Three of My Favorite Buenos Aires Walks (& Accompanying Soundtracks)

Summer is over, so I can resume my long walks around town, which means I can rehearse millions of conversations that might or might never happen in my head without dying of heat stroke.

I love walkable cities, and Buenos Aires is one of the best. I’m a huge fan of exploring by foot, chusmeando chic apartment buildings and interesting architectural details, and working things out on the remix (even if that means with myself).

Here are three walks I’m a fan of taking, and the corresponding soundtracks that I recommend tuning in to as a means of maximizing enjoyment (or suffering, if you’re on a sad girl walk instead of a hot girl walk. You know what? Hot girls can be sad, and vice versa. Just walk, gworl).

Walk 1: Barrio Parque

Barrio Parque - also known as Palermo Chico - is full of multi-million dollar real estate, tranquil winding streets, and sweet jasmine blooming everywhere. It’s the perfect place to fantasize about being part of the 1%, soak up aesthetically-pleasing homes, and disassociate without worrying that someone will nick your phone.

I recommend roaming its meandering roads while listening to the new Lucy Dacus album, with this and this song being my current favorites.

Walk 2: Cementerio de Chacarita

Brutalism, death, and wide open spaces. Consider it the perfectly dramatic backdrop to process tough emotions and really tap into your former (current?) emo kid vibe. As a former emo kid (who definitely used up a lot of disposable film on ~ artsy ~ shots of Target parking lots and at church basement punk shows), the Chacarita Cemetery is one of my favorite places in Buenos Aires. Even if it smells really funky on extra hot or humid days (sorry).

This is a place to maximize catharsis. Go for classic Olivia Rodrigo, especially this song - but this one also does the trick.

Walk 3: Microcentro

Let me clarify: Walking around downtown Buenos Aires on a busy weekday will only serve to trigger every anxious nerve in your body. This walk must happen on a peaceful weekend day, when all the oficinistas are gone and you can admire the architectural mash-up un-rushed and unbothered. This will scratch your ~ cool ~ itch while ensuring you won’t run into any Carhartt-clad fuckbois/girls since to them, crossing Av. 9 de Julio is absolute anathema.

For this walk, we’re going to stick with boygenius and their singular, spectacular album. This song will most certainly be on loop, but this comes in a close second.