For one night, Madrid's artistic culture can be seen both in the museums and on the streets. Madrid is turned into a pedestrian zone, main streets completely blocked off, and hundreds of thousands of people come to experience the Noche en Blanco. All of the museums in the city are open all night long (the festival goes from 9 PM to 7 AM!!) and are free to enter. Unfortunately with that comes long lines, long long lines, so we actually never got inside a museum. It was like waiting for a roller coaster at Cedar Point...not fun. On the streets, along with a swarm of people of all ages, are street performers, art exhibits, cool artsy designs projected onto some of the most famous and important buildings in town, and also an overall sensation of, hmmm, chaos. We wandered through the main areas of Madrid--Puerta del Sol, Cibeles, Plaza Mayor, Gran Via, etc. It was interesting, but I doubt I'd do it again...
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