Notes from the island

Logbook

Longer notes on the NIE, residence and daily paperwork on Gran Canaria, north and south.

  1. Luis Doreste Silva or Plaza de la Feria?

    In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the bare number and the papers for Europeans and card holders are listed at two police addresses. Three newcomers show why.

  2. NIE in the south: Maspalomas or Santa Lucía?

    Playa del Inglés, Meloneras, Arguineguín, Vecindario: the south of Gran Canaria has two police stations with foreigners’ procedures, and two different lists.

  3. Remote workers in Las Palmas: first steps

    Two imaginary newcomers, one Danish and one Canadian, the same laptop and the same beach. Why their first steps on Gran Canaria could hardly be more different.

The golden sand dunes of Maspalomas in the south of Gran Canaria, their curving crests marked with footprints and two distant walkers, stretching to a dark blue Atlantic under a blue sky with white clouds
The dunes of Maspalomas. Photo dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, resized.