THE STREETS

Over the last years Oviedo has undergone an unprecedented upheaval of its urban fabric which has set it up as an example followed by a good many number of cites that have considered it to be the right pace to enliven and enhance both city and business.

The city has been thoroughly pedestrianised, and several measures have been taken, as the integral protection of the Old Quarter, the transformation of the urban business centre into a wide pedestrian area and the construction of various alleys, specifically for pedestrians in the different districts and suburban areas.

In addition to this, over one hundred sculptures have been located in streets and squares all around the city, the lighting system has been significatively improved, allowing delightful night walks, and a modern and efficient selective rubbish collection system has been adopted. Public acknowledgement as one of Spain’s cleanest cities has been provided through the “Escobas de oro y de platino” (Gold and platinum sweepers) Awards.

“...Oviedo is an exquisite, exotic, beautiful, clean, pleasant, quiet and pedestrian-friendly city. It is as if it did not belong to this world, as if it did not exist...Oviedo is like a fairy-tale city, even with a Prince...” (Woody Allen, Oviedo, October 2002).