.

it is estimated €1.7 million has been invested in

the day-care centre so far. “The andalucian

government should be aware of the continuously

growing number of patients needing treatment and

assistance to slow down this disease,” said oña.

oftentimes families cannot afford treatment or

medication. Mayor oña expressed her deep

satisfaction over the centre which will reportedly

offer treatment to 100 alzheimer patients.

Built on a 900-square metre plot,

the two-storey 1,713 square-metre

day-care centre will have an

infirmary, a kitchen, a gym, a

laundry service, a waiting room, a

computer room, examination

rooms, bathrooms, dining rooms, a

psychology and a podiatry service.

FUENGIROLA Council has finished the

gardens and the shower areas of the beaches.

A total of 62 shower platforms have been

finished since April. These fall within the

Homogenisation Plan which has a budget of

€1.8 million with which the council are

giving the coastal areas a unique image.

Ana Mula, councillor for Beaches,

announced that the council had finished the

conditioning of the foot washing and shower

areas which are spread around the beaches of

the town. Mula explained the plan was put

into action back in April and the wooden

platforms improved the aesthetics of the

beach. She went on to point out that not only

did all the pergolas now have garden areas and

shower facilities, but also that all the accesses

were at least 1.5 metres wide which allowed

handicapped people easier access to the

beaches.

Mula underscored the fact that, since April,

the council had been working on giving all the

garden and hygiene areas a similar look in

order to fit into the council aesthetic which

was “colourful and tidy.” As well as the new

gardens and platforms there are new Local

Police and lifeguard stations which will also

contribute to the improvement of the beaches.

Another change to the beaches is the

amount of free sand available; the number of

beach beds has been reduced so that there is

more room - there are now a total of 230,579

square metres of free beach.

Perhaps the most notable change will be the

aquatic fun platforms which are a kind of

Water Park at sea and which is almost

exclusive to Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.

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ANA MULA: on a new platform.

New look forFuengirola’s beaches

Taxis now have metersTAXIS in Fuengirola have started using

taximeters to calculate passenger fares.

Since Sunday June 15, Fuengirola

passengers know how much they will be

charged based on the distance travelled

thanks to the electronic devices.

There are currently 114 taxis in

Fuengirola, including six which were

especially adapted for passengers with

reduced mobility.

All the necessary formalities required to

install the taximeters were complied with

thanks to the Fuengirola Council and the

Radio-Taxi Association.

There were some delays in the process

though. Five months ago, the Junta de

Andalucia took its time before authorising

the new fare system, as stated by Council

sources. With the introduction of the new

fare system, taxis will charge the same in

Fuengirola, Mijas, Benalmándea and

Torremolinos.

A study was carried out in 2012 taking

into account several variables to determine

what the new fare system should be. Fares

had not been modified since 2008.

The flag-drop fee, or the rate charged the

moment the taximeter starts, is now €3.15,

while the minimum fare has been set at

€4.60. Taxis will now charge an extra

€1.20 for pickups or if the passenger has

more than two pieces of luggage.