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Lights, camera, action: How set-jetting boosts Madrid's economy

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 524 words · By Fakhriya M Suleiman
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What to know about Lights, camera, action: How set-jetting boosts Madrid's economy

Madrid’s landmarks have turned the Spanish capital into a sought-after destination for film productions and fans are keen to visit the set locations.

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What happened

Madrid’s landmarks have turned the Spanish capital into a sought-after destination for film productions and fans are keen to visit the set locations.

Why it matters

You’ve probably heard of jet-setting, but what about set-jetting?

Common ground

A term coined to describe holiday itineraries based on the shooting locations of films or TV series, this travel trend is proving particularly lucrative in Spain’s capital, Madrid.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “the 'Dimension and economic impact of film and series shoots in Madrid' research found that the Spanish capital was the location of 173 films and a further 242 TV series over four years from 2021 to 2024”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional association football club based in Madrid. The club was formed in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, and played its first competitive match on 13 May 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Over the course of his career, Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has received five Ballon d'Or/FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pla…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. It had a population of over 3.4 million in the city proper in 2025, and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million. Madrid is th…
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Claim 2: “the council has a two-part 'Madrid, the Capital of TV Series' routes. The first is a map through nine titles filmed in Madrid, including the popular Netflix series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist). The second guide adds eight more critically acclaimed titles, including The Midas Touch and Small Coincidences”
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Claim 3: “Madrid’s landmarks have turned the Spanish capital into a sought-after destination for film productions”
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Claim 4: “The 15-stop route begins at his family home in Chamberí, where he worked on classics like Welcome Mr. Marshall, Plácido, and The Executioner, and ends at the Instituto Cervantes, where in 2008 he left an unpublished script in the Arts Archives to be opened on the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2021”
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Claim 5: “the city council's tourism chief Almudena Maíllo del Valle unveiled the findings from a study by the Madrid Film Office, developed in collaboration with L. R. Klein University Institute of Economic Prediction of the Autonomous University of Madrid”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The City Council of Madrid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Madrid) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of Madrid, the capital and biggest city of Spain. The city council is composed by three b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — San Blas-Canillejas is a district to the east of Madrid's city centre. The population of the district is an estimated 149,909.
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Claim 6: “Wasp, an acronym for 'Woody Allen Summer Project 2026', is earmarked to be completed by 31 December 2027 and is set to be shot in and around Madrid, with 'identifiable locations' shown on screen”
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Claim 7: “These projects generated a total economic impact of €1.54 billion in production, with an annual average of €385.5 million”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blush is a 2021 animated science fiction short film inspired by a true story from writer and director Joe Mateo, produced by Heather Schmidt Feng Yanu and executive produced by John Lasseter, David El…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Ezekiel Misa Madrid (born December 4, 1997), known professionally as Ruru Madrid (Tagalog: [ˈrurʊ maˈdɾid]), is a Filipino actor, singer, model, and host who rose to fame in Protégé. He is known…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Skydance Animation, LLC, is an American animation studio that is a division of Paramount Pictures to produce streaming films, founded on March 16, 2017. The studio is based in Santa Monica, California…
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Claim 8: “Other titles such as Deception, which filmed a scene on Calle de Alcalá, The Cold Light of Day and Terminator: Dark Fate have also been shot in the Spanish capital”
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Claim 9: “Madrid first welcomed cinema in 1896 when the Lumière brothers' Cinematograph was first screened in a salon on Carrera de San Jerónimo – right in the heart of the city”
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Claim 10: “The 'Berlanga of Madrid' route, available in English and Spanish, celebrates one of Spain’s most influential directors, Luis García Berlanga. Born in Valencia, Berlanga moved to Madrid in 1947”
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Claim 11: “the Madrid Regional Government pledged to invest three payments totalling €1.5 million for an upcoming Woody Allen film in 2025”
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