In an effort to make tourists feel more secure in downtown San José, the Tourist Police headquarters recently moved to new facilities and added 49 police officers, two police cars, six motorcycles and ten bicycles for patrolling downtown.
The next Urban Sketchers event takes place on Feb. 21 and follows the usual pattern: Artists gather together at 9 p.m. in front of the Post Office in downtown San José. They then roam the city as a group, set up their drawing pads, and draw whatever intrigues them.
In this age of helicopter parenting, childproof everything, and lawsuits galore, you don't see many handmade slides in public parks. And yet here we...
Renting an apartment in San José is easy if you know the city. San José offers great neighborhoods, but just like everywhere else, you need to know where it’s nice, where it’s less nice, or where you definitely don’t want to live.
Smart spending choices are a national tradition. So it’s not only sensible, but very Costa Rican, to ask whether spending $485 million on expanding a highway for a system of travel only accessible to the only 18.8 percent of Costa Ricans who own a car is money well spent.
Over the last five years, Costa Rica has been transformed in some small ways we now take for granted. Living here will never be the same again. This list is a tribute to change, innovation, and the men and women in Costa Rica who make it happen.
