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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

Fish thieves not welcome: Galicians coin term for stereotypical Madrid tourist

The fishing village of Fisterra, with lobster creels in the foreground
Fisterra, Galicia. The Galician nickname for visitors from Madrid, fodechinchos, means ‘fish thieves’. Photograph: Kay Roxby/Alamy

Galicia and Spain’s other Atlantic regions are becoming increasingly popular holiday destinations for Spaniards, and people from Madrid in particular, as they turn their backs on overcrowded and overheated Mediterranean resorts in favour of the more temperate north.

But while welcoming the income from tourism, Galicians have also given a nickname to what they see as their notoriously haughty visitors from the Spanish capital: fodechinchos, which translates literally as “fish thieves”.

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