Anyone on the Costa Blanca?

Ideally in the Torrevieja, Calpe & Javea areas:

What would you say are the best/most read media publications and most listened to radio station up there?

If you had to stick your finger in the air and guess; what nationality of people would you say dominate the area nowadays? Just been speaking to a Dutch magazine and they say there´s hardly any Brits left and it´s mainly Scandinavian

Any insights on the area from a media perspective would be appreciated!

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by ShinyAndy

Ideally in the Torrevieja, Calpe & Javea areas:

What would you say are the best/most read media publications and most listened to radio station up there?

If you had to stick your finger in the air and guess; what nationality of people would you say dominate the area nowadays? Just been speaking to a Dutch magazine and they say there´s hardly any Brits left and it´s mainly Scandinavian

Any insights on the area from a media perspective would be appreciated!

Round Town News & Bay Radio

and it's true that there are far fewer Brits than even a year ago - & more leaving every day - but can't say I've seen an increase in Scandinavians though

Thanks, have dealt with Bay Radio before when we were doing trackdays up in Almeria

So of the non-Spanish is there a dominant nationality around there now or is it all quite even?

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Originally Posted by ShinyAndy

Thanks, have dealt with Bay Radio before when we were doing trackdays up in Almeria

So of the non-Spanish is there a dominant nationality around there now or is it all quite even?

going by kids in school I'd say British & S. American are the dominant minorities if any

[fourgotospain]

Lots of Germans in Javea as well, esp. Austrian/Swiss Germans and German/British or German/Spanish parent mixes. Our customer base is British/Irish and German plus Spanish and then Dutch, Belgians, other Scandanavians and French, Austrian and Swiss. Even in winter we sell Bild and Het Laaste Niews (belgian/flemish) as well as the english papers. Costa Blanca News sells out nearly every week. Freebies - Euroweekly and the Orbit (new) in addition to RTN. Quite a lot of Coast fm listeners too.

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Originally Posted by fourgotospain

Lots of Germans in Javea as well, esp. Austrian/Swiss Germans and German/British or German/Spanish parent mixes. Our customer base is British/Irish and German plus Spanish and then Dutch, Belgians, other Scandanavians and French, Austrian and Swiss. Even in winter we sell Bild and Het Laaste Niews (belgian/flemish) as well as the english papers. Costa Blanca News sells out nearly every week. Freebies - Euroweekly and the Orbit (new) in addition to RTN. Quite a lot of Coast fm listeners too.

yes that's true - but am I right in thinking that your shop is in a very 'german/scandinavian' area?

I don't see so very many in the port area - not saying I don't see any - just not a predominance

Just trying to get an overall feel... everywhere has it´s pockets! People think Marbella is 100% Brits, fish n chip shops and sunday roasts - but there aren´t any where I live, it´s 100% (well minus us) Spanish

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Originally Posted by ShinyAndy

Just trying to get an overall feel... everywhere has it´s pockets! People think Marbella is 100% Brits, fish n chip shops and sunday roasts - but there aren´t any where I live, it´s 100% (well minus us) Spanish

truly - Javea is a right mixture now - has been for years of course - & I think a few years ago the Spanish were in danger of becoming a large minority

it feels as if they are back in the majority now though

[Seb*]

Loads of Brits and Germans (count swiss and austrians into it), after that dutch/belgians and a fair share of french especially during summer around here. I don´t see many scandinavians to be honest. Radio wise: Heat FM newspapers: all the free ones and costa blanca news.

I can´t say that more and more brits leave. When we´re shopping around Moraira/Teulada we mostly hear english in the shops (closely followed by german

One last thing... if you needed glasses or an eye test, where would the first place you´d think of to go?