Spain Somehow Lives in 1995 and 2035 at the Same Time

Spain can feel strangely old-fashioned and ridiculously modern at the exact same time. You can pay a tiny amount with your phone without anyone thinking twice, then turn around and run into systems that feel like they belong to another decade. In this video, I’m looking at some of the contradictions I’ve noticed after years of living here, and why Spain’s version of “modern” doesn’t always look the way you’d expect. Please subscribe for more →    / @spainactually   #Spain #LifeInSpain #SpanishCulture #LivingInSpain #SpainActually SOURCES: Visa Europe — Spain contactless rollout, 2015 https://www.visa.es/sobre-la-corporac... Visa Europe — Spain contactless campaign; 95% of payments under €20 still cash in 2015 https://www.visa.es/sobre-la-corporac... Banco de España — Financial Stability Review, Autumn 2023 (Reports 78% of in-person card payments in Spain were already contactless before the pandemic) https://www.bde.es/f/webbe/Secciones/... Federal Reserve — Developments in Noncash Payments for 2019 and 2020 (Contactless share of U.S. in-person card payments: 1.70% in 2019; 4.63% in 2020) https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymen... CNMC — Spain FTTH deployment, 2015 (22.7 million FTTH access points at end-2015, up from 15 million at end-2014) https://cnmc.es/los-ingresos-en-el-se... CNMC — More than 99% of relevant Spanish electricity meters were smart by end-2018 https://www.cnmc.es/node/375485?page=1 Banco de España — In-person access to banking services in Spain, 2024 monitoring report (64% used bank branches; 58% used online banking) https://www.bde.es/wbe/en/publicacion... INE — ICT and e-commerce use in Spanish companies, 2017–2018 (Among firms with fewer than 10 employees: 23.5% had a website; 26.7% used social media) https://www.ine.es/prensa/tic_e_2017_... Andalucía Información / Federación Española de Hostelería survey — Restaurants and digital presence, 2018 (Restaurants: 83.9% reported social-media use; 65.6% reported having a website) https://www.andaluciainformacion.es/a...