Colombia 🇨🇴 Spotlight

What Is The Medellín, Colombia Spotlight?

Sharing perspectives of people living in Medellín and other areas of Colombia in English and Spanish.

Why Watch The Medellín, Colombia Spotlight Series?

I want to share and promote the people I have the opportunity to meet while living in Medellin, Colombia, and share what they do for projects, businesses, and endeavors while residing in Medellín, Colombia. Once getting outside the areas where you find many extranjeros (foreigners), the culture here is full of passion through the number of cultures of dance that exist all over the city with reggaeton, salsa, bachata, and tango. Medellin is quickly becoming one of the best locations for Digital Nomads with the cost of living being affordable, tranquil climate year-round, excellent public transportation, easy lifestyle, friendly people, safe and low crime (but as always, you need to practice smart judgment and take extreme ownership for the situations and people you decide to hang out with) and a robust entrepreneur community growing by the day. This can be seen in the city's prosperity with new businesses, restaurants, and housing projects being developed. I've been living in Medellin for over a year, and since this time, I have come to meet many locals and extranjeros. Many people who only travel as tourists and are in Medellín for a short period miss out on forming these deeper relationships. For example, I have taken over eight months of Tango classes and have submerged myself in the Medellín culture of tango. From this, I have gone to several tango competitions and met many locals who deeply love the dance and the culture. The Medellín, Colombia Spotlight Series is excellent for individuals who are planning to travel to Medellín and are looking for recommendations of activities or people to get to know and hang out with from a more intimate perspective by hearing from people that have helped with making my time in Medellín a genuinely incredible time of my life.

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Why travel and live in Medellín, Colombia?

Medellín is home to over 4 million inhabitants if we count the neighboring areas to Medellín as Envigado, Sabaneta, Itagüí, and Bello. Medellín is the eternal spring because it is the same weather year-round. A pleasant 62 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit year-round with very few times the temperature drops below 58 degrees Fahrenheit, and very few times the temperature gets 85 degrees Fahrenheit. The only seasons that exist are rainy and less rainy. It isn't unusual for it to rain every day in the month, or at least it feels like it, but it never rains for the entire day. The sun is always out every day, and it can rain quite hard in a short amount of time, creating flooding conditions. Still, the city always manages to drain the water with the Rio Medellín that runs through the middle of the city to help drain the rainfall. Medellin is a great city to live in or call your home based on the culture, friendliness, social activities, business opportunities, and cost of living, which make it a magical place to spend your time on earth. I believe there is no one place that is perfect for everyone. For me, Medellín has been one of my favorite places to live up until this point in my life of 28 years on earth.


On top of everything I just mentioned, I believe a place is meaningful and unique to a person based on the people one meets there and develops relationships with. I encourage you to watch and read about the people I have the opportunity to meet and promote what they are doing in Medellín, Colombia, which you won't see anywhere else in a conversational style with lots of videos to allow you to understand what it is they do exactly and direct you to how to get in contact with them. Thank you for reading, and see you in my Medellín, Colombia Spotlight Series!

Recent Medellín Colombia Spotlight Stories

Discover Habanos High Coffee in Medellin, Colombia - The Perfect Spot for Your Next Business Meeting
By Alexander Clemens 05 Jul, 2023
Check out my recommendation for when living or visiting Medellín, Colombia, for your next spot to meet in a classy and relaxing environment.
Week 7 a new module, Domain Driven Design and Building an API Backend
By Alexander Clemens 24 Mar, 2023
Living in Medellín, Colombia, this week has been a rewarding and valuable experience as I explore new technologies such as Docker, API requests, and Ubiquitous Language. I have learned how to use these tools to build better web applications, increase my understanding of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), compare Entities vs. Value Objects approaches for software development, and become adept with concepts such as JSON format, aggregates data design AI and Chat GPT.
Xander Clemens is with Jonny Cann on the Medellín, Colombia Spotlight show sharing his tips.
By Alexander Clemens 27 Aug, 2022
My guest on this episode is Jonny Cann, an accomplished dancer with numerous years of professional dancing, teaching dance to professionals and the general public, and being involved in entrepreneur projects. His current project fosters the continued growth of a social club called Life Ignited. A club for entrepreneurs and highly progressive people. Check it out!
Medellín Spotlight with Xander Clemens and Samed Guitars in Comuna 13.
By Alexander Clemens 08 Aug, 2022
This spotlight is about acoustic guitar player Samed and his first professional guitar video and song written in the barrio of Comuna 13. Check out the video and learn about Sergio, who is helping to empower the community.
Juliana Gaviria from Medellín, Colombia is a professional architect for your next architectural job.
By Alexander Clemens 29 Jul, 2022
In this spotlight of Medellín, I worked with Julianna to help with creating her profiles on freelance platforms. We did this for her to provide her architecture skills from anywhere in the world. Check it out and learn a little bit about Julianna.
Xander Clemens is in Medellín, Colombia and had a conversation with Laura and David of Tangolombia.
By Alexander Clemens 01 Jul, 2022
What is tango dancing? Professional tango dancers from Tangolombia share the meaning of Tango and how they share Tango with the world. Tangolombia is a brand of Tango created by David Alarcón and Laura Marín in Medellín, Colombia. Please find out more and support their Tango journey!

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