Issue No. 1964 23 Feb - 1 Mar 2023
COSTA DE ALMERIA • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
BRIGHT lights, big city, is Almeria set to become the new Hollywood? The city council and ‘Vancouver Media’ signed a collaboration agree ment for the filming of the series Berlin, which is set to be broadcasted on Netflix. Shooting took place on February 13 and 14 in the straight of the church of Las Salinas and in the Beach Bar Chiribus, in Cabo de Gata. There was a film crew of about 70 people, part of which, such as extras, were hired in Almeria, as well as workers for other services, such as genera tors or catering, among others. The production compa ny will include Almeria City Council in the credits. Almeria’s mayor, Maria del Mar Vazquez, said: “This generates an impor
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BRIGHT LIGHTS: A new series for Netflix was filmed in Almeria.
tant economic impact of direct and indirect em ployment in low season, with which we also con tribute to fight against
the deseasonalisation. “Last year more than 20 productions of all kinds were filmed in our city and our objective, as a
council is to continue fa cilitating filming so that production companies continue to have Almeria as a reference point.”
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Los Bandidos award THE theatre in HuércalOvera hosted the first Levante Sports Gala, organised by Total Sport Mediterranean, representing 14 municipalities: Antas, Bédar, Carboneras, Cuevas del Al manzora, Huércal Overa, Los Gallardos, Lubrín, Lucainena de las Torres, Mojácar, Níjar, Pulpí, Turre, Sorbas and Vera. The event was attended by representatives of each municipality as well as the awardwinning athletes and their companions. Representatives from Los Bandidos were honoured to at tend the gala to receive their award, which Mojacar Town Hall gave in recognition of Los Bandidos’ passion and com mitment to promoting sport in Mojacar, and for the impor tant work Los Bandidos do to integrate all those who partici pate. Founder member, Kevin Rowe accepted the award on be half of all Los Bandidos and thanked everyone for making the group so special. Los Bandidos was set up in June 2018 with a small group running the 5k Mojacar Paseo, and now has road cycling, sea swimming and triathlon groups. If you would like more information please follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/490933409 244200.